Roy Foster
Roy Foster
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1945 in Bixby, OK
High School: Booker T. Washington (Tulsa, OK)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Final Game: October 1, 1972
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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 Awards
1970 24 CLE AL 139 545 477 66 128 26 0 23 60 3 3 54 75 .268 .357 .468 .824 122 223 15 12 1 1 4 *79 RoY-2
1971 25 CLE AL 125 439 396 51 97 21 1 18 45 6 1 35 48 .245 .314 .439 .754 105 174 12 6 0 2 2 97
1972 26 CLE AL 73 169 143 19 32 4 0 4 13 0 2 21 23 .224 .325 .336 .661 94 48 5 2 0 3 2 97
3 Seasons 337 1153 1016 136 257 51 1 45 118 9 6 110 146 .253 .336 .438 .774 112 445 32 20 1 6 8
162 Game Avg. 162 554 488 65 124 25 0 22 57 4 3 53 70 .253 .336 .438 .774 112 214 15 10 0 3 4

Advanced Batting

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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
1970 24 CLE AL 545 369 78 5.7 101 .276 .268 .262 .357 .337 .468 .400 .824 .738 122 .625 15.1 1.5 .787 .312 .199 5.3
1971 25 CLE AL 439 314 54 4.6 99 .238 .245 .265 .314 .339 .439 .393 .754 .732 105 .563 1.3 0.1 .705 .295 .194 9.0
1972 26 CLE AL 169 121 16 3.6 86 .235 .224 .251 .325 .320 .336 .362 .661 .682 94 .490 -0.2 0.0 .585 .245 .112 .0
3 Seasons 1153 804 148 5.0 98 .255 .253 .262 .336 .335 .438 .392 .774 .728 112 .585 16.2 1.6 .725 .296 .185 15.0
162 Game Avg. 554 386 71 5.0 98 .255 .253 .262 .336 .335 .438 .392 .774 .728 112 .585 8 1 .725 .296 .185 7

Ratio Batting*

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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
1970 24 CLE AL 545 4.2% 13.8% 9.9% 9.0% 38% 1.39 6.4 20.7 8.0 0.83 70%
1971 25 CLE AL 439 4.1% 10.9% 8.0% 9.1% 41% 1.37 8.3 22.0 8.8 0.70 76%
1972 26 CLE AL 169 2.4% 13.6% 12.4% 4.7% 25% 1.10 6.2 35.8 11.0 0.66 70%
3 Seasons 1153 3.9% 12.7% 9.5% 8.4% 38% 1.33 7.0 22.6 8.6 0.75 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1970 24 CLE AL 2 0 25% 208 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 15 42% 23 18 4 9 5 4 21 5 14
1971 25 CLE AL 7 0 28% 174 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 48% 24 18 6 6 3 3 12 1 11
1972 26 CLE AL 3 0 29% 62 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 42% 8 6 1 6 3 3 5 1 4
3 Seasons 12 0 27% 444 9 6 60% 9 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 26 44% 55 42 11 21 11 10 38 7 29
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1970 24 CLE AL 544 43% 128 8 2 0 1 1.18 23 0 4 14 9 19 4 0 2 1 50% 114 15 13% 41 7 17% 313 38 12% 24 11 46% 29 11 38% 1
1971 25 CLE AL 439 46% 97 21 5 1 1 1.52 18 1 10 7 11 11 7 0 1 0 0% 92 12 13% 39 5 13% 274 28 10% 21 11 52% 27 6 22% 0
1972 26 CLE AL 169 81% 32 25 4 0 2 1.73 4 0 4 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 34 5 15% 17 5 29% 109 9 8% 10 4 40% 13 1 8% 0
3 Seasons 1152 49% 257 54 11 1 4 1.57 45 1 18 22 23 31 14 0 3 1 33% 240 32 13% 97 17 18% 696 75 11% 55 26 47% 69 18 26% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1970 24 139 545 477 66 128 26 0 23 60 3 3 54 75 .268 .357 .468 .824 122 223 15 12 1 1 4
1971 25 264 984 873 117 225 47 1 41 105 9 4 89 123 .258 .338 .455 .792 114 397 27 18 1 3 6
1972 26 337 1153 1016 136 257 51 1 45 118 9 6 110 146 .253 .336 .438 .774 112 445 32 20 1 6 8

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1970 24 139 550 481 68 132 27 0 24 61 3 56 75 .274 .364 .480 .844 80 139
1971 25 126 446 402 54 101 22 1 19 47 6 36 48 .251 .321 .453 .773 56 125
1972 26 76 184 154 24 38 5 0 5 17 0 25 24 .247 .353 .377 .730 20 73
3 Seasons 341 1180 1037 146 271 54 1 48 125 9 117 147 .261 .346 .454 .800 156 337
162 Game Avg. 162 561 493 69 129 26 0 23 59 4 56 70 .261 .346 .454 .800 74 337

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL--12--1st

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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