John Foster

John Norman Foster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 17, 1978 in Stockton, CA
School: Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 25th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 2002
Teams (by GP): Braves/Brewers 2002-2005

Final Game: October 2, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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
1999	21	ATL-min	Rk	4	1	.800	1.38	18	0	7	0	0	1	39.0	28	10	6	0	6	0	36	2	0	4	148		0.872	6.5	0.0	1.4	8.3	6.00	DAN · APPY
2000	22	ATL-min	A+	2	1	.667	1.85	38	0	17	0	0	3	48.2	48	13	10	2	14	4	46	2	0	4	204		1.274	8.9	0.4	2.6	8.5	3.29	MYR · CARL
2001	23	ATL-min	AA	8	7	.533	3.01	50	0	21	0	0	7	68.2	71	30	23	6	33	7	63	2	0	5	303		1.515	9.3	0.8	4.3	8.3	1.91	GRV · SOUL
2002	24	ATL-min	AAA	8	4	.667	4.21	55	0	25	0	4	8	62.0	67	30	29	5	28	8	48	1	0	3	277		1.532	9.7	0.7	4.1	7.0	1.71	RMD · IL
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	41	2.400	10.8	5.4	10.8	10.8	1.00
2003	25	MIL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.70	27	0	7	0	0	0	41.1	44	21	17	4	13	1	37	2	0	0	181		1.379	9.6	0.9	2.8	8.1	2.85	INA · IL
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	92	1.810	12.9	2.1	3.4	6.9	2.00

2005	27	ATL-min	AAA	0	0		1.59	3	0	2	0	0	1	5.2	2	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	20		0.529	3.2	0.0	1.6	7.9	5.00	RMD · IL
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	103	1.327	7.0	0.8	4.9	8.3	1.68
2007	29	KCR-min	AA,Rk	2	0	1.000	2.63	11	0	3	0	0	1	13.2	12	4	4	1	5	0	17	0	0	1	58		1.244	7.9	0.7	3.3	11.2	3.40	WCH,ROY · TL,ARIZ
2008	30	KCR-min	Rk,AAA	0	1	.000	7.85	14	0	12	0	0	0	18.1	23	16	16	5	14	3	18	1	0	3	90		2.018	11.3	2.5	6.9	8.8	1.29	IDF,OMA · PION,PCL
3 Yrs				7	2	.778	4.90	90	0	12	0	0	1	60.2	63	34	33	11	33	2	54	4	0	2	277	88	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	88	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	86	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	92	1.810	12.9	2.1	3.4	6.9	2.00

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2002	24	ATL	NL	5.0	5	0	6	10.80	4.52	0.47	-0.33	105.7	3.93	-4	-0.4	.3	0.1	-0.2	-3	.425	.498	$
2003	25	MIL	NL	21.0	23	0	11	4.71	4.78	-0.50	-0.35	99.3	4.89	0	0.0	1.3	-0.0	0.2	2	.501	.500	$300,000

2005	27	ATL	NL	34.2	62	0	17	4.41	5.03	0.31	-0.38	100.2	4.34	-0	-0.0	1.5	-0.1	0.2	3	.500	.500	$
3 Seasons				60.2	90	0	34	5.04	4.90	0.04	-0.37	100.3	4.50	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.0	0.2	2	.496	.499	$300,000

ATL (2 yrs)				39.2	67	0	23	5.22	4.96	0.33	-0.38	100.9	4.29	-4	-0.4	1.4	0.0	0.0	-0	.494	.499	$
MIL (1 yr)				21.0	23	0	11	4.71	4.78	-0.50	-0.35	99.3	4.89	0	0.0	1.3	-0.0	0.2	2	.501	.500	$300,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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*

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	ROE
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	1
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	1

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	1
3 Yrs				90	277	236	34	63	8	2	11	7	0	33	54	.267	.365	.458	.823	.302	108	3	4	3	1	2	3
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	2
MLB Averages																.264	.332	.421	.754	.295

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	24	ATL	NL	-3.2	-0.3	28	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.29	-0.5	0.4	-3.9	-0.4	0.29	-4.7	0	1	4
2003	25	MIL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	102	0.0	2.0	-2.0	1.09	-0.5	0.5	-5.3	-0.5	1.09	-5.7	10	3	9

2005	27	ATL	NL	0.6	0.1	153	-0.8	2.8	-3.6	1.24	0.5	-1.2	-0.3	-0.0	1.24	3.1	22	21	19
3 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	283	-0.8	4.9	-5.7	1.09	-0.5	-0.3	-9.5	-0.9	1.09	-7.3	32	25	32

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.293	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	1.087	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	1.236	22	21	19	22	13	27	30	32	1	45	2	16	1.7	10
3 Yrs				90	90	12	7	2	4	1	3	25%	23	15	68	26	38%		1.087	32	25	32	31	17	42	39	51	5	56	7	19	2.0	13

Ratio Pitching*

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	36%	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	25%	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	58%	2.0%	21.3%	12.7%	5.3%	30%	0.71	0.80	61%	20%	6.0%	9%	31	0	0%
3 Yrs				277	44%	4.0%	19.5%	11.9%	7.6%	33%	0.85	0.97	62%	17%	13.3%	14%	63	3	5%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	20%	7.9%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yrs				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						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	32%	73%	2%	46%	80%	58%	5%			21%				26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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 Yrs				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																		53%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	5.0	6	6	6	3	6	0	6	1	0	28	41	2.400	10.8	5.4	10.8	10.8	1.00	41
2003	25	3	0	1.000	5.88	28	3	0	26.0	36	17	17	8	14	2	22	2	1	127	74	1.923	12.5	2.8	4.8	7.6	1.57	74
2004	26	3	0	1.000	5.88	28	3	0	26.0	36	17	17	8	14	2	22	2	1	127	74	1.923	12.5	2.8	4.8	7.6	1.57	74
2005	27	7	2	.778	4.90	90	12	1	60.2	63	34	33	11	33	2	54	4	2	277	88	1.582	9.3	1.6	4.9	8.0	1.64	88

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
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	4.50	20.0	29	11	10	5	8	15	1	1.850	13.1	3.6	6.8	1.88	2.3	23

2005	27	1	2	.333	3.97	34.0	27	17	15	3	19	31	2	1.353	7.1	5.0	8.2	1.63	0.8	62
3 Yrs		2	3	.400	4.73	59.0	62	35	31	11	33	52	4	1.610	9.5		7.9	1.58	1.7	90

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