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Roy Foster

Roy Foster

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: July 29, 1945 in Bixby, OK
High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Tulsa, OK)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1970
Team: Indians 1970-1972

Final Game: October 1, 1972
Died: March 21, 2008 in Tulsa, OK
Buried: North Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, OK
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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
1963	17	PIT-min	Rk	61	165	165		42	12	1	3						.255	.255	.394	.648		65							KPT · APPY
1964	18	PIT-min	A	127	513	460	65	119	16	6	6	72	9	1	53	79	.259	.335	.359	.694		165							GST · WCRS
1965	19	PIT-min	A	123	480	480		139	18	2	14						.290	.290	.423	.712		203							GST · WCRS
1966	20	PIT-min	A	134	516	516		140	28	5	9						.271	.271	.397	.669		205							RAL · CARL
1967	21	PIT-min	AA	135	516	475	58	120	19	2	9	49	3	8	41	54	.253	.312	.358	.670		170							MAC · SOUL
1968	22	NYM-min	AA	110	423	389	49	105	16	12	7	57	10	6	34	46	.270	.329	.427	.755		166							MEM · TL
1969	23	NYM-min	AAA	124	493	438	77	123	10	4	24	92	10	6	44	61	.281	.352	.486	.838		213		6	1	4			TID · IL
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
1973	27	CLE-SDP-min	AAA	68	227	223	5	48	11	0	6	3	0	0	4	11	.215	.229	.345	.574		77		0	0	0			OKC,HAW · AA,PCL
1974	28	VCZ,PZR,MXD	AAA																										VCZ,PZR,MXD · MEX
1975	29	CHH	AAA																										CHH · MEX
3 Yrs				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

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
1970	24	CLE	AL	139	545	12	-0	-2	-10	-7	-6	-0.8	18	11	0.9	.495	.496	2.1	-1.9	21	$20,000	*79	RoY-2
1971	25	CLE	AL	125	439	4	1	-1	-4	-6	-6	-0.7	14	9	0.7	.495	.496	1.3	-1.2	13	$20,000	97
1972	26	CLE	AL	73	169	-0	-1	-1	-1	-2	-6	-0.7	6	0	-0.2	.490	.496	0.0	-0.5	1	$	97
3 Seasons				337	1153	16	-0	-3	-16	-15	-17	-2.2	38	20	1.4	.494	.496	3.4	-3.5	36	$40,000

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
1970	24	CLE	AL	545	369	78	5.7	101	.276	.268	.262	.357	.337	.468	.401	.824	.738	122	.625	15.0	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	1.4	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	.683	94	.491	-0.2	-0.0	.585	.245	.112	.0
3 Yrs				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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Yrs				1153	3.9%	12.7%	9.5%	8.4%	38%	1.33	7.0	22.6	8.6	0.75	72%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.7%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.69	6.1	43.9	9.1	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1970	24	CLE	AL	15.0	1.5	560	1.6	11.0	-9.4	.99	2.2	-0.6	17.4	1.7	0.92	21.3	1.15	8
1971	25	CLE	AL	1.4	0.1	449	-1.0	7.5	-8.4	1.06	0.0	-1.0	-6.7	-0.7	0.96	3.4	1.43	21
1972	26	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	173	-0.2	3.1	-3.3	1.17	0.1	-0.3	-6.0	-0.7	0.98	-0.4	1.73	25
3 Yrs				16.2	1.6	1182	0.4	21.6	-21.2	1.04	2.3	-1.9	4.7	0.4	0.94	24.3	1.53	54

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1970	24	CLE	AL	2	25%	208	3	3	50%	3	2	1	1	3	15	42%	23	18	4	9	5	4	21	5	14
1971	25	CLE	AL	7	28%	174	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	7	48%	24	18	6	6	3	3	12	1	11
1972	26	CLE	AL	3	29%	62	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	2	4	42%	8	6	1	6	3	3	5	1	4
3 Yrs				12	27%	444	9	6	60%	9	5	1	1	5	26	44%	55	42	11	21	11	10	38	7	29

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
1970	24	CLE	AL	545	43%	128			8	2	0	1	1.15	23	0	4	14	9	19	4	0	2	1	50%	114	15	13%	41	7	17%	314	38	12%	24	11	46%	22	9	41%	0
1971	25	CLE	AL	439	46%	97			21	5	1	1	1.43	18	1	10	7	11	11	7	0	1	0	0%	92	12	13%	39	5	13%	274	28	10%	21	11	52%	24	10	42%	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%	5	1	20%	0
3 Yrs				1153	49%	257			54	11	1	4	1.53	45	1	18	22	23	31	14	0	3	1	33%	240	32	13%	97	17	18%	697	75	11%	55	26	47%	51	20	39%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			30%			13%			47%			53%

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
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	548	479	67	130	26	0	23	61	3	55	75	.271	.360	.470	.830	78	139
1971	25	126	446	402	54	101	22	1	19	48	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 Yrs		341	1178	1035	145	269	53	1	47	126	9	116	147	.260	.344	.449	.793	154	337
162 Game Avg.		162	560	492	69	128	25	0	22	60	4	55	70	.260	.344	.449	.793	73	337

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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