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Kevin Foster

Kevin Christopher Foster

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 13, 1969 in Evanston, IL
High School: Evanston Senior HS (Evanston, IL)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 29th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed May 24, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1993
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Rangers/Phillies 1993-2001

Final Game: August 21, 2001
Died: October 11, 2008 in Oklahoma City, OK
Buried: Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, IL
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Standard Batting

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 Awards
1993 24 PHI NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1994 25 CHC NL 13 31 27 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .074 .107 .074 .181 -51 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
1995 26 CHC NL 33 68 60 7 15 1 1 1 9 2 0 3 16 .250 .286 .350 .636 69 21 0 0 5 0 0 1
1996 27 CHC NL 19 35 27 3 8 4 1 0 6 0 0 4 11 .296 .406 .519 .925 141 14 0 1 3 0 0 1
1997 28 CHC NL 30 59 47 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 20 .128 .146 .149 .295 -23 7 0 0 11 0 0 1
1998 29 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1999 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2001 32 TEX AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
7 Yrs 109 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 290 242 22 46 9 3 1 28 3 0 13 88 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 65 0 1 33 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 98 193 161 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .193 .240 .273 .513 35 44 0 1 22 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 100 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0
AL (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1993 24 PHI NL 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000 /1
1994 25 CHC NL 13 31 -5 -0 0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000 1
1995 26 CHC NL 33 68 -2 0 0 0 9 7 0.7 2 9 0.7 .522 .505 0.7 0.0 9 $140,000 1
1996 27 CHC NL 19 35 2 -0 0 0 5 6 0.6 1 8 0.6 .534 .504 0.6 -0.0 8 $230,000 1
1997 28 CHC NL 30 59 -10 0 -0 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $275,000 1
1998 29 CHC NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,450,000 /1
2001 32 TEX AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
7 Seasons 109 195 -16 0 1 0 27 12 1.2 5 18 1.2 .511 .501 1.2 0.0 18 $2,313,000
CHC (5 yrs) 98 193 -15 0 1 0 27 13 1.2 5 18 1.2 .513 .502 1.2 0.0 18 $2,204,000
PHI (1 yr) 2 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $109,000
TEX (1 yr) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

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 PwrSpd
1993 24 PHI NL 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .334 .000 .410 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1994 25 CHC NL 31 28 0 0.0 108 .133 .074 .273 .107 .340 .074 .427 .181 .768 -51 .000 -6.1 -0.6 .120 .037 .000
1995 26 CHC NL 68 50 7 3.8 104 .326 .250 .267 .286 .336 .350 .416 .636 .752 69 .387 -3.0 -0.3 .578 .183 .100 1.3
1996 27 CHC NL 35 22 6 7.3 108 .500 .296 .272 .406 .342 .519 .426 .925 .768 141 .681 1.8 0.2 1.000 .370 .222
1997 28 CHC NL 59 52 2 1.0 110 .222 .128 .273 .146 .345 .149 .428 .295 .773 -23 .055 -8.7 -0.8 .195 .043 .021
7 Yrs 195 154 15 2.6 107 .291 .190 .271 .237 .340 .270 .423 .507 .763 33 .243 -16.5 -1.6 .424 .147 .080 1.3
162 Game Avg. 290 229 22 2.6 107 .291 .190 .271 .237 .340 .270 .423 .507 .763 33 .243 -16.5 -1.6 .424 .147 .080 2
CHC (5 yrs) 193 152 15 2.6 107 .297 .193 .271 .240 .340 .273 .423 .513 .763 35 .247 -16.0 -1.6 .431 .149 .081 1.3
PHI (1 yr) 2 2 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .000 .334 .000 .410 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1993 24 PHI NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100% 0%
1994 25 CHC NL 31 0.0% 38.7% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 12.00 2.3 0.86 1.80 48% 6% 0.0% 29%
1995 26 CHC NL 68 1.5% 23.5% 4.4% 4.4% 20% 5.33 3.8 60.0 6.7 1.16 2.00 63% 29% 5.6% 5%
1996 27 CHC NL 35 0.0% 31.4% 11.4% 14.3% 63% 2.75 2.5 4.5 0.33 1.75 46% 42% 0.0% 8%
1997 28 CHC NL 59 0.0% 33.9% 1.7% 1.7% 17% 20.00 2.4 11.8 0.86 2.33 46% 18% 0.0% 14%
7 Yrs 195 0.5% 30.3% 4.6% 4.6% 29% 6.56 2.8 163.0 8.6 0.87 2.10 53% 24% 2.2% 12%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.5% 9.0% 7.8% 33% 1.83 5.4 32.4 7.4 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.1% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 24 PHI NL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.14 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.32 -0.5 0
1994 25 CHC NL -6.1 -0.6 31 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .96 -0.4 0.1 -4.4 -0.4 1.03 -4.6 0
1995 26 CHC NL -3.1 -0.3 70 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 .90 -0.3 -0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.98 -2.3 0
1996 27 CHC NL 1.8 0.2 35 0.2 0.7 -0.5 .94 0.1 0.1 2.5 0.2 0.91 1.2 0
1997 28 CHC NL -8.7 -0.8 60 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .98 -0.8 0.1 -8.1 -0.8 1.00 -9.2 1.65 3
1998 29 CHC NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2001 32 TEX AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -16.7 -1.6 198 -1.4 2.1 -3.5 .94 -1.5 0.1 -14.4 -1.4 0.98 -15.3 1.65 3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1993 24 PHI 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
1994 25 CHC NL 2 0 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 26 CHC NL 1 0 35% 27 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 63% 5 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
1996 27 CHC NL 0 0 23% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1997 28 CHC NL 1 0 43% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
7 Yrs 4 0 35% 56 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 39% 11 8 3 2 2 0 5 1 4

