Alan Foster Notable

b. December 8, 1946 · Los Angeles Dodgers 1967–1970, Cleveland Indians 1971, California Angels 1972, St. Louis Cardinals 1973–1974, San Diego Padres 1975–1976

Alan Foster played for five clubs across 10 seasons as a pitcher, opening with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1967 and closing with the San Diego Padres in 1976.

He went 48 and 63 with a 3.74 earned run average, pitching 1,025 innings in 217 games. He struck out 501, completed 26 of his 148 starts and threw 6 shutouts. Across 225 games he batted .119, with 35 hits and 17 runs. He finished with 2 doubles.

He was born in Pasadena, CA, USA on December 8, 1946. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1967	LAD	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
1968	LAD	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	.250
1969	LAD	24	27	1	2	0	1	3	16	.074
1970	LAD	33	64	4	7	0	6	5	13	.109
1971	CLE	37	51	2	2	1	3	1	18	.039
1972	CAL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—
1973	STL	35	68	4	13	1	2	2	17	.191
1974	STL	33	48	4	8	0	2	2	7	.167
1975	SDP	19	11	1	1	0	2	0	3	.091
1976	SDP	29	18	1	1	0	0	3	6	.056
Career	—	225	295	17	35	2	17	16	84	.119

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1967	LAD	0	1	4	2	16.2	10	4	3	15	2.16
1968	LAD	1	1	3	3	15.2	11	3	2	10	1.72
1969	LAD	3	9	24	15	102.2	119	50	29	59	4.38
1970	LAD	10	13	33	33	198.2	200	94	81	83	4.26
1971	CLE	8	12	36	26	181.2	158	84	82	97	4.16
1972	CAL	0	1	8	0	12.2	12	7	6	11	4.97
1973	STL	13	9	35	29	203.2	195	71	63	106	3.14
1974	STL	7	10	31	25	162.1	167	70	61	78	3.88
1975	SDP	3	1	17	4	44.2	41	12	21	20	2.42
1976	SDP	3	6	26	11	86.2	75	31	35	22	3.22
Career	—	48	63	217	148	1025.1	988	426	383	501	3.74

On this day & linked events

1946

Born December 8, 1946

Pasadena, CA, USA

1967

Major-league debut: Alan Foster

Alan Foster made a major-league debut on April 25, 1967.

1976

Final major-league game: Alan Foster

Alan Foster played a final major-league game on August 13, 1976.

Image: Danny Goodman, public domain