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Roy Foster
Roy Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 7, 1970
  vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game October 1, 1972
Born July 29, 1945 in Bixby, OK

Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1970 24 CLE AL 139  477   66  128  26  0  23   60   3  3  54  75  .268  .357  .468  122  223   1   1   4  12  15 RoY-2
 1971 25 CLE AL 125  396   51   97  21  1  18   45   6  1  35  48  .245  .314  .439  105  174   0   2   2   6  12
 1972 26 CLE AL  73  143   19   32   4  0   4   13   0  2  21  23  .224  .325  .336   94   48   0   3   2   2   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      337 1016  136  257  51  1  45  118   9  6 110 146  .253  .336  .438  112  445   1   6   8  20  32
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        488   65  124  25  0  22   57   4  3  53  70  .253  .336  .438  112  214   0   3   4  10  15
 Career High    139  477   66  128  26  1  23   60   6  3  54  75  .268  .357  .468  122  223   1   3   4  12  15
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1970 24 CLE AL  545  369   78   5.7   101| .268  .262| .357  .337| .468  .400| .825  .738| 122  .625  15.1   1.5  50%
 1971 25 CLE AL  439  314   54   4.6    99| .245  .265| .314  .339| .439  .393| .753  .732| 105  .563   1.3   0.1  85%
 1972 26 CLE AL  169  121   16   3.6    86| .224  .251| .325  .320| .336  .362| .661  .682|  94  .490  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1153  804  148   5.0    98| .253  .262| .336  .335| .438  .392| .774  .728| 112  .585  16.2   1.6  60%

* 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 ------+
1970 24 CLE AL OF 131 188 6 7 0 .965 .980 1.48 1.85 1.58 2.14 129 1101.7 LF 110 155 4 6 0 .964 .978 1.45 1.48 1.54 1.81 108 928.3 RF 21 26 2 1 0 .966 .976 1.33 1.59 1.45 1.98 21 173.3 1971 25 CLE AL OF 107 174 9 6 2 .968 .982 1.71 1.96 1.88 2.24 98 875.3 RF 65 110 5 4 1 .966 .980 1.77 1.70 1.99 2.05 60 521.0 LF 47 66 4 2 1 .972 .980 1.49 1.60 1.78 1.93 38 354.3 1972 26 CLE AL OF 45 54 2 2 0 .966 .982 1.24 1.91 1.79 2.22 36 282.3 RF 30 38 0 1 0 .974 .979 1.27 1.76 1.87 2.12 25 182.7 LF 17 16 1 1 0 .944 .983 1.00 1.53 1.53 1.89 11 99.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 24 CLE AL LF 110 155 4 6 0 .964 .978 1.45 1.48 1.54 1.81 108 928.3 1971 25 CLE AL LF 47 66 4 2 1 .972 .980 1.49 1.60 1.78 1.93 38 354.3 1972 26 CLE AL LF 17 16 1 1 0 .944 .983 1.00 1.53 1.53 1.89 11 99.7 1970 24 CLE AL OF 131 188 6 7 0 .965 .980 1.48 1.85 1.58 2.14 129 1101.7 1971 25 CLE AL OF 107 174 9 6 2 .968 .982 1.71 1.96 1.88 2.24 98 875.3 1972 26 CLE AL OF 45 54 2 2 0 .966 .982 1.24 1.91 1.79 2.22 36 282.3 1970 24 CLE AL RF 21 26 2 1 0 .966 .976 1.33 1.59 1.45 1.98 21 173.3 1971 25 CLE AL RF 65 110 5 4 1 .966 .980 1.77 1.70 1.99 2.05 60 521.0 1972 26 CLE AL RF 30 38 0 1 0 .974 .979 1.27 1.76 1.87 2.12 25 182.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF* 283 416 17 15 2 .967 .981 1.53 1.90 1.72 2.19 263 2259.3 174 0 116# LF* 174 237 9 9 1 .965 .979 1.41 1.52 1.60 1.85 157 1382.3 RF* 116 174 7 6 1 .968 .979 1.56 1.70 1.86 2.05 106 877.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 283 416 17 15 2 .967 .981 1.53 1.90 1.73 2.19 263 2259
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

Hit By Pitch
1970 AL-12-1

HOF Standards: Batting - 8.0 (1907) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.

Before 1968 Season: Sent from the Pittsburgh Pirates to the New York Mets in an unknown transaction.

December 1, 1969: Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers from the New York Mets in the 1969 rule 5 draft.

April 4, 1970: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Frank Coggins and cash to the Cleveland Indians for Max Alvis and Russ Snyder.

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Rich Hand, Mike Paul, and Ken Suarez to the Texas Rangers for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley, and Gary Jones.

April 3, 1972: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Tommy McCraw to the Cleveland Indians for Ted Ford.


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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