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| Name | Team | Age |
| Headache Foster | Retired (2003, Age 35) | 61 |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 5, Pick 105 (1988) |
C | L/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Keller Stargell League | 0 | 9 years (91 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 3/3/1968 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (93.6 %) | (6.3 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | POS | Team | G | GS | INN | TC | PO | A | E | DP | PB | SB | CS | CS% | +/- | RF
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FPCT |
| 1990 | C | MIL | 2 | 2 | 15.0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25.0% | 0 | 6.60 | 1.000 |
| 1991 | C | MIL | 11 | 7 | 62.0 | 52 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10.0% | 0 | 7.40 | .981 |
| 1992 | C | MIL | 14 | 10 | 89.0 | 80 | 70 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 42.1% | 0 | 7.89 | .975 |
| 1993 | C | MIL | 21 | 18 | 147.0 | 110 | 107 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 15.0% | 0 | 6.73 | 1.000 |
| 1994 | C | MIL | 2 | 1 | 10.0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NaN% | 0 | 9.90 | 1.000 |
| 1995 | C | MIL-LAN | 48 | 39 | 353.66 | 298 | 283 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 11 | 19.0% | -1 | 7.53 | .993 |
| 1996 | C | LAN | 49 | 38 | 355.66 | 323 | 288 | 34 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 28 | 43.1% | 0 | 8.15 | .997 |
| RF | LAN | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.44 | 1.000 | |||||
| 1997 | C | LAN | 37 | 28 | 252.66 | 218 | 197 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 29.8% | 0 | 7.69 | .991 |
| 1B | LAN | 44 | 44 | 372.0 | 371 | 357 | 12 | 2 | 18 | -1 | 8.93 | .995 | |||||
| RF | LAN | 23 | 23 | 193.0 | 38 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1.68 | .947 | |||||
| 1998 | C | LAN | 55 | 54 | 475.0 | 418 | 391 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 57 | 23 | 28.7% | 0 | 7.88 | .995 |
| 1B | LAN | 36 | 36 | 321.0 | 337 | 323 | 13 | 1 | 27 | -2 | 9.42 | .997 | |||||
| RF | LAN | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 1.000 | |||||
| 1999 | C | LAN | 73 | 65 | 586.33 | 524 | 483 | 40 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 87 | 33 | 27.5% | 0 | 8.03 | .998 |
| 1B | LAN | 9 | 9 | 77.66 | 72 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 8.34 | 1.000 | |||||
| 2000 | C | LAN | 121 | 118 | 1030.33 | 903 | 834 | 66 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 129 | 60 | 31.7% | +1 | 7.86 | .997 |
| 1B | LAN | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 17 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17.00 | 1.000 | |||||
| 2001 | C | LAN | 35 | 33 | 290.66 | 252 | 227 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 19 | 30.6% | 0 | 7.80 | 1.000 |
| 1B | LAN | 4 | 4 | 35.0 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8.74 | 1.000 | |||||
| 2002 | C | LAN | 9 | 8 | 70.0 | 54 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 9.1% | 0 | 6.94 | 1.000 |
| 1B | LAN | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 1.000 | |||||
| 2003 | C | OAK | 49 | 38 | 359.0 | 315 | 289 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 40.4% | 0 | 7.85 | .994 |
| 1B | OAK | 4 | 4 | 34.0 | 34 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 9.00 | 1.000 | |||||
| Pos Total | C | 526 | 459 | 4096.3 | 3569 | 3292 | 261 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 511 | 221 | 30.2% | 0 | 7.81 | .996 | |
| 1B | 99 | 98 | 850.66 | 869 | 833 | 33 | 3 | 57 | -2 | 9.16 | .997 | ||||||
| RF | 33 | 33 | 278.0 | 53 | 50 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 1.65 | .962 | ||||||
| Total | 658 | 590 | 5224.96 | 4491 | 4175 | 295 | 21 | 68 | 23 | 511 | 221 | 30.2% | -3 | 7.70 | .995 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 2003-11-01 | Headache Foster has retired from the Oakland Turtles |
| 2003-04-08 | The Oakland Turtles have renamed Matt Nokes to Headache Foster. |
| 2003-04-05 | The Oakland Turtles have acquired Matt Nokes from the waiver wire. |
| 2003-03-13 | The Los Angeles Money Makers have designated Matt Nokes for assignment. |
| 2001-08-11 | Matt Nokes of the Los Angeles Money Makers is injured and is expected to be out 27 days. |
| 1998-08-17 | Matt Nokes of the Los Angeles Money Makers is injured and is expected to be out 31 days. |
| 1995-04-06 | Trade #1609803 has been completed between the Milwaukee Mustangs and the Los Angeles Money Makers. The Los Angeles Money Makers receive Matt Nokes, Jack Aker, Draft Pick 1996 Round 1 MIL (Pete Thurman) from the Milwaukee Mustangs in exchange for Bill Baxter, Les Pena. |
| 1994-09-02 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Greg Donahue to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. |
| 1993-10-02 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Ron Woods to the minors. |
| 1993-09-02 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. |
| 1993-08-30 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1993-07-29 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. |
| 1993-06-29 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Rueben Sierra to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1993-06-28 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Rueben Sierra to the minors. |
| 1993-06-06 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1993-06-03 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Rock Raines to the minors. |
| 1993-05-29 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Horace Clarke to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1993-05-27 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Horace Clarke to the minors. |
| 1993-05-15 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Rueben Sierra to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1993-05-14 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Rueben Sierra to the minors. |
| 1992-10-02 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Aurelio Rodriguez to the minors. |
| 1992-09-16 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. |
| 1992-09-09 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-09-02 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. |
| 1992-08-30 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-08-29 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-08-26 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-08-25 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-08-18 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-08-17 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-08-14 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-08-13 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-08-05 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-08-04 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-07-27 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-07-25 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-07-14 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-07-13 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-06-17 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-06-16 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-06-12 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-06-11 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-06-08 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-06-06 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-06-03 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-06-02 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-05-25 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1992-05-24 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1992-03-07 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Doug Drabek to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1991-09-22 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Mike Paglirulo to the minors. |
| 1991-07-29 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1991-07-09 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have designated Hiroshi Mashiba for assignment. |
| 1990-10-01 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1990-09-29 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. |
| 1990-05-30 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Jorge Posada to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Matt Nokes to the minors. |
| 1990-05-26 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have promoted Matt Nokes to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mustangs have sent Jorge Posada to the minors. |
| 1990-03-01 | The Milwaukee Mustangs have renamed Rudy Foster to Matt Nokes. |
| 1989-08-07 | Trade #1561511 has been completed between the Milwaukee Mustangs and the Detroit Derbys. The Detroit Derbys receive Bobby Murcer from the Milwaukee Mustangs in exchange for Rudy Foster. |
| 1989-06-22 | The Detroit Derbys have acquired Rudy Foster from the waiver wire. The Detroit Derbys have waived Lorenzo Klawitter. |
| 1989-04-30 | The St. Louis Browns have waived Rudy Foster. |
| 1989-04-18 | The St. Louis Browns have acquired Rudy Foster from the waiver wire. |
| 1989-04-13 | The Baltimore Dirty Soxs have waived Rudy Foster. |
| 1988-04-11 | The Baltimore Crushers have acquired Rudy Foster from the waiver wire. |
| 1988-04-01 | The Brooklyn Golden Ravens have waived Rudy Foster. |