Kevin Foster  
Starting Pitcher | Retired or Inactive Players

Pitching
He is adept at coaxing groundballs with his sinking fastball and plunging curveball, so hitters try to force him to elevate his deliveries and hope that they'll catch too much of the strike zone. His changeup isn't bad... he fools his share of hitters. Foster can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. He can hit 90 MPH but is too smart to try to get his fastball past most hitters. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
Though he lacks a good pickoff move, he checks the running game with a compact stretch delivery. Foster is nothing special in the field. Foster is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Foster has some pop in his swing. Interesting sidenote, The Retired or Inactive Players have been known to use Foster as a pinch-runner on occasion.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 CAL 78 77 74 46 59 46 52 51 50 52 77 0 46 44 0 0 27 5 Overhand Active 3 10 25 47 351
1999 MIN 77 79 77 47 59 46 52 51 50 52 84 0 46 44 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 363
2000 CIN 77 80 77 47 59 46 52 51 50 52 84 0 46 47 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 367
2001 CIN 76 79 77 47 59 46 52 51 50 52 89 0 46 47 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 370
2002 CIN 76 78 77 47 59 46 52 51 50 52 92 0 46 47 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 371
2003 CIN 88 76 77 37 59 46 52 51 50 52 94 0 46 47 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 37 374
2004 CIN 88 76 77 39 59 46 52 51 50 52 94 0 46 47 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 37 375
2005 CIN 87 75 77 40 59 46 52 51 50 52 94 0 46 47 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 372
2006 CIN 88 78 77 39 59 46 52 51 50 52 94 0 46 47 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 375
2007 CIN 87 80 77 38 59 46 52 51 50 52 94 0 46 47 0 0 36 14 Overhand Active 0 0 0 36 374
2008 CIN 86 78 77 40 59 46 52 51 50 52 94 0 46 47 0 0 37 15 Overhand DL 0 0 0 35 372
Ratings Delta   -1 -2   +2                         +1 +1           -1 -2
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.