George Foster
Born: December 1, 1948, Tuscaloosa, ALHeight: 6'1" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: El Camino JC
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1969 San Francisco NL 20 9 5 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .400 .400 .400 1970 San Francisco NL 21 9 19 2 6 12 1 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 .316 .632 .381 1971 San Francisco NL 22 36 105 11 28 42 5 0 3 8 0 1 0 1 5 1 0 27 4 .267 .400 .304 1971 Cincinnati NL 22 104 368 39 86 142 18 4 10 50 1 3 7 6 21 2 7 93 16 .234 .386 .289 1972 Cincinnati NL 23 59 145 15 29 41 4 1 2 12 0 1 2 1 4 1 1 44 6 .200 .283 .230 1973 Cincinnati NL 24 17 39 6 11 26 3 0 4 9 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 7 1 .282 .667 .349 1974 Cincinnati NL 25 106 276 31 73 112 18 0 7 41 2 2 3 2 25 5 4 52 8 .264 .406 .343 1975 Cincinnati NL 26 134 463 71 139 240 24 4 23 78 0 5 2 1 29 11 3 73 14 .300 .518 .356 1976 Cincinnati NL 27 144 562 86 172 298 21 9 29 121 0 9 17 3 48 4 4 89 11 .306 .530 .364 1977 Cincinnati NL 28 158 615 124 197 388 31 2 52 149 0 8 6 4 51 10 5 107 17 .320 .631 .382 1978 Cincinnati NL 29 158 604 97 170 330 26 7 40 120 0 6 4 4 54 16 7 138 18 .281 .546 .360 1979 Cincinnati NL 30 121 440 68 133 247 18 3 30 98 0 3 0 2 52 7 3 105 11 .302 .561 .386 1980 Cincinnati NL 31 144 528 79 144 250 21 5 25 93 0 4 1 0 61 14 1 99 14 .273 .473 .362 1981 Cincinnati NL 32 108 414 64 122 215 23 2 22 90 0 4 4 0 46 5 3 75 12 .295 .519 .373 1982 New York NL 33 151 550 64 136 202 23 2 13 70 0 6 1 1 41 9 2 123 13 .247 .367 .309 1983 New York NL 34 157 601 74 145 252 19 2 28 90 0 4 1 1 33 5 4 111 19 .241 .419 .289 1984 New York NL 35 146 553 67 149 245 22 1 24 86 0 6 2 2 21 9 6 122 14 .269 .443 .311 1985 New York NL 36 129 452 57 119 208 24 1 21 77 0 4 0 1 41 5 2 87 8 .263 .460 .331 1986 New York NL 37 72 233 28 53 100 6 1 13 38 0 2 1 1 20 1 0 53 7 .227 .429 .289 1986 Chicago AL 37 15 51 2 11 18 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 8 2 .216 .353 .259 TOTALS 1977 7023 986 1925 3370 307 47 348 1239 3 68 51 31 560 106 52 1419 196 .274 .480 .338
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1969 San Francisco NL LF 17.1 0 8 0 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 1970 San Francisco NL LF 39.0 4 2 1 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 1970 San Francisco NL RF 7.0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86 1971 San Francisco NL LF 193.0 19 6 1 25 37 1 1 0 .974 1.77 1971 San Francisco NL RF 46.0 5 1 1 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.15 1971 Cincinnati NL CF 853.1 98 2 4 100 261 7 4 3 .985 2.83 1971 Cincinnati NL LF 8.0 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1971 Cincinnati NL RF 8.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 1972 Cincinnati NL RF 309.2 30 15 5 45 68 1 2 1 .972 2.01 1972 Cincinnati NL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 1972 Cincinnati NL CF 8.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 1973 Cincinnati NL CF 72.0 8 3 4 11 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 1973 Cincinnati NL RF 13.0 1 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 1973 Cincinnati NL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1974 Cincinnati NL RF 348.1 23 48 1 71 70 0 1 0 .986 1.81 1974 Cincinnati NL CF 314.2 42 3 28 45 101 3 1 1 .990 2.97 1974 Cincinnati NL LF 13.0 0 6 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 1975 Cincinnati NL LF 737.2 81 15 6 96 190 9 1 2 .995 2.43 1975 Cincinnati NL CF 238.0 30 2 17 32 99 2 2 1 .981 3.82 1975 Cincinnati NL RF 78.0 6 11 0 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 1975 Cincinnati NL 1B 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1976 Cincinnati NL LF 805.1 79 36 7 115 196 3 1 2 .995 2.22 1976 Cincinnati NL CF 255.0 34 3 20 37 95 3 0 0 1.000 3.46 1976 Cincinnati NL RF 169.0 23 0 12 23 34 3 1 1 .974 1.97 1976 Cincinnati NL 1B 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1977 Cincinnati NL LF 1146.1 127 16 9 143 276 10 3 1 .990 2.25 1977 Cincinnati NL CF 246.0 31 6 16 37 72 2 0 0 1.000 2.71 1978 Cincinnati NL LF 1344.1 151 3 12 154 310 10 9 1 .973 2.14 1978 Cincinnati NL CF 59.1 6 5 3 11 16 0 1 0 .941 2.43 1979 Cincinnati NL LF 999.0 116 0 23 116 217 9 4 1 .983 2.04 1980 Cincinnati NL LF 1234.0 141 0 8 141 300 5 1 1 .997 2.22 1981 Cincinnati NL LF 962.2 108 0 3 108 223 8 2 1 .991 2.16 1982 New York NL LF 1186.0 138 0 31 138 290 13 8 4 .974 2.30 1983 New York NL LF 1328.2 151 2 16 153 317 11 4 3 .988 2.22 1984 New York NL LF 1223.1 140 1 13 141 280 6 7 1 .976 2.10 1985 New York NL LF 1069.2 119 4 14 123 193 7 5 2 .976 1.68 1986 New York NL LF 510.0 62 0 24 62 97 3 4 1 .962 1.76 1986 Chicago AL LF 84.2 11 0 5 11 20 2 0 0 1.000 2.34
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (January 27, 1968).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert (May 29, 1971).
- Placed on disabled list by Cincinnati Reds (July 22, 1979)
- Activated by Cincinnati Reds (August 12, 1979)
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to New York Mets in exchange for Alex Trevino, Jim Kern and Greg Harris (February 10, 1982).
- Released by New York Mets (August 7, 1986).
- Signed by Chicago White Sox (August 15, 1986).
- Released by Chicago White Sox (September 7, 1986).
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