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American baseball player
Baseball player
Roy Foster
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Outfielder
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Born:
(
1945-07-29
)
July 29, 1945
Bixby, Oklahoma
, U.S.
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Died:
March 21, 2008
(2008-03-21)
(aged 62)
Tulsa, Oklahoma
, U.S.
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Batted:
Right
Threw:
Right
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April 7, 1970, for the Cleveland Indians
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October 1, 1972, for the Cleveland Indians
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Batting average
| .253
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Home runs
| 45
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Runs batted in
| 118
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Roy Foster
(July 29, 1945 ? March 21, 2008) was an American
outfielder
in
Major League Baseball
who played for the
Cleveland Indians
from
1970
to
1972
. Born in
Bixby, Oklahoma
, he
batted
.268 with 23
home runs
and 60
runs batted in
as a 1970 rookie, and received one vote for the
American League
's
Rookie of the Year Award
. He was traded along with
Frank Coggins
and cash from the
Milwaukee Brewers
to the
Indians
for
Russ Snyder
and
Max Alvis
during
spring training
on April 4, 1970.
[1]
He was dealt along with
Rich Hand
,
Mike Paul
and
Ken Suarez
from the
Indians
to the
Texas Rangers
for
Del Unser
,
Denny Riddleberger
,
Terry Ley
and
Gary Jones
at the
Winter Meetings
on December 2, 1971.
[2]
Foster died in
Tulsa
at age 62. He had the nickname of "Captain Easy".
Foster was inducted posthumously into Booker T. Washington’s 2022 Ring of Honor class during a ceremony between the Hornets’ basketball games against Bixby on Friday night, Feb 4, 2022 at Nathan E. Harris Fieldhouse.
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References
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"Indians Send Alvis, Snyder to Brewers,"
The Associated Press
(AP), Saturday, April 4, 1970.
Retrieved September 5, 2022.
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Durso, Joseph. "White Sox Add Bahnsen, Ship McKinney to Yanks,"
The New York Times
, Friday, December 3, 1971.
Retrieved December 5, 2021.
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"BTW's Ring of Honor's 2022 class includes former NFL, NBA, MLB players; state Champions and 2004 Tulsa Run winner"
. January 26, 2022.
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