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Terry Forster

Birthdate:

1/14/1952

Height / Weight:

6' 3" / 210 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Sioux Falls, SD, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

A high school fastball phoneme, upon graduation Terry Forster signed with an eager Chicago White Sox team at age 19 and was brought up with the parent club the next season, 1971. In his first full major league season, 1972, he saved 29 games in 69 appearances, trailing only Sparky Lyle in the AL, and posted a miserly 2.25 ERA in and limited opposing batters to a .208 on base percentage.

In 1973 he was moved into the starting rotation and completed 4 of 12 starts, posted 16 saves in 39 relief games, stuck out 120 batters in 172.7 innings, had a 6-11 record with a 3.23 ERA.

In 1974 Terry Forster fashioned together a lot of innings and was chosen the American League Fireman of the Year Award. Although he started only one game he worked 134 innings spanning 59 games with 24 saves. After compiling a 2-12 record in 1976 he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates and was 6-4 in 33 games, including 6 starts in 1977. Terry Forester signed as a free agent with the

Los Angeles Dodgers. Note: he was the Dodgers first free agent. He had some success in six years there, pitching in two World Series, 1978 and 1981. by baseballhistorian.com

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1971	CHW (AL)	45	3	2	3	1	0	0	49.2	46	23	22	5	23	3	48	1	1	1	3.99
1972	CHW (AL)	62	0	6	5	29	0	0	100.0	75	31	25	0	44	3	104	5	3	0	2.25
1973	CHW (AL)	51	12	6	11	16	4	0	172.2	174	69	62	7	78	6	120	6	0	1	3.23
1974	CHW (AL)	59	1	7	8	24	0	0	134.1	120	57	54	6	48	3	105	9	8	0	3.62
1975	CHW (AL)	17	1	3	3	4	0	0	37.0	30	12	9	0	24	4	32	2	0	0	2.19
1976	CHW (AL)	29	16	2	12	1	1	0	111.1	126	61	54	7	41	4	70	7	1	0	4.37
1977	PIT (NL)	33	6	6	4	1	0	0	87.1	90	47	43	7	32	3	58	3	2	1	4.43
1978	LAD (NL)	47	0	5	4	22	0	0	65.1	56	19	14	2	23	4	46	2	0	1	1.93
1979	LAD (NL)	17	0	1	2	2	0	0	16.1	18	11	10	0	11	4	8	1	0	0	5.51
1980	LAD (NL)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	11.2	10	4	4	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.09
1981	LAD (NL)	21	0	0	1	0	0	0	30.2	37	14	14	1	15	3	17	3	0	0	4.11
1982	LAD (NL)	56	0	5	6	3	0	0	83.0	66	38	28	3	31	9	52	2	4	0	3.04
1983	ATL (NL)	56	0	3	2	13	0	0	79.1	60	19	19	3	31	9	54	2	2	0	2.16
1984	ATL (NL)	25	0	2	0	5	0	0	26.2	30	9	8	1	7	3	10	2	0	0	2.70
1985	ATL (NL)	46	0	2	3	1	0	0	59.1	49	22	15	7	28	4	37	1	0	0	2.28
1986	CAL (AL)	41	0	4	1	5	0	0	41.0	47	18	16	2	17	1	28	0	3	0	3.51
16 years		614	39	54	65	127	5	0	1105.2	1034	454	397	51	457	63	791	46	24	4	3.23

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1971	CHW (AL)	45	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	SLG
1972	CHW (AL)	63	19	1	10	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	.526	.550	SLG
1973	CHW (AL)	53	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1974	CHW (AL)	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1975	CHW (AL)	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1976	CHW (AL)	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1977	PIT (NL)	36	26	2	9	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.346	.346	SLG
1978	LAD (NL)	47	8	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	SLG
1979	LAD (NL)	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.1000	SLG
1980	LAD (NL)	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1981	LAD (NL)	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1982	LAD (NL)	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1983	ATL (NL)	56	8	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.500	SLG
1984	ATL (NL)	25	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	SLG
1985	ATL (NL)	46	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.0	.0	SLG
1986	CAL (AL)	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
16 years		620	78	7	31	4	1	0	7	2	9	1	0	0	0	6	0	.397	.413	.SLG

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