Terry Forster

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Full Name: Terry Jay Forster	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: April 11, 1971
Birthdate: January 14, 1952	Final Game: October 2, 1986
Birthplace: Sioux Falls, South Dakota	MLB Experience: 16 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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[edit] Biography

Born on January 14, 1952 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Terry Forster (Terry Jay Forster) played for the Chicago White Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves and California Angels over the course of his 16 year career. Forster broke into the bigs on April 11, 1971 with the Chicago White Sox, and put up a 2.25 ERA in 100 innings pitched in 1972, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Terry Forster's best season was 1972, when he posted a 2.25 ERA, notched 29 saves and struck out 104 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1971	CHI	A	45	3	2	3	3.99	48	23	22	0	0	1	49.2	46	5	23	3	1	1
1972	CHI	A	62	0	6	5	2.25	104	31	25	0	0	29	100	75	0	44	3	5	3
1973	CHI	A	51	12	6	11	3.23	120	69	62	4	0	16	172.2	174	7	78	6	6	0
1974	CHI	A	59	1	7	8	3.62	105	57	54	0	0	24	134.1	120	6	48	3	9	8
1975	CHI	A	17	1	3	3	2.19	32	12	9	0	0	4	37	30	0	24	4	2	0
1976	CHI	A	29	16	2	12	4.37	70	61	54	1	0	1	111.1	126	7	41	4	7	1
1977	PIT	N	33	6	6	4	4.43	58	47	43	0	0	1	87.1	90	7	32	3	3	2
1978	LA	N	47	0	5	4	1.93	46	19	14	0	0	22	65.1	56	2	23	4	2	0
1979	LA	N	17	0	1	2	5.51	8	11	10	0	0	2	16.1	18	0	11	4	1	0
1980	LA	N	9	0	0	0	3.09	2	4	4	0	0	0	11.2	10	0	4	0	0	0
1981	LA	N	21	0	0	1	4.11	17	14	14	0	0	0	30.2	37	1	15	3	3	0
1982	LA	N	56	0	5	6	3.04	52	38	28	0	0	3	83	66	3	31	9	2	4
1983	ATL	N	56	0	3	2	2.16	54	19	19	0	0	13	79.1	60	3	31	9	2	2
1984	ATL	N	25	0	2	0	2.70	10	9	8	0	0	5	26.2	30	1	7	3	2	0
1985	ATL	N	46	0	2	3	2.28	37	22	15	0	0	1	59.1	49	7	28	4	1	0
1986	CAL	A	41	0	4	1	3.51	28	18	16	0	0	5	41	47	2	17	1	0	3
Total	NL		310	6	24	22	3.03	284	183	155	0	0	47	459.2	416	24	182	39	16	8
Total	AL		304	33	30	43	3.37	507	271	242	5	0	80	646	618	27	275	24	30	16
Total			614	39	54	65	3.23	791	454	397	5	0	127	1105.2	1034	51	457	63	46	24

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1971	CHI	A	P	45	3	49.2	4	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1.000
1972	CHI	A	P	62	0	100	1	21	2	0	0	2	3	3	0	.917
1973	CHI	A	P	51	12	172.2	8	45	2	8	0	4	14	5	0	.964
1974	CHI	A	P	59	1	134.1	6	33	1	4	0	1	9	2	1	.975
1975	CHI	A	P	17	1	37	2	14	1	1	0	1	9	2	0	.941
1976	CHI	A	P	29	16	111.1	5	26	2	0	0	0	21	6	1	.939
1977	PIT	N	P	33	6	87.1	4	13	1	1	0	2	9	5	1	.944
1977	PIT	N	RF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	LA	N	P	47	0	65.1	2	10	2	0	0	2	1	2	0	.857
1979	LA	N	P	17	0	16.1	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000
1980	LA	N	P	9	0	11.2	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1981	LA	N	P	21	0	30.2	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1982	LA	N	P	56	0	83	4	18	1	0	0	1	11	5	0	.957
1983	ATL	N	P	56	0	79.1	3	15	1	1	0	0	4	5	1	.947
1984	ATL	N	P	25	0	26.2	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1.000
1985	ATL	N	P	46	0	59.1	2	7	1	0	0	0	10	0	0	.900
1986	CAL	A	P	41	0	41	2	11	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	1.000
Total			OF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			P	614	39	1105.2	48	243	15	18	0	16	96	40	4	.951
Total			RF	1	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1971	CHI	A	45	5	1	2	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1972	CHI	A	63	19	1	10	0	3	.526	.550	.526	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0
1973	CHI	A	53	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	CHI	A	59	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	CHI	A	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1976	CHI	A	29	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	PIT	N	36	26	2	9	0	1	.346	.346	.462	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1978	LA	N	47	8	1	4	0	2	.500	.500	.625	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1979	LA	N	17	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	LA	N	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	LA	N	21	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	LA	N	56	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	ATL	N	56	8	1	4	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1984	ATL	N	25	3	1	2	0	1	.667	.667	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1985	ATL	N	46	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1986	CAL	A	41	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		313	53	5	19	0	4	.358	.370	.453	3	1	1	6	0	4	0	0	0
Total	AL		307	25	2	12	0	3	.480	.500	.520	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0
Total			620	78	7	31	0	7	.397	.412	.474	4	1	2	9	0	6	1	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Rich Gossage to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Richie Zisk and Silvio Martinez (December 10, 1976).
Granted free agency (October 20, 1977).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (November 22, 1977).
Granted free agency (November 10, 1982).
Signed by Atlanta Braves (December 1, 1982).
Released by Atlanta Braves (April 1, 1986).
Signed by California Angels (April 16, 1986).
Granted free agency (November 12, 1986).
Signed by Minnesota Twins (June 15, 1987).

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