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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1967 20 LAD NL 0 1 .000 2.16 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.2 10 4 4 0 3 0 15 0 0 0 62 142 0.780 5.4 0.0 1.6 8.1 5.00
1968 21 LAD NL 1 1 .500 1.72 3 3 0 0 0 0 15.2 11 4 3 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 57 159 0.830 6.3 0.6 1.1 5.7 5.00
1969 22 LAD NL 3 9 .250 4.38 24 15 4 2 2 0 102.2 119 55 50 11 29 4 59 4 0 6 451 76 1.442 10.4 1.0 2.5 5.2 2.03
1970 23 LAD NL 10 13 .435 4.26 33 33 0 7 1 0 198.2 200 104 94 22 81 2 83 2 0 7 857 89 1.414 9.1 1.0 3.7 3.8 1.02
1971 24 CLE AL 8 12 .400 4.16 36 26 2 3 0 0 181.2 158 93 84 19 82 5 97 4 0 6 775 92 1.321 7.8 0.9 4.1 4.8 1.18
1972 25 CAL AL 0 1 .000 4.97 8 0 1 0 0 0 12.2 12 8 7 3 6 0 11 2 0 1 58 59 1.421 8.5 2.1 4.3 7.8 1.83
1973 26 STL NL 13 9 .591 3.14 35 29 3 6 2 0 203.2 195 82 71 17 63 3 106 5 0 1 854 117 1.267 8.6 0.8 2.8 4.7 1.68
1974 27 STL NL 7 10 .412 3.88 31 25 2 5 1 0 162.1 167 81 70 16 61 7 78 3 1 3 697 94 1.405 9.3 0.9 3.4 4.3 1.28
1975 28 SDP NL 3 1 .750 2.42 17 4 4 1 0 0 44.2 41 14 12 1 21 5 20 0 0 0 193 144 1.388 8.3 0.2 4.2 4.0 0.95
1976 29 SDP NL 3 6 .333 3.22 26 11 4 2 0 0 86.2 75 36 31 9 35 2 22 1 1 2 360 102 1.269 7.8 0.9 3.6 2.3 0.63
10 Seasons 48 63 .432 3.74 217 148 20 26 6 0 1025.1 988 481 426 99 383 28 501 21 2 26 4364 96 1.337 8.7 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.31
162 Game Avg. 9 12 .432 3.74 40 28 4 5 1 0 191 184 90 79 18 71 5 93 4 0 5 813 96 1.337 8.7 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.31
LAD (4 yrs) 14 24 .368 4.07 64 53 4 9 3 0 333.2 340 167 151 34 115 6 167 6 0 13 1427 88 1.364 9.2 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45
STL (2 yrs) 20 19 .513 3.47 66 54 5 11 3 0 366.0 362 163 141 33 124 10 184 8 1 4 1551 105 1.328 8.9 0.8 3.0 4.5 1.48
SDP (2 yrs) 6 7 .462 2.95 43 15 8 3 0 0 131.1 116 50 43 10 56 7 42 1 1 2 553 114 1.310 7.9 0.7 3.8 2.9 0.75
CAL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.97 8 0 1 0 0 0 12.2 12 8 7 3 6 0 11 2 0 1 58 59 1.421 8.5 2.1 4.3 7.8 1.83
CLE (1 yr) 8 12 .400 4.16 36 26 2 3 0 0 181.2 158 93 84 19 82 5 97 4 0 6 775 92 1.321 7.8 0.9 4.1 4.8 1.18
NL (8 yrs) 40 50 .444 3.63 173 122 17 23 6 0 831.0 818 380 335 77 295 23 393 15 2 19 3531 98 1.339 8.9 0.8 3.2 4.3 1.33
AL (2 yrs) 8 13 .381 4.21 44 26 3 3 0 0 194.1 170 101 91 22 88 5 108 6 0 7 833 89 1.328 7.9 1.0 4.1 5.0 1.23

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 20 LAD NL 4 62 59 4 10 0 1 0 0 2 3 15 .169 .210 .203 .413 .227 12 0 0 0 0 0
1968 21 LAD NL 3 57 55 4 11 3 0 1 1 0 2 10 .200 .228 .309 .537 .227 17 2 0 0 0 0
1969 22 LAD NL 24 450 410 55 119 16 1 11 12 2 29 59 .290 .342 .415 .756 .316 170 7 4 5 2 4
1970 23 LAD NL 33 857 757 104 200 17 5 22 14 5 81 83 .264 .334 .387 .721 .270 293 22 2 9 8 2
1971 24 CLE AL 36 775 681 93 158 32 1 19 12 3 82 97 .232 .316 .366 .681 .243 249 15 4 2 6 5
1972 25 CAL AL 8 58 49 8 12 2 0 3 1 0 6 11 .245 .351 .469 .820 .257 23 0 2 1 0 0
1973 26 STL NL 35 854 767 82 195 25 4 17 12 9 63 106 .254 .313 .364 .676 .274 279 16 5 13 6 3
1974 27 STL NL 31 697 623 81 167 21 10 16 14 7 61 78 .268 .335 .411 .746 .284 256 16 3 7 3 7
1975 28 SDP NL 17 193 168 14 41 6 4 1 4 1 21 20 .244 .326 .345 .672 .270 58 3 0 3 1 5
1976 29 SDP NL 26 360 319 36 75 12 2 9 6 5 35 22 .235 .311 .370 .681 .228 118 8 1 3 2 2
