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Name Team Age
Al Foster Retired (1968, Age 35) Died (2002, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 24
(1952)		 1B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Frank Thomas League 0 8 years (140 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
54 49 68
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
59 41 61
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
55 50 37
Endurance Velocity Control
55 58 9
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
94 100 72
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
54 0 12/8/1932
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
4 4 5
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
99 (99.0 %) 12 (12.4 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year Type   Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1952 Minors 33.00 5 / 6 1 / 2 3 / 3 9 / 9 4 / 6 3 / 5 2 / 2 27 / 33
1953 Minors 23.00 4 / 4 2 / 2 2 / 2 4 / 4 2 / 4 5 / 5 2 / 2 21 / 23
1954 Minors 18.00 3 / 3 1 / 3 2 / 3 1 / 2 3 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 2 12 / 18
1954 Majors 5.27 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 5
1955 Minors 24.00 2 / 5 3 / 4 3 / 6 4 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 16 / 24
1956 Minors 28.00 1 / 1 3 / 7 2 / 3 3 / 4 1 / 7 4 / 4 2 / 2 16 / 28
1957 Minors 24.00 4 / 6 1 / 2 2 / 4 1 / 2 3 / 4 3 / 3 1 / 3 15 / 24
1957 Majors 2.88 2 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2
1958 Majors 15.66 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 3 1 / 2 5 / 15
1959 Minors 13.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 1 / 3 3 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 4 / 13
1959 Majors 2.36 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2
1960 Minors 18.00 2 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 5 2 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 5 / 18
1960 Majors 18.00 1 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 2 1 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 2 5 / 18
1961 Minors 33.00 2 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 3 4 / 9 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 8 9 / 33
1962 Majors 28.04 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 4 2 / 3 2 / 28
1963 Majors 28.26 0 / 6 0 / 1 0 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 5 1 / 3 0 / 4 1 / 28
1964 Majors 17.78 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 17
1965 Majors 28.79 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 28
1966 Majors 14.84 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 14
1967 Majors 14.11 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 14
1968 Majors 9.90 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 9
Total 0 0 0 27 / 67 13 / 48 18 / 52 32 / 72 18 / 55 20 / 56 13 / 44 141 / 394
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1968-11-01Al Foster has retired from the Detroit River Rats
1964-05-27Al Foster of the Detroit River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1962-03-25The Detroit River Rats have promoted Whitey Smith to the major league team. The Detroit River Rats have promoted Fred Holle to the major league team. The Detroit River Rats have promoted Pete Weaver to the major league team. The Detroit River Rats have promoted Al Foster to the major league team.
1961-04-01The Detroit River Rats have acquired Al Foster from the waiver wire.
1960-09-12The Brooklyn Deggers have waived Al Foster.
1959-05-12The Brooklyn Deggers have promoted Jim Regan to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deggers have designated Al Foster for assignment.
1957-08-23The Brooklyn Deggers have promoted Al Foster to the major league team. The Brooklyn Deggers have designated Pat Piet for assignment.
1954-08-02The Brooklyn Deggers have sent Al Foster to the minors.
1954-06-25The Brooklyn Deggers have promoted Al Foster to the major league team.
1953-05-27The Brooklyn Deggers have acquired Al Foster from the waiver wire.
1953-04-10The Chicago Predators have waived Al Foster.