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Terry Forster
Terry Jay Forster

Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 14, 1952 in Sioux Falls, SD
High School: Santana (Santee, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1971
Final Game: October 2, 1986
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Terry Forster
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Minors
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1971	19	CHW	AL	45	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	176	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1972	20	CHW	AL	63	22	19	1	10	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	.526	.550	.526	1.076	218	10	0	0	2	0	0	1
1973	21	CHW	AL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	22	CHW	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1977	25	PIT	NL	36	27	26	2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.346	.346	.462	.808	113	12	0	0	1	0	0	1/9
1978	26	LAD	NL	47	9	8	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1.125	214	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1979	27	LAD	NL	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	28	LAD	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1981	29	LAD	NL	21	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	30	LAD	NL	56	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	31	ATL	NL	56	9	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.625	1.125	201	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1984	32	ATL	NL	25	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	267	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	33	ATL	NL	46	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1986	34	CAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
16 Seasons				429	86	78	7	31	4	1	0	7	1	0	2	9	.397	.413	.474	.887	145	37	0	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	32	29	3	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	.397	.413	.474	.887	145	14	0	0	2	0	0

LAD (5 yrs)				150	14	12	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.333	.385	.417	.801	126	5	0	0	1	0	0
CHW (6 yrs)				115	28	25	2	12	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	.480	.500	.520	1.020	197	13	0	0	2	0	0
ATL (3 yrs)				127	17	15	2	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.467	.867	135	7	0	0	2	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				36	27	26	2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	.346	.346	.462	.808	113	12	0	0	1	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (9 yrs)				313	58	53	5	19	3	1	0	4	0	0	1	6	.358	.370	.453	.823	122	24	0	0	4	0	0
AL (7 yrs)				116	28	25	2	12	1	0	0	3	1	0	1	3	.480	.500	.520	1.020	197	13	0	0	2	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1971	19	CHW	AL	5	3	1	9.0	95	.500	.400	.259	.400	.332	.600	.385	1.000	.717	176	.812	0.5	0.0	1.000	.200	.200
1972	20	CHW	AL	22	11	6	14.7	85	.588	.526	.250	.550	.319	.526	.361	1.076	.680	218	.928	2.8	0.3	1.333	.105	.000	.0
1973	21	CHW	AL	1	1	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.265	.000	.335	.000	.390	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1977	25	PIT	NL	27	18	4	6.0	105	.409	.346	.272	.346	.340	.462	.414	.808	.754	113	.617	0.2	0.0	.706	.115	.115
1978	26	LAD	NL	9	5	2	10.7	95	.500	.500	.262	.500	.330	.625	.385	1.125	.715	214	.848	1.2	0.1	1.250	.125	.125
1979	27	LAD	NL	1	0	0						1.000	.333							0.3	0.0

1981	29	LAD	NL	2	2	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.259	.000	.324	.000	.371	.000	.695	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1982	30	LAD	NL	2	2	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.263	.000	.326	.000	.382	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1983	31	ATL	NL	9	5	2	10.8	103	.571	.500	.272	.500	.342	.625	.404	1.125	.746	201	.846	1.1	0.1	1.250	.125	.125
1984	32	ATL	NL	3	1	1	26.9	99	1.000	.667	.271	.667	.337	.667	.394	1.333	.732	267	.968	0.6	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
1985	33	ATL	NL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.000	.334	.000	.396	.000	.730	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
16 Seasons				86	53	16	8.1	97	.449	.397	.264	.413	.332	.474	.391	.887	.723	145	.772	4.3	0.4	.851	.115	.077	.0
162 Game Avg.				32	20	6	8.1	97	.449	.397	.264	.413	.332	.474	.391	.887	.723	145	.772	2	0	.851	.115	.077

LAD (5 yrs)				14	9	2	6.0	94	.333	.333	.262	.385	.329	.417	.382	.801	.711	126	.656	0.4	0.0	.750	.167	.083
ATL (3 yrs)				17	11	3	7.3	101	.462	.400	.270	.400	.339	.467	.400	.867	.739	135	.734	0.6	0.1	.778	.067	.067
CHW (6 yrs)				28	15	7	12.5	88	.545	.480	.252	.500	.322	.520	.367	1.020	.689	197	.902	3.0	0.3	1.154	.120	.040	.0
PIT (1 yr)				27	18	4	6.0	105	.409	.346	.272	.346	.340	.462	.414	.808	.754	113	.617	0.2	0.0	.706	.115	.115

