Alan Foster

Alan Benton Foster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: December 8, 1946 in Pasadena, CA
High School: Los Altos (Hacienda Hieghts, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1967
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Dodgers/Padres/Indians/Angels 1967-1976

Final Game: August 13, 1976
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Standard Batting

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	Awards
1965	18	LAD-min	A	8	17	17		4	0	0	0						.235	.235	.235	.471		4							SNB · CALL
1966	19	LAD-min	AA	23	44	39	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	17	.154	.250	.154	.404		6							ABQ · TL
1967	20	LAD-min	AAA	23	57	47	6	12	0	0	0	4	0	0	6	12	.255	.340	.255	.595		12		0	4	0			SPO · PCL
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	21	LAD-min	AAA	16	40	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17	.032	.167	.032	.199		1		0	4	0			SPO · PCL
1968	21	LAD	NL	3	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	56	1	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1969	22	LAD	NL	24	33	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	16	.074	.167	.074	.241	-28	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1970	23	LAD	NL	33	78	64	4	7	0	0	0	6	0	0	5	13	.109	.171	.109	.281	-21	7	1	0	8	1	0	1
1971	24	CLE	AL	37	60	51	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	.039	.057	.059	.115	-68	3	0	0	7	1	0	1
1972	25	ANA-min	AAA	25	39	36	2	10	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	.278	.278	.278	.556		10		0	3	0			SLC · PCL
1972	25	CAL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	26	STL	NL	35	75	68	4	13	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	17	.191	.214	.206	.420	17	14	0	0	5	0	0	1
1974	27	STL	NL	33	57	48	4	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	.167	.200	.167	.367	4	8	0	0	7	0	0	1
1975	28	SDP	NL	19	11	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	.091	.091	.091	.182	-48	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1976	29	SDP	NL	29	24	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.056	.190	.056	.246	-25	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
10 Yrs				225	347	295	17	35	2	0	0	17	0	0	16	84	.119	.163	.125	.288	-18	37	2	0	34	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	250	212	12	25	1	0	0	12	0	0	12	60	.119	.163	.125	.288	-18	27	1	0	24	1	0

LAD (4 yrs)				64	120	99	5	10	0	0	0	8	0	0	8	33	.101	.167	.101	.268	-23	10	1	0	12	1	0
STL (2 yrs)				68	132	116	8	21	1	0	0	4	0	0	4	24	.181	.208	.190	.398	12	22	0	0	12	0	0
SDP (2 yrs)				48	35	29	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	9	.069	.156	.069	.225	-33	2	1	0	3	0	0
CAL (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				37	60	51	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	.039	.057	.059	.115	-68	3	0	0	7	1	0

NL (8 yrs)				180	287	244	15	33	1	0	0	14	0	0	15	66	.135	.185	.139	.324	-8	34	2	0	27	1	0
AL (2 yrs)				45	60	51	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	18	.039	.057	.059	.115	-68	3	0	0	7	1	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1968	21	LAD	NL	3	5	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.508	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1969	22	LAD	NL	24	33	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1970	23	LAD	NL	33	78	-11	-0	1	0	9	-2	-0.2	2	0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$	1
1971	24	CLE	AL	37	60	-13	0	0	0	6	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.7	.481	.496	-0.7	0.0	-4	$25,000	1
1972	25	CAL	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$28,500	/1
1973	26	STL	NL	35	75	-8	-0	1	0	8	1	0.1	2	3	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	3	$	1
1974	27	STL	NL	33	57	-6	0	0	0	6	-0	-0.0	2	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1975	28	SDP	NL	19	11	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1976	29	SDP	NL	29	24	-2	-0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
10 Seasons				225	347	-49	-0	2	0	39	-9	-1.0	10	2	-0.9	.496	.499	-0.9	0.1	2	$53,500

LAD (4 yrs)				64	120	-17	-0	1	0	14	-3	-0.3	4	1	-0.3	.495	.500	-0.3	0.0	1	$
STL (2 yrs)				68	132	-14	-0	1	0	14	0	0.0	4	4	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	4	$
SDP (2 yrs)				48	35	-4	0	0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
CAL (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$28,500
CLE (1 yr)				37	60	-13	0	0	0	6	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.7	.481	.496	-0.7	0.0	-4	$25,000

