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Roy
Foster		  
Nickname: Babyface
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 29, 1945 in Usa, OK, BIXBY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1970   
All-Star Selections 1971    1972   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1970 24 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
1971 25 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6
1972 26 STL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 7
1973 27 STL NL $ 3,250,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1974 28 STL NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 7
1975 29 STL NL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1976 30 STL NL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 9 8 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1977 31 PHN NL $ 1,500,000   6 6 6 9 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1978 32 CLE AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 6 8 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
1979 33 CLE AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6
1980 34 CLE AL $ 1,500,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5
1981 35 LAD NL $ 2,999,999   3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 5 4 5 3 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,250,000   6 6 7 9 8 9 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7
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
1970 24 STL NL 150 585 96 172 36 2 28 111 1 1 67 103 .294 .370 .506 .876 101.2 22.3
1971 25 STL NL 155 595 89 170 35 0 28 103 0 0 59 97 .286 .359 .486 .845 96.5 19.0
1972 26 STL NL 149 574 90 158 34 0 27 98 0 0 58 84 .275 .348 .476 .823 92.1 17.7
1973 27 STL NL 155 585 91 147 47 0 24 95 0 0 59 80 .251 .324 .455 .779 81.0 14.4
1974 28 STL NL 155 578 69 124 41 0 22 84 0 0 50 74 .215 .287 .400 .687 64.7 7.9
1975 29 STL NL 155 596 54 139 30 0 20 79 0 0 40 91 .233 .285 .384 .670 64.3 7.9
1976 30 STL NL 154 579 63 138 35 0 25 80 0 0 65 82 .238 .320 .428 .748 78.9 14.9
1977 31 PHN NL 147 549 75 131 32 3 22 91 1 0 58 84 .239 .318 .428 .746 75.6 13.3
1978 32 LAD NL 44 126 14 27 7 0 3 16 0 0 12 19 .214 .284 .341 .625 12.8 1.6
  CLE AL 83 285 36 72 17 0 15 60 0 0 23 42 .253 .312 .470 .782 41.6 8.0
  TOT   127 411 50 99 24 0 18 76 0 0 35 61 .241 .303 .431 .734 54.4 9.6
1979 33 CLE AL 78 195 33 54 11 0 12 36 0 0 23 29 .277 .364 .518 .882 37.2 9.0
1980 34 CLE AL 91 198 28 54 11 0 12 43 0 0 20 29 .273 .341 .510 .851 32.5 6.3
1981 35 LAD NL 150 551 47 97 21 1 17 67 0 0 37 128 .176 .237 .310 .547 37.5 0.0
12 Years Sim 1666 5996 785 1483 357 6 255 963 2 1 571 942 .247 .319 .436 .755 815.8 142.3
162 Game Average 583 76 144 34 0 24 93 0 0 55 91 .247 .319 .436 .755 79.3  
Career Highs 155 596 96 172 47 3 28 111 1 1 67 128 .294 .370 .518 .882 101.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3772 464 880 220 4 147 578 0 0 328 614 .233 .302 .411 .713 462.6
vs LH   2224 321 603 137 2 108 385 2 1 243 328 .271 .347 .480 .827 361.3
Home 828 2884 389 739 184 4 126 458 2 1 279 455 .256 .329 .454 .783 419.6
Away 838 3112 396 744 173 2 129 505 0 0 292 487 .239 .309 .420 .729 404.4
RISP   1582 0 400 100 4 76 681 0 0 199 267 .253 .335 .465 .800 249.8
Pinch Hitting   142 17 34 5 0 7 27 0 0 15 17 .239 .313 .423 .736 19.4
Close/Late   772 77 187 38 2 29 106 0 0 76 114 .242 .319 .409 .728 99.9
Mar/Apr 273 995 133 252 70 1 44 162 0 1 89 146 .253 .316 .458 .774 141.9
May 293 1052 137 261 72 0 48 174 0 0 82 172 .248 .308 .453 .761 143.4
June 273 959 118 219 48 2 34 136 0 0 131 156 .228 .326 .389 .715 126.6
July 279 1009 131 254 58 2 42 172 0 0 94 165 .252 .326 .438 .764 139.8
August 286 1042 125 268 63 1 46 179 0 0 79 149 .257 .314 .452 .766 144.2
Sep/Oct 262 939 141 229 46 0 41 140 2 0 96 154 .244 .323 .424 .747 128.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1970 24 STL NL RF 147 145 1304.0 252 4 12 4 .955 1.77   2.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 25 STL NL RF 151 149 1356.3 258 3 19 1 .932 1.73   2.9
    LF 3 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93    
1972 26 STL NL RF 147 147 1308.3 229 3 12 2 .951 1.60   2.4
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 27 STL NL RF 148 147 1314.0 234 5 17 2 .934 1.64   2.1
    LF 5 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 28 STL NL RF 152 143 1281.0 261 1 16 0 .942 1.84   1.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 29 STL NL RF 4 0 14.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.84   0.0
1976 30 STL NL RF 53 52 447.3 111 2 5 1 .958 2.27   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 31 PHN NL RF 119 118 1060.3 218 0 11 0 .952 1.85   2.0
