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George Foster
George Arthur Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.
School El Camino JC

MLB Debut September 10, 1969
Final Game September 6, 1986
Born December 1, 1948 in Tuscaloosa, AL (age 75)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 CIN NL  108  282   34   60  11   1   7   27   0   1   12   81  .213  .255  .333  .588    87    94   1   3   1   5   7  
 1972 23 CIN NL    9   21    3    4   0   0   1    4   0   0    0    5  .190  .227  .333  .561    80     7   0   0   0   1   1  
 1973 24 CIN NL   16   26    2    8   1   0   2    5   0   0    1    3  .308  .333  .577  .910   128    15   0   0   0   0   3  
 1974 25 CIN NL   98  255   27   61  13   0   8   36   2   0   31   56  .239  .323  .384  .707   100    98   0   3   2   2   6  
 1975 26 CIN NL  128  494   83  145  33   4  26  104   0   0   27   78  .294  .328  .534  .863   120   264   0   5   3   1  16  
 1976 27 CIN NL  141  553   81  159  25   6  24  101   7   1   45   83  .288  .347  .485  .831   120   268   0   9   6  10  19  MVP-7
 1977 28 CIN NL  157  609   98  170  34   0  37  130   3   3   57  117  .279  .341  .517  .858   117   315   0   7  10   4  27  MVP-7
 1978 29 CIN NL  158  595   97  167  25   7  40  141   1   2   66  156  .281  .351  .548  .899   124   326   0   6   8   2   7  MVP-4
 1979 30 CIN NL  131  474   98  154  26   3  36   87   0   0   46  117  .325  .392  .620 1.013   140   294   0   2   3   8   8  
 1980 31 CIN NL  148  511   69  130  18   2  21   88   1   0   68  112  .254  .336  .421  .757   102   215   0  10   1   0  12  
 1981 32 CIN NL  118  465   81  148  26   4  25   82   3   0   51   89  .318  .390  .553  .943   133   257   0   3   6   6  11  
         NYN NL   40  151   23   44   2   1   6   29   0   0   15   27  .291  .361  .437  .798   120    66   0   1   1   2   4  MVP-3
         TOT     158  616  104  192  28   5  31  111   3   0   66  116  .312  .383  .524  .908         323   0   4   7   8  15 
 1982 33 NYN NL  144  549   55  144  25   0  15   78   1   1   33  129  .262  .307  .390  .697   101   214   0   6   0   5  22  
 1983 34 NYN NL  131  501   57  120  15   1  23   84   0   0   32   94  .240  .288  .411  .699    99   206   0   5   1   4  18  
 1984 35 NYN NL  138  489   51  137  20   1  19   62   1   0   22  113  .280  .319  .442  .761   109   216   0   2   3   7  16  
 1985 36 NYN NL  116  384   39  102  17   2  16   65   0   0   26   80  .266  .316  .445  .761   113   171   0   4   3   4  10  
 1986 37 NYN NL   33   99    9   22   4   0   4   15   0   0   15   18  .222  .325  .384  .708   103    38   0   0   0   0   4  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 16 Seasons     1814 6458  907 1775 295  32 310 1138  19   8  547 1358  .275  .334  .474  .809        3064   1  66  48  61 191
 Per 600 PA           543   76  149  25   3  26   96   2   1   46  114                                 258   0   6   4   5  16
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With CIN     1212 4285  673 1206 212  27 227  805  17   7  404  897  .281  .345  .502  .848        2153   1  48  40  39 117
   With NYN      602 2173  234  569  83   5  83  333   2   1  143  461  .262  .312  .419  .731         911   0  18   8  22  74
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1977 7023  986 1925 307  47 348 1239  51  31  666 1419  .274  .338  .480  .818        3370   3  68 106  52 196
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1971 22 CIN NL  47   22   2.6  26   6   0  .231   1   43   31  .721    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e6   -93   
 1972 23 CIN NL  48    1   2.0   4   1   0  .250   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e8    48   
 1973 24 CIN NL  15    3   4.4   9   5   1  .556   0    2    1  .500    0    0  .000  PH            -105   
 1974 25 CIN NL  38   32   4.4  15   1   0  .067   1   19   16  .842    0    0  .000  OF   2(0)e3    -41   
 1975 26 CIN NL  32   81   5.9   3   0   0  .000   2   42   35  .833    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e4   -12   
 1976 27 CIN NL  26   90   5.8   4   1   0  .250   2   42   35  .833    0    0  .000  OF   2(-1)e2   -62   
 1977 28 CIN NL  35   99   5.6   5   1   0  .200   0   55   41  .745    0    0  .000  OF   3(-1)e3  -154   
 1978 29 CIN NL  34  116   7.1   1   0   0  .000   4   58   26  .448    0    0  .000  OF   4(-1)e10   -7   
 1979 30 CIN NL  30  116   9.5   3   1   0  .333  11   30    9  .300    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e6    65   
 1980 31 CIN NL  26   75   5.0   2   1   0  .500   0   43   18  .419    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e1   -78   
 1981 32 CIN NL  26  101   8.2   0   0   0  .000   2   41   35  .854    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e3    51   
         NYN NL  22   23   5.7   2   1   1  .500   1   14   11  .786    0    0  .000  OF   3(+1)e3   -94   