Advanced Batting

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
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	4	0	0.0	83	.000	.000	.248	.000	.308	.000	.364	.000	.672	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1968	21	LAD	NL	5	4	0	0.0	75	.500	.250	.243	.250	.300	.250	.342	.500	.643	56	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1969	22	LAD	NL	33	28	1	1.0	89	.182	.074	.251	.167	.320	.074	.372	.241	.693	-28	.064	-4.5	-0.5	.200	.111	.000
1970	23	LAD	NL	78	67	2	0.8	99	.135	.109	.261	.171	.333	.109	.399	.281	.732	-21	.038	-10.8	-1.1	.207	.078	.000
1971	24	CLE	AL	60	57	0	0.0	99	.059	.039	.265	.057	.338	.059	.393	.115	.732	-68	.000	-11.8	-1.3	.082	.039	.020

1973	26	STL	NL	75	60	3	1.4	97	.255	.191	.262	.214	.332	.206	.390	.420	.722	17	.108	-7.8	-0.8	.291	.044	.015
1974	27	STL	NL	57	47	2	1.2	95	.195	.167	.262	.200	.334	.167	.379	.367	.714	4	.083	-6.4	-0.7	.250	.042	.000
1975	28	SDP	NL	11	11	0	0.0	91	.125	.091	.258	.091	.328	.091	.373	.182	.701	-48	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.091	.000	.000
1976	29	SDP	NL	24	20	1	1.4	85	.083	.056	.253	.190	.318	.056	.361	.246	.679	-25	.116	-2.8	-0.3	.235	.167	.000
10 Yrs				347	298	9	0.8	95	.164	.119	.260	.163	.331	.125	.386	.288	.716	-18	.045	-47.6	-4.9	.202	.061	.007
162 Game Avg.				250	215	6	0.8	95	.164	.119	.260	.163	.331	.125	.386	.288	.716	-18	.045	-47.6	-4.9	.202	.061	.007

LAD (4 yrs)				120	103	3	0.8	95	.149	.101	.257	.167	.327	.101	.388	.268	.715	-23	.040	-16.6	-1.7	.200	.081	.000
STL (2 yrs)				132	107	5	1.3	96	.228	.181	.262	.208	.333	.190	.386	.398	.718	12	.097	-14.2	-1.5	.274	.043	.009
SDP (2 yrs)				35	31	1	0.9	87	.100	.069	.255	.156	.322	.069	.365	.225	.687	-33	.054	-5.0	-0.5	.179	.103	.000
CLE (1 yr)				60	57	0	0.0	99	.059	.039	.265	.057	.338	.059	.393	.115	.732	-68	.000	-11.8	-1.3	.082	.039	.020

NL (8 yrs)				287	241	9	1.0	94	.184	.135	.259	.185	.329	.139	.384	.324	.713	-8	.065	-35.7	-3.7	.230	.066	.004
AL (2 yrs)				60	57	0	0.0	99	.059	.039	.265	.057	.338	.059	.393	.115	.732	-68	.000	-11.8	-1.3	.082	.039	.020

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				50%
1968	21	LAD	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		4.0		40%
1969	22	LAD	NL	33	0.0%	48.5%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	5.33	1.7		27.0	3.00	33%
1970	23	LAD	NL	78	0.0%	16.7%	6.4%	0.0%	0%	2.60	4.9		10.7	3.00	67%
1971	24	CLE	AL	60	0.0%	30.0%	1.7%	1.7%	50%	18.00	2.8		17.0	1.67	57%

