Kevin Foster
Kevin Christopher Foster
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 13, 1969 in Evanston, IL
High School: Evanston Township (Evanston Township, 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
Final Game: August 21, 2001
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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
1993 24 PHI NL 0 1 .000 14.85 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 11 11 3 7 0 6 0 0 2 40 27 3.000 17.6 4.1 9.5 8.1 0.86
1994 25 CHC NL 3 4 .429 2.89 13 13 0 0 0 0 81.0 70 31 26 7 35 1 75 1 1 1 337 145 1.296 7.8 0.8 3.9 8.3 2.14
1995 26 CHC NL 12 11 .522 4.51 30 28 1 0 0 0 167.2 149 90 84 32 65 4 146 6 2 2 703 91 1.276 8.0 1.7 3.5 7.8 2.25
1996 27 CHC NL 7 6 .538 6.21 17 16 0 1 0 0 87.0 98 63 60 16 35 3 53 2 0 2 386 70 1.529 10.1 1.7 3.6 5.5 1.51
1997 28 CHC NL 10 7 .588 4.61 26 25 0 1 0 0 146.1 141 79 75 27 66 4 118 2 0 3 637 93 1.415 8.7 1.7 4.1 7.3 1.79
1998 29 CHC NL 0 0 16.20 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 8 6 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 20 27 3.000 21.6 2.7 5.4 8.1 1.50
2001 32 TEX AL 0 1 .000 6.62 9 0 3 0 0 0 17.2 21 14 13 2 10 0 16 3 0 1 82 71 1.755 10.7 1.0 5.1 8.2 1.60
7 Seasons 32 30 .516 4.86 100 83 5 2 0 0 509.2 500 294 275 88 220 12 417 14 3 11 2205 87 1.413 8.8 1.6 3.9 7.4 1.90
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .516 4.86 37 31 2 1 0 0 189 186 109 102 33 82 4 155 5 1 4 819 87 1.413 8.8 1.6 3.9 7.4 1.90
CHC (5 yrs) 32 28 .533 4.65 89 82 2 2 0 0 485.1 466 269 251 83 203 12 395 11 3 8 2083 91 1.378 8.6 1.5 3.8 7.3 1.95
PHI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 14.85 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 11 11 3 7 0 6 0 0 2 40 27 3.000 17.6 4.1 9.5 8.1 0.86
TEX (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.62 9 0 3 0 0 0 17.2 21 14 13 2 10 0 16 3 0 1 82 71 1.755 10.7 1.0 5.1 8.2 1.60
NL (6 yrs) 32 29 .525 4.79 91 83 2 2 0 0 492.0 479 280 262 86 210 12 401 11 3 10 2123 88 1.400 8.8 1.6 3.8 7.3 1.91
AL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.62 9 0 3 0 0 0 17.2 21 14 13 2 10 0 16 3 0 1 82 71 1.755 10.7 1.0 5.1 8.2 1.60

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
1993 24 PHI NL 2 40 33 11 13 3 0 3 2 0 7 6 .394 .500 .758 1.258 .417 25 0 0 0 0 0
1994 25 CHC NL 13 337 299 31 70 16 0 7 10 6 35 75 .234 .315 .358 .673 .289 107 6 1 1 1 1
1995 26 CHC NL 30 703 622 90 149 28 1 32 11 10 65 146 .240 .315 .442 .757 .260 275 9 6 4 6 4
1996 27 CHC NL 17 386 340 63 98 19 3 16 9 2 35 53 .288 .354 .503 .857 .298 171 2 2 5 4 3
1997 28 CHC NL 26 637 553 79 141 30 0 27 21 6 66 118 .255 .333 .456 .788 .275 252 4 2 9 7 4
1998 29 CHC NL 3 20 16 6 8 3 0 1 0 0 2 3 .500 .500 .875 1.375 .500 14 0 0 0 2 0
2001 32 TEX AL 9 82 68 14 21 0 4 2 0 1 10 16 .309 .415 .515 .929 .373 35 3 3 0 1 0
7 Seasons 100 2205 1931 294 500 99 8 88 53 25 220 417 .259 .336 .455 .791 .285 879 24 14 19 21 12
162 Game Avg. 37 819 718 109 186 37 3 33 20 9 82 155 .259 .336 .455 .791 .285 327 9 5 7 8 4
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
1993 24 PHI NL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 11 11 11 2 0 0 1 1.0 2.3 4.0 103 0 0 1 0 103