         TOT                     2   1   1  .500   3   55   46  .836    0    0  .000
 1982 33 NYN NL  30   61   3.8   2   1   0  .500  10   38   15  .395    0    0  .000  OF   4(+1)e10   20   
 1983 34 NYN NL  35   55   3.7   5   3   1  .600   2   49   23  .469    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e4    -9   
 1984 35 NYN NL  33   64   4.7  10   2   0  .200   4   36   12  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e8     7   
 1985 36 NYN NL  31   52   4.8  12   2   0  .167   8   30   11  .367    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e7   -30   
 1986 37 NYN NL  46   12   4.0   6   1   1  .167   0   10    6  .600    0    0  .000  OF   4(+3)e12    9   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 16 Seasons         1010   5.5 109  27   4  .248  48  554  327  .590    0    0  .000                 -27   5
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 30.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 59.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1971 22 CIN NL  CF    73   170    10    1    1   .994    69   616.2   2.63
                 LF     8     2     0    0    0  1.000     0    14.0   1.29
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1972 23 CIN NL  CF     5    10     1    0    0  1.000     4    36.0   2.75
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1973 24 CIN NL  LF     6     5     0    0    0  1.000     3    31.0   1.45
                 CF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1974 25 CIN NL  RF    57    82     4    1    0   .989    35   370.1   2.09
                 CF    29    59     1    0    0  1.000    25   210.0   2.57
 1975 26 CIN NL  LF   100   125     7    2    0   .985    95   859.1   1.38
                 CF    19    43     1    0    1  1.000    18   156.0   2.54
                 RF    12    14     0    0    0  1.000     9    84.0   1.50
 1976 27 CIN NL  LF   137   210    14    2    4   .991   135  1248.2   1.61
                 RF     1     1     1    0    0  1.000     1     8.0   2.25
 1977 28 CIN NL  LF   153   278     5    0    1  1.000   151  1365.2   1.87
 1978 29 CIN NL  LF   157   273     6    4    1   .986   157  1336.2   1.88
 1979 30 CIN NL  LF   128   160     3   11    1   .937   128  1065.2   1.38
 1980 31 CIN NL  LF   144   200    15    0    0  1.000   144  1163.0   1.66
 1981 32 CIN NL  LF   118   201     9    2    0   .991   118  1074.1   1.76
         NYN NL  LF    30    53     4    1    0   .983    30   262.2   1.95
                 RF     8    15     1    0    0  1.000     8    73.0   1.97
 1982 33 NYN NL  LF   143   180    13   10    2   .951   142  1233.1   1.41
 1983 34 NYN NL  LF   128   171    12    2    1   .989   125  1075.2   1.53
 1984 35 NYN NL  LF   129   185     6    4    0   .979   127  1031.1   1.67
 1985 36 NYN NL  LF   102   135     2    8    0   .945    99   801.1   1.54
 1986 37 NYN NL  LF    28    28     0    0    0  1.000    27   216.0   1.17
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF  1511  2206    96   46   10   .980  1481 12778.2   1.62
                 CF   128   282    13    1    2   .997   116  1020.2   2.60
                 RF    80   112     6    1    0   .992    53   538.1   1.97
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1974 NLCS  CIN MON   W    3  11  4  4  2  0  0   0  0  1  .364  .364  .545  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    3  13  0  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  .154  .214  .154  0
 1976 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    4  15  3  5  1  0  2   6  2  3  .333  .444  .800  0
      WS    CIN KCA   W    5  20  2  7  0  1  2   6  1  2  .350  .364  .750  0
 1977 NLCS  CIN MON   W    4  16  2  4  0  0  1   4  2  2  .250  .333  .438  0
      WS    CIN BOA   W    6  21  4  6  1  0  1   2  2  2  .286  .333  .476  0
 1979 NLCS  CIN NYN   W    5  19  2  7  2  0  1   7  3  3  .368  .455  .632  0
      WS    CIN BOA   L    5  20  2  4  1  0  1   2  1  9  .200  .238  .400  0
 1984 NLCS  NYN SDN   L    2   5  1  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .200  .200  .200  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1971  CIN   87-75   Alan Boodman
 1972  CIN  106-56   Alan Boodman
 1973  CIN  108-55   Alan Boodman
 1974  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1975  CIN  101-61   Alan Boodman
 1976  CIN  113-49   Alan Boodman
 1977  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1978  CIN   88-74   Alan Boodman
 1979  CIN   96-66   Alan Boodman
 1980  CIN   90-72   Alan Boodman
 1981  CIN  100-62   Alan Boodman
 1981  NYN   81-81   Jon Fellows
 1982  NYN   80-82   Jon Fellows
 1983  NYN   82-80   Jon Fellows
 1984  NYN   95-67   Jon Fellows
 1985  NYN   96-66   Jon Fellows
 1986  NYN  108-54   Jon Fellows

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