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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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 CHW AL 19 P 45 3 49.2 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 1.81 0.22 .960 1.98 0.77
1972 CHW AL 20 P 62 0 100.0 24 1 21 2 0 .917 1.98 0.35 .950 1.86 0.75
1973 CHW AL 21 P 51 12 172.2 55 8 45 2 8 .964 2.76 1.04 .951 1.86 0.86
1974 CHW AL 22 P 59 1 134.1 40 6 33 1 4 .975 2.61 0.66 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 CHW AL 23 P 17 1 37.0 17 2 14 1 1 .941 3.89 0.94 .941 1.87 0.85
1976 CHW AL 24 P 29 16 111.1 33 5 26 2 0 .939 2.51 1.07 .952 1.87 0.85
1977 PIT NL 25 P 33 6 87.1 18 4 13 1 1 .944 1.75 0.52 .950 1.84 0.67
1977 PIT NL 25 OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1977 PIT NL 25 RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
1978 LAD NL 26 P 47 0 65.1 14 2 10 2 0 .857 1.65 0.26 .957 1.91 0.72
1979 LAD NL 27 P 17 0 16.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.31 0.35 .950 1.82 0.66
1980 LAD NL 28 P 9 0 11.2 7 2 4 1 0 .857 4.63 0.67 .957 1.93 0.69
1981 LAD NL 29 P 21 0 30.2 11 0 11 0 0 1.000 3.23 0.52 .955 1.97 0.68
1982 LAD NL 30 P 56 0 83.0 23 4 18 1 0 .957 2.39 0.39 .952 1.96 0.70
1983 ATL NL 31 P 56 0 79.1 19 3 15 1 1 .947 2.04 0.32 .953 1.92 0.68
1984 ATL NL 32 P 25 0 26.2 6 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.02 0.24 .950 1.89 0.67
1985 ATL NL 33 P 46 0 59.1 10 2 7 1 0 .900 1.37 0.20 .960 1.93 0.68
1986 CAL AL 34 P 41 0 41.0 13 2 11 0 2 1.000 2.85 0.32 .954 1.82 0.68
16 Seasons P 614 39 1105.2 306 48 243 15 18 .951 2.37 0.47 .951 1.88 0.74
1 Season OF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.80
16 Seasons TOT 615 39 1106.0 306 48 243 15 18 .951 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 2.37 0.47 .902 1.88 0.74
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 CHW AL 19 45 3 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 CHW AL 20 63 0 63 63 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 CHW AL 21 53 0 2 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1974 CHW AL 22 59 0 5 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHW AL 23 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHW AL 24 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 PIT NL 25 36 6 36 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
1978 LAD NL 26 47 0 47 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 LAD NL 27 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 28 9 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 LAD NL 29 21 0 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 30 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 31 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 ATL NL 32 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 ATL NL 33 46 0 46 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 34 41 0 1 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 620 9 429 616 614 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 CHW AL 19 226 68% 23% 9 89% 0 4 2 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1972 CHW AL 20 432 65% 29% 23 91% 1 1 1 0 20 19 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1973 CHW AL 21 776 74% 30% 50 96% 2 8 4 1 45 34 6 2 0 1 1 0 9 5 7 2 6 83%
1974 CHW AL 22 583 72% 27% 37 86% 0 6 2 3 33 22 2 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 2 2 7 86%
1975 CHW AL 23 167 67% 23% 14 100% 0 2 0 2 14 10 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1976 CHW AL 24 519 78% 31% 28 93% 0 6 1 3 26 22 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1977 PIT NL 25 397 77% 30% 17 88% 0 6 2 3 14 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1978 LAD NL 26 276 75% 35% 12 83% 0 2 0 1 10 7 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 LAD NL 27 75 75% 31% 7 86% 0 1 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 28 50 88% 50% 5 80% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1981 LAD NL 29 141 77% 39% 13 92% 0 1 0 1 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 LAD NL 30 365 76% 31% 22 95% 0 4 0 3 21 16 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1983 ATL NL 31 326 73% 29% 17 82% 0 3 1 2 15 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 5 80%
1984 ATL NL 32 118 86% 36% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
1985 ATL NL 33 260 75% 37% 9 100% 0 2 1 0 7 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 CAL AL 34 186 74% 32% 11 100% 0 2 1 1 11 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 100%
16 Seasons 4897 74% 30% 279 92% 3 51 15 24 249 192 24 15 0 9 6 5 19 9 13 6 50 90%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1977 PIT NL 25 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 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 0
1 Season 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 0 0 0 0 3 100% 67% 33% 0
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.1% 58% 78% 26% 55%

* 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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