Terry
Forster
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: January 14, 1952 in Usa, SD, SIOUX FALLS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1972   
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 19 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 9 9 9
1972 20 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 7 5 6 7 6 6 9 9 9
1973 21 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 8
1974 22 TOR AL $ 300,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1975 23 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 7 5 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1976 24 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1977 25 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 8 7 7
1978 26 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 7 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1979 27 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 7 6 6 4 3 3 7 7 7
1980 28 TOR AL $ 350,000 6 8 6 7 3 2 2 8 7 7
1981 29 TOR AL   6 7 6 6 3 2 2 6 5 5
1983 31 OAK AL   6 7 6 6 3 1 2 6 5 5
1984 32 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 9 8 8 4 3 3 6 6 6
1985 33 OAK AL $ 350,000 6 9 8 8 4 3 3 6 5 6
1986 34 OAK AL $ 608,000 6 9 7 8 3 2 2 5 5 5
1987 35 OAK AL $ 608,000 6 8 7 7 3 2 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 5 5 3 1 2 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 608,000 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 9 9 9
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  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 19 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1972 20 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1973 21 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1974 22 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1975 23 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1976 24 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1977 25 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1978 26 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1979 27 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1980 28 TOR AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1981 29 TOR AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1983 31 OAK AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1984 32 OAK AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1985 33 OAK AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1986 34 OAK AL $ 608,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
1987 35 OAK AL $ 608,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 608,000   5 5 5 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 8 8 8
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
1971 19 TOR AL 5 1 .833 25 0 0 0 10 24.3 23 10 2 9 16 3.70 .258 .330 .337 .667 4.4
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000  
1972 20 TOR AL 15 9 .625 34 34 2 0 0 235.0 224 104 13 89 151 3.98 .250 .319 .363 .682 16.8
1973 21 TOR AL 10 13 .435 35 35 1 0 0 233.3 221 118 15 123 153 4.55 .249 .342 .369 .711 13.3
1974 22 TOR AL 4 9 .308 19 19 0 0 0 126.7 145 65 11 59 65 4.62 .291 .365 .439 .804 6.3
1975 23 TOR AL 5 14 .263 29 26 1 0 0 171.0 176 89 19 90 101 4.68 .264 .352 .414 .766 7.5
1976 24 TOR AL 3 9 .250 38 0 0 0 1 52.0 77 49 10 33 25 8.48 .350 .433 .559 .992 0.0
1977 25 AAA   6 2 .750 13 13 0 0 0 84.7 80 38 6 38 62 4.04 .245 .323 .358 .681  
    AA   12 1 .923 17 17 1 1 0 124.0 94 18 2 50 124 1.31 .209 .288 .249 .537  
1978 26 AAA   9 5 .643 17 17 1 0 0 115.0 118 53 9 49 82 4.15 .266 .339 .381 .719  
1979 27 TOR AL 2 2 .500 5 5 0 0 0 30.0 41 23 4 16 17 6.90 .339 .414 .488 .902 0.0
    AAA   10 7 .588 25 25 1 0 0 173.3 155 67 11 67 150 3.48 .235 .306 .328 .634  
1980 28 AA   9 12 .429 28 28 0 0 0 182.7 160 64 11 86 191 3.15 .231 .316 .324 .640  
1981 29 AA   13 8 .619 26 26 2 1 0 173.7 134 50 6 79 178 2.59 .211 .298 .287 .585  
1982 30 AA   10 8 .556 24 24 1 0 0 160.0 135 59 13 65 192 3.32 .224 .299 .330 .629  
1983 31 AA   6 4 .600 17 17 1 0 0 98.0 78 37 2 69 112 3.40 .225 .354 .283 .637  
1984 32 OAK AL 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 5.7 4 0 0 0 2 0.00 .211 .211 .316 .526 1.0
    AAA   7 4 .636 17 17 1 1 0 120.3 82 31 10 56 142 2.32 .191 .284 .293 .577  
    AA   6 2 .750 12 12 1 1 0 89.0 67 19 4 34 100 1.92 .204 .279 .287 .566  
1985 33 OAK AL 3 2 .600 73 0 0 0 0 53.0 44 23 6 29 33 3.91 .229 .329 .365 .693 4.4
1986 34 OAK AL 4 5 .444 93 0 0 0 6 94.7 80 40 10 50 83 3.80 .229 .326 .377 .703 7.5
1987 35 OAK AL 7 5 .583 67 0 0 0 2 65.0 68 37 8 43 44 5.12 .272 .376 .420 .796 2.3
11 Years Sim 58 69 .457 430 119 4 0 19 1090.6 1103 558 98 541 690 4.60 .263 .348 .399 .747 63.6
5 Years AAA 32 18 .640 73 72 3 1 1 494.3 435 189 36 210 438 3.44 .233 .311 .337 .648  
6 Years AA 56 35 .615 124 124 6 3 0 827.3 668 247 38 383 897 2.69 .219 .306 .298 .603  
11 Years Minors 88 53 .624 197 196 9 4 1 1321.6 1103 436 74 593 1335 2.97 .224 .308 .313 .620  
Season Average 5 6 .455 39 10 0 0 1 99.1 100 50 8 49 62 4.60 .263 .348 .399 .747  
Career Highs 15 14 .833 93 35 2 0 10 235.0 224 118 19 123 153 8.48 .350 .433 .559 .992  
