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Name Team Age
Art Foster Retired (1991, Age 39) Died (2025, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 22
(1971)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jimmy Wynn League 0 17 years (119 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  A- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A  A- B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C  B- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 7/29/1952
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 6 10
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (1B)
C  (37.9 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1971 Minors 71.00 11 / 13 9 / 12 7 / 10 7 / 9 6 / 7 13 / 13 7 / 7 60 / 71
1972 Minors 57.00 6 / 9 4 / 5 2 / 4 8 / 11 4 / 12 10 / 10 6 / 6 40 / 57
1973 Minors 69.00 7 / 10 9 / 11 7 / 12 3 / 8 5 / 9 10 / 10 9 / 9 50 / 69
1974 Minors 36.00 5 / 8 3 / 5 0 / 2 2 / 7 3 / 6 4 / 5 3 / 3 20 / 36
1974 Majors 27.92 4 / 4 3 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 5 / 10 15 / 27
1975 Majors 42.37 2 / 5 0 / 5 3 / 6 0 / 1 4 / 7 7 / 12 4 / 6 20 / 42
1976 Majors 42.54 3 / 6 1 / 9 2 / 4 4 / 6 3 / 9 2 / 3 1 / 5 16 / 42
1977 Majors 59.68 1 / 10 1 / 5 3 / 7 2 / 15 2 / 10 6 / 8 3 / 4 18 / 59
1978 Majors 69.39 3 / 7 2 / 11 1 / 15 1 / 8 3 / 9 2 / 11 1 / 8 13 / 69
1979 Majors 66.78 0 / 10 3 / 14 1 / 4 0 / 7 3 / 13 2 / 5 5 / 13 14 / 66
1980 Majors 62.02 0 / 10 1 / 9 1 / 9 1 / 13 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 5 4 / 62
1981 Majors 52.88 0 / 6 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 10 0 / 8 5 / 9 1 / 7 7 / 52
1982 Majors 71.10 162 120 0 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 12 0 / 10 0 / 8 0 / 71
1983 Majors 64.70 157 115 5 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 6 0 / 8 0 / 11 1 / 12 0 / 7 1 / 64
1984 Majors 63.23 162 130 0 0 / 11 0 / 14 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 63
1985 Majors 45.11 131 61 31 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 10 0 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 7 1 / 6 1 / 45
1986 Majors 62.38 162 107 0 -2 / 7 -2 / 9 -1 / 12 -2 / 10 -2 / 6 -3 / 13 -3 / 5 -15 / 62
1987 Majors 61.66 162 111 0 -1 / 12 -5 / 11 -4 / 12 -3 / 4 -3 / 6 -2 / 8 -2 / 8 -20 / 61
1988 Majors 54.42 162 92 0 -1 / 12 -2 / 6 -2 / 5 -7 / 6 -9 / 8 -3 / 8 -3 / 9 -27 / 54
1989 Majors 55.66 162 96 0 -2 / 10 -3 / 11 -4 / 8 -2 / 6 0 / 10 -2 / 4 -4 / 6 -17 / 55
1990 Majors 54.43 162 90 0 -4 / 8 -6 / 5 -3 / 11 -2 / 6 -4 / 7 -2 / 10 -3 / 7 -24 / 54
1991 Majors 56.65 141 109 21 -3 / 9 -6 / 9 -1 / 6 -2 / 8 -3 / 12 -1 / 9 -3 / 3 -19 / 56
Total 1563 1031 57 29 / 195 12 / 189 14 / 163 11 / 171 14 / 187 49 / 180 28 / 152 157 / 1237
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Art Foster has retired from the Kansas City Alley Cats
1991-09-27Art Foster of the Kansas City Alley Cats is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
1991-05-19Art Foster of the Kansas City Alley Cats is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1985-08-14Art Foster of the Kansas City Alley Cats is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1985-05-08A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Alley Cats and the New York Canaries. The New York Canaries receive Chuck Osorio, Draft Pick - 1986 Round 1 (KC) from the Kansas City Alley Cats in exchange for Art Foster.
1983-09-30Art Foster of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1983-07-15Art Foster of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
1976-08-06Art Foster of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1976-05-03Art Foster of the New York Yankees is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1974-06-21The New York Yankees have promoted Art Foster to the major league team.