John Foster
John Norman Foster
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 17, 1978 in Stockton, CA
School: Lewis-Clark State College
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 25th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 2002
Final Game: October 2, 2005
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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
2002 24 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 10.80 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 3 6 0 6 1 0 0 28 38 2.400 10.8 5.4 10.8 10.8 1.00
2003 25 MIL NL 2 0 1.000 4.71 23 0 3 0 0 0 21.0 30 11 11 5 8 2 16 1 0 1 99 91 1.810 12.9 2.1 3.4 6.9 2.00
2005 27 ATL NL 4 2 .667 4.15 62 0 9 0 0 1 34.2 27 17 16 3 19 0 32 2 0 1 150 102 1.327 7.0 0.8 4.9 8.3 1.68
3 Seasons 7 2 .778 4.90 90 0 12 0 0 1 60.2 63 34 33 11 33 2 54 4 0 2 277 87 1.582 9.3 1.6 4.9 8.0 1.64
162 Game Avg. 5 2 .778 4.90 68 0 9 0 0 1 46 48 26 25 8 25 2 41 3 0 2 209 87 1.582 9.3 1.6 4.9 8.0 1.64
ATL (2 yrs) 5 2 .714 4.99 67 0 9 0 0 1 39.2 33 23 22 6 25 0 38 3 0 1 178 85 1.462 7.5 1.4 5.7 8.6 1.52
MIL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 4.71 23 0 3 0 0 0 21.0 30 11 11 5 8 2 16 1 0 1 99 91 1.810 12.9 2.1 3.4 6.9 2.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2005 27 ATL NL NLDS L HOU 0 0 54.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 27.0 0.50
1 NLDS 0 0 54.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 27.0 0.50

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
2002 24 ATL NL 5 28 21 6 6 0 0 3 0 0 6 6 .286 .464 .714 1.179 .250 15 1 1 0 0 0
2003 25 MIL NL 23 99 88 11 30 4 1 5 4 0 8 16 .341 .398 .580 .978 .368 51 2 1 1 1 2
2005 27 ATL NL 62 150 127 17 27 4 1 3 3 0 19 32 .213 .324 .331 .655 .261 42 0 2 2 0 0
3 Seasons 90 277 236 34 63 8 2 11 7 0 33 54 .267 .365 .458 .823 .302 108 3 4 3 1 2
162 Game Avg. 68 209 178 26 48 6 2 8 5 0 25 41 .267 .365 .458 .823 .302 82 2 3 2 1 2
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
2002 24 ATL NL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.322 0 1 4 1 0 4 0 5 1 2 1 0 3.0 27
2003 25 MIL NL 23 23 3 2 0 2 0 2 0% 5 3 14 9 64% 7 1.107 10 3 9 8 4 11 9 14 3 9 4 3 2.7 17
2005 27 ATL NL 62 62 9 4 2 2 1 1 50% 18 12 54 17 31% 7 1.248 25 18 19 22 13 27 30 32 1 45 2 16 1.7 10
3 Seasons 90 90 12 7 2 4 1 3 25% 23 15 68 26 38% 1.104 35 22 32 31 17 42 39 51 5 56 7 19 2.0 13

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%
2002 24 ATL NL 28 64% 10.7% 21.4% 21.4% 10.7% 50% 0.71 0.80 43% 13% 60.0% 29% 9 1 11%
2003 25 MIL NL 99 75% 5.1% 16.2% 8.1% 10.1% 33% 1.09 1.35 69% 15% 17.9% 20% 23 2 9%
2005 27 ATL NL 150 42% 2.0% 21.3% 12.7% 5.3% 30% 0.71 0.80 61% 20% 6.0% 9% 31 0 0%
3 Seasons 277 56% 4.0% 19.5% 11.9% 7.6% 33% 0.85 0.97 62% 17% 13.3% 14% 63 3 5%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2002 24 ATL NL 28 136 4.86 76 56% 24% 22% 34% 20% 76% 0% 43% 71% 64% 11% 3 1 21% 6 2 0 0% 1 2 0 0 0
2003 25 MIL NL 99 395 3.99 229 58% 31% 14% 24% 32% 69% 3% 40% 81% 52% 6% 6 3 16% 16 9 2 56% 0 1 0 0 0
2005 27 ATL NL 150 608 4.05 351 58% 33% 15% 25% 28% 67% 0% 39% 78% 51% 10% 15 10 21% 31 16 4 50% 4 5 0 0 0
3 Seasons 277 1139 4.11 656 58% 31% 15% 25% 28% 69% 1% 40% 78% 52% 9% 24 14 19% 53 27 6 46% 5 8 0 0 0
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
2002 24 ATL NL 28 6 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 25 MIL NL 99 30 7 0 5 0 4 1 4 4 1 8 3 1 38% 1 1 0 46 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2005 27 ATL NL 150 27 2 0 3 1 9 1 2 1 2 14 8 3 57% 1 1 0 59 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 Seasons 277 63 9 0 11 1 14 4 7 7 4 22 11 4 50% 3 2 0 119 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
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+
2002 24 1 0 1.000 10.80 5 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 6 6 3 6 0 6 1 0 0 28 38 2.400 10.8 5.4 10.8 10.8 1.00 38
2003 25 3 0 1.000 5.88 28 0 3 0 0 0 26.0 36 17 17 8 14 2 22 2 0 1 127 72 1.923 12.5 2.8 4.8 7.6 1.57 72
2004 26 3 0 1.000 5.88 28 0 3 0 0 0 26.0 36 17 17 8 14 2 22 2 0 1 127 72 1.923 12.5 2.8 4.8 7.6 1.57 72
2005 27 7 2 .778 4.90 90 0 12 0 0 1 60.2 63 34 33 11 33 2 54 4 0 2 277 87 1.582 9.3 1.6 4.9 8.0 1.64 87

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
2002 24 0 0 10.80 5.0 6 7 6 3 6 6 1 2.400 10.8 10.8 10.8 1.00 5.4 5
2003 25 1 1 .500 4.95 20.0 30 12 11 5 8 15 1 1.900 13.5 3.6 6.8 1.88 2.3 23
2005 27 1 2 .333 4.24 34.0 27 18 16 3 19 31 2 1.353 7.1 5.0 8.2 1.63 0.8 62
3 Seasons 2 3 .400 5.03 59.0 63 37 33 11 33 52 4 1.627 9.6 7.9 1.58 1.7 90

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