Situational Hitting*

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
1993 24 PHI NL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 CHC NL 31 16% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 7 0 0% 9 1 11% 24 1 4% 1 0 0% 4 1 25% 0
1995 26 CHC NL 68 28% 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 5 63% 12 0 0% 13 2 15% 51 8 16% 5 3 60% 1 1 100% 0
1996 27 CHC NL 35 40% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 6 3 50% 24 6 25% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1997 28 CHC NL 59 17% 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 1.65 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 11 100% 14 0 0% 11 5 45% 42 4 10% 5 2 40% 4 3 75% 0
7 Yrs 195 25% 31 2 0 3 0 0 0 1.65 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 28 22 79% 39 0 0% 40 11 28% 143 19 13% 13 5 38% 11 6 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 73% 10% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1993 24 PHI NL 2 7 3.50 5 71% 20% 40% 0% 40% 80% 0% 57% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 CHC NL 31 97 3.13 70 72% 17% 24% 33% 26% 83% 0% 60% 71% 55% 3% 1 0 6% 2 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1995 26 CHC NL 68 218 3.21 157 72% 20% 26% 23% 31% 80% 0% 58% 67% 47% 1% 1 0 13% 9 6 1% 1 0 6% 0 0 0
1996 27 CHC NL 25 87 3.48 58 67% 22% 34% 19% 24% 78% 0% 52% 56% 44% 4% 1 0 4% 1 0 4% 1 1 38% 10 0 0
1997 28 CHC NL 55 195 3.55 134 69% 24% 28% 21% 27% 76% 0% 52% 63% 45% 0% 0 0 11% 6 3 2% 1 0 28% 4 0 0
5 Yrs 181 604 3.34 424 70% 21% 28% 23% 28% 79% 0% 55% 65% 48% 2% 3 0 10% 18 9 2% 3 1 17% 14 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1993 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 15 33 29 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 .069 .100 .069 .169 -54 2 0 0 3 0 0
1995 26 48 101 89 9 17 1 1 1 9 2 0 4 28 .191 .226 .258 .484 29 23 0 0 8 0 0
1996 27 67 136 116 12 25 5 2 1 15 2 0 8 39 .216 .272 .319 .591 56 37 0 1 11 0 0
1997 28 97 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0
1998 29 100 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0
1999 30 100 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0
2000 31 100 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0
2001 32 109 195 163 15 31 6 2 1 19 2 0 9 59 .190 .237 .270 .507 33 44 0 1 22 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1993 24 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1994 25 18 43 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .026 .000 .026 0 13
1995 26 37 77 68 8 17 1 1 1 10 2 3 18 .250 .282 .338 .620 7 33
1996 27 19 35 27 3 8 4 1 0 6 0 4 11 .296 .406 .519 .925 5 19
1997 28 30 59 47 3 6 1 0 0 4 0 1 20 .128 .146 .149 .295 1 30
5 Yrs 106 216 182 14 31 6 2 1 20 2 9 66 .170 .214 .242 .455 13 97
162 Game Avg. 162 330 278 21 47 9 3 2 31 3 14 101 .170 .214 .242 .455 20 97

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