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Matt Foster

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 200lb (183cm, 90kg)

Team: Chicago White Sox (majors, 60-day IL)

Born: January 27, 1995 in Valley, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 29th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Valley HS (Valley, AL) and the Chicago White Sox in the 20th round of the 2016 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL).

High School: Valley HS (Valley, AL)

School: University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2020 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$750k (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.093 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Beverly Hills Sports Council

Full Name: Matthew James Foster

Twitter: @MattFoster_14

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.5

ERA

4.39

108

112.2

113

WHIP

1.251

2017 Player Pitching Game Log

2017 Player Pitching Game Log
Rk	Date	Lev	Tm		Opp	Inngs	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	SB	CS	PO	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU
1	2017-06-22	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators	@	Columbia Fireflies	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	6	4	0	2	0	0	0
2	2017-06-25	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators	@	Columbia Fireflies	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	8	2	2	1	1	0	1
3	2017-06-30	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		Delmarva Shorebirds	8-8		1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	8	2	2	2	1	0	1
4	2017-07-03	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		Delmarva Shorebirds	7-8		2.0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	43	26	8	4	1	5	4	0
5	2017-07-06	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators	@	Hickory Crawdads	8-9	S	1.1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	11	9	1	0	1	1	0
6	2017-07-09	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		Hagerstown Suns	7-7	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	8	5	0	0	1	0	0
7	2017-07-15	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators	@	Columbia Fireflies	9-9		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	11	5	1	1	1	0	1
8	2017-07-20	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		West Virginia Power	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	10	1	4	0	2	0	1
9	2017-07-21	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		West Virginia Power	9-9	S	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14	11	6	1	1	1	1	0
10	2017-07-24	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		Columbia Fireflies	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	10	3	2	1	1	0	0
		Player Moved from A-SALL to A+-CARL
11	2017-07-26	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash	@	Buies Creek Astros	8-8		1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	9	6	1	2	0	0	0
12	2017-07-31	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash		Salem Red Sox	9-9	S	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	10	4	3	0	1	1	0
13	2017-08-02	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash		Salem Red Sox	8-9		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16	12	2	3	1	4	1	1
14	2017-08-04	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash		Potomac Nationals	6-7		2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	29	21	4	3	3	2	1	0
15	2017-08-06	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash		Potomac Nationals	7-7		1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	9	2	5	0	1	0	0
16	2017-08-09	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash	@	Frederick Keys	9-10	L	1.2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	31	21	3	2	4	3	3	0
17	2017-08-13	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash		Lynchburg Hillcats	8-9		2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	24	15	2	2	3	2	0	0
18	2017-08-15 (2)	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash	@	Myrtle Beach Pelicans	5-6		2.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	43	29	10	4	3	1	0	0
19	2017-08-19	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash	@	Potomac Nationals	9-9	L	0.1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4					1	1	1	0
20	2017-08-20	A+-CARL	Winston-Salem Dash	@	Potomac Nationals	8-8		0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1					0	1	0	1
		Player Moved from A+-CARL to A-SALL
21	2017-08-24	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators		Greensboro Grasshoppers	6-7		2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	18	13	5	2	1	3	0	1
22	2017-08-30	A-SALL	Kannapolis Intimidators	@	Greensboro Grasshoppers	9-9		1.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	31	21	9	2	3	1	1	0
		Player Moved from A-SALL to Fal-AZFL
23	2017-10-11	Fal-AZFL	Glendale Desert Dogs		Peoria Javelinas	9-9		1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	28	16	3	0	3	4	2	0
24	2017-10-14	Fal-AZFL	Glendale Desert Dogs		Mesa Solar Sox	6-7		1.0	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	28	18	4	1	2	3	1	0
25	2017-10-18	Fal-AZFL	Glendale Desert Dogs	@	Scottsdale Scorpions	4-4	L	1.0	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	29	21	5	2	2	3	1	0
26	2017-10-20	Fal-AZFL	Glendale Desert Dogs		Salt River Rafters	9-9		1.0	3	2	2	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	12	1	3	3	2	0	0
27	2017-10-26	Fal-AZFL	Glendale Desert Dogs	@	Surprise Saguaros	4-5	W	1.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	21	14	6	3	2	3	2	1
28	2017-10-31	Fal-AZFL	Glendale Desert Dogs	@	Scottsdale Scorpions	6-6		0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	25	15	4	2	1	4	3	1

2017 Player Pitching Splits

2017 Player Pitching Splits
Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Total	22	103	95	6	16	1	1	1	0	0	5	33	.168	.208	.232	.440	.242	22	2	0	2	1	0

Home	12	58	54	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.130	.172	.185	.358	.171	10	2	0	0	1	0
Away	10	45	41	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	14	.220	.256	.293	.549	.333	12	0	0	2	0	0

June	3	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	.143	1	0	0	0	0	0
July	9	35	33	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	.091	.143	.182	.325	.118	6	0	0	0	0	0
August	10	58	52	5	12	1	1	0	0	0	3	15	.231	.268	.289	.556	.316	15	2	0	2	1	0

As Reliever	22	103	95	6	16	1	1	1	0	0	5	33	.168	.208	.232	.440	.242	22	2	0	2	1	0

vs RHB as RHP	22	63	58		11	1	0	1			4	23	.190	.242	.259	.501	.294	15	1	0	1	0	0
vs LHB as RHP	19	40	37		5	0	1	0			1	10	.135	.154	.189	.343	.179	7	1	0	1	1	0

Bases Empty	19	62	60		9	0	1	1			2	22	.150	.177	.233	.411	.216	14	0	0	0	0	0
Runners On	12	41	35		7	1	0	0			3	11	.200	.256	.229	.485	.280	8	2	0	2	1	0

vs. Younger Batters	19	38	36		7	0	0	1			1	14	.194	.216	.278	.494	.286	10	2	0	1	0	0
vs. Older Batters	20	65	59		9	1	1	0			4	19	.153	.203	.203	.407	.220	12	0	0	1	1	0

Table
Split	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	SO9	SO/W
Total	0	2	.000	1.30	22	0	7	27.2	16	6	4	1	5	0	33	0	0	0	103	0.759	10.7	6.60

Home	0	0		0.53	12	0	4	17.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	19	0	0	0	58	0.588	10.1	6.33
Away	0	2	.000	2.53	10	0	3	10.2	9	5	3	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	45	1.031	11.8	7.00

June	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	0.333	9.0
July	0	0		0.87	9	0	5	10.1	3	1	1	1	2	0	15	0	0	0	35	0.484	13.1	7.50
August	0	2	.000	1.88	10	0	0	14.1	12	5	3	0	3	0	15	0	0	0	58	1.047	9.4	5.00

As Reliever	0	2	.000	1.30	22	0	7	27.2	16	6	4	1	5	0	33	0	0	0	103	0.759	10.7	6.60

Please note that splits include both major and minor league stats. We have decided that the splits across all levels is more useful than just minor league stats.

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