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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 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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1990	21	WSN-min	Rk	3	7	.300	4.66	14	10	1	0	0	0	65.2	52	48	34	3	40	0	63	7	0	10			1.401	7.1	0.4	5.5	8.6	1.58	GCY,EXO · PION,GULF
1991	22	WSN-min	A	10	4	.714	2.74	34	11	9	1	1	1	102.0	62	36	31	3	68	1	111	9	4	5	443		1.275	5.5	0.3	6.0	9.8	1.63	SUM · SALL
1992	23	WSN-min	A+	7	2	.778	1.95	16	11	2	0	0	0	69.1	45	19	15	4	31	1	66	3	1	1	279		1.096	5.8	0.5	4.0	8.6	2.13	WPB · FLOR
1993	24	PHI-SEA-min	AAA,AA	5	5	.500	3.95	29	21	0	2	1	0	136.2	116	64	60	9	58	0	131	7	1	10	582		1.273	7.6	0.6	3.8	8.6	2.26	SWB,JCK · IL,SOUL
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	28	3.000	17.6	4.1	9.5	8.1	0.86
1994	25	CHC-PHI-min	AAA,AA	4	2	.667	3.38	10	10	0	2	1	0	58.2	43	23	22	9	17	0	59	1	0	0	232		1.023	6.6	1.4	2.6	9.1	3.47	IWA,ORL,REA · AA,SOUL,EL
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-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.30	18	18	0	3	1	0	115.0	106	56	55	23	46	2	87	0	1	6	484		1.322	8.3	1.8	3.6	6.8	1.89	IWA · AA
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-min	AAA,AA,A+	6	6	.500	6.72	22	11	4	1	1	0	73.2	81	60	55	20	46	1	83	0	0	5	336		1.724	9.9	2.4	5.6	10.1	1.80	IWA,WTN,DYT · PCL,SOUL,FLOR
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	30	3.000	21.6	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.50

2001	32	TEX-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.80	16	3	5	0	0	0	54.2	33	18	17	6	22	0	65	0	0	1	213		1.006	5.4	1.0	3.6	10.7	2.95	OKC · PCL
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	72	1.755	10.7	1.0	5.1	8.2	1.60
2002	33	CIN-min	AAA	0	0		2.08	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	1	20		1.615	6.2	0.0	8.3	8.3	1.00	LOU · IL
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	88	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	88	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	28	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	72	1.755	10.7	1.0	5.1	8.2	1.60

NL (6 yrs)			NL	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)			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	72	1.755	10.7	1.0	5.1	8.2	1.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1993	24	PHI	NL	6.2	1	11	4	0	.4	-7	-0.5	$109,000
1994	25	CHC	NL	81.0	13	31	49	1	1.1	18	1.9	$109,000
1995	26	CHC	NL	167.2	28	90	98	1	1.0	8	0.8	$140,000
1996	27	CHC	NL	87.0	16	63	49	6	1.0	-14	-1.4	$230,000
1997	28	CHC	NL	146.1	25	79	89	4	1.0	10	1.0	$275,000
1998	29	CHC	NL	3.1	0	6	2	0	.1	-4	-0.2	$1,450,000

2001	32	TEX	AL	17.2	0	14	13	-1	.3	-1	-0.2	$
7 Seasons				509.2	83	294	304	11	1.0	10	1.4	$2,313,000

CHC (5 yrs)				485.1	82	269	287	12	1.0	18	2.1	$2,204,000
PHI (1 yr)				6.2	1	11	4	0	.4	-7	-0.5	$109,000
TEX (1 yr)				17.2	0	14	13	-1	.3	-1	-0.2	$

