:Roy Foster (baseball)

{{Short description|American baseball player (1945–2008)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Roy Foster

|position=Outfielder

|image=Roy Foster Indians.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1945|7|29|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Bixby, Oklahoma, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2008|3|21|1945|7|29}}

|death_place=Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 7

|debutyear=1970

|debutteam=Cleveland Indians

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1972

|finalteam=Cleveland Indians

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.253

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=45

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=118

|teams=

• Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1970}}–{{mlby|1972}})

}}

Roy Foster (July 29, 1945 – March 21, 2008) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians from {{Baseball year|1970}} to {{Baseball year|1972}}. Born in Bixby, Oklahoma, he batted .268 with 23 home runs and 60 runs batted in as a 1970 rookie, and received one vote for the American League's Rookie of the Year Award. He was traded along with Frank Coggins and cash from the Milwaukee Brewers to the Indians for Russ Snyder and Max Alvis during spring training on April 4, 1970.[https://www.nytimes.com/1970/04/05/archives/indians-send-alvis-snyder-to-brewers.html "Indians Send Alvis, Snyder to Brewers," The Associated Press (AP), Saturday, April 4, 1970.] Retrieved September 5, 2022. He was dealt along with Rich Hand, Mike Paul and Ken Suarez from the Indians to the Texas Rangers for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley and Gary Jones at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1971.[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/03/archives/dodgers-get-frank-robinson-and-trade-allen-in-separate-deals-by.html Durso, Joseph. "White Sox Add Bahnsen, Ship McKinney to Yanks," The New York Times, Friday, December 3, 1971.] Retrieved December 5, 2021. Foster died in Tulsa at age 62. He had the nickname of "Captain Easy".

Foster was inducted posthumously into Booker T. Washington’s 2022 Ring of Honor class during a ceremony between the Hornets’ basketball games against Bixby on Friday night, Feb 4, 2022 at Nathan E. Harris Fieldhouse.{{Cite web|url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/high-school/btw-ring-of-honors-2022-class-includes-former-nfl-nba-mlb-players-state-champions-and/article_2ab56d92-7d82-11ec-b129-ffd2486be232.html |title=BTW’s Ring of Honor’s 2022 class includes former NFL, NBA, MLB players; state Champions and 2004 Tulsa Run winner|date=January 26, 2022}}