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George
Foster		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 195
 
Born: December 1, 1948 in Usa, AL, TUSCALOOSA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1973   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 20 PIT NL     6 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 5 5
1970 21 PIT NL     5 5 6 8 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1971 22 PIT NL     5 5 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4
1972 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1973 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1974 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1975 26 PIT NL $ 1,607,143   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1976 27 NYG NL $ 1,607,143   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 5 4 5
1977 28 NYG NL $ 1,610,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 7 5 4 5
1978 29 NYG NL $ 1,610,000   5 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1979 30 NYG NL     5 5 5 8 7 8 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1980 31 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   5 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 5 4 4
1981 32 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 3 4
1982 33 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 4
1983 34 WAS NL $ 1,000,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 5 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,610,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1969 20 AAA   137 579 96 170 34 2 37 99 10 2 58 112 .294 .358 .551 .909 110.0  
1970 21 AAA   70 290 47 82 15 1 17 36 6 1 35 66 .283 .360 .517 .877 53.5  
1971 22 AAA   137 589 99 190 34 1 49 108 6 3 57 135 .323 .382 .633 1.016 130.3  
1972 23 PIT NL 121 374 46 78 10 2 17 50 2 2 27 86 .209 .259 .382 .641 37.2 3.0
1973 24 PIT NL 157 515 75 121 17 2 24 88 4 0 56 128 .235 .310 .416 .725 70.7 11.1
1974 25 PIT NL 107 380 57 87 10 1 16 53 3 0 30 87 .229 .287 .387 .674 42.4 5.8
1975 26 PIT NL 150 474 32 102 16 2 11 52 0 1 50 122 .215 .292 .327 .619 45.9 3.6
1976 27 NYG NL 98 220 35 57 5 2 15 39 2 1 24 55 .259 .333 .505 .838 37.5 6.8
1977 28 NYG NL 156 548 71 128 21 2 27 81 3 5 69 127 .234 .318 .427 .745 74.2 12.2
1978 29 NYG NL 111 360 38 66 15 1 11 50 3 2 24 85 .183 .237 .322 .559 27.3 0.0
1979 30 NYG NL 33 48 4 9 0 0 0 3 1 0 3 11 .188 .231 .188 .418 1.4 0.0
1980 31 WAS NL 21 57 6 10 3 0 2 6 0 0 4 14 .175 .230 .333 .563 3.9 0.0
    AAA   39 76 16 23 3 0 10 27 2 0 12 11 .303 .398 .737 1.135 20.9  
1981 32 AAA   127 528 99 174 30 1 35 80 6 3 60 95 .330 .398 .589 .987 113.6  
1982 33 AAA   137 491 91 135 19 1 38 109 8 6 63 115 .275 .357 .550 .907 94.7  
1983 34 AAA   106 186 41 56 8 2 13 34 2 3 33 49 .301 .406 .575 .982 41.2  
9 Years Sim 954 2976 364 658 97 12 123 422 18 11 287 715 .221 .290 .386 .676 340.5 42.6
7 Years AAA 753 2739 489 830 143 8 199 493 40 18 318 583 .303 .377 .579 .956 564.1  
162 Game Average 505 61 111 16 2 20 71 3 1 48 121 .221 .290 .386 .676 57.8  
Career Highs 157 548 75 128 21 2 27 88 4 5 69 128 .259 .333 .505 .838 74.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1815 218 413 62 8 73 256 7 6 162 448 .228 .291 .391 .683 212.9
vs LH   1161 146 245 35 4 50 166 11 5 125 267 .211 .287 .377 .665 134.3
Home 473 1458 189 343 55 6 63 219 6 7 154 337 .235 .309 .411 .720 190.2
Away 481 1518 175 315 42 6 60 203 12 4 133 378 .208 .271 .362 .632 157.0
RISP   728 0 186 22 3 33 293 0 0 90 189 .255 .328 .430 .758 109.0
Pinch Hitting   88 10 21 1 1 3 23 1 0 14 15 .239 .333 .375 .708 12.6
Close/Late   346 43 72 10 1 20 55 0 0 47 76 .208 .303 .416 .719 47.2
Mar/Apr 179 572 66 121 17 3 22 69 3 1 53 154 .212 .278 .367 .645 61.5
May 180 562 62 117 16 0 22 74 5 2 55 126 .208 .279 .354 .633 58.9
June 147 460 55 103 24 1 17 63 1 3 38 107 .224 .284 .391 .676 51.2
July 128 398 44 90 11 2 16 62 2 0 36 104 .226 .287 .384 .671 46.6
August 166 518 64 100 12 3 18 64 2 1 58 126 .193 .276 .332 .608 50.8
Sep/Oct 154 466 73 127 17 3 28 90 5 4 47 98 .273 .341 .502 .843 78.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1972 23 PIT NL RF 108 97 861.7 229 7 3 1 .987 2.47   2.3
    CF 2 2 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1973 24 PIT NL RF 154 150 1234.7 323 9 5 4 .985 2.42   1.9
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 25 PIT NL LF 104 102 890.7 187 6 5 2 .975 1.95   1.7
    CF 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50    
1975 26 PIT NL LF 121 117 1005.7 247 2 1 0 .996 2.23   2.8
    RF 5 5 44.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 2.86    
    CF 8 3 40.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03    
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1976 27 NYG NL LF 20 13 136.3 36 1 1 0 .974 2.44   1.2
    RF 19 12 122.7 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.61    
    CF 31 6 100.3 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.15    
    3B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 28 NYG NL LF 155 150 1327.0 261 7 2 2 .993 1.82   2.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1978 29 NYG NL LF 84 84 705.0 134 2 3 1 .978 1.74   1.6
    RF 12 7 62.0 17 1 0 1 1.000 2.61    
    CF 3 1 11.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.91    
1979 30 NYG NL RF 13 4 50.3 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.3
    LF 4 3 27.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33    
1980 31 WAS NL CF 4 0 7.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 489 469 4093.7 875 19 12 5 .987 1.97   9.9
  RF 313 275 2378.3 620 18 8 7 .988 2.41   4.5
  CF 50 12 171.7 50 0 0 0 1.000 2.62   0.0
  3B 5 0 8.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   858 756 6653.3 1547 37 20 12 .988 2.14   14.4
Career Highs   157 150 1329.0 324 9 5 4 1.000 2.91    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1979 30 NYG NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1973-4-157
1977-5-156
 Homeruns
1973-10-24
1977-5-27
 Strikeouts
1973-6-128
1975-6-122
1977-2-127
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Dick Gernert (949)
  5. Harry Anderson (938)
  6. George Alusik (937)
  7. Mike Lum (934)
  8. Jim Hickman (932)
  9. Larry Elliot (931)
  10. Danny Tartabull (929)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1969
Injured on 6/11/1969 with a Bruised Hand, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/17/1970 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for full season
Had first career hit on 4/6/1972, off Jim Kaat (CLN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/19/1972, off Gary Peters (CLN)
Injured on 9/8/1972 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Rightfield in 1973
Injured on 6/6/1974 with a Broken Wrist, out for 8 weeks
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to New York (N) on 2/3/1976 (Going to NYG: LF George Foster. Going to PIT: 3B Dan Driessen)
3/3/1976: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
9/1/1976: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,610,000 per year, for 4 years
4/3/1979: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Released by New York (N) on 10/28/1979
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/19/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/17/1980 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/25/1981 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for 3 weeks
 
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