Keith Foulke

Full Name: Keith Charles Foulke	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/195	First Game: May 21, 1997
Birthdate: October 19, 1972	MLB Experience: 10 years
Birthplace: San Diego, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Career as a pro
2 Scouting Report
3 Career Achievements
4 Player Comparisons
5 Statistics
6 Transactions
7 Trivia
8 Video Gallery
9 Picture Gallery
10 See Also
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[edit] Career as a pro

Foulke has saved 190 games in his 9 year career for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Oakland A's, and Boston Red Sox. He had his best season in 2003 when he appeared in 72 games for the A's with a 2.08 ERA in 86.2 IP. His 43 save season earned him an All-Star appearance and a Rolaids Relief Award. It also earned him a 4 year deal with the Red Sox. The deal looked like a good one when Foulke was one of the key ingredients in the 2004 World Series run, but in 2005 he helped to prove the theory that long term, big money deals are usually a bad idea for relief pitchers. His 2005 season was his worst since his rookie year as he spent most of the year battling knee problems. The Red Sox were forced to go to plan B and gave most of their save chances to Mike Timlin. The team had one of baseball's worst bullpens.

In 2006 Foulke hopes to put his career lowpoint behind him and return to his former self. Things already look bleak, however, as his knees still aren't 100% and Jonathan Papelbon has already usurped his position before Foulke even got a chance to save a game.

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Pitching
Foulke lives and dies with his change up. His fastball tops out in the high 80's and he uses that to set up batters for his circle change. His strange deliver and limited repetoire give him little margin for error. When he's healthy he's one of the best around, but it doesn't take much to get him out of whack.

Defense
Put simply, Foulke is great defensively. He has gone 384 consecutive appearances since 1999 without committing an error, the fourth-longest active streak for any major league pitcher. After a couple of seasons in which he struggled to hold baserunners, Foulke allowed only three stolen bases in five attempts last season.

Most Known For
Foulke gave up only one run in the 2004 postseason and, notably, closed the final game of the 2004 World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals. He got Edgar Rentaria to ground out to end the Red Sox' 86 year drought of World Series victories.

[edit] Career Achievements

Won the 2004 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
Made the AL All-Star team in 2003
Was named the Rolaids Relief man in 2003
Lead the league in saves in 2003 with 43. His 190 career saves is good enough for 40th on the all-time list

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	SF	N	11	8	1	5	8.26	33	41	41	0	44.2	60	9	18	1	1	4
1997	CHI	A	16	0	3	0	3.45	21	11	11	3	28.2	28	4	5	1	0	0
1997	Total		27	8	4	5	6.38	54	52	52	3	73.1	88	13	23	2	1	4
1998	CHI	A	54	0	3	2	4.13	57	31	30	1	65.1	51	9	20	3	3	4
1999	CHI	A	67	0	3	3	2.22	123	28	26	9	105.1	72	11	21	4	1	3
2000	CHI	A	72	0	3	1	2.97	91	31	29	34	88	66	9	22	2	1	2
2001	CHI	A	72	0	4	9	2.33	75	21	21	42	81	57	3	22	1	1	8
2002	CHI	A	65	0	2	4	2.90	58	26	25	11	77.2	65	7	13	2	1	2
2003	OAK	A	72	0	9	1	2.08	88	21	20	43	86.2	57	10	20	2	0	7
2004	BOS	A	72	0	5	3	2.17	79	22	20	32	83	63	8	15	5	3	6
2005	BOS	A	43	0	5	5	5.91	34	30	30	15	45.2	53	8	18	1	0	5
2006	BOS	A	44	0	3	1	4.35	36	24	24	0	49.2	52	9	7	0	2	2
Total	NL		11	8	1	5	8.26	33	41	41	0	44.2	60	9	18	1	1	4
Total	AL		577	0	40	29	2.99	662	245	236	190	711	564	78	163	21	12	39
Total			588	8	41	34	3.30	695	286	277	190	755.2	624	87	181	22	13	43

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	SF	N	P	11	8	44.2	5	7	2	0	7	4	1	.857
1997	CHI	A	P	16	0	28.2	1	4	0	1	1	1	0	1.000
1997	Total		P	27	8	73.1	6	11	2	1	8	5	1	.895
1998	CHI	A	P	54	0	65.1	1	8	2	0	3	1	0	.818
1999	CHI	A	P	67	0	105.1	5	13	1	0	1	2	0	.947
2000	CHI	A	P	72	0	88	7	3	0	1	5	3	0	1.000
2001	CHI	A	P	72	0	81	7	11	0	0	3	1	1	1.000
2002	CHI	A	P	65	0	77.2	6	6	0	1	6	0	0	1.000
2003	OAK	A	P	72	0	86.2	3	12	0	1	9	3	1	1.000
2004	BOS	A	P	72	0	83	5	11	0	1	3	2	0	1.000
2005	BOS	A	P	43	0	45.2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
2006	BOS	A	P	44	0	49.2	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	.857
Total			P	588	8	755.2	41	83	6	5	42	17	3	.954

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	H	AVG	OBP	SLG	SO	SH
1997	SF	N	11	13	2	.154	.154	.154	4	2
1997	CHI	A	16	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1997	Total		27	13	2	.154	.154	.154	4	2
1998	CHI	A	54	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
1999	CHI	A	67	2	0	.000	.000	.000	1	0
2000	CHI	A	72	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2001	CHI	A	72	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2002	CHI	A	65	1	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2003	OAK	A	72	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2004	BOS	A	72	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2005	BOS	A	43	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2006	BOS	A	44	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0
Total	NL		11	13	2	.154	.154	.154	4	2
Total	AL		577	3	0	.000	.000	.000	1	0
Total			588	16	2	.125	.125	.125	5	2

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 3, 1993).
Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed June 3, 1994).
Traded by San Francisco Giants with Lorenzo Barcelo, Mike Caruso, Bob Howry, Brian Manning and Ken Vining to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Wilson Alvarez, Danny Darwin and Roberto Hernandez (July 31, 1997).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Mark Johnson, Joe Valentine and cash to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Billy Koch and 2 players to be named later (December 3, 2002); Chicago White Sox received Neal Cotts and Daylon Holt (December 16, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (January 7, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).

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