Andy
Foster
 
Nickname: Ruby
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 242
 
Born: December 17, 1961 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1979 17 CLG FL   4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
1980 18 CLG FL   4 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 4 4 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   4 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 19 CLG FL $ 300,000   14 14 14 11 12 12 17 17 17 7 8 8 10 10 10
1982 20 CLG FL $ 300,000   15 15 14 13 13 13 17 17 17 11 12 12 10 10 10
1983 21 CLG FL $ 300,000   16 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 14 14 14 10 10 10
1984 22 CLG FL $ 300,000   17 17 17 19 19 19 18 18 18 15 15 15 12 12 12
1985 23 CLG FL $ 3,628,571   17 17 17 20 20 20 18 18 18 15 15 15 13 13 13
1986 24 CLG FL $ 3,628,571   13 13 13 17 17 17 19 19 19 15 15 15 6 6 6
1987 25 CLG FL $ 3,628,571   13 13 13 16 16 16 19 19 19 14 14 14 6 6 6
1988 26 CLG FL $ 3,628,571   14 14 14 17 17 17 18 18 18 14 14 14 6 6 6
1989 27 CLG FL $ 4,800,000   15 15 15 16 16 16 18 18 18 14 14 14 6 6 6
1990 28 CLG FL $ 4,800,000   13 13 13 16 16 16 19 19 19 14 14 14 6 6 6
1991 29 VAN JL $ 4,800,000   13 13 13 16 16 16 18 18 18 14 14 14 6 6 6
1992 30 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   13 13 13 16 16 16 18 18 18 14 14 14 6 6 6
1993 31 AUS FL $ 3,000,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 18 18 18 14 14 14 6 6 6
1994 32 HAW JL $ 3,000,000   14 14 14 16 16 16 17 17 17 14 14 14 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   13 13 13 11 12 12 17 17 17 7 8 8 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,800,000   17 17 17 20 20 20 19 19 19 15 15 15 13 13 13
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1979 17 AAA   138 554 70 164 44 3 22 92 5 6 25 132 .296 .326 .505 .832 84.0  
1980 18 AAA   138 579 97 175 53 3 23 105 5 4 41 149 .302 .348 .523 .872 97.2  
1981 19 CLG FL 71 215 24 50 17 1 5 38 0 2 13 63 .233 .298 .391 .689 24.8 3.0
    AAA   49 187 35 56 16 2 10 34 2 1 23 37 .299 .376 .567 .943 37.3  
1982 20 CLG FL 122 290 34 79 29 2 3 41 0 2 25 51 .272 .340 .417 .757 38.1 6.6
1983 21 CLG FL 153 567 93 138 44 4 22 85 4 3 61 148 .243 .329 .451 .781 79.3 11.2
1984 22 CLG FL 133 396 71 116 32 5 24 92 4 1 35 100 .293 .359 .581 .940 78.3 18.2
1985 23 CLG FL 120 376 69 106 27 4 21 71 1 0 36 73 .282 .361 .543 .903 69.6 13.6
1986 24 CLG FL 126 415 65 105 29 3 24 70 1 1 39 140 .253 .333 .511 .843 67.6 9.9
    AAA   2 8 2 3 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 1.250 1.625 3.1  
1987 25 CLG FL 72 254 48 78 25 4 23 65 0 1 29 86 .307 .397 .709 1.106 62.7 12.3
1988 26 CLG FL 155 495 68 122 42 5 15 74 0 0 53 153 .246 .323 .442 .766 70.4 11.4
1989 27 CLG FL 154 522 69 139 49 7 12 64 0 2 49 175 .266 .343 .456 .799 77.5 13.6
1990 28 CLG FL 152 490 75 122 33 3 19 67 0 0 55 169 .249 .339 .445 .784 73.5 10.8
1991 29 VAN JL 9 32 6 11 2 1 0 5 0 0 5 9 .344 .432 .469 .901 5.4 1.0
1992 30 BUF FL 136 396 48 98 32 3 7 58 0 0 37 117 .247 .309 .396 .705 47.5 5.3
1993 31 BUF FL 114 258 42 71 22 0 16 46 0 1 19 82 .275 .336 .547 .882 44.2 7.2
  AUS FL 29 110 20 27 9 2 6 18 0 0 12 35 .245 .331 .527 .858 18.4 2.6
  TOT   143 368 62 98 31 2 22 64 0 1 31 117 .266 .334 .541 .875 62.5 9.9
1994 32 AUS FL 60 213 37 61 21 2 9 33 1 0 20 64 .286 .354 .531 .885 37.1 7.1
  HAW JL 96 332 51 90 37 1 6 66 2 0 40 101 .271 .354 .443 .797 50.2 8.4
  TOT   156 545 88 151 58 3 15 99 3 0 60 165 .277 .354 .477 .832 87.3 15.5
14 Years Sim 1702 5361 820 1413 450 47 212 893 13 13 528 1566 .264 .340 .484 .824 844.6 142.3
4 Years AAA 327 1328 204 398 114 8 57 234 12 11 89 319 .300 .347 .526 .874 221.6  
162 Game Average 510 78 134 42 4 20 84 1 1 50 149 .264 .340 .484 .824 80.4  
Career Highs 156 567 93 151 58 7 24 99 4 3 61 175 .344 .432 .709 1.106 87.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3840 566 1015 311 37 144 610 8 9 351 1151 .264 .338 .477 .815 578.0
vs LH   1521 254 398 139 10 68 283 5 4 177 415 .262 .347 .500 .847 250.9
Home 857 2624 376 674 222 20 96 429 7 6 246 804 .257 .332 .466 .799 382.7
Away 845 2737 444 739 228 27 116 464 6 7 282 762 .270 .348 .500 .848 446.2
RISP   1491 0 415 124 9 72 639 0 0 188 447 .278 .366 .518 .884 267.9
Pinch Hitting   333 45 88 27 0 14 68 1 0 30 103 .264 .332 .471 .803 50.0
Close/Late   750 93 215 65 4 31 136 0 0 80 217 .287 .363 .508 .871 128.9
Mar/Apr 305 1022 147 276 95 10 34 175 3 6 106 308 .270 .350 .482 .832 159.3
May 327 971 165 272 86 15 40 166 1 3 99 260 .280 .356 .523 .879 166.4
June 305 965 133 240 69 5 47 177 1 2 81 307 .249 .322 .477 .799 139.5
July 257 838 139 199 76 5 32 140 2 0 82 246 .237 .313 .455 .767 115.9
August 253 726 88 191 53 5 22 96 1 0 62 209 .263 .334 .441 .775 100.4
Sep/Oct 255 839 148 235 71 7 37 139 5 2 98 236 .280 .364 .514 .877 147.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 19 CLG FL RF 65 54 506.7 116 4 2 1 .984 2.13 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 2 0 3.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.46 0 0 .000 0  
