Terry Forster | Major Leaguer 1971-1986

Full Name: Terry Jay Forster
Born: January 14,1952 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Bats: Left Throws: Left
High School: Santana (Santee,CA)
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Drafted: Selected by Chicago White Sox in 2nd Round (30th overall) of 1970 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 10,1976] - Traded by White Sox with Rich Gossage to Pirates for Silvio Martinez and Richie Zisk. [Oct 20,1977] - Granted Free Agency. [Nov 22,1977] - Signed as Free Agent by Dodgers. [Nov 10,1982] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 1,1982] - Signed as Free Agent by Braves. [Apr 1,1986] - Released by Braves. [Apr 16,1986] - Signed as Free Agent by Angels. [Nov 12,1986] - Granted Free Agency. [Jun 15,1987] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1970	Appleton	Midw	18	Chw	A	6	1	1.33	10						54.0	30	11	8		29	42			5.00	---	4.83	7.00	1.09	--
1971	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	19	Chw	MLB	2	3	3.99	45	3	0	0	15	1	49.2	46	23	22	5	23	48	1	1	8.34	0.91	4.17	8.70	1.39	52%
1972	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	6	5	2.25	62	0	0	0	45	29	100.0	75	31	25	0	44	104	5	0	6.75	0.00	3.96	9.36	1.19	58%
1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	6	11	3.23	51	12	4	0	29	16	172.2	174	69	62	7	78	120	6	1	9.07	0.36	4.07	6.26	1.46	59%
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	7	8	3.62	59	1	0	0	49	24	134.1	120	57	54	6	48	105	9	0	8.04	0.40	3.22	7.03	1.25	55%
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	3	3	2.19	17	1	0	0	12	4	37.0	30	12	9	0	24	32	2	0	7.30	0.00	5.84	7.78	1.46	63%
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	2	12	4.37	29	16	1	0	8	1	111.1	126	61	54	7	41	70	7	0	10.19	0.57	3.31	5.66	1.50	61%
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	6	4	4.43	33	6	0	0	7	1	87.1	90	47	43	7	32	58	3	1	9.28	0.72	3.30	5.98	1.40	62%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	5	4	1.93	47	0	0	0	40	22	65.1	56	19	14	2	23	46	2	1	7.71	0.28	3.17	6.34	1.21	69%
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	1	2	5.51	17	0	0	0	8	2	16.1	18	11	10	0	11	8	1	0	9.92	0.00	6.06	4.41	1.78	51%
1980	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	0	0	3.09	9	0	0	0	7	0	11.2	10	4	4	0	4	2	0	0	7.72	0.00	3.09	1.54	1.20	65%
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	0	1	4.11	21	0	0	0	6	0	30.2	37	14	14	1	15	17	3	0	10.86	0.29	4.40	4.99	1.70	76%
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	5	6	3.04	56	0	0	0	13	3	83.0	66	38	28	3	31	52	2	0	7.16	0.33	3.36	5.64	1.17	64%
1983	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	3	2	2.16	56	0	0	0	29	13	79.1	60	19	19	3	31	54	2	0	6.81	0.34	3.52	6.13	1.15	58%
1984	Atlanta	NL	32	Atl	MLB	2	0	2.70	25	0	0	0	14	5	26.2	30	9	8	1	7	10	2	0	10.13	0.34	2.36	3.38	1.39	65%
1985	Atlanta	NL	33	Atl	MLB	2	3	2.28	46	0	0	0	19	1	59.1	49	22	15	7	28	37	1	0	7.43	1.06	4.25	5.61	1.30	66%
1986	Edmonton	PCL	34	Cal	AAA	0	1	21.00	4	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	9	7	7	1	3	4	0		27.00	3.00	9.00	12.00	4.00	--
	California	AL	34	Cal	MLB	4	1	3.51	41	0	0	0	17	5	41.0	47	18	16	2	17	28	0	0	10.32	0.44	3.73	6.15	1.56	63%
1987	Portland	PCL	35	Min	AAA	0	1	7.27	13	0	0	0	5	0	17.1	25	16	14	0	18	3	1		12.98	0.00	9.35	1.56	2.48	--

