Roy Foster

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: July 29, 1945 in Bixby, OK us

Died: March 21, 2008 in Tulsa, OK

Buried: North Heights Cemetery, Sapulpa, OK

High School: Booker T. Washington HS (Tulsa, OK)

Debut: April 7, 1970 (Age 24-252d, 12,953rd in major league history)
vs. BAL 4 AB, 2 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1972 (Age 27-064d)
vs. NYY 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Roy Foster

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

1016

257

.253

136

RBI

118

OBP

.336

SLG

.438

OPS

.774

OPS+

112

Summary of 45 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 5 tying, 23 go ahead

1 Tm
CLE	45

Platoon
vs LHP	23
vs RHP	22

Home/Road
Home	31
Away	14

Outs
0	18
2	14
1	13

11 Opps
DET	10
WSA	5
MIL	5
CHW	5
OAK	4
BAL	4
MIN	3
BOS	3
CAL	3
KCR	2
NYY	1

35 Pitchers
Joe Coleman	3
Dave McNally	3
Earl Wilson	2
Tommy John	2
Paul Lindblad	2
Mickey Lolich	2
Skip Lockwood	2
Wilbur Wood	2
Catfish Hunter	1
George Brunet	1
Les Cain	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Roric Harrison	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Bill Lee	1
Gary Peters	1
Ken Wright	1
Stan Williams	1
Gary Ryerson	1
John Hiller	1
Casey Cox	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Denny McLain	1
Vida Blue	1
Greg Garrett	1
Bobby Bolin	1
Mel Queen	1
Dick Bosman	1
Joe Niekro	1
Danny Murphy	1
Jim Lonborg	1
Paul Doyle	1
Jim Rooker	1
Jim Slaton	1
Luis Tiant	1

8 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	31
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
RFK Stad (WAS)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	28
8	7
9	4

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	25
1--	8
12-	5
-2-	3
--3	2
123	1
-23	1

73 RBI
RISP	12
0 on	25
1 on	13
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	20

Inning
1	8
2	4
3	2
4	7
5	1
6	6
7	3
8	9
9	3
Extra	2

1-3	14
4-6	14
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	3
+2	1
+1	1
Tied	16
-1	9
-2	6
-3	5
-4..	4