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   768 365 63 364 411   .274 .358 .404 .761
vs LH   335 193 35 177 279   .242 .327 .391 .718
Home 21 42 .333 228 63 0 0 10 583.0 608 317 57 308 353 4.89 .268 .356 .416 .772
Away 37 27 .578 202 56 4 0 9 507.6 495 241 41 233 337 4.27 .258 .338 .379 .717
Mar/Apr 13 17 .433 73 27 0 0 2 214.0 257 137 23 121 125 5.76 .300 .387 .458 .845
May 13 11 .542 81 26 3 0 6 221.6 194 78 13 93 139 3.17 .236 .313 .343 .656
June 6 13 .316 69 23 0 0 3 198.0 204 93 18 85 120 4.23 .267 .340 .398 .738
July 13 10 .565 63 15 0 0 1 154.3 152 83 16 76 90 4.84 .259 .344 .410 .754
August 5 7 .417 66 12 0 0 6 134.3 127 80 13 79 109 5.36 .245 .344 .374 .718
Sep/Oct 8 11 .421 78 16 1 0 1 168.3 169 87 15 87 107 4.65 .264 .353 .407 .760
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 19 TOR AL 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3
1976 24 TOR AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1977 25 AA   4 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.7  
1981 29 AA   4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
1984 32 AAA   4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
1985 33 OAK AL 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
1986 34 OAK AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1987 35 OAK AL 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
5 Years Sim 33 7 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 0.5 1.0
1 Years AAA 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
2 Years AA 8 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1.2  
3 Years Minors 12 5 3 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.5  
162 Game Average 34 29 14 0 0 0 4 0 9 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857 2.7  
Career Highs 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.1
vs LH   2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Home 11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.1
Away 14 5 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
RISP   2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4
Close/Late   5 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 0.7
Mar/Apr 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
Sep/Oct 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 0.9
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 19 TOR AL P 25 0 24.3 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.96    
    RF 2 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
1972 20 TOR AL P 34 34 235.0 18 47 3 1 .956 2.49    
1973 21 TOR AL P 35 35 233.3 14 38 0 1 1.000 2.01    
1974 22 TOR AL P 19 19 126.7 10 14 0 2 1.000 1.71    
1975 23 TOR AL P 29 26 171.0 15 23 1 3 .974 2.00    
1976 24 TOR AL P 38 0 52.0 3 9 1 0 .923 2.08    
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1979 27 TOR AL P 5 5 30.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1984 32 OAK AL P 12 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18    
1985 33 OAK AL P 73 0 53.0 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1986 34 OAK AL P 93 0 94.7 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.14    
1987 35 OAK AL P 67 0 65.0 4 12 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  P 430 119 1090.6 78 167 5 9 .980 2.02    
  RF 2 0 6.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.0
  LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   434 119 1102.3 80 167 5 9 .980 2.02    
Career Highs   93 35 235.0 18 47 3 3 1.000 3.18    
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
1971 19 TOR AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 3 0 0 3 4 0.00 .103 .188 .138 .325
1984 32 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 3 0 0 1 20.30 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1985 33 OAK AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 4 0 0 2 1 0.00 .400 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 13.7 11 3 0 5 6 1.98 .234 .308 .277 .584
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1971-8-10
Games Pitched
1985-3-73
1986-2-93
Games Started
1972-10-34
1973-4-35
Walks Allowed
1973-5-123
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Toronto in 1971
Earned first career win on 6/17/1971
Had first career hit on 9/9/1971, off Marty Pattin (CLE)
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 6/23/1974 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 8-9 weeks
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/28/1975 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/17/1980 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/2/1980 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
6/1/1980: Signed a minor league contract extension with Toronto
Injured on 8/12/1981 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2-3 weeks
Injured on 6/27/1982 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Released by Toronto on 10/13/1982
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 5/1/1983 to a minor league deal
Injured on 5/28/1983 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/12/1983 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
6/1/1985: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $608,000 per year, for 2 years