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)						54	65	3.23	614	39	5	0	318	127	1,105.2	1034	454	397	51	457	791	46	4	8.42	0.42	3.72	6.44	1.35	61%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)						6	3	3.52	27						74.1	64	34	29		50	49			7.77	---	6.07	5.95	1.54	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1971	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	19	Chw	MLB	p	9	45	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1000	33%
1972	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	p	9	63	19	1	10	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	.526	.550	.526	1076	82%
1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	p	0	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	p	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	36	26	2	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	.346	.346	.462	808	50%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	p	9	47	8	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1125	71%
1979	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	p	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	1.000	---	---	100%
1980	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	p	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	p	9	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
1982	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	p	9	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1983	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	p	9	56	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.625	1125	100%
1984	Atlanta	NL	32	Atl	MLB	p	9	25	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1334	0%
1985	Atlanta	NL	33	Atl	MLB	p	9	46	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
1986	California	AL	34	Cal	MLB	p	0	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 16 Season(s)								620	78	7	31	4	1	0	7	1	0	2	9	0	0	6	0	0	.397	.413	.474	887	57%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	26		Ch	1	0	0.00	1		0			0	1.0	1		0		0	2			9.00	---	0.00	18.00	1.00	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	26		Ws	0	0	0.00	3		0			0	4.0	5		0		1	6			11.25	---	2.25	13.50	1.50	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	29		Div	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	0		0		0	0			0.00	---	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	29		Ch	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	0		0		0	1			0.00	---	0.00	27.27	0.00	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	29		Ws	0	0	0.00	2		0			0	2.0	1		0		3	0			4.50	---	13.50	0.00	2.00	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						1	0	0.00	8		0			0	7.2	7		0		4	9			8.22	---	4.70	10.57	1.43	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1978	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	Ws	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	Ws	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1971	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	19	Chw	MLB	P	45		49.2	4	6	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.81

1972	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	20	Chw	MLB	P	62		100	1	21	2	24	0	-	-	-	.917	1.98

1973	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	21	Chw	MLB	P	51		172.2	8	45	2	55	8	-	-	-	.964	2.76

1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	59		134.1	6	33	1	40	4	-	-	-	.975	2.61

1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	P	17		37	2	14	1	17	1	-	-	-	.941	3.89

1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	29		111.1	5	26	2	33	0	-	-	-	.939	2.51

1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	33		87.1	4	13	1	18	1	-	-	-	.944	1.75
1977	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

1978	LA Dodgers	NL	26	La	MLB	P	47		65.1	2	10	2	14	0	-	-	-	.857	1.65

1979	LA Dodgers	NL	27	La	MLB	P	17		16.1	1	5	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.31

1980	LA Dodgers	NL	28	La	MLB	P	9		11.2	2	4	1	7	0	-	-	-	.857	4.63

1981	LA Dodgers	NL	29	La	MLB	P	21		30.2	0	11	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	3.23

1982	LA Dodgers	NL	30	La	MLB	P	56		83	4	18	1	23	0	-	-	-	.957	2.39

1983	Atlanta	NL	31	Atl	MLB	P	56		79.1	3	15	1	19	1	-	-	-	.947	2.04

1984	Atlanta	NL	32	Atl	MLB	P	25		26.2	2	4	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	2.02

1985	Atlanta	NL	33	Atl	MLB	P	46		59.1	2	7	1	10	0	-	-	-	.900	1.37

1986	Edmonton	PCL	34	Cal	AAA	P	4			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1986	California	AL	34	Cal	MLB	P	41		41	2	11	0	13	2	-	-	-	1.000	2.85

1987	Portland	PCL	35	Min	AAA	P	13			2	6	0	8	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	483,333		299,108	26
1986	170,000		325,466	52

Career:	$653,333	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.

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