George Foster
George Arthur Foster
Born: December 1, 1948
Tuscaloosa, AL USA
Primary Position: LF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 180
College: El Camino College
Career: 1969-1986
Draft: Round 3 (1968 January Amateur Draft, San Francisco Giants)
School: El Camino CC
Minor League Statistics
George Foster compiled a career batting average of .274 with 348 home runs and 1239 RBI in his 1977-game career with the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, New York Mets and Chicago White Sox. He began playing during the 1969 season and last took the field during the 1986 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 9 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .316 | .381 | .632 | 1.013 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | 36 | 112 | 105 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 27 | .267 | .304 | .400 | .704 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 104 | 402 | 368 | 39 | 86 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 50 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 93 | .234 | .289 | .386 | .675 | 142 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 59 | 152 | 145 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 44 | .200 | .230 | .283 | .513 | 41 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 17 | 43 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | .282 | .349 | .667 | 1.016 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1974 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 106 | 314 | 276 | 31 | 73 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 52 | .264 | .343 | .406 | .749 | 112 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 134 | 511 | 463 | 71 | 139 | 24 | 4 | 23 | 78 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 73 | .300 | .356 | .518 | .875 | 240 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 144 | 627 | 562 | 86 | 172 | 21 | 9 | 29 | 121 | 17 | 3 | 52 | 89 | .306 | .364 | .530 | .894 | 298 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 158 | 689 | 615 | 124 | 197 | 31 | 2 | 52 | 149 | 6 | 4 | 61 | 107 | .320 | .382 | .631 | 1.013 | 388 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 10 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 158 | 687 | 604 | 97 | 170 | 26 | 7 | 40 | 120 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 138 | .281 | .360 | .546 | .906 | 330 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 121 | 505 | 440 | 68 | 133 | 18 | 3 | 30 | 98 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 105 | .302 | .386 | .561 | .948 | 247 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 144 | 608 | 528 | 79 | 144 | 21 | 5 | 25 | 93 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 99 | .273 | .362 | .473 | .835 | 250 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 472 | 414 | 64 | 122 | 23 | 2 | 22 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 75 | .295 | .373 | .519 | .892 | 215 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
1982 | NL | New York Mets | 151 | 608 | 550 | 64 | 136 | 23 | 2 | 13 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 123 | .247 | .309 | .367 | .676 | 202 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | 157 | 647 | 601 | 74 | 145 | 19 | 2 | 28 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 111 | .241 | .289 | .419 | .708 | 252 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
1984 | NL | New York Mets | 146 | 595 | 553 | 67 | 149 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 86 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 122 | .269 | .311 | .443 | .754 | 245 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | 129 | 504 | 452 | 57 | 119 | 24 | 1 | 21 | 77 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 87 | .263 | .331 | .460 | .792 | 208 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | 72 | 256 | 233 | 28 | 53 | 6 | 1 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 53 | .227 | .289 | .429 | .718 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
1986 | AL | Chicago White Sox | 15 | 54 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .216 | .259 | .353 | .612 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1977 | 7812 | 7023 | 986 | 1925 | 307 | 47 | 348 | 1239 | 51 | 31 | 666 | 1419 | .274 | .338 | .480 | .818 | 3370 | 196 | 52 | 3 | 68 | 106 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1969 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 8 | 0 | 17.3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.558 | .375 |
1970 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 7 | 5 | 46.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.957 | 1.429 |
1971 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 102 | 100 | 869.0 | 267 | 8 | 4 | 3 | .986 | 2.848 | 2.696 |
1971 | NL | San Francisco Giants | OF | 30 | 24 | 239.0 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 1.845 | 1.633 |
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 47 | 31 | 319.0 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .973 | 2.031 | 1.532 |
1973 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 13 | 9 | 86.0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.093 | 1.538 |
1974 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 98 | 65 | 676.0 | 172 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .989 | 2.317 | 1.776 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 125 | 117 | 1053.7 | 299 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .990 | 2.648 | 2.480 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 142 | 137 | 1229.3 | 322 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .994 | 2.423 | 2.331 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1977 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 158 | 158 | 1392.3 | 352 | 12 | 3 | 1 | .992 | 2.353 | 2.304 |
1978 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 157 | 157 | 1403.7 | 319 | 10 | 10 | 1 | .971 | 2.109 | 2.096 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 116 | 116 | 999.0 | 214 | 7 | 4 | 1 | .982 | 1.991 | 1.905 |
1980 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 141 | 141 | 1234.0 | 295 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .997 | 2.195 | 2.135 |
1981 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | OF | 108 | 108 | 962.7 | 224 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .991 | 2.169 | 2.148 |
1982 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 138 | 138 | 1186.0 | 289 | 12 | 8 | 4 | .974 | 2.284 | 2.181 |
1983 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 153 | 151 | 1328.7 | 314 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .988 | 2.208 | 2.131 |
1984 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 141 | 140 | 1223.3 | 278 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .976 | 2.089 | 2.014 |
1985 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 123 | 119 | 1069.7 | 198 | 7 | 5 | 2 | .976 | 1.725 | 1.667 |
1986 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 62 | 62 | 510.0 | 96 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .962 | 1.765 | 1.613 |
1986 | AL | Chicago White Sox | OF | 11 | 11 | 84.7 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.232 | 1.909 |
Totals | 1882 | 1789 | 15932.3 | 3809 | 119 | 62 | 28 | .984 | 2.219 | 2.087 |
Postseason - Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .364 | .417 | .364 | .780 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 7 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .276 | .300 | .310 | .610 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .167 | .154 | .667 | .821 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | 4 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .429 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | 3 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .200 | .429 | .500 | .929 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 23 | 85 | 76 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | .289 | .353 | .434 | .787 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1972 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | RF | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | LF | 3 | 3 | 28.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.250 | 2.333 |
1975 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | LF | 7 | 7 | 65.0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.938 | 2.000 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | LF | 3 | 3 | 27.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.333 | 2.333 |
1976 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | WS | LF | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
1979 | NL | Cincinnati Reds | NLCS | LF | 3 | 3 | 29.0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.483 | 2.667 |
Totals | 21 | 20 | 187.0 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.406 | 2.381 |
Awards
1976 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1976 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1977 - NL Most Valuable Player
1977 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1977 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1978 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1981 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1981 - NL Silver Slugger OF
Statistical data from Baseball Databank, made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License