10 Seasons 217 4363 3888 481 988 134 28 99 76 34 383 501 .254 .322 .379 .702 .268 1475 89 21 43 28 28
162 Game Avg. 40 813 724 90 184 25 5 18 14 6 71 93 .254 .322 .379 .702 .268 275 17 4 8 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 20 LAD NL 4 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 2 100% 73 74 72 3 1 1 1 1.1 0.0 7.0
1968 21 LAD NL 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 58 65 48 1 0 0 1 2.1 1.8 5.2
1969 22 LAD NL 24 15 3 8 4 0 3 4 11 .267 0 1 2 2 7 47% 48 79 20 16 10 8 6 3.6 3.8 5.7
1970 23 LAD NL 33 33 10 13 10 0 4 15 18 .455 3 3 7 1 19 58% 49 84 14 29 10 10 10 4.8 4.8 6.0
1971 24 CLE AL 36 26 7 12 7 1 5 9 17 .346 2 3 3 0 14 54% 49 73 17 31 13 7 7 3.0 3.3 5.9
1973 26 STL NL 35 29 13 7 9 1 4 18 11 .621 2 4 6 2 21 72% 54 79 25 26 7 5 6 4.6 4.3 6.8
1974 27 STL NL 31 25 7 10 8 1 2 14 11 .560 1 4 5 1 13 52% 50 83 22 22 8 2 10 4.0 3.8 6.1
1975 28 SDP NL 17 4 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 3 75% 58 64 41 12 0 2 1 3.6 4.7 6.6
1976 29 SDP NL 26 11 3 6 2 0 3 4 7 .364 1 0 2 0 6 55% 50 74 34 15 5 7 3 2.8 3.4 5.5
9 Seasons 209 148 46 59 43 3 23 68 80 .459 9 16 26 6 86 58% 51 84 14 155 54 42 45 3.9 4.0 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 20 LAD NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.767 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 4.0
1969 22 LAD NL 24 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.953 1 1 7 0 2 7 1 8 5 2 5 0 5.6
1971 24 CLE AL 36 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 6 0.973 1 4 5 3 0 7 4 6 7 2 7 2 8.6
1972 25 CAL AL 8 8 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 4 0.440 2 0 6 1 1 6 2 6 4 1 5 1 4.8
1973 26 STL NL 35 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.076 3 0 3 0 2 4 1 5 3 2 3 0 3.5
1974 27 STL NL 31 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 3 1.015 0 1 5 1 0 5 1 5 4 1 4 0 4.5
1975 28 SDP NL 17 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 43% 7 0.801 2 3 8 1 1 11 4 9 6 3 6 4 4.2
1976 29 SDP NL 26 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10 5 50% 6 0.844 0 5 10 2 0 13 5 10 11 3 11 2 5.1
8 Seasons 181 69 20 2 4 1 0 1 0% 5 4 33 15 45% 0.969 9 14 46 8 6 55 18 51 41 15 42 9 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 20 LAD NL 62 47% 0.0% 24.2% 4.8% 1.6% 10% 0.83 71% 9 0 0%
1968 21 LAD NL 57 41% 1.8% 17.5% 3.5% 7.0% 36% 0.79 77% 5 2 40%
1969 22 LAD NL 451 35% 2.4% 13.1% 6.4% 6.2% 24% 0.75 76% 80 7 9%
1970 23 LAD NL 857 38% 2.6% 9.7% 9.5% 5.1% 22% 0.90 77% 170 22 13%
1971 24 CLE AL 775 47% 2.5% 12.5% 10.6% 6.7% 33% 1.07 74% 129 15 12%
1972 25 CAL AL 58 43% 5.2% 19.0% 10.3% 8.6% 42% 1.45 60% 10 0 0%
1973 26 STL NL 854 44% 2.0% 12.4% 7.4% 5.4% 24% 1.05 76% 156 16 10%
1974 27 STL NL 697 48% 2.3% 11.2% 8.8% 6.7% 28% 0.98 76% 126 16 13%
1975 28 SDP NL 193 45% 0.5% 10.4% 10.9% 5.7% 27% 1.29 77% 35 3 9%
1976 29 SDP NL 360 41% 2.5% 6.1% 9.7% 6.4% 31% 1.18 81% 56 8 14%
10 Seasons 4364 43% 2.3% 11.5% 8.8% 6.0% 26% 0.99 76% 776 89 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1967 20 LAD NL 62 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 17 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1968 21 LAD NL 54 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0% 0 0 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1969 22 LAD NL 451 119 11 0 9 6 5 4 7 25 11 4 44% 4 6 1 164 12 2 86% 10 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 0
