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{{short description|American baseball player and coach}}
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'''As coach'''
*[[Florida Marlins]] ({{mlby|2007}}–{{mlby|2009}})
*[[Kansas City Royals]] ({{mlby|2010}}–{{mlby|2012}})
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'''Steven Eugene Foster, Jr.''' (born August 16, 1966) is a former [[Major League Baseball]] [[professional baseball]] [[relief pitcher]] with the [[Cincinnati Reds]] who currently serves as [[pitching coach]] for the [[Colorado Rockies]].<ref>http://m.rockies.mlb.com/news/article/100506212/rockies-finalize-2015-coaching-staff</ref>
'''Steven Eugene Foster Jr.''' (born August 16, 1966) is an American former professional [[baseball]] player and [[Coach (baseball)|coach]]. He played in [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) as a right-handed [[pitcher]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] from 1991 to 1993. Foster was the [[pitching coach]] for the [[Colorado Rockies]] from 2015 to 2021. Following the 2021 season, Foster took a different position with the Rockies—director of pitching—to spend more time with his family.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2021/10/26/rockies-hitting-coaches-jeff-salazar-tim-doherty-leaving/amp/ |title=Rockies' hitting coaches Jeff Salazar and Tim Doherty leaving as shakeup continues |first=Patrick |last=Saunders |website=[[The Denver Post]] |date=October 26, 2021}}</ref>


==High school & college==
==High school and college==
Foster comes from a blended family and grew up in Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegoal.com/players/baseball/foster_steve/foster_steve.html|author=Steve Foster|title=Change Your Life|publisher=TheGoal.com: The Heart & Soul of the World of Sports}}</ref> Using sports as an escape, he played [[football (American)|football]], [[basketball]] and [[baseball]] at [[DeSoto High School (DeSoto, Texas)|DeSoto High School]] in [[DeSoto, Texas]]. He amassed a 44–4 record and twice earned All-State honors pitching at DeSoto High, and led his team to the second State Championship in school history his senior year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinchristiannews.com/view.php?sid=196|author=Dave Koy|title=Steve Foster – Man of Many Passions|publisher=Wisconsin Christian News}}</ref> He attended nearby [[Blinn College]] for a year before transferring to the [[University of Texas at Arlington]]. He earned Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year honors for UTA in {{by|1988}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utamavs.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/110109aaa.html|title=Foster Joins Kansas City as Bullpen Coach|publisher=UT Arlington Mavericks|date=November 1, 2009}}</ref>
Foster was born in Dallas, Texas and attended [[DeSoto High School (DeSoto, Texas)|DeSoto High School]] in [[DeSoto, Texas]], where he played [[football (American)|football]] and [[basketball]] as well as [[baseball]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steve Foster |title=Change Your Life |url=http://www.thegoal.com/players/baseball/foster_steve/foster_steve.html |publisher=TheGoal.com: The Heart & Soul of the World of Sports}}</ref> He amassed a 44–4 record and twice earned All-State honors pitching at DeSoto High, and led his team to the second State Championship in school history his senior year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dave Koy |title=Steve Foster – Man of Many Passions |url=http://www.wisconsinchristiannews.com/view.php?sid=196 |publisher=Wisconsin Christian News}}</ref> He attended nearby [[Blinn College]] for a year before transferring to the [[University of Texas at Arlington]]. He earned Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year honors for UTA in {{baseball year|1988}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2009 |title=Foster Joins Kansas City as Bullpen Coach |url=http://www.utamavs.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/110109aaa.html |publisher=UT Arlington Mavericks}}</ref> He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1998 while serving as an assistant coach with the baseball team (1997–1998).


