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Keith Foulke
Keith Charles Foulke

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School Lewis-Clark State College

Debut May 21, 1997

Born October 19, 1972 in Ellsworth AFB, SD

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1994. (All Transactions)

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        Probably sacrificed his career to win the 2004 ALCS and then World Series. Absolutely a crucial part of one of the greatest 10 day stretches of my life. Also, walked out to "Mother" by Danzig. I always liked that. Thanks Keith. Enjoy retirement

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1997 24 TOT      4   5  27   8   0   0   5  3   73.3   88   52   52  13   23   54   4   1   326   2   0  6.38  4.23   66 1.514
         SFG NL   1   5  11   8   0   0   0  0   44.7   60   41   41   9   18   33   4   1   209   1   0  8.26  4.12   50 1.746
         CHW AL   3   0  16   0   0   0   5  3   28.7   28   11   11   4    5   21   0   0   117   1   0  3.45  4.39  127 1.151
 1998 25 CHW AL   3   2  54   0   0   0  18  1   65.3   51   31   30   9   20   57   4   3   267   3   1  4.13  4.56  110 1.087
 1999 26 CHW AL   3   3  67   0   0   0  31  9  105.3   72   28   26  11   21  123   3   1   411   4   0  2.22  4.92  221 0.883 CYA-10
 2000 27 CHW AL   3   1  72   0   0   0  58 34   88.0   66   31   29   9   22   91   2   1   350   2   0  2.97  5.02  169 1.000
 2001 28 CHW AL   4   9  72   0   0   0  69 42   81.0   57   21   21   3   22   75   8   1   322   1   0  2.33  4.61  198 0.975
 2002 29 CHW AL   2   4  65   0   0   0  35 11   77.7   65   26   25   7   13   58   2   1   306   2   0  2.90  4.51  156 1.004
 2003 30 OAK AL   9   1  72   0   0   0  67 43   86.7   57   21   20  10   20   88   7   0   338   2   1  2.08  4.44  214 0.888 MVP-15,CYA-7,AS
 2004 31 BOS AL   5   3  72   0   0   0  61 32   83.0   63   22   20   8   15   79   6   3   333   5   0  2.17  4.87  225 0.940
 2005 32 BOS AL   5   5  43   0   0   0  37 15   45.7   53   30   30   8   18   34   5   0   210   1   0  5.91  4.54   77 1.555
 2006 33 BOS AL   3   1  44   0   0   0  16  0   49.7   52   24   24   9    7   36   2   2   205   0   0  4.35  4.75  109 1.188
 2008 35 OAK AL   0   3  31   0   0   0   9  1   31.0   28   14   14   7   13   23   1   1   133   2   0  4.06  4.05  100 1.323
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Years            37       8       0    191         652       291      194       44  14  3201  24   2  3.33  4.64  139 1.075
 WL%= .526       41     619       0     406     786.7       300       94       718
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   4  67   0   0   0  44 20   85.0   70   32   31  10   21   77   4   1   347   2   0  3.33  4.64  139 1.075
 Career High      9   9  72   8   0   0  69 43  105.3   88   52   52  13   23  123   8   3   411   5   1  2.08  5.02  225 0.883

