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Alan Foster
Alan Benton Foster

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

Born: December 8, 1946 in Pasadena, CA
High School: Los Altos (Hacienda Heights, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2nd round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1967
Final Game: August 13, 1976
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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
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	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	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 Seasons				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

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
1967	20	LAD	NL	4	4	0	0.0	83	.000	.000	.248	.000	.308	.000	.363	.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	.692	-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	.263	.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 Seasons				347	298	9	0.8	95	.164	.119	.260	.163	.331	.125	.386	.288	.716	-18	.045	-47.6	-5.0	.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	-5.0	.202	.061	.007

LAD (4 yrs)				120	103	3	0.8	95	.149	.101	.257	.167	.327	.101	.388	.268	.715	-23	.040	-16.5	-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*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	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 Seasons				347	0.0%	24.2%	4.6%	0.6%	6%	5.25	3.5	17.4	2.70	61%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons				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
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
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		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%	1	1	100%	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%	1	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%	3	0	0%	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%	3	1	33%	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%	4	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%	5	2	40%	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%	1	1	100%	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		1	0	0%	0
10 Seasons				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%	19	5	26%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	-23	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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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	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1969	22	24	35	29	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	16	.138	.286	.138	.424	1	24
1970	23	33	73	66	4	9	0	0	0	7	0	6	13	.136	.205	.136	.342	2	33
1971	24	37	53	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	.000	.019	.000	.019	0	37

1973	26	35	72	70	5	15	1	0	0	2	0	2	17	.214	.236	.229	.465	4	35
1974	27	33	51	49	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	2	7	.184	.216	.184	.399	2	33
1975	28	19	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	19
1976	29	29	29	20	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	6	.150	.414	.150	.564	1	29
9 Seasons		217	332	304	18	40	1	0	0	15	0	26	84	.132	.199	.135	.334	10	217
162 Game Avg.		162	248	227	13	30	1	0	0	11	0	19	63	.132	.199	.135	.334	7	217

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1967 NL--born 1946-12-08--10th

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