Standard Batting

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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
1988	19	WSN-min	Rk,A	53	203	174	21	44	10	1	2	22	16	10	21	33	.253	.330	.356	.686		62	0	2	0	6	1	EXO,WPB · GULF,FLOR
1989	20	WSN-min	A	44	140	117	9	19	3	2	1	15	1	0	18	44	.162	.285	.248	.533		29	2	2	3	0	0	RFD · MIDW
1990	21	WSN-min	A+,Rk	17	7	6	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	.167	.286	.500	.786		3		0	0	0	0	WPB,GCY,EXO · FLOR,PION,GULF
1991	22	WSN-min	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SUM · SALL
1992	23	WSN-min	A+	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	WPB · FLOR
1993	24	PHI-SEA-min	AAA,AA	29	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1	0	0	1	0	0	SWB,JCK · IL,SOUL
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-PHI-min	AAA,AA	11	13	10	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	.400	.400	.600	1.000		6	0	0	3	0	0	IWA,ORL,REA · AA,SOUL,EL
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-min	AAA	20	17	17	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.176	.176	.235	.412		4	0	0	0	0	0	IWA · AA
1996	27	CHC	NL	19	35	27	3	8	4	1	0	6	0	0	4	11	.296	.406	.519	.925	140	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-min	AAA,AA,A+	22	16	13	1	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	5	.385	.400	.692	1.092		9	0	0	1	1	0	IWA,WTN,DYT · PCL,SOUL,FLOR
1998	29	CHC	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2001	32	TEX-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
2001	32	TEX	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2002	33	CIN-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LOU · IL
7 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1993	24	PHI	NL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$109,000	/1
1994	25	CHC	NL	31	-6	0	0	0	0	3	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$109,000	1
1995	26	CHC	NL	68	-3	0	0	0	0	7	2	6	0.6	6	0.6	0.0	$140,000	1
1996	27	CHC	NL	35	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	7	0.7	7	0.7	0.0	$230,000	1
1997	28	CHC	NL	59	-8	0	-1	0	0	6	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$275,000	1
5 Seasons				195	-16	0	-1	0	0	20	5	8	0.8	8	0.8	0.0	$863,000

CHC (4 yrs)				193	-15	0	-1	0	0	20	5	9	0.9	9	0.9	0.0	$754,000
PHI (1 yr)				2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$109,000

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1993	PHI	NL	24	P	2	1	0	6.2	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.35	0.50	.950	1.89	1.85	2	0	0%	0
1994	CHC	NL	25	P	13	13	0	81.0	9	4	5	0	1.000	1.00	0.69	.958	1.86	1.85	10	6	38%	0
1995	CHC	NL	26	P	30	28	0	167.2	21	7	14	0	1.000	1.13	0.70	.956	1.84	1.83	11	10	48%	1
1996	CHC	NL	27	P	17	16	1	87.0	23	6	16	1	.957	2.28	1.29	.954	1.84	1.83	9	2	18%	0
1997	CHC	NL	28	P	26	25	1	146.1	20	6	14	0	1.000	1.23	0.77	.953	1.85	1.84	21	6	22%	0
1998	CHC	NL	29	P	3	0	0	3.1	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.89	1.83	0	0		0
2001	TEX	AL	32	P	9	0	0	17.2	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.73	1.74	0	1	100%	0
	7 Seasons			P	100	83	2	509.2	74	24	49	1	.986	1.29	0.73	.955	1.84	1.83	53	25	32%	1
	7 Seasons			TOT	100	83	2	509.2	74	24	49	1	.986	1.29	0.73	.955	1.84	1.83	53	25	32%	1

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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)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1997 NL 11 (10th)

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)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1997 NL 11 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 2 (2433), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 29th round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 24, 1988.
November 20, 1992: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Dave Wainhouse to the Seattle Mariners for a player to be named later and Frank Bolick. The Seattle Mariners sent Miah Bradbury (minors) (December 8, 1992) to the Montreal Expos to complete the trade.
June 12, 1993: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Philadelphia Phillies for Bob Ayrault.
April 12, 1994: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Shawn Boskie.
October 6, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
November 17, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
December 18, 1998: Free agent signing by the Cincinnati Reds voided.
February 7, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
March 21, 2000: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 5, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
August 27, 2001: Released by the Texas Rangers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1993	24	Philadelphia Phillies	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1994	25	Chicago Cubs	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1995	26	Chicago Cubs	$140,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	27	Chicago Cubs	$230,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	28	Chicago Cubs	$275,000	1997 AP survey
1998	29	Chicago Cubs	$1,450,000	4/3/98 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,313,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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