==Cincinnati Reds==
==Cincinnati Reds==
He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the twelfth round of the [[1988 Major League Baseball Draft]], and went 9–21 with a 2.80 [[earned run average]] and 72 [[save (baseball)|saves]] over four seasons in their [[farm system]] to earn a call to Cincinnati in August {{by|1991}}. He gave up three [[earned run]]s in fourteen innings over the remainder of the season. Foster began the {{by|1992}} season with the Reds, but was optioned back to the triple A [[Nashville Sounds]] in the beginning of May.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9HpJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ewsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4021,3387630&dq|title=Cubs, Castillo Stop Reds|newspaper=The Post and Courier|date=May 10, 1992}}</ref> He pitched exceptionally once he returned, going 0–1 with a 2.13 ERA and two saves. The one loss came in his one career start against the [[New York Mets]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN199208282.shtml|title=New York Mets 12, Cincinnati Reds 1|publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]|date=August 28, 1992}}</ref>
He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the twelfth round of the [[1988 Major League Baseball draft]], and went 9–21 with a 2.80 [[earned run average]] and 72 [[save (baseball)|saves]] over four seasons in their [[farm system]] to earn a call to Cincinnati in August {{baseball year|1991}}. He gave up three [[earned run]]s in fourteen innings over the remainder of the season. Foster began the {{baseball year|1992}} season with the Reds, but was optioned back to the triple A [[Nashville Sounds]] in the beginning of May.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 10, 1992 |title=Cubs, Castillo Stop Reds |work=The Post and Courier |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9HpJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ewsNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4021,3387630&dq}}</ref> He pitched exceptionally once he returned, going 0–1 with a 2.13 ERA and two saves. The one loss came in his one career start against the [[New York Mets]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 28, 1992 |title=New York Mets 12, Cincinnati Reds 1 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN199208282.shtml |publisher=[[Baseball-Reference.com]]}}</ref>


He began the {{by|1993}} season as [[Rob Dibble]]'s set-up man, but began experiencing arm trouble toward the end of May. In one of the most notoriously strange baseball injuries, Foster landed on the [[disabled list]] with an inflammation of his right shoulder after a segment on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' in which he threw baseballs at milk bottles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120504&content_id=30375440&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|author=Paul Hagen|date=May 4, 2012|title=Stranger than fiction: Injuries strike in odd ways|publisher=MLB.com}}</ref>
He began the {{baseball year|1993}} season as [[Rob Dibble]]'s set-up man, but began experiencing arm trouble toward the end of May. In one of the most notoriously strange baseball injuries, Foster landed on the [[disabled list]] with an inflammation of his right shoulder after a segment on ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'' in which he threw baseballs at milk bottles.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paul Hagen |date=May 4, 2012 |title=Stranger than fiction: Injuries strike in odd ways |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120504&content_id=30375440&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb |website=MLB.com}}</ref>


After a month long trip to the DL,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E_VHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5493,4522976&dq|title=Minnesota Releases Bush|newspaper=Record-Journal|date=June 27, 1993}}</ref> Foster returned for one appearance in June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199306260.shtml|title=San Diego Padres 2, Cincinnati Reds 0|publisher=Baseball-Reference.com|date=June 26, 1993}}</ref> After which, it was learned that Foster had detached cartilage in his right shoulder and would be out for the rest of the season. He had surgery, and began a rehab assignment with the Reds in Spring of {{by|1994}}. After suffering numerous setbacks, he had a second surgery in August.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqVFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iM8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6871,5516607&dq|title=Reds: Fall to Braves|newspaper=[[Portsmouth Daily Times]]|date=August 9, 1994}}</ref> After three brief appearances with the [[Chattanooga Lookouts]], his career was over.
After a monthlong trip to the DL,<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 27, 1993 |title=Minnesota Releases Bush |work=Record-Journal |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E_VHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aAANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5493,4522976&dq}}</ref> Foster returned for one appearance in June.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 26, 1993 |title=San Diego Padres 2, Cincinnati Reds 0 |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199306260.shtml |publisher=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref> After which, it was learned that Foster had detached cartilage in his right shoulder and would be out for the rest of the season. He had surgery, and began a rehab assignment with the Reds in Spring of {{baseball year|1994}}. After suffering numerous setbacks, he had a second surgery in August.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1994 |title=Reds: Fall to Braves |work=[[Portsmouth Daily Times]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FqVFAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iM8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=6871,5516607&dq}}</ref> After three brief appearances with the [[Chattanooga Lookouts]], his career was over.


