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Alan Foster

Birthdate:

12/8/1946

Height / Weight:

6' 0" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Pasadena, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A flame throwing right-hander, Alan Foster blazed his way thru the minors, pitching in places like Santa Barbara of the California League in 1965, then fashioned a resounding 11-5 record with a 2.86 ERA and striking out 125 batters in 132 innings for Albuquerque of the Texas League in 1966. Alan Foster fanned 127 in 142 innings for Spokane in 1967 and then was called up by the LA Dodgers in late 1967, pitching in 4 games.

Pitching full time with the Los Angeles Dodgers starting in 1969 Alan Foster had two solid seasons before being traded to Cleveland on December 11 1970 for pitcher Ray Lamb and c/of Duke Sims. He later pitched for 4 different teams.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1967	LAD (NL)	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	16.2	10	4	4	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	2.16
1968	LAD (NL)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	15.2	11	4	3	1	2	0	10	0	0	0	1.72
1969	LAD (NL)	24	15	3	9	0	2	2	102.2	119	55	50	11	29	4	59	6	4	0	4.38
1970	LAD (NL)	33	33	10	13	0	7	1	198.2	200	104	94	22	81	2	83	7	2	0	4.26
1971	CLE (AL)	36	26	8	12	0	3	0	181.2	158	93	84	19	82	5	97	6	4	0	4.16
1972	CAL (AL)	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	12.2	12	8	7	3	6	0	11	1	2	0	4.97
1973	STL (NL)	35	29	13	9	0	6	2	203.2	195	82	71	17	63	3	106	1	5	0	3.14
1974	STL (NL)	31	25	7	10	0	5	1	162.1	167	81	70	16	61	7	78	3	3	1	3.88
1975	SDP (NL)	17	4	3	1	0	1	0	44.2	41	14	12	1	21	5	20	0	0	0	2.42
1976	SDP (NL)	26	11	3	6	0	2	0	86.2	75	36	31	9	35	2	22	2	1	1	3.22
10 years		217	148	48	63	0	26	6	1025.1	988	481	426	99	383	28	501	26	21	2	3.74

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1967	LAD (NL)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1968	LAD (NL)	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.250	SLG
1969	LAD (NL)	24	27	1	2	0	0	0	1	3	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	.74	.167	SLG
1970	LAD (NL)	33	64	4	7	0	0	0	6	5	13	0	0	0	0	8	1	.109	.171	SLG
1971	CLE (AL)	37	51	2	2	1	0	0	3	1	18	0	0	0	0	7	1	.39	.57	SLG
1972	CAL (AL)	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1973	STL (NL)	35	68	4	13	1	0	0	2	2	17	0	0	0	0	5	0	.191	.214	SLG
1974	STL (NL)	33	48	4	8	0	0	0	2	2	7	0	0	0	0	7	0	.167	.200	SLG
1975	SDP (NL)	19	11	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	.91	SLG
1976	SDP (NL)	29	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	.56	.190	SLG
10 years		225	295	17	35	2	0	0	17	16	84	0	0	0	0	34	2	.119	.163	.SLG

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