1994 25 CHC NL 13 13 3 4 6 1 1 4 9 .308 4 0 0 0 7 54% 56 77 26 15 5 0 5 3.6 4.3 6.2 102 0 4 9 0 119
1995 26 CHC NL 30 28 12 11 5 4 2 14 14 .500 3 0 0 0 13 46% 51 77 25 18 8 0 11 5.4 5.8 5.9 93 8 9 9 2 123
1996 27 CHC NL 17 16 7 6 3 3 0 9 7 .563 0 2 1 0 4 25% 44 75 20 10 2 1 6 5.2 5.4 5.4 86 3 7 1 0 103
1997 28 CHC NL 26 25 10 6 9 0 1 10 15 .400 2 4 1 0 17 68% 50 76 17 19 7 0 8 5.0 5.6 5.8 92 3 13 8 0 114
5 Seasons 88 83 32 28 23 8 4 37 46 .446 9 6 2 0 41 49% 50 77 11 64 22 1 31 4.9 5.4 5.8 93 14 33 28 2 123
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
1993 24 PHI NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.487 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 8.0 57
1995 26 CHC NL 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0.977 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.0 29
1996 27 CHC NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.964 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.0 15
1997 28 CHC NL 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.999 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 34
1998 29 CHC NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0.157 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 3.3 26
2001 32 TEX AL 9 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 6 0.322 1 0 6 1 1 7 3 6 5 1 5 0 5.9 36
6 Seasons 87 17 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% 0.934 2 2 11 1 3 13 5 12 11 3 11 0 5.2 33

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%
1993 24 PHI NL 40 75% 7.5% 15.0% 17.5% 15.0% 46% 0.50 0.56 60% 30% 21.4% 22% 8 0 0%
1994 25 CHC NL 337 45% 2.1% 22.3% 10.4% 6.8% 33% 0.40 0.44 65% 18% 5.3% 16% 56 6 11%
1995 26 CHC NL 703 46% 4.6% 20.8% 9.3% 8.7% 41% 0.47 0.48 64% 23% 11.9% 17% 102 9 9%
1996 27 CHC NL 386 49% 4.2% 13.7% 9.1% 9.8% 39% 0.53 0.70 71% 25% 12.5% 30% 61 2 3%
1997 28 CHC NL 637 47% 4.2% 18.5% 10.4% 9.0% 40% 0.51 0.58 65% 20% 11.9% 20% 100 4 4%
1998 29 CHC NL 20 50% 5.0% 15.0% 10.0% 20.0% 50% 0.15 0.17 70% 40% 7.7% 0% 4 0 0%
2001 32 TEX AL 82 43% 2.4% 19.5% 12.2% 7.3% 29% 0.46 0.80 62% 32% 6.7% 14% 23 3 13%
7 Seasons 2205 47% 4.0% 18.9% 10.0% 8.8% 39% 0.48 0.55 66% 22% 10.8% 20% 354 24 7%
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
1993 24 PHI NL 40 160 4.00 93 58% 30% 18% 23% 29% 70% 0% 41% 74% 63% 13% 5 3 25% 10 5 2 17% 0 2 0 0 0
1994 25 CHC NL 337 1326 3.93 809 61% 26% 17% 29% 28% 74% 1% 45% 76% 50% 9% 29 16 22% 75 48 3 19% 15 12 0 2 1
1995 26 CHC NL 696 2654 3.81 1647 62% 26% 15% 29% 29% 74% 1% 46% 79% 55% 6% 44 25 21% 147 80 7 30% 28 15 7 0 3
1996 27 CHC NL 277 964 3.48 617 64% 21% 12% 31% 36% 79% 1% 51% 84% 59% 4% 12 4 22% 62 34 6 32% 7 7 109 0 0
1997 28 CHC NL 609 2252 3.70 1383 61% 27% 15% 28% 31% 73% 1% 45% 80% 54% 7% 40 23 17% 103 59 7 26% 19 14 28 0 0
1998 29 CHC NL 20 79 3.95 46 58% 24% 13% 30% 33% 76% 0% 44% 83% 50% 15% 3 1 25% 5 4 0 0% 1 2 0 0 0
2001 32 TEX AL 82 327 3.99 200 61% 25% 14% 35% 27% 75% 0% 46% 81% 52% 7% 6 4 24% 20 12 0 25% 1 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2061 7762 3.77 4795 62% 25% 15% 29% 30% 74% 1% 46% 80% 55% 7% 139 76 20% 422 242 25 26% 71 54 144 2 4
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
