Alan Foster stats

Last played for the San Diego Padres, 1976

Pitcher

Age 79

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Alan Foster played 10 MLB seasons, 1967 to 1976.

Stats

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Career regular season

GP
217
W
48
L
63
ERA
3.74
IP
1,025.1
K
501
BB
383
WHIP
1.34

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.
1967LAD4012.1616.21530.78
1968LAD3111.7215.21020.83
1969LAD24394.38102.259291.44
1970LAD3310134.26198.283811.41
1971CLE368124.16181.297821.32
1972LAA8014.9712.21161.42
1973STL351393.14203.2106631.27
1974STL317103.88162.178611.40
1975SD17312.4244.220211.39
1976SD26363.2286.222351.27

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP

Expanded

Career regular season

QS
0
CG
26
SHO
6
K/9
4.4
GB
0
FB
0
G/F
0.00
WP
0

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP; G/F: 50+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs.CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last.SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed.K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched.GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher.FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher.G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher.WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop.
1967LAD0008.10000
1968LAD0005.70000
1969LAD0225.20000
1970LAD0713.80000
1971CLE0304.80000
1972LAA0007.80000
1973STL0624.70000
1974STL0514.30000
1975SD0104.00000
1976SD0202.30000

What the columns mean: QS · CG · SHO · K/9 · G/F · WP

Bio

Age
79 yearsDec 8, 1946
Debut
1967

What were Alan Foster's career stats?

Alan Foster played 10 seasons for the Dodgers, the Guardians, the Angels, the Cardinals and the Padres. He had 48 wins and 501 strikeouts with a 3.74 ERA over 1,025.1 innings. His best season was 1973: 13 wins, a 3.14 ERA and 106 strikeouts.

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