1973	26	STL	NL	75	0.0%	22.7%	2.7%	1.3%	8%	8.50	4.0		34.0	3.00	68%
1974	27	STL	NL	57	0.0%	12.3%	3.5%	0.0%	0%	3.50	6.9		24.0	2.80	72%
1975	28	SDP	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.7		5.5	3.00	73%
1976	29	SDP	NL	24	0.0%	25.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0			3.67	50%
10 Yrs				347	0.0%	24.2%	4.6%	0.6%	6%	5.25	3.5		17.4	2.70	61%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.3%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.66	6.2	47.0	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1967	20	LAD	NL	-1.0	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	2.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.30	-0.4	0
1968	21	LAD	NL	-0.2	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.41	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	1.08	-0.4	0
1969	22	LAD	NL	-4.5	-0.5	33	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.99	-0.5	0.1	-4.4	-0.5	0.98	-5.4	0
1970	23	LAD	NL	-10.8	-1.1	79	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	.87	-1.1	0.1	-9.4	-1.0	1.03	-10.7	0
1971	24	CLE	AL	-11.8	-1.3	61	-0.8	0.3	-1.0	.95	-1.1	0.3	-10.6	-1.1	0.97	-11.5	0
1972	25	CAL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1973	26	STL	NL	-7.8	-0.8	77	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	.91	-0.8	-0.3	-11.6	-1.2	0.99	-9.1	0
1974	27	STL	NL	-6.4	-0.7	59	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.00	-0.6	0.0	-6.4	-0.7	0.95	-6.3	0
1975	28	SDP	NL	-2.2	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.05	-0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	1.19	-1.9	0
1976	29	SDP	NL	-2.8	-0.3	24	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.09	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.99	-2.2	0
10 Yrs				-47.6	-4.9	354	-4.1	2.4	-6.5	.97	-4.6	0.4	-46.9	-4.9	1.00	-48.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1967	20	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
1968	21	LAD	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	LAD	NL	0	0	20%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1970	23	LAD	NL	1	0	33%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1971	24	CLE	AL	0	0	67%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1973	26	STL	NL	0	0	27%	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1974	27	STL	NL	1	0	40%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14%	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	1	1
1975	28	SDP	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	29	SDP	NL	1	0	25%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				3	0	33%	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	13%	16	16	0	1	1	0	7	3	3

Situational Hitting*

						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
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1968	21	LAD	NL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1969	22	LAD	NL	33	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	6	0	0%	6	0	0%	21	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1970	23	LAD	NL	78	44%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	89%	18	1	6%	19	9	47%	62	6	10%	3	2	67%	4	1	25%	0
1971	24	CLE	AL	60	32%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	10	0	0%	13	6	46%	40	3	8%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0

1973	26	STL	NL	75	35%	13			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	11	0	0%	17	2	12%	48	2	4%	5	1	20%	2	0	0%	0
1974	27	STL	NL	57	49%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	11	0	0%	14	5	36%	36	2	6%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
1975	28	SDP	NL	11	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	12	2	17%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1976	29	SDP	NL	24	21%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	8	0	0%	9	1	11%	18	1	6%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
10 Yrs				347	36%	35			0	0	0	0		0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	40	34	85%	70	2	3%	83	25	30%	247	18	7%	22	9	41%	15	5	33%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1967	20	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1968	21	7	9	8	0	1	0	1	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-24	1	0	1	0
1969	22	31	42	35	1	3	0	2	3	20	.086	.158	.086	.244	-27	3	0	4	0
1970	23	64	120	99	5	10	0	8	8	33	.101	.167	.101	.268	-23	10	1	12	1
1971	24	101	180	150	7	12	1	11	9	51	.080	.130	.087	.217	-38	13	1	19	2
1972	25	109	180	150	7	12	1	11	9	51	.080	.130	.087	.217	-38	13	1	19	2
1973	26	144	255	218	11	25	2	13	11	68	.115	.156	.124	.280	-21	27	1	24	2
1974	27	177	312	266	15	33	2	15	13	75	.124	.164	.132	.295	-17	35	1	31	2
1975	28	196	323	277	16	34	2	17	13	78	.123	.161	.130	.291	-18	36	2	31	2
1976	29	225	347	295	17	35	2	17	16	84	.119	.163	.125	.288	-18	37	2	34	2

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	20	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1968	21	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1969	22	24	33	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	24
1970	23	33	76	63	3	6	0	0	0	5	0	4	13	.095	.147	.095	.242	1	33
1971	24	37	60	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.000	.019	.000	.019	0	37

1973	26	35	75	68	4	13	1	0	0	2	0	2	17	.191	.214	.206	.420	3	35
1974	27	33	58	49	5	9	0	0	0	2	0	2	7	.184	.216	.184	.399	2	33
1975	28	19	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1976	29	29	24	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	29
9 Yrs		217	346	295	12	28	1	0	0	9	0	15	84	.095	.138	.098	.236	6	217
162 Game Avg.		162	258	220	9	21	1	0	0	7	0	11	63	.095	.138	.098	.236	4	217

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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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 or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') 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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