Leo Foster

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Leo Foster
Utility infielder
Born: (1951-02-02) February 2, 1951 Covington, Kentucky
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 9, 1971 for the Atlanta Braves
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1977 for the New York Mets
Career statistics
Batting average	.198
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	26
Teams
Atlanta Braves (1971, 1973–74) New York Mets (1976–77)

Leonard Norris Foster (born February 2, 1951 in Covington, Kentucky) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played all or part of five major league seasons between 1971 and 1977, playing mostly at shortstop, second base, and third base, for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets.

Foster had one of the more unfortunate debuts in Major League history, when playing his first game for the Braves against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium on July 9, 1971. Fielding at shortstop, he commits an error on the first ball hit to him. After flying out in the 3rd inning, Foster hits into a double play in the 5th inning, followed by hitting into a triple play in the 7th inning.^[1]

References

↑ "THT Live". hardballtimes.com. Retrieved 17 July 2012.

Sources

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Persondata
Name	Foster, Leo
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	February 2, 1951
Place of birth	Covington, Kentucky
Date of death
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.