How Alan Foster's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Alan Foster posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .254, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1967, posting .170, well below the starting pitcher average of .237 that year. The highest point came in 1969 at .285, above the starting pitcher average of .242 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .268 in 1974 to .244 in 1975 and .235 in 1976. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

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Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Alan Foster's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average by Team

Alan Foster's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Alan Foster's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Alan Foster's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Alan Foster's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Alan Foster Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table