==Coaching==
==Coaching==
After his playing career, Foster worked as a scout with the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] in {{by|1996}}. He spent two years at the [[University of Michigan]] coaching a baseball camp for college students before returning to the Rays as a scout in {{by|1999}} & {{by|2000}}. In {{by|2001}}, he began managing the [[Wisconsin Woodchucks]] of the [[Northwoods League|Northwoods]] [[List of collegiate summer baseball leagues|Collegiate Summer Baseball League]]. Following the {{by|2003}} season, he resigned to become youth pastor at Highland Community Church in [[Wausau, Wisconsin]].
After his playing career, Foster worked as a scout with the [[Tampa Bay Rays]] in {{baseball year|1996}}. He spent two years at the [[University of Michigan]] coaching a baseball camp for college students before returning to the Rays as a scout in {{baseball year|1999}} & {{baseball year|2000}}. In {{baseball year|2001}}, he began managing the [[Wisconsin Woodchucks]] of the [[Northwoods League|Northwoods]] [[List of collegiate summer baseball leagues|Collegiate Summer Baseball League]]. Following the {{baseball year|2003}} season, he resigned to become youth pastor at Highland Community Church in [[Wausau, Wisconsin]].


Foster returned to baseball in {{by|2005}} as [[pitching coach]] for the [[Florida Marlins]]' Class A [[South Atlantic League]] affiliate, the [[Greensboro Grasshoppers]]. After two seasons as a minor league coach, Foster became bullpen coach for the Florida Marlins from {{by|2007}} to {{by|2009}}, moving briefly into the pitching coach job toward the end of the 2007 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070924&content_id=2227535&vkey=news_mia&c_id=mia|author=Joe Frisaro|date=September 24, 2007|title=Marlins announce changes to '08 staff|publisher=MLB.com}}</ref> On October 9, 2009, Foster declined the team's contract offer for the {{by|2010}} season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091009&content_id=7411096&vkey=news_mia&c_id=mia|author=Alden Gonzalez|date=October 9, 2009|title=Pair of coaches decline offers to return|publisher=MLB.com}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, he joined the Kansas City Royals organization.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7561400&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc|author=Dick Kaegel|date=October 27, 2009|title=Royals tab Foster new bullpen coach|publisher=MLB.com}}</ref> The Royals bullpen, ranked second to last in the majors in 2009 with a 5.02 ERA, showed modest improvement each season since Foster grabbed the reigns (4.49 ERA in {{by|2010}}, 3.75 in {{by|2011}}).
Foster returned to baseball in {{baseball year|2005}} as [[pitching coach]] for the [[Florida Marlins]]' Class A [[South Atlantic League]] affiliate, the [[Greensboro Grasshoppers]]. After two seasons as a minor league coach, Foster became bullpen coach for the Florida Marlins from {{baseball year|2007}} to {{baseball year|2009}}, moving briefly into the pitching coach job toward the end of the 2007 season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joe Frisaro |date=September 24, 2007 |title=Marlins announce changes to '08 staff |url=http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070924&content_id=2227535&vkey=news_mia&c_id=mia |website=MLB.com}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> On October 9, 2009, Foster declined the team's contract offer for the {{baseball year|2010}} season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alden Gonzalez |date=October 9, 2009 |title=Pair of coaches decline offers to return |url=http://miami.marlins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091009&content_id=7411096&vkey=news_mia&c_id=mia |website=MLB.com}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, he joined the Kansas City Royals organization.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dick Kaegel |date=October 27, 2009 |title=Royals tab Foster new bullpen coach |url=http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091027&content_id=7561400&vkey=news_kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc |website=MLB.com}}{{dead link|date=October 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The Royals bullpen, ranked second to last in the majors in 2009 with a 5.02 ERA, showed modest improvement each season since Foster grabbed the reigns (4.49 ERA in {{baseball year|2010}}, 3.75 in {{baseball year|2011}}).