1982 20 CLG FL RF 79 69 616.7 145 6 2 2 .987 2.20 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 6 0 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0  
1983 21 CLG FL RF 151 145 1312.7 326 12 5 2 .985 2.32 0 0 .000 0 4.1
1984 22 CLG FL RF 107 86 818.0 181 11 4 1 .980 2.11 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    LF 15 4 54.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.50 0 0 .000 0  
1985 23 CLG FL RF 96 85 764.7 189 8 5 2 .975 2.32 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 18 4 64.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0  
1986 24 CLG FL RF 96 92 816.0 178 11 5 1 .974 2.08 0 0 .000 0 2.1
    LF 23 10 120.3 24 1 2 0 .926 1.87 0 0 .000 0  
1987 25 CLG FL RF 63 61 549.7 132 7 1 1 .993 2.28 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    C 4 4 38.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 7.11 9 1 .111 6 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1988 26 CLG FL RF 133 128 1127.7 251 7 7 1 .974 2.06 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 9 0 19.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42 0 0 .000 0  
1989 27 CLG FL RF 105 103 903.0 205 7 2 1 .991 2.11 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 35 32 286.0 71 2 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 2 18.0 4 2 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 28 CLG FL LF 109 94 863.0 195 7 5 0 .976 2.11 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    RF 25 21 189.3 50 2 1 1 .981 2.47 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 6 50.0 9 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 0 0 .000 0  
1991 29 VAN JL RF 8 8 65.7 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1992 30 BUF FL RF 74 59 547.3 93 6 2 0 .980 1.63 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    1B 20 20 173.0 180 10 4 16 .979 9.88 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    LF 24 6 94.0 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
1993 31 BUF FL 1B 49 49 375.2 388 31 4 27 .991 10.05 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 26 6 88.1 14 1 1 0 .938 1.53 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 9 6 52.1 9 1 1 0 .909 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AUS FL 1B 12 12 164.4 170 14 2 12 .989 10.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 7 2 38.6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.40 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 2 2 22.9 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 61 61 539.6 558 45 6 39 .990 10.06   1.2
      LF 33 8 126.7 20 1 1 0 .955 1.49   0.3
      RF 11 8 75.0 13 2 1 0 .938 1.80   0.0
1994 32 AUS FL RF 37 37 320.6 70 2 1 0 .986 2.02 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    1B 19 19 162.9 163 11 1 10 .994 9.61 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.33 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  HAW JL RF 60 58 511.4 112 2 1 0 .991 2.01 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    1B 30 30 259.8 261 17 1 16 .996 9.63 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1110 1014 9124.3 2074 87 39 13 .982 2.13 0 0 .000 0 23.3
  LF 281 159 1665.0 372 11 9 0 .977 2.07 0 0 .000 0 3.3
  1B 130 130 1135.3 1162 83 12 81 .990 9.87 0 0 .000 0 2.5
  CF 9 8 74.0 14 4 0 0 1.000 2.19 0 0 .000 0  
  C 4 4 38.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 7.11 9 1 .111 6 0.0
Career Totals   1534 1315 12036.6 3651 186 60 94 .985 2.87 9 1 .111 6 29.2
Career Highs   151 145 1312.7 608 48 8 39 1.000 7.76 9 1 .111 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 19 CLG FL 2 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000
1982 20 CLG FL 7 7 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000
1983 21 CLG FL 4 17 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .235 .278 .412 .690
1984 22 CLG FL 2 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .250 .500
1985 23 CLG FL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 17 40 7 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 9 .225 .244 .400 .644
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1984-7-.503*
Doubles
1983-8-44
1989-7-49
CAR-19-450
Strikeouts
1983-2-148
1988-4-153
1989-1-175
1990-2-169
CAR-21-1566
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Lem Galarraga (900)
  2. Mitchell Page (895)
  3. Glenn Miller (893)
  4. Roach Kidd (891)
  5. Adrian Cabrera (888)
  6. Sam Hell (886)
  7. Jose Primo (875)
  8. Robert Roten (872)
  9. Patrick Moore (872)
  10. Marquis Futon (870)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Calgary in 1979
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1981, off Alex Lopez (LV)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1981, off Justin Alexander (LV)
Injured on 8/27/1981 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks