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Alan Foster	Bats: Right Throws: Right Height: 6' 0'' Weight: 185   Born: December 8, 1946 in Usa, CA, PASADENA

Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won	1978    1980
Gold Glove	1977
All-Star Selections	1979    1981

Ratings - Pitching     Help
								Stuff						Control						Movement
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Salary	Endurance			vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA		vL		vR		OA
1967	20	KCR	AL		7			4		4		4		6		6		6		7		7		7
1968	21	KCR	AL		7			4		4		4		6		7		6		7		7		7
1969	22	KCR	AL		7			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1970	23	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	7			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1971	24	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	7			4		4		4		7		7		7		7		7		7
1972	25	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	7			4		4		4		7		7		7		8		8		8
1973	26	KCR	AL	$ 300,000	7			4		4		4		8		8		8		9		9		9
1974	27	KCR	AL	$ 1,014,286	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		9		9		9
1975	28	KCR	AL	$ 1,014,286	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		8		8		8
1976	29	SDP	NL	$ 1,200,000	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		8		8		8
1977	30	SDP	NL	$ 1,200,000	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		8		8		8
1978	31	SDP	NL	$ 1,200,000	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		8		8		8
1979	32	SDP	NL	$ 1,200,000	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		7		7		7
1980	33	SDP	NL	$ 6,740,000	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		7		7		7
1981	34	SDP	NL	$ 6,740,000	7			3		4		4		9		9		9		7		7		7
1982	35	SDP	NL	$ 6,740,000	7			2		2		2		7		7		7		5		5		5
1983	36	SDP	NL	$ 6,740,000	6			1		1		1		4		4		4		3		3		3
OOTP6 Min Ratings					6			1		1		1		4		4		4		3		3		3
OOTP6 Max Ratings				$ 6,740,000	7			4		4		4		9		9		9		9		9		9

Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS	PWS
1967	20	AA		10	11	.476	28	28	3	1	0	205.0	179	73	18	56	178	3.20	.231	.283	.350	.633
1968	21	AAA		14	8	.636	28	28	3	1	0	201.7	175	66	17	68	133	2.95	.232	.296	.355	.651
1969	22	AAA		11	10	.524	27	27	4	0	0	192.3	203	68	14	63	132	3.18	.272	.328	.387	.715
1970	23	AAA		8	18	.308	30	30	3	0	0	202.0	229	93	17	71	118	4.14	.280	.337	.390	.727
1971	24	KCR	AL	17	2	.895	28	22	6	2	0	186.3	176	60	11	54	89	2.90	.249	.303	.339	.641	16.0
1972	25	KCR	AL	13	13	.500	32	28	4	0	0	212.7	267	131	20	76	77	5.54	.312	.367	.444	.812	6.7
1973	26	KCR	AL	9	18	.333	33	32	6	1	0	239.7	298	133	9	75	115	4.99	.310	.359	.399	.759	12.2
1974	27	KCR	AL	13	8	.619	31	23	3	1	1	179.7	242	112	13	43	58	5.61	.325	.361	.440	.800	9.5
1975	28	KCR	AL	11	13	.458	32	29	3	0	0	207.7	287	131	19	39	98	5.68	.327	.355	.458	.813	5.6
1976	29	SDP	NL	11	11	.500	28	22	5	0	2	172.3	223	94	17	28	61	4.91	.310	.336	.439	.775	6.1
1977	30	SDP	NL	14	10	.583	32	32	12	2	0	257.3	278	105	22	33	86	3.67	.276	.300	.400	.700	16.2
1978	31	SDP	NL	21	8	.724	32	32	10	1	0	260.7	289	89	10	40	88	3.07	.283	.313	.349	.662	20.7
1979	32	SDP	NL	18	12	.600	32	32	11	1	0	254.7	268	92	16	38	90	3.25	.273	.301	.372	.673	16.0
1980	33	SDP	NL	14	11	.560	32	32	9	3	0	229.3	260	109	23	43	87	4.28	.285	.316	.408	.724	8.5
1981	34	SDP	NL	19	10	.655	32	32	8	2	0	240.3	221	74	14	40	87	2.77	.243	.274	.332	.605	19.2
1982	35	SDP	NL	10	21	.323	35	35	5	0	0	231.7	269	133	37	66	75	5.17	.288	.336	.459	.795	3.3
1983	36	SDP	NL	8	22	.267	35	35	3	2	0	234.0	271	122	25	72	71	4.69	.290	.341	.411	.752	2.7
13 Years Sim				178	159	.528	414	386	85	15	3	2906.3	3349	1385	236	647	1082	4.29	.290	.327	.403	.730	142.6
3 Years AAA				33	36	.478	85	85	10	1	0	596.0	607	227	48	202	383	3.43	.262	.321	.377	.699
1 Years AA				10	11	.476	28	28	3	1	0	205.0	179	73	18	56	178	3.20	.231	.283	.350	.633
4 Years Minors				43	47	.478	113	113	13	2	0	801.0	786	300	66	258	561	3.37	.254	.312	.371	.682
Season Average				13	12	.520	31	29	6	1	0	223.6	257	106	18	49	83	4.29	.290	.327	.403	.730
Career Highs				21	22	.895	35	35	12	3	2	260.7	298	133	37	76	115	5.68	.327	.367	.459	.813

Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
vs RH										1676	700	127	283	620		.282	.314	.399	.713
vs LH										1673	685	109	364	462		.298	.341	.407	.748
Home	88	84	.512	214	197	42	6	2	1490.6	1705	695	115	361	553	4.20	.287	.328	.394	.722
Away	90	75	.545	200	189	43	9	1	1415.6	1644	690	121	286	529	4.39	.292	.327	.412	.738
Mar/Apr	28	19	.596	58	56	15	2	0	416.3	472	206	37	83	158	4.45	.287	.321	.413	.734
May	30	26	.536	75	65	15	2	2	511.3	584	257	42	108	201	4.52	.288	.324	.408	.732
June	32	29	.525	72	72	13	1	0	534.6	661	258	45	126	213	4.34	.306	.344	.422	.766
July	29	30	.492	68	68	13	3	0	480.0	615	261	48	96	160	4.89	.311	.343	.438	.781
August	30	31	.492	80	72	14	5	1	564.3	635	255	40	128	208	4.07	.287	.326	.383	.709
Sep/Oct	29	24	.547	61	53	21	4	0	399.6	382	148	24	106	142	3.33	.249	.297	.342	.639

Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	IP	PO	A	E	DP	FPct	RF
1971	24	KCR	AL	P	28	22	186.3	16	30	3	3	.939	2.22
1972	25	KCR	AL	P	32	28	212.7	21	41	4	4	.939	2.62
1973	26	KCR	AL	P	33	32	239.7	17	46	0	5	1.000	2.37
1974	27	KCR	AL	P	31	23	179.7	17	30	4	2	.922	2.35
1975	28	KCR	AL	P	32	29	207.7	22	39	4	1	.938	2.64
1976	29	SDP	NL	P	28	22	172.3	12	31	2	3	.956	2.25
1977	30	SDP	NL	P	32	32	257.3	10	74	2	5	.977	2.94
1978	31	SDP	NL	P	32	32	260.7	15	60	2	8	.974	2.59
1979	32	SDP	NL	P	32	32	254.7	24	52	5	2	.938	2.69
1980	33	SDP	NL	P	32	32	229.3	15	51	4	4	.943	2.59
1981	34	SDP	NL	P	32	32	240.3	20	55	3	8	.962	2.81
1982	35	SDP	NL	P	35	35	231.7	19	48	4	3	.944	2.60
1983	36	SDP	NL	P	35	35	234.0	10	43	4	3	.930	2.04
Career Totals					414	386	2906.3	218	600	41	51	.952	2.53
Career Highs					35	35	260.7	24	74	5	8	1.000	2.94

Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	Pct	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	OAVG	OOBP	OSLG	OOPS
1970	23	KCR	AL	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	1	4.50	.263	.300	.579	.879
1971	24	KCR	AL	0	2	.000	3	2	0	0	0	13.3	29	16	2	1	6	10.80	.500	.508	.724	1.233
1978	31	SDP	NL	3	1	.750	6	6	4	2	0	50.7	49	13	1	8	15	2.31	.261	.291	.346	.637
1980	33	SDP	NL	4	2	.667	6	6	2	0	0	46.0	51	16	3	9	10	3.13	.287	.321	.393	.714
1981	34	SDP	NL	0	0	.000	2	2	0	0	0	6.7	7	3	1	3	3	4.05	.259	.333	.370	.704
Career Post-Season Pitching				7	5	.583	18	16	6	2	0	120.7	141	50	9	22	35	3.73	.300	.331	.421	.753

Pitching Leaderboards     Help

Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold. Season Rankings are League Based.

ERA 1971-7-2.90 1978-6-3.07 1981-7-2.77 Wins 1971-5-17 1978-2-21 1979-7-18 1981-3-19 Losses 1973-4-18 1982-1-21 1983-1-22 Winning Pct 1971-1-.895 1974-7-.619 1978-6-.724 1981-10-.655 Games Started 1982-9-35 1983-8-35 Complete Games 1977-9-12 1978-9-10 1979-4-11 1980-9-9 Shutouts 1971-8-2 1973-8-1 1974-7-1 1977-9-2 1980-5-3 1981-5-2 Innings Pitched 1978-10-260.7 1979-10-254.7 Hits Allowed 1972-6-267 1973-1-298 1975-3-287 1977-5-278 1978-3-289 1979-3-268 1980-6-260 1982-7-269 1983-7-271 Homeruns Allowed 1982-1-37 Walks per 9IP 1973-10-2.8 1974-3-2.2 1975-2-1.7 1976-5-1.5 1977-4-1.2 1978-7-1.4 1979-6-1.3 1980-9-1.7 1981-7-1.5 WHiP 1981-6-1.09 OOBP 1981-6-.274 OOPS 1981-8-.605

Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)    Gray Ink Test: 80    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)    Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)

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History

Drafted in 3rd round, 50th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1967

Injured on 8/6/1967 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week

Injured on 8/20/1968 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks

3/3/1970: Signed a minor league contract extension with Kansas City

Earned first career win on 4/27/1971

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1971, going 5-0, 2.26

Won Bronze Rookie in 1971, going 17-2, 2.90 ERA

2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration

2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,014,286 through salary arbitration

9/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,200,000 per year, for 4 years

Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 2/1/1976 (Going to KCR: RF Otto Velez. Going to SDP: P Jim Palmer, P Alan Foster)

Injured on 3/20/1976 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7 weeks

Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1977

Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978

Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game

10/23/1979: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $6,740,000 per year, for 4 years

Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980

Won Player of the Week award on 4/15/1981, winning 2 games with a 1.06 ERA

Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1981, going 5-0, 1.67

Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game

Injured on 10/7/1981 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 6 weeks

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