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Kevin Foster
Kevin Christopher Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 12, 1993
  vs. HOU 2.7 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER
Final Game August 21, 2001
Born January 13, 1969 in Evanston, IL

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 29th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1993 24 PHI NL   0   1   2   1   0   0   0  0    6.7   13   11   11   3    7    6   0   2    40   0   0 14.85  3.96   27 3.000
 1994 25 CHC NL   3   4  13  13   0   0   0  0   81.0   70   31   26   7   35   75   1   1   337   1   1  2.89  4.18  145 1.296
 1995 26 CHC NL  12  11  30  28   0   0   1  0  167.7  149   90   84  32   65  146   6   2   703   4   2  4.51  4.10   91 1.276
 1996 27 CHC NL   7   6  17  16   1   0   0  0   87.0   98   63   60  16   35   53   2   2   386   3   0  6.21  4.35   70 1.529
 1997 28 CHC NL  10   7  26  25   1   0   0  0  146.3  141   79   75  27   66  118   2   3   637   4   0  4.61  4.29   93 1.415
 1998 29 CHC NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.3    8    6    6   1    2    3   0   0    20   0   0 16.20  4.36   27 3.000
 2001 32 TEX AL   0   1   9   0   0   0   3  0   17.7   21   14   13   2   10   16   3   1    82   0   0  6.62  4.70   71 1.755
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .516  32  30 100  83   2   0   5  0  509.7  500  294  275  88  220  417  14  11  2205  12   3  4.86  4.23   87 1.413
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  37  30   0   0   1  0  189.3  185  109  102  32   81  154   5   4   819   4   1  4.86  4.23   87 1.413
 Career High     12  11  30  28   1   0   3  0  167.7  149   90   84  32   66  146   6   3   703   4   2  2.89  4.35  145 1.276

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 24 PHI NL   2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1994 25 CHC NL  13   27    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  12  .074  .107  .074  -51    2   3   0   0   0   0
 1995 26 CHC NL  33   60    7   15   1  1   1    9   2  0   3  16  .250  .286  .350   69   21   5   0   0   0   0
 1996 27 CHC NL  19   27    3    8   4  1   0    6   0  0   4  11  .296  .406  .519  140   14   3   0   0   1   0
 1997 28 CHC NL  29   47    3    6   1  0   0    4   0  0   1  20  .128  .146  .149  -23    7  11   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      100  163   15   31   6  2   1   19   2  0   9  59  .190  .237  .270   33   44  22   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        264   24   50  10  3   2   31   3  0  15  96  .190  .237  .270   33   71  36   0   0   2   0
 Career High     33   60    7   15   4  1   1    9   2  0   4  20                          21  11   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 24 PHI NL    2    2    0   0.0   103| .000  .270| .000  .335| .000  .411| .000  .746|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1994 25 CHC NL   31   28    0   0.0   108| .074  .273| .107  .340| .074  .427| .181  .768| -51  .000  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 1995 26 CHC NL   68   50    7   3.8   105| .250  .268| .286  .337| .350  .418| .636  .755|  69  .386  -3.1  -0.3 100%
 1996 27 CHC NL   35   22    6   7.3   109| .296  .273| .406  .343| .519  .428| .925  .771| 140  .681   1.8   0.2   0%
 1997 28 CHC NL   59   52    2   1.0   110| .128  .273| .146  .345| .149  .428| .295  .773| -23  .055  -8.7  -0.9   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       195  154   15   2.6   108| .190  .271| .237  .341| .270  .424| .507  .765|  33  .243 -16.7  -1.7 100%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1993 24 PHI NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.55 1.34 1.88 1 6.7 1994 25 CHC NL P 13 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 0.54 1.00 1.86 13 81.0 1995 26 CHC NL P 30 7 14 0 0 1.000 .955 0.70 0.51 1.13 1.84 28 167.7 1996 27 CHC NL P 17 6 16 1 0 .957 .952 1.29 0.52 2.28 1.84 16 87.0 1997 28 CHC NL P 26 6 14 0 0 1.000 .952 0.77 0.52 1.23 1.85 25 146.3 1998 29 CHC NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 2001 32 TEX AL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.49 0.00 1.73 0 17.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1993 24 PHI NL P 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.55 1.34 1.88 1 6.7 1994 25 CHC NL P 13 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.69 0.54 1.00 1.86 13 81.0 1995 26 CHC NL P 30 7 14 0 0 1.000 .955 0.70 0.51 1.13 1.84 28 167.7 1996 27 CHC NL P 17 6 16 1 0 .957 .952 1.29 0.52 2.28 1.84 16 87.0 1997 28 CHC NL P 26 6 14 0 0 1.000 .952 0.77 0.52 1.23 1.85 25 146.3 1998 29 CHC NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.91 0 3.3 2001 32 TEX AL P 9 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.49 0.00 1.73 0 17.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 100 24 49 1 0 .986 .954 0.73 0.52 1.29 1.84 83 509.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 100 24 49 1 0 .986 .954 0.73 0.52 1.29 1.84 83 510
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1997 NL-11-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1995 NL-8.00-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1995 NL-7.84-5

Home Runs Allow.
1995 NL-32-1
1997 NL-27-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 2 (2415) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1465) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 29th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1988.

November 20, 1992: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Dave Wainhouse to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Frank Bolick. The Seattle Mariners sent Miah Bradbury (minors) (December 8, 1992) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.

June 12, 1993: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Ayrault.

April 12, 1994: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Shawn Boskie.

October 6, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

December 18, 1998: Free agent signing by the Cincinnati Reds voided.

February 7, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

March 21, 2000: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 5, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

August 27, 2001: Released by the Texas Rangers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Philadelphia Phillies$109,000
1994Chicago Cubs$109,000
1995Chicago Cubs$140,000
1996Chicago Cubs$230,000
1997Chicago Cubs$275,000
1998Chicago Cubs$1,450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,313,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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