1970 23 LAD NL 856 200 22 1 16 17 5 11 11 38 23 3 61% 10 7 3 307 14 5 74% 14 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 22 1
1971 24 CLE AL 775 158 19 0 20 8 11 16 3 42 19 6 45% 10 6 1 256 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
1972 25 CAL AL 58 12 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 2 1 0 50% 0 1 1 25 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 26 STL NL 854 195 17 0 10 12 5 6 11 36 17 5 47% 15 1 2 316 12 9 57% 9 7 2 1 1 1 5 2 11 0
1974 27 STL NL 697 167 16 0 13 8 8 13 3 41 24 4 59% 8 3 1 238 14 7 67% 11 7 3 0 0 0 7 3 11 0
1975 28 SDP NL 193 41 1 1 8 1 0 0 1 14 7 3 50% 3 0 1 74 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1976 29 SDP NL 360 75 9 0 3 5 4 5 4 13 9 1 69% 5 2 2 129 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
10 Seasons 4360 988 99 2 79 60 39 55 44 214 112 27 52% 56 26 12 1539 76 34 69% 65 31 10 1 1 2 19 7 82 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1967 20 0 1 .000 2.16 4 2 0 0 0 0 16.2 10 4 4 0 3 0 15 0 0 0 62 142 0.780 5.4 0.0 1.6 8.1 5.00 142
1968 21 1 2 .333 1.95 7 5 0 0 0 0 32.1 21 8 7 1 5 0 25 0 0 0 119 150 0.804 5.8 0.3 1.4 7.0 5.00 150
1969 22 4 11 .267 3.80 31 20 4 2 2 0 135.0 140 63 57 12 34 4 84 4 0 6 570 85 1.289 9.3 0.8 2.3 5.6 2.47 85
1970 23 14 24 .368 4.07 64 53 4 9 3 0 333.2 340 167 151 34 115 6 167 6 0 13 1427 88 1.364 9.2 0.9 3.1 4.5 1.45 88
1971 24 22 36 .379 4.10 100 79 6 12 3 0 515.1 498 260 235 53 197 11 264 10 0 19 2202 89 1.349 8.7 0.9 3.4 4.6 1.34 89
1972 25 22 37 .373 4.12 108 79 7 12 3 0 528.0 510 268 242 56 203 11 275 12 0 20 2260 88 1.350 8.7 1.0 3.5 4.7 1.35 88
1973 26 35 46 .432 3.85 143 108 10 18 5 0 731.2 705 350 313 73 266 14 381 17 0 21 3114 95 1.327 8.7 0.9 3.3 4.7 1.43 95
1974 27 42 56 .429 3.86 174 133 12 23 6 0 894.0 872 431 383 89 327 21 459 20 1 24 3811 95 1.341 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.6 1.40 95
1975 28 45 57 .441 3.79 191 137 16 24 6 0 938.2 913 445 395 90 348 26 479 20 1 24 4004 96 1.343 8.8 0.9 3.3 4.6 1.38 96
1976 29 48 63 .432 3.74 217 148 20 26 6 0 1025.1 988 481 426 99 383 28 501 21 2 26 4364 96 1.337 8.7 0.9 3.4 4.4 1.31 96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1967 20 1 0 1.000 2.81 16.0 11 6 5 0 3 14 0 0.875 6.2 1.7 7.9 4.67 0.0 4
1968 21 1 0 1.000 3.21 14.0 13 6 5 1 2 9 0 1.071 8.4 1.3 5.8 4.50 0.6 3
1969 22 3 7 .300 5.59 95.0 130 66 59 12 32 55 4 1.705 12.3 3.0 5.2 1.72 1.1 24
1970 23 9 12 .429 4.67 189.0 205 109 98 23 83 79 2 1.524 9.8 4.0 3.8 0.95 1.1 33
1971 24 8 11 .421 4.45 176.0 163 97 87 20 85 94 4 1.409 8.3 4.3 4.8 1.11 1.0 36
1972 25 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 15 11 10 4 8 10 2 1.917 11.3 6.0 7.5 1.25 3.0 8
1973 26 12 9 .571 3.48 194.0 201 83 75 18 65 101 5 1.371 9.3 3.0 4.7 1.55 0.8 35
1974 27 7 9 .438 4.41 153.0 173 83 75 17 63 74 3 1.542 10.2 3.7 4.4 1.17 1.0 31
1975 28 3 1 .750 2.72 43.0 43 14 13 1 22 19 0 1.512 9.0 4.6 4.0 0.86 0.2 17
1976 29 4 4 .500 4.16 80.0 82 41 37 10 38 20 1 1.500 9.2 4.3 2.3 0.53 1.1 26
10 Seasons 48 54 .471 4.30 972.0 1036 516 464 106 401 475 21 1.478 9.6 4.4 1.18 1.0 217

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL--.591--10th

Youngest s c a p y
1967 NL--born 1946-12-08--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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