1978 Topps Baseball #347 - Terry Forster

• Terry Forster left the Pittsburgh Pirates after the 1977 season and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as a free agent. Terry's signing was done early enough for Topps to airbrush him into a Dodger uniform for his 1978 card.
• Forster led a talented Dodger staff in saves and in ERA in 1978. Terry even went 4 for 8 for a .500 batting average.
• He had a rough time with injuries in 1979 and in 1980.
• 1978 Stats:
• Regular Season: 5-4, 22 saves, 1.93 ERA in 47 games
• NL Championship Series: 1-0, 0.00 ERA in 1 game
• World Series: 0-0, 0.00 ERA in 3 games (4 innings)
• 1978 Highlights:
• Sept 11 - Got a 3-inning save as the Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 7-2. It was Terry's 19th save of the season. Forster was a "Giant Killer" in 1978 -- he was 2-1 with 4 saves in eight games against the Giants.
• Oct 7 - Pitched a scoreless top of the 10th inning in game 4 of the NL Championship Series and then got the victory when Bill Russell singled in Ron Cey with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th