On November 4, 2014, he was hired as the pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://m.rockies.mlb.com/news/article/100506212/rockies-finalize-2015-coaching-staff| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141105021735/http://m.rockies.mlb.com/news/article/100506212/rockies-finalize-2015-coaching-staff| archive-date = 2014-11-05| title = Rockies finalize 2015 coaching staff}} </ref> On October 26, 2021, it was announced that Foster would be named the Rockies director of pitching, replacing incumbent [[Mark Wiley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidetheseams.com/all-things-rockies/2021/10/27/rockies-revamp-staff-steve-foster-to-become-organization-director-of-pitching-operations|title = Rockies Revamp Staff; Steve Foster to Become Organization Director of Pitching Operations}}</ref>
On November 4, 2014, he was hired as the pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Foster is a devout [[Christian]] who, while serving as youth pastor at Highland Community Church, took the youth group on a missionary trip to the [[Dominican Republic]]. He and his wife, Cori, live in [[Frisco, Texas]] and have two children.
Foster is a devout [[Christians|Christian]] who, while serving as youth pastor at Highland Community Church, took the youth group on a missionary trip to the [[Dominican Republic]]. He and his wife, Cori, live in [[Frisco, Texas]], and have two children.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
Lessons from Little League and Life (2007 Sunshine Mountain Press)


==External links==
==External links==
{{Baseballstats|mlb=114339|espn=|br=f/fostest01|fangraphs=1004260&position=P|cube=Steve-Foster |brm=foster001ste}}, or [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/4738/index.html Sports Illustrated]
{{baseballstats| mlb=114339| espn= | br=f/fostest01 | fangraphs=1004260 | brm=foster001ste}}
*[http://m.mlb.com/col/roster/coach/114339/steve-foster Colorado Rockies coaching bio]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20021102185610/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/4738/index.html Sports Illustrated]
*{{YouTube|qDpbwo8jOwE|Pitchers Power Drive – Steve Foster}}
*{{YouTube|qDpbwo8jOwE|Pitchers Power Drive – Steve Foster}}
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 4 October 2024

Steve Foster
Pitcher
Born: (1966-08-16) August 16, 1966 (age 58)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
August 22, 1991, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
June 26, 1993, for the Cincinnati Reds
MLB statistics
Win–loss record3–3
Earned run average2.41
Strikeouts61
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
As player

As coach

Steven Eugene Foster Jr. (born August 16, 1966) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a right-handed pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds from 1991 to 1993. Foster was the pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies from 2015 to 2021. Following the 2021 season, Foster took a different position with the Rockies—director of pitching—to spend more time with his family.[1]

High school and college

[edit]

Foster was born in Dallas, Texas and attended DeSoto High School in DeSoto, Texas, where he played football and basketball as well as baseball.[2] He amassed a 44–4 record and twice earned All-State honors pitching at DeSoto High, and led his team to the second State Championship in school history his senior year.[3] He attended nearby Blinn College for a year before transferring to the University of Texas at Arlington. He earned Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year honors for UTA in 1988.[4] He also earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1998 while serving as an assistant coach with the baseball team (1997–1998).

Cincinnati Reds

[edit]

He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the twelfth round of the 1988 Major League Baseball draft, and went 9–21 with a 2.80 earned run average and 72 saves over four seasons in their farm system to earn a call to Cincinnati in August 1991. He gave up three earned runs in fourteen innings over the remainder of the season. Foster began the 1992 season with the Reds, but was optioned back to the triple A Nashville Sounds in the beginning of May.[5] He pitched exceptionally once he returned, going 0–1 with a 2.13 ERA and two saves. The one loss came in his one career start against the New York Mets.[6]

He began the 1993 season as Rob Dibble's set-up man, but began experiencing arm trouble toward the end of May. In one of the most notoriously strange baseball injuries, Foster landed on the disabled list with an inflammation of his right shoulder after a segment on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in which he threw baseballs at milk bottles.[7]

After a monthlong trip to the DL,[8] Foster returned for one appearance in June.[9] After which, it was learned that Foster had detached cartilage in his right shoulder and would be out for the rest of the season. He had surgery, and began a rehab assignment with the Reds in Spring of 1994. After suffering numerous setbacks, he had a second surgery in August.[10] After three brief appearances with the Chattanooga Lookouts, his career was over.