    LF 5 0 13.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.38    
1978 32 LAD NL RF 3 1 12.1 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.23   0.0
    LF 3 0 6.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.0
  CLE AL RF 7 2 26.9 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.34   0.1
    LF 5 1 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  TOT   RF 10 3 39.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.31   0.2
      LF 8 1 20.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.33   0.0
1979 33 CLE AL LF 5 3 31.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.32   0.1
    SS 10 0 26.0 9 9 1 2 .947 6.23   0.1
    RF 1 1 8.0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.13    
    2B 1 0 2.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 10.15   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1980 34 CLE AL LF 7 3 38.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.2
    RF 3 2 22.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 35 LAD NL LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 935 907 8155.0 1583 18 93 10 .945 1.77   13.2
  LF 39 7 126.0 26 0 1 0 .963 1.86   0.3
  SS 11 0 27.0 9 10 1 2 .950 6.33   0.1
  2B 2 0 3.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 7.38   0.0
  CF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   989 914 8313.6 1618 31 95 13 .946 1.79   13.7
Career Highs   154 149 1361.0 261 12 19 4 1.000 3.88    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1971 25 STL NL 12 47 7 10 3 0 2 15 1 0 5 6 .213 .302 .404 .706
1972 26 STL NL 5 18 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452
1979 33 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 34 CLE AL 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583
Career Post-Season Batting 24 70 8 14 3 0 2 18 1 0 7 11 .200 .288 .329 .616
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1970-10-.294
 On-Base Pct
1970-9-.370
 Slugging Pct
1970-6-.506
1971-7-.486
1972-10-.476
 OPS
1970-5-.876
1971-10-.845
 XR
1970-7-101.2
1971-5-96.5
 Games
1971-8-155
At-Bats
1971-6-595
1975-5-596
 Runs
1970-9-96
 Hits
1970-10-172
1971-8-170
 Total Bases
1970-5-296
1971-4-289
1972-9-273
1973-10-266
 Doubles
1970-5-36
1971-3-35
1972-8-34
1973-3-47
1974-5-41
1976-10-35
1977-8-32
 Homeruns
1970-7-28
1971-5-28
1972-9-27
1973-10-24
1976-6-25
RBIs
1970-6-111
1971-8-103
1973-10-95
 Walks
1970-6-67
 Strikeouts
1981-2-128
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 73    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  6. Jason Thompson (886)
  7. Dave Parker (886)
  8. Zeke Bonura (883)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by St. Louis in 1970
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1970, off John Gelnar (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 4/5/1970, off Joe Coleman (LAD)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Los Angeles on 8/13/1970
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1970, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 4 RBI
Injured on 8/25/1970 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won Bronze Rookie in 1970, hitting .294 with 28 HR, 111 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1971, hitting .381 with 10 HR, 24 RBI
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1972 Allstar game
Injured on 8/4/1972 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/25/1973
9/1/1973: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $3,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 7 runs against Oakland on 7/18/1974
7/31/1976: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $1,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Drove in 7 runs against Boston (A) on 8/21/1977
Injured on 9/20/1977 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Philadelphia to Los Angeles on 3/4/1978 (Going to PHN: RF Steve Hovley. Going to LAD: DH Roy Foster)
Traded from Los Angeles to Cleveland (A) on 6/1/1978 (Going to LAD: LF Tom Paciorek. Going to CLE: DH Roy Foster)
Injured on 6/22/1978 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/17/1981 to a 1-year deal worth $2,999,999 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Los Angeles on 3/4/1981 (Going to CLN: P Mike Garman. Going to LAD: RF Tom Brunansky, DH Roy Foster, 2B Tom Heintzelman, P Butch Metzger, CF Paul Blair)
Hit 3 homeruns against Philadelphia, driving in 4 runs on 4/24/1981
Injured on 5/5/1981 with a Concussion, out for one week
 
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