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Leo Foster
Leonard Norris Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut July 9, 1971
  vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 2, 1977
Born February 2, 1951 in Covington, KY

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 20 ATL NL   9   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1973 22 ATL NL   3    6    1    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .167  .167  .333   31    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1974 23 ATL NL  72  112   16   22   2  0   1    5   1  2   9  22  .196  .254  .241   37   27   2   1   0   0   3
 1976 25 NYM NL  24   59   11   12   2  0   1   15   3  0   8   5  .203  .299  .288   72   17   0   0   1   0   0
 1977 26 NYM NL  36   75    6   17   3  0   0    6   3  1   5  14  .227  .284  .267   53   20   0   0   0   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      144  262   35   52   8  0   2   26   7  3  22  44  .198  .262  .252   44   66   3   1   1   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        295   39   59   9  0   2   29   8  3  25  50  .198  .262  .252   44   74   3   1   1   1   7
 Career High     72  112   16   22   3  0   1   15   3  2   9  22                          27   2   1   1   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 20 ATL NL   10   11    0   0.0    97| .000  .266| .000  .334| .000  .390| .000  .724|-100  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1973 22 ATL NL    7    6    0   0.0   103| .167  .272| .167  .342| .333  .404| .500  .746|  31  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1974 23 ATL NL  124   98    7   1.9    98| .196  .267| .254  .340| .241  .386| .495  .725|  37  .190  -9.8  -1.0  33%
 1976 25 NYM NL   67   47    6   3.4    87| .203  .255| .299  .321| .288  .364| .587  .685|  72  .421  -2.0  -0.2 100%
 1977 26 NYM NL   81   61    6   2.7    99| .227  .263| .284  .330| .267  .401| .551  .731|  53  .266  -4.9  -0.5  75%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons       289  223   19   2.3    96| .198  .263| .262  .332| .252  .386| .514  .718|  44  .240 -19.9  -2.1  70%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 20 ATL NL SS 3 1 8 1 2 .900 .968 3.00 4.47 4.26 5.16 2 19.0 1973 22 ATL NL SS 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 .968 6.00 4.30 4.62 4.92 1 11.7 1974 23 ATL NL SS 43 44 81 3 13 .977 .961 2.91 4.26 4.81 4.97 21 234.0 2B 10 5 7 1 1 .923 .976 1.20 4.64 4.32 5.47 1 25.0 3B 3 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 1.33 2.63 3.19 3.03 1 11.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1976 25 NYM NL 3B 9 6 17 2 1 .920 .950 2.56 2.61 3.04 2.93 8 68.0 SS 7 9 20 0 1 1.000 .963 4.14 4.49 4.69 5.06 6 55.7 2B 3 3 5 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 4.93 3.60 5.49 2 20.0 1977 26 NYM NL 2B 20 28 32 2 7 .968 .977 3.00 4.47 4.25 5.24 16 127.0 SS 8 8 13 3 3 .875 .963 2.62 4.30 5.85 5.02 3 32.3 3B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.55 2.00 3.00 2 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 23 ATL NL 2B 10 5 7 1 1 .923 .976 1.20 4.64 4.32 5.47 1 25.0 1976 25 NYM NL 2B 3 3 5 0 0 1.000 .976 2.67 4.93 3.60 5.49 2 20.0 1977 26 NYM NL 2B 20 28 32 2 7 .968 .977 3.00 4.47 4.25 5.24 16 127.0 1974 23 ATL NL 3B 3 0 4 2 0 .667 .952 1.33 2.63 3.19 3.03 1 11.3 1976 25 NYM NL 3B 9 6 17 2 1 .920 .950 2.56 2.61 3.04 2.93 8 68.0 1977 26 NYM NL 3B 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.55 2.00 3.00 2 9.0 1974 23 ATL NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0.00 2.70 0 1.0 1974 23 ATL NL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1971 20 ATL NL SS 3 1 8 1 2 .900 .968 3.00 4.47 4.26 5.16 2 19.0 1973 22 ATL NL SS 1 5 1 0 1 1.000 .968 6.00 4.30 4.62 4.92 1 11.7 1974 23 ATL NL SS 43 44 81 3 13 .977 .961 2.91 4.26 4.81 4.97 21 234.0 1976 25 NYM NL SS 7 9 20 0 1 1.000 .963 4.14 4.49 4.69 5.06 6 55.7 1977 26 NYM NL SS 8 8 13 3 3 .875 .963 2.62 4.30 5.85 5.02 3 32.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 62 67 123 7 20 .964 .962 3.06 4.30 4.85 5.00 33 352.7 2B* 33 36 44 3 8 .964 .977 2.42 4.56 4.19 5.30 19 172.0 3B* 14 6 23 4 1 .879 .951 2.07 2.61 2.96 2.95 11 88.3 RF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 110 109 190 14 29 .955 .965 2.72 4.14 4.38 4.78 63 614
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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.

Youngest Player
1971 NL-20-6

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Transactions 

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1969 amateur draft.

April 4, 1975: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the New York Mets for Joe Nolan.

March 29, 1978: Traded by the New York Mets to the Boston Red Sox for Jim Burton.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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