Coaching

[edit]

After his playing career, Foster worked as a scout with the Tampa Bay Rays in 1996. He spent two years at the University of Michigan coaching a baseball camp for college students before returning to the Rays as a scout in 1999 & 2000. In 2001, he began managing the Wisconsin Woodchucks of the Northwoods Collegiate Summer Baseball League. Following the 2003 season, he resigned to become youth pastor at Highland Community Church in Wausau, Wisconsin.

Foster returned to baseball in 2005 as pitching coach for the Florida Marlins' Class A South Atlantic League affiliate, the Greensboro Grasshoppers. After two seasons as a minor league coach, Foster became bullpen coach for the Florida Marlins from 2007 to 2009, moving briefly into the pitching coach job toward the end of the 2007 season.[11] On October 9, 2009, Foster declined the team's contract offer for the 2010 season.[12] Shortly afterwards, he joined the Kansas City Royals organization.[13] The Royals bullpen, ranked second to last in the majors in 2009 with a 5.02 ERA, showed modest improvement each season since Foster grabbed the reigns (4.49 ERA in 2010, 3.75 in 2011).

On November 4, 2014, he was hired as the pitching coach for the Colorado Rockies.[14] On October 26, 2021, it was announced that Foster would be named the Rockies director of pitching, replacing incumbent Mark Wiley.[15]

Personal life

[edit]

Foster is a devout Christian who, while serving as youth pastor at Highland Community Church, took the youth group on a missionary trip to the Dominican Republic. He and his wife, Cori, live in Frisco, Texas, and have two children.

References

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  1. ^ Saunders, Patrick (October 26, 2021). "Rockies' hitting coaches Jeff Salazar and Tim Doherty leaving as shakeup continues". The Denver Post.
  2. ^ Steve Foster. "Change Your Life". TheGoal.com: The Heart & Soul of the World of Sports.
  3. ^ Dave Koy. "Steve Foster – Man of Many Passions". Wisconsin Christian News.
  4. ^ "Foster Joins Kansas City as Bullpen Coach". UT Arlington Mavericks. November 1, 2009.
  5. ^ "Cubs, Castillo Stop Reds". The Post and Courier. May 10, 1992.
  6. ^ "New York Mets 12, Cincinnati Reds 1". Baseball-Reference.com. August 28, 1992.
  7. ^ Paul Hagen (May 4, 2012). "Stranger than fiction: Injuries strike in odd ways". MLB.com.
  8. ^ "Minnesota Releases Bush". Record-Journal. June 27, 1993.
  9. ^ "San Diego Padres 2, Cincinnati Reds 0". Baseball-Reference.com. June 26, 1993.
  10. ^ "Reds: Fall to Braves". Portsmouth Daily Times. August 9, 1994.
  11. ^ Joe Frisaro (September 24, 2007). "Marlins announce changes to '08 staff". MLB.com.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ Alden Gonzalez (October 9, 2009). "Pair of coaches decline offers to return". MLB.com.[dead link‍]
  13. ^ Dick Kaegel (October 27, 2009). "Royals tab Foster new bullpen coach". MLB.com.[dead link‍]
  14. ^ "Rockies finalize 2015 coaching staff". Archived from the original on November 5, 2014.
  15. ^ "Rockies Revamp Staff; Steve Foster to Become Organization Director of Pitching Operations".

Lessons from Little League and Life (2007 Sunshine Mountain Press)

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Preceded by Florida Marlins Bullpen Coach
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Kansas City Royals Bullpen Coach
2010–2012 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Colorado Rockies Pitching Coach
2015–2021 		Succeeded by
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