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Billy Williams League
9-2-2071
John "Aussie" Foster Second Base
Retired (1969, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .310 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .882 Status Deceased (2023) Option Years 0  
H 3698 Age at Death 93 Date of Birth 07-29-1930
HR 454 Drafted Round 2, Pick 19
(1950)		 Majors Svc Time 20 years
(85 games)
RBI 1824
SB 604
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L A- Endurance F    Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D    Mentor vR A+
Speed B- Bunt B  Control D    Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 7
1B --- LF --- Arm A  WS Appearances 8
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health A- LCS Appearances 12
3B F  (1.0%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 10
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

 
Year Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1950 Minors 20 0.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1950 Majors 20 0.00 0 / 5 1 / 11 3 / 14 3 / 15 0 / 10 1 / 8 2 / 10 10 / 73
1951 Majors 21 73.00 7 / 16 5 / 11 3 / 12 5 / 9 1 / 9 2 / 8 4 / 8 27 / 73
1952 Majors 22 75.00 7 / 9 4 / 13 1 / 9 8 / 10 2 / 10 4 / 13 3 / 11 29 / 75
1953 Majors 23 69.72 7 / 14 10 / 14 5 / 9 2 / 6 5 / 7 3 / 9 5 / 10 37 / 69
1954 Majors 24 72.28 8 / 12 7 / 10 5 / 10 3 / 8 0 / 9 3 / 10 3 / 13 29 / 72
1955 Majors 25 69.49 2 / 9 0 / 3 2 / 13 8 / 14 4 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 7 16 / 69
1956 Majors 26 67.05 2 / 10 2 / 9 0 / 5 3 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 14 1 / 10 9 / 67
1957 Majors 27 64.66 0 / 6 0 / 9 2 / 13 0 / 6 0 / 11 0 / 8 2 / 11 4 / 64
1958 Majors 28 69.65 1 / 4 1 / 9 1 / 12 0 / 17 1 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 7 4 / 69
1959 Majors 29 70.69 0 / 7 1 / 14 1 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 12 2 / 70
1960 Majors 30 73.30 1 / 13 0 / 14 0 / 9 3 / 6 1 / 18 0 / 5 0 / 8 5 / 73
1961 Majors 31 72.69 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 16 0 / 8 0 / 13 0 / 72
1962 Majors 32 72.20 0 / 10 1 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 7 0 / 7 1 / 72
1963 Majors 33 73.00 0 / 14 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 13 1 / 11 0 / 13 1 / 6 2 / 73
1964 Majors 34 77.00 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 16 0 / 14 0 / 8 0 / 15 0 / 77
1965 Majors 35 75.50 0 / 13 0 / 11 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 9 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 75
1966 Majors 36 60.90 0 / 12 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 60
1967 Majors 37 54.39 0 / 9 0 / 12 1 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 54
1968 Majors 38 36.70 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 36
1969 Majors 39 10.80 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 10
Total 0 0 0 35 / 189 32 / 189 24 / 185 35 / 189 16 / 191 13 / 177 21 / 184 176 / 1304
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1969-11-01John "Aussie" Foster has retired from the Chicago Swingers
1967-07-16John Aussie Foster of the Chicago Swingers is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1964-03-01The Chicago Swingers have renamed John Foster to John "Aussie" Foster.
1950-09-14The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted John Foster to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Dory Funderburk Jr to the minors.
1950-09-12The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Johnny Bradley to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Dory Funderburk Jr to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Soulful Al Green to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Kno Rapp to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Ryan "Little toe" Tobin to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Earl Beall to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Frank Harris to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent John Foster to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Hack Thorpe to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Luis Menhart to the minors.
1950-09-05The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Lloyd Thielman to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Bill Atwell to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted John Foster to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Salami Cotto to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Dory Funderburk Jr to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Swiss Wachtel to the minors.
1950-09-05The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Dory Funderburk Jr to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Soulful Al Green to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Lafayette "Foots" Richardson to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Bill Atwell to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent John Foster to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Scott Brumfield to the minors.