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.

San Francisco Giants

Cincinnati Reds

New York Mets

Chicago White Sox

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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
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
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	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SF
1972	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	1	0	0	1	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
1975	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	3	12	11	3	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.364	.417	.364	.780	4	1	0
1975	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	7	30	29	1	8	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	.276	.300	.310	.610	9	0	0
1976	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	3	13	12	2	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	.167	.154	.667	.821	8	0	1
1976	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	4	16	14	3	6	1	0	4	0	2	2	3	.429	.500	.500	1.000	7	0	0
1979	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	3	14	10	1	2	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	.200	.429	.500	.929	5	0	0
Totals				23	85	76	11	22	2	3	12	2	3	8	13	.289	.353	.434	.787	33	1	1

Postseason - Fielding:

Year	Lg	Team	Rnd	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G
1972	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	RF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0		.000	.000
1975	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	LF	3	3	28.0	7	0	0	1.000	2.250	2.333
1975	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	LF	7	7	65.0	13	1	1	1.000	1.938	2.000
1976	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	LF	3	3	27.0	7	0	0	1.000	2.333	2.333
1976	NL	Cincinnati Reds	WS	LF	4	4	36.0	14	0	0	1.000	3.500	3.500
1979	NL	Cincinnati Reds	NLCS	LF	3	3	29.0	6	2	0	1.000	2.483	2.667
Totals					21	20	187.0	47	3	1	1.000	2.406	2.381

Awards

1976 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1976 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1977 - NL TSN Player of the Year
1977 - NL Most Valuable Player
1977 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1978 - NL TSN All-Star OF
1981 - NL Silver Slugger OF
1981 - NL TSN All-Star OF

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