Roy Foster, 62; Was Cleveland Indians OFer And Sporting News 1970 ROY
Bill Schenley
1971 (#107) & 1972 (#329) Topps baseball cards:
http://www.sportsgraphs.com/royfoster.jpg
FROM: The Tulsa World ~
By Staff Reports
Funeral services for former Cleveland Indians outfielder
and Booker T. Washington graduate Roy Foster are
scheduled at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church's Holsey Chapel, 1804 E. 48th St. North.
Foster died Friday (March 21st). He was 62.
Foster was the Sporting News' selection as the 1970 American
League Rookie of the Year. After being acquired from the
Milwaukee Brewers three days before the season opener, he
batted .268 with 23 homers and 68 RBIs. In his first major
league game, Foster homered off Baltimore's Dave McNally.
Foster, who was born in Bixby, batted .245 with 18 homers in
1971. Injuries ended his major league career, all spent with
Cleveland, after the '72 season. He originally signed with the
Pittsburgh Pirates in 1963 after graduating from Washington [1].
Last July, Foster was ranked No. 98 on the Tulsa World's list
of Oklahoma's 100 greatest baseball players.
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Stats: http://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fostero01.shtml
[1] He also played in the New York Mets and San Diego Padres organizations
Thanks to Ed Washuta of SABR for this obituary.