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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1967 LAD NL 20 P 4 2 16.2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.24 1.50 .967 2.00 0.78
1968 LAD NL 21 P 3 3 15.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.15 0.67 .950 2.01 0.87
1969 LAD NL 22 P 24 15 102.2 21 2 18 1 0 .952 1.75 0.83 .957 1.95 0.78
1970 LAD NL 23 P 33 33 198.2 42 17 23 2 4 .952 1.81 1.21 .950 1.85 0.71
1971 CLE AL 24 P 36 26 181.2 21 10 9 2 0 .905 0.94 0.53 .962 1.98 0.77
1972 CAL AL 25 P 8 0 12.2 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.84 0.50 .950 1.85 0.75
1973 STL NL 26 P 35 29 203.2 41 17 21 3 1 .927 1.68 1.09 .951 1.88 0.73
1974 STL NL 27 P 31 25 162.1 38 14 20 4 1 .895 1.89 1.10 .947 1.88 0.71
1975 SDP NL 28 P 17 4 44.2 14 4 8 2 0 .857 2.42 0.71 .950 1.85 0.72
1976 SDP NL 29 P 26 11 86.2 18 9 9 0 1 1.000 1.87 0.69 .950 1.88 0.72
10 Seasons P 217 148 1025.1 207 78 115 14 7 .932 1.69 0.89 .952 1.90 0.74
10 Seasons TOT 217 148 1025.1 207 78 115 14 7 .932 1.69 0.89 .885 1.90 0.74

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
1967 LAD NL 20 4 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 21 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 22 24 15 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 23 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CLE AL 24 37 26 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1972 CAL AL 25 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 26 35 29 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 STL NL 27 33 25 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1975 SDP NL 28 19 4 19 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1976 SDP NL 29 29 11 29 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
10 Seasons 225 148 225 218 217 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
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%
1967 LAD NL 20 64 72% 25% 2 100% 0 3 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 LAD NL 21 55 78% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 LAD NL 22 473 80% 21% 18 94% 0 2 0 2 18 17 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1970 LAD NL 23 887 81% 25% 33 79% 0 17 2 14 26 18 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 3 3 0 9 78%
1971 CLE AL 24 799 77% 28% 9 89% 0 10 0 10 9 7 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1972 CAL AL 25 61 69% 25% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 26 880 80% 27% 24 88% 0 18 2 13 22 19 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1974 STL NL 27 726 80% 25% 25 72% 0 14 1 11 20 15 0 4 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1975 SDP NL 28 201 80% 32% 9 89% 0 4 0 3 9 8 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1976 SDP NL 29 377 85% 33% 10 100% 0 9 0 7 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
10 Seasons 4523 80% 26% 133 85% 0 79 5 64 120 98 4 14 0 7 7 6 6 3 5 1 26 88%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 87%

* 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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