Ahead	5
Tied	16
Behind	24

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
LF	29
RF	15
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	16
4th	9
6th	6
5th	4
2nd	4
7th	3
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-04-07	CLE		BAL	Dave McNally	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.131	69%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1970-05-08	CLE		MIN	Stan Williams	behind 3-4	b 6	1	-23	3	7	7	0.295	84%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Horton Scores; R. Fosse Scores/unER
3	3	3	1	1970-05-09	CLE		MIN	Luis Tiant	behind 1-3	b 8	0	---	1	7	7	0.140	30%		Home Run (Deep CF)
4	4	4	1	1970-05-25	CLE	@	BAL	Dave McNally	behind 0-6	t 9	1	1--	2	6	9	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Horton Scores
5	5	5	1	1970-06-11	CLE		OAK	Paul Lindblad	behind 4-5	b 10	1	-2-	2	4	7	0.724	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; V. Pinson Scores
6	6	6	1	1970-06-16	CLE		CAL	Paul Doyle	ahead 7-1	b 8	2	1--	2	8	7	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Uhlaender Scores
7	7	7	1	1970-06-20	CLE		DET	Earl Wilson	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	7	0.124	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	2	1970-06-20	CLE		DET	Earl Wilson	tied 1-1	b 8	1	---	1	8	7	0.299	86%		Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	1970-06-28 (1)	CLE	@	DET	John Hiller	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	---	1	6	7	0.038	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1970-07-08	CLE		WSA	George Brunet	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.107	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
11	11	11	1	1970-07-21	CLE		CHW	Tommy John	behind 0-1	b 4	0	-2-	2	3	7	0.187	69%		Home Run; G. Nettles Scores
12	12	12	1	1970-07-26 (1)	CLE		KCR	Ken Wright	behind 3-5	b 6	2	12-	3	3	7	0.469	71%		Home Run (Deep CF); E. Leon Scores; L. Brown Scores
13	13	13	1	1970-07-31	CLE	@	CHW	Danny Murphy	tied 3-3	t 9	0	---	1	3	7	0.345	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	14	1	1970-08-08	CLE	@	WSA	Dick Bosman	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	7	0.137	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	15	1	1970-08-21	CLE		OAK	Catfish Hunter	ahead 3-2	b 6	1	---	1	2	7	0.114	84%		Home Run
16	16	16	1	1970-08-25	CLE		MIL	Skip Lockwood	behind 1-2	b 8	2	---	1	2	7	0.336	53%		Home Run
17	17	17	1	1970-08-26	CLE		MIL	Bobby Bolin	ahead 4-2	b 7	2	12-	3	3	7	0.096	98%		Home Run; S. Hargan Scores; G. Nettles Scores
18	18	18	1	1970-08-29	CLE		CAL	Greg Garrett	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.105	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	19	2	1970-08-29	CLE		CAL	Mel Queen	ahead 5-0	b 6	1	12-	3	2	7	0.017	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Heidemann Scores; S. McDowell Scores
20	20	20	1	1970-09-09	CLE		WSA	Joe Coleman	behind 2-5	b 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.076	16%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	21	1	1970-09-10	CLE		WSA	Casey Cox	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	7	0.191	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Uhlaender Scores
22	22	22	1	1970-09-17	CLE		DET	Joe Niekro	behind 1-2	b 3	2	1--	2	4	7	0.239	64%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
23	23	23	1	1970-09-25	CLE		BAL	Dave McNally	behind 1-6	b 8	2	---	1	4	7	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1971-04-19	CLE	@	BOS	Bill Lee	tied 3-3	t 13	0	1--	2	5	7	0.350	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
25	25	2	1	1971-05-02 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	Paul Lindblad	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	7	PH	0.125	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	3	1	1971-05-18	CLE	@	WSA	Denny McLain	behind 0-2	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	0.103	34%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	4	1	1971-06-08	CLE		CHW	Wilbur Wood	tied 0-0	b 2	0	12-	3	6	7	0.187	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores; K. Harrelson Scores
28	28	5	1	1971-06-15	CLE		MIN	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-3	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	0.069	14%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	6	1	1971-06-20 (1)	CLE		DET	Mickey Lolich	behind 0-1	b 1	0	12-	3	3	9	0.202	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores; E. Leon Scores
30	30	7	2	1971-06-20 (1)	CLE		DET	Mickey Lolich	tied 5-5	b 8	0	---	1	3	9	0.270	87%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	8	1	1971-07-23	CLE		KCR	Jim Rooker	behind 3-6	b 8	0	---	1	4	9	0.075	15%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	9	1	1971-08-21	CLE		CHW	Tommy John	tied 0-0	b 1	1	123	4	5	9	0.220	86%		Home Run; V. Pinson Scores; R. Fosse Scores; G. Nettles Scores
33	33	10	1	1971-08-22	CLE		CHW	Wilbur Wood	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	9	0.117	53%		Home Run (Deep CF)
34	34	11	1	1971-08-24	CLE		MIL	Jim Slaton	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.140	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	12	1	1971-08-26	CLE		MIL	Skip Lockwood	behind 1-4	b 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.091	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	13	1	1971-08-31 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Joe Coleman	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.109	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	14	1	1971-09-01	CLE	@	DET	Les Cain	behind 0-3	t 4	0	---	1	3	9	0.086	25%		Home Run (Deep LF)
38	38	15	1	1971-09-04	CLE	@	BOS	Jim Lonborg	behind 1-2	t 6	1	--3	2	3	7	0.239	65%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Pinson Scores
39	39	16	1	1971-09-05	CLE	@	BOS	Gary Peters	behind 0-8	t 8	2	---	1	3	7	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	17	1	1971-09-12	CLE		NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 0-2	b 1	1	--3	2	3	9	0.141	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Uhlaender Scores
41	41	18	1	1971-09-28	CLE		DET	Joe Coleman	behind 0-4	b 9	0	-2-	2	6	7	0.045	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1972-08-02 (2)	CLE		BAL	Roric Harrison	behind 0-2	b 2	0	1--	2	6	7	0.200	55%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. McCraw Scores
43	43	2	1	1972-08-13 (1)	CLE	@	DET	Woodie Fryman	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	0.146	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	3	1	1972-08-28	CLE	@	OAK	Vida Blue	tied 0-0	t 6	2	1--	2	4	7	0.340	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores
45	45	4	1	1972-09-12 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	Gary Ryerson	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	9	0.222	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Chambliss Scores