NL (9 yrs)				58	38	9	6.4	101	.404	.358	.269	.370	.337	.453	.403	.823	.740	122	.664	1.3	0.1	.735	.113	.094
AL (7 yrs)				28	15	7	12.5	88	.545	.480	.252	.500	.322	.520	.367	1.020	.689	197	.902	3.0	0.3	1.154	.120	.040	.0

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	26	LAD	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	29	LAD	NL	NLDS	HOU	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	29	LAD	NL	NLCS	MON	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	29	LAD	NL	WS	NYY	W	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (4 Series)							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	19	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	50%		5.0		0.00	80%
1972	20	CHW	AL	22	0.0%	9.1%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	2.00	9.5	6.3	7.00	77%
1973	21	CHW	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	100%

1977	25	PIT	NL	27	0.0%	14.8%	0.0%	7.4%	22%		6.5	26.0	1.33	81%
1978	26	LAD	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	25%			4.0	1.50	89%
1979	27	LAD	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00				0%

1981	29	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
1982	30	LAD	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					0.00	100%
1983	31	ATL	NL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	11.1%	25%		8.0		1.00	78%
1984	32	ATL	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0	3.0		67%
1985	33	ATL	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%					1.00	80%
16 Seasons				86	0.0%	10.5%	2.3%	5.8%	16%	4.50	8.7	11.1	1.41	80%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	19	CHW	AL	1	0	50%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1972	20	CHW	AL	1	0	9%	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1973	21	CHW	AL	0	0		1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1977	25	PIT	NL	0	0	22%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1978	26	LAD	NL	0	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	27	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	29	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	30	LAD	NL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	31	ATL	NL	0	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1984	32	ATL	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	33	ATL	NL	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16 Seasons				3	0	21%	45	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1971	19	CHW	AL	5	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1972	20	CHW	AL	22	68%	10			1	1	0	1	5.92	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	10	3	30%	0	0		0	0		0
1973	21	CHW	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1977	25	PIT	NL	27	74%	9			2	0	0	0	1.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	8	1	13%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1978	26	LAD	NL	9	78%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	27	LAD	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1981	29	LAD	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1982	30	LAD	NL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1983	31	ATL	NL	9	67%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1984	32	ATL	NL	3	67%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1985	33	ATL	NL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
16 Seasons				86	73%	31			4	1	0	1	2.65	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	14	0	0%	12	5	42%	48	8	17%	2	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1971	19	45	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	176	3	0
1972	20	108	27	24	2	12	1	0	3	1	1	3	.500	.520	.542	1.062	210	13	2
1973	21	110	28	25	2	12	1	0	3	1	1	3	.480	.500	.520	1.020	197	13	2
1974	22	115	28	25	2	12	1	0	3	1	1	3	.480	.500	.520	1.020	197	13	2
1975	23	115	28	25	2	12	1	0	3	1	1	3	.480	.500	.520	1.020	197	13	2
1976	24	115	28	25	2	12	1	0	3	1	1	3	.480	.500	.520	1.020	197	13	2
1977	25	151	55	51	4	21	2	1	4	1	1	7	.412	.423	.490	.913	153	25	3
1978	26	198	64	59	5	25	3	1	6	1	1	7	.424	.433	.508	.942	161	30	4
1979	27	215	65	59	5	25	3	1	6	1	2	7	.424	.443	.508	.951	164	30	4
1980	28	224	65	59	5	25	3	1	6	1	2	7	.424	.443	.508	.951	164	30	4
1981	29	245	67	61	5	25	3	1	6	1	2	7	.410	.429	.492	.920	156	30	4
1982	30	301	69	63	5	25	3	1	6	1	2	7	.397	.415	.476	.892	148	30	4
1983	31	357	78	71	6	29	4	1	6	1	2	8	.408	.425	.493	.918	154	35	5
1984	32	382	81	74	7	31	4	1	7	1	2	9	.419	.434	.500	.934	159	37	5
1985	33	428	86	78	7	31	4	1	7	1	2	9	.397	.413	.474	.887	145	37	6
1986	34	429	86	78	7	31	4	1	7	1	2	9	.397	.413	.474	.887	145	37	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	19	45	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	45
1972	20	66	22	21	1	12	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	.571	.591	.571	1.162	7	63
1973	21	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2

1977	25	36	26	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	4	36
1978	26	47	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	3	47
1979	27	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	17

1981	29	32	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
1982	30	56	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	56
1983	31	56	8	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	56
1984	32	25	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	1	25
1985	33	46	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	46
11 Seasons		428	83	81	7	12	0	0	0	8	1	2	9	.148	.169	.148	.317	18	414
162 Game Avg.		162	31	31	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	.148	.169	.148	.317	7	414

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1971 AL--born 1952-01-14--2nd
1972 AL--born 1952-01-14--3rd

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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