Alan Foster
1967–1976 · bats R / throws R · California Angels, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, St. Louis Cardinals
225G
.119AVG
.163OBP
.125SLG
More career statistics
35H
0HR
17RBI
0SB
48–63W–L
1,025.1IP
501K
3.74ERA
148GS
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 225 | 347 | 295 | 17 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | .119 | .163 | .125 | .288 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,025.3 | 217 | 148 | 26 | 48 | 63 | 0 | 988 | 481 | 426 | 99 | 383 | 501 | 0 | 0 | 3.74 | 1.337 |
Streaks
3longest hitting streak · 1973-05-06 to 1973-05-16
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 9 walks allowed | 1971-04-11 | 1 in 1,333 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 10 strikeouts | 1971-07-07 | 1 in 113 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 23 | 3 home runs allowed | 1971-08-28 | 1 in 112 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 119 | 203 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 51 | .126 | .158 | .137 |
| Away | 106 | 144 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 33 | .108 | .132 | .108 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 34 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | .152 | .175 | .182 |
| May | 46 | 66 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 15 | .136 | .136 | .136 |
| June | 41 | 78 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | .119 | .154 | .119 |
| July | 35 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | .078 | .115 | .078 |
| August | 33 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | .132 | .170 | .158 |
| September | 35 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | .111 | .151 | .111 |
| October | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atlanta-braves | 21 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .158 | .186 | .158 |
| cincinnati-reds | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .105 | .111 | .105 |
| san-francisco-giants | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .071 | .211 | .071 |
| new-york-mets | 16 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .147 | .135 | .147 |
| philadelphia-phillies | 16 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .120 | .194 | .120 |
| houston-astros | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | .042 | .111 | .042 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | .188 | .176 | .188 |
| chicago-cubs | 15 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .067 | .059 | .067 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 |  Los Angeles Dodgers | 4 | 4 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 16 | 15 |
| 1968 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 15 | 10 |
| 1969 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 24 | 27 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .074 | 102 | 59 |
| 1970 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 33 | 64 | 7 | – | 6 | – | .109 | 198 | 83 |
| 1971 |  Cleveland Guardians | 37 | 51 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .039 | 181 | 97 |
| 1972 |  California Angels | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 11 |
| 1973 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 35 | 68 | 13 | – | 2 | – | .191 | 203 | 106 |
| 1974 | St. Louis Cardinals | 33 | 48 | 8 | – | 2 | – | .167 | 162 | 78 |
| 1975 |  San Diego Padres | 19 | 11 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .091 | 44 | 20 |
| 1976 | San Diego Padres | 29 | 18 | 1 | – | – | – | .056 | 86 | 22 |