1993 24 PHI NL 40 13 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0% 0 2 0 20 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1994 25 CHC NL 337 70 7 1 7 0 7 3 4 4 3 14 6 2 43% 3 1 0 122 10 6 63% 9 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 26 CHC NL 703 149 13 2 32 0 11 20 12 15 17 26 11 6 42% 5 2 2 226 11 10 52% 9 8 2 1 0 1 2 1 12 0
1996 27 CHC NL 386 98 10 2 16 0 11 10 6 7 9 27 10 6 37% 1 2 0 128 9 2 82% 8 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1997 28 CHC NL 637 141 14 3 27 0 11 14 13 14 13 30 16 6 53% 3 3 1 216 21 6 78% 17 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 15 0
1998 29 CHC NL 20 8 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2001 32 TEX AL 82 21 1 0 2 0 7 0 2 1 1 6 4 2 67% 0 1 0 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
7 Seasons 2205 500 47 8 88 0 50 47 41 42 46 108 49 22 45% 12 11 3 749 53 25 68% 45 19 7 4 1 2 3 1 47 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+
1993 24 0 1 .000 14.85 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 13 11 11 3 7 0 6 0 0 2 40 27 3.000 17.6 4.1 9.5 8.1 0.86 27
1994 25 3 5 .375 3.80 15 14 0 0 0 0 87.2 83 42 37 10 42 1 81 1 1 3 377 110 1.426 8.5 1.0 4.3 8.3 1.93 110
1995 26 15 16 .484 4.27 45 42 1 0 0 0 255.1 232 132 121 42 107 5 227 7 3 5 1080 97 1.328 8.2 1.5 3.8 8.0 2.12 97
1996 27 22 22 .500 4.76 62 58 1 1 0 0 342.1 330 195 181 58 142 8 280 9 3 7 1466 88 1.379 8.7 1.5 3.7 7.4 1.97 88
1997 28 32 29 .525 4.71 88 83 1 2 0 0 488.2 471 274 256 85 208 12 398 11 3 10 2103 89 1.389 8.7 1.6 3.8 7.3 1.91 89
1998 29 32 29 .525 4.79 91 83 2 2 0 0 492.0 479 280 262 86 210 12 401 11 3 10 2123 88 1.400 8.8 1.6 3.8 7.3 1.91 88
1999 30 32 29 .525 4.79 91 83 2 2 0 0 492.0 479 280 262 86 210 12 401 11 3 10 2123 88 1.400 8.8 1.6 3.8 7.3 1.91 88
2000 31 32 29 .525 4.79 91 83 2 2 0 0 492.0 479 280 262 86 210 12 401 11 3 10 2123 88 1.400 8.8 1.6 3.8 7.3 1.91 88
2001 32 32 30 .516 4.86 100 83 5 2 0 0 509.2 500 294 275 88 220 12 417 14 3 11 2205 87 1.413 8.8 1.6 3.9 7.4 1.90 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
1993 24 0 0 16.50 6.0 14 12 11 3 8 5 0 3.667 21.0 12.0 7.5 0.63 4.5 2
1994 25 8 4 .667 2.95 110.0 97 40 36 10 48 102 1 1.318 7.9 3.9 8.3 2.13 0.8 13
1995 26 9 11 .450 4.57 181.0 168 102 92 36 73 158 7 1.331 8.4 3.6 7.9 2.16 1.8 30
1996 27 3 6 .333 5.82 85.0 95 61 55 16 34 52 2 1.518 10.1 3.6 5.5 1.53 1.7 17
1997 28 7 8 .467 4.38 144.0 139 78 70 27 65 116 2 1.417 8.7 4.1 7.3 1.78 1.7 26
1998 29 0 0 18.00 3.0 8 7 6 1 2 3 0 3.333 24.0 6.0 9.0 1.50 3.0 3
2001 32 0 1 .000 7.31 16.0 20 14 13 2 10 14 3 1.875 11.3 5.6 7.9 1.40 1.1 9
7 Seasons 27 30 .474 4.67 545.0 541 314 283 95 240 450 15 1.433 8.9 7.4 1.88 1.6 100

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--7.998--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--7.837--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1995 NL--32--1st
1997 NL--27--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Fausto Carmona (974)
  7. Jeff Juden (973)
  8. Brian Bannister (972)
  9. Juan Nieves (972)
  10. Jose Mercedes (970)
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  5. Willie Banks (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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