Pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium on August 6, 1969, Foster surrendered a home run to Pirate left fielder Willie Stargell that cleared the right field pavilion. Stargell's home run, the first to be hit completely out of the seven-year-old stadium, was measured at 507 feet (155 m), making it the longest home run ever hit in that park.
alan, foster, baseball, this, article, includes, list, references, related, reading, external, links, sources, remain, unclear, because, lacks, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, february, 2015, lear. This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations February 2015 Learn how and when to remove this message Alan Benton Foster born December 8 1946 is an American former professional baseball player 1 He played in Major League Baseball as a right handed pitcher from 1967 to 1976 for the Los Angeles Dodgers Cleveland Indians California Angels St Louis Cardinals and the San Diego Padres Alan FosterPitcherBorn 1946 12 08 December 8 1946 age 77 Pasadena California U S Batted RightThrew RightMLB debutApril 25 1967 for the Los Angeles DodgersLast MLB appearanceAugust 13 1976 for the San Diego PadresMLB statisticsWin loss record48 63Earned run average3 74Strikeouts501TeamsLos Angeles Dodgers 1967 1970 Cleveland Indians 1971 California Angels 1972 St Louis Cardinals 1973 1974 San Diego Padres 1975 1976 Baseball career editFoster was born in Pasadena California He attended Los Altos High School Hacienda Heights California and was listed as 6 feet 1 8 m tall and 180 pounds 82 kg He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball in the second round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft Pitching against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium on August 6 1969 Foster surrendered a home run to Pirate left fielder Willie Stargell that cleared the right field pavilion Stargell s home run the first to be hit completely out of the seven year old stadium was measured at 507 feet 155 m making it the longest home run ever hit in that park Foster was involved in a three team deal on November 18 1974 in which he was traded along with Sonny Siebert and Rich Folkers from the Cardinals to the Padres for Ed Brinkman who had been sent to San Diego with Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon from the Detroit Tigers for Nate Colbert 2 Danny Breeden went from the Padres to the Cardinals to subsequently complete the transactions Over his career Foster won 48 games lost 63 and had an earned run average of 3 74 In 217 games pitched including 148 starts he posted 26 complete games and six shutouts He allowed 988 hits and 383 bases on balls with 501 strikeouts in 1 0251 3 innings pitched His best campaign came in 1973 for the Cardinals as he set a personal best with 13 victories in 22 decisions with a 3 14 ERA References edit Alan Foster Baseball Reference Retrieved April 30 2022 Colbert Traded In 3 Team Deal United Press International UPI Monday November 18 1974 Retrieved October 21 2020External links editCareer statistics and player information from MLB or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or Baseball Reference Minors or Retrosheet nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1940s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Foster baseball amp oldid 1188472882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