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 24 TOT     27   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .154  .154  .154  -18    2   2   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  11   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .154  .154  .154  -18    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1999 26 CHW AL   7    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 29 CHW AL   4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     200   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .125  .125  .125  -34    2   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .125  .125  .125  -34    2   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     54   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4                           2   2   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 24 TOT      15   13    0   0.0   107| .154  .268| .154  .340| .154  .421| .308  .760| -18  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
         SFG NL   15   13    0   0.0   107| .154  .268| .154  .340| .154  .421| .308  .760| -18  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1999 26 CHW AL    2    2    0   0.0   115| .000  .276| .000  .349| .000  .442| .000  .791|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2002 29 CHW AL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .267| .000  .334| .000  .429| .000  .763|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons       18   16    0   0.0   108| .125  .269| .125  .340| .125  .424| .250  .764| -34  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1997 24 TOT P 27 6 11 2 1 .895 .955 0.63 0.50 2.08 1.80 8 73.4 SFG NL P 11 5 7 2 0 .857 .952 1.09 0.52 2.42 1.85 8 44.7 CHW AL P 16 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.31 0.49 1.57 1.72 0 28.7 1998 25 CHW AL P 54 1 8 2 0 .818 .957 0.17 0.50 1.24 1.78 0 65.3 1999 26 CHW AL P 67 5 13 1 0 .947 .952 0.27 0.47 1.54 1.69 0 105.3 2000 27 CHW AL P 72 7 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.14 0.46 1.02 1.62 0 88.0 2001 28 CHW AL P 72 7 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.25 0.49 2.00 1.76 0 81.0 2002 29 CHW AL P 65 6 6 0 1 1.000 .960 0.18 0.48 1.39 1.69 0 77.7 2003 30 OAK AL P 72 3 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.21 0.49 1.56 1.73 0 86.7 AS 2004 31 BOS AL P 72 5 11 0 1 1.000 .947 0.22 0.45 1.73 1.66 0 83.0 2005 32 BOS AL P 43 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.07 0.46 0.59 1.69 0 45.7 2006 33 BOS AL P 44 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 0.14 0.41 1.09 1.56 0 49.7 2008 35 OAK AL P 31 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 0.10 0.42 0.87 1.60 0 31.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 24 TOT P 27 6 11 2 1 .895 .955 0.63 0.50 2.08 1.80 8 73.4 SFG NL P 11 5 7 2 0 .857 .952 1.09 0.52 2.42 1.85 8 44.7 CHW AL P 16 1 4 0 1 1.000 .962 0.31 0.49 1.57 1.72 0 28.7 1998 25 CHW AL P 54 1 8 2 0 .818 .957 0.17 0.50 1.24 1.78 0 65.3 1999 26 CHW AL P 67 5 13 1 0 .947 .952 0.27 0.47 1.54 1.69 0 105.3 2000 27 CHW AL P 72 7 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.14 0.46 1.02 1.62 0 88.0 2001 28 CHW AL P 72 7 11 0 0 1.000 .957 0.25 0.49 2.00 1.76 0 81.0 2002 29 CHW AL P 65 6 6 0 1 1.000 .960 0.18 0.48 1.39 1.69 0 77.7 2003 30 OAK AL P 72 3 12 0 1 1.000 .955 0.21 0.49 1.56 1.73 0 86.7 2004 31 BOS AL P 72 5 11 0 1 1.000 .947 0.22 0.45 1.73 1.66 0 83.0 2005 32 BOS AL P 43 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.07 0.46 0.59 1.69 0 45.7 2006 33 BOS AL P 44 1 5 1 0 .857 .952 0.14 0.41 1.09 1.56 0 49.7 2008 35 OAK AL P 31 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 0.10 0.42 0.87 1.60 0 31.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 619 44 83 6 5 .955 .954 0.21 0.47 1.45 1.70 8 786.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 619 44 83 6 5 .955 .954 0.21 0.47 1.45 1.70 8 787
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   2   0  11.57  0  1  0  0   2.1   4   3   2   2 
 2003   ALDS  OAK BOS     L   3   0   3.60  0  1  0  0   5     4   2   2   3 
 2004   ALDS  BOS ANA     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   3     2   0   1   5 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     W   5   0   0.00  0  0  1  0   6     1   0   6   6 
        WS    BOS STL     W   4   0   1.80  1  0  1  0   5     4   1   1   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   7   0   4.35  0  2  1  0  10.1  10   5   5  10 
  5 Postseason Ser      3-2  16   0   2.53  1  2  3  0  21.1  15   6  12  24 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2003   ALDS  OAK BOS     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   ALDS  BOS ANA     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     W   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    BOS STL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Div Series       1-2   7   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   3-2  14   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 2003   OAK AL      0  0  1   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 2003   OAK AL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
2003 *

Awards
2003-AL-Rolaids Relief
2004-AL-Babe Ruth Award

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
2003-AL-15-0.05
Car-1073-0.05 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1999-AL-10-0.01
2003-AL-7-0.01
Car-233-0.02 shares

Games
2000 AL-72-7
2001 AL-72-4
2003 AL-72-9

Saves
2000 AL-34-5
2001 AL-42-3
2003 AL-43-1
2004 AL-32-5
Act-191-14
Car-191-43

Games Finished
2000 AL-58-5
2001 AL-69-1
2003 AL-67-1
2004 AL-61-4
Act-406-12
Car-406-55

         

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 15 (1211) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 17.0 (385) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 38.0 (344) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 14th round of the 1993 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1994: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 9th round of the 1994 amateur draft. Player signed June 3, 1994.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Brian Manning (minors), Lorenzo Barcelo, Mike Caruso, Bobby Howry, and Ken Vining to the Chicago White Sox for Wilson Alvarez, Danny Darwin, and Roberto Hernandez.

December 3, 2002: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Mark L. Johnson, Joe Valentine, and cash to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later and Billy Koch. The Oakland Athletics sent Neal Cotts (December 16, 2002) and Daylon Holt (minors) (December 16, 2002) to the Chicago White Sox to complete the trade.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

February 16, 2007: Retired from the Cleveland Indians.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1997Chicago White Sox$150,000
1998Chicago White Sox$185,000
1999Chicago White Sox$255,000
2000Chicago White Sox$375,000
2001Chicago White Sox$3,100,000
2002Chicago White Sox$4,000,000
2003Oakland Athletics$6,000,000
2004Boston Red Sox$3,500,000
2005Boston Red Sox$7,500,000
2006Boston Red Sox$7,750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$32,815,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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