George Foster

Position: Leftfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 1, 1948 in Tuscaloosa, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from El Camino College (Torrance, CA).

High School: Leuzinger HS (Lawndale, CA)

School: El Camino College (Torrance, CA)

Debut: September 10, 1969 (Age 20-283d, 12,918th in major league history)
vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 6, 1986 (Age 37-279d)
vs. TOR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Agents: Tom Reich

Full Name: George Arthur Foster

Nicknames: Yahtzee

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.1

7023

1925

348

.274

986

RBI

1239

OBP

.339

SLG

.480

OPS

.818

OPS+

126

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	37-22 / in Starts: 19-12
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	28 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	1 in 7 bases loaded PA and 7 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 152 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	109 (60-30-19)
Avg. MLBer w/ 152 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	90 (46-29-14)

Most Driven In
B Tolan	4
J Bench	3
T PÃ©rez	2
Self	2
C Carroll	1

Most Driven In By
J Morgan	3
P Rose	3
Self	2
D Menke	1
G Nolan	1
J Hague	1
B Tolan	1
J Javier	1

1972 Batting Game Log

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1972 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	159	2 (1)	Apr 16	CIN		LAD	W,10-1	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.600	1.000	7	.64	0.020	.93	0.02%	0.30	RF
2	160	4 (1)	Apr 19	CIN		HOU	L,5-7	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.556	.889	7	.47	0.039	.68	0.03%	0.51	RF
3	161	8 (3)	Apr 25	CIN	@	PIT	L,2-5	11-GF(13)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.273	.455	.727	6	3.77	-0.134	3.79	-0.08%	-0.53	PH RF
4	162	9	Apr 26	CIN	@	PIT	W,7-6	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.333	.455	.788	7	.21	0.006	.18	0.00%	0.65	PH RF
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	163	18 (8)	May 6	CIN		PIT	L,1-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.417	.724	9	.03	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.19	PH
6	164	20 (1)	May 9	CIN		CHC	L,1-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.286	.385	.670	9	.05	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.13	PH
7	165	23 (2)	May 13	CIN		STL	W,11-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	.708	6	.30	0.079	.33	0.05%	1.24	RF
8	166	24	May 14 (1)	CIN		STL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.318	.316	.634	6	.48	-0.004	.56	0.00%	-0.27	RF
9	167	26 (1)	May 16 (1)	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.269	.261	.530	6	.86	-0.088	1.22	-0.08%	-0.93	RF
10	168	29 (2)	May 18	CIN	@	SFG	W,8-5	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.226	.214	.440	6	.64	-0.087	1.05	-0.09%	-1.48	RF
11	169	31 (1)	May 20	CIN	@	SDP	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.219	.207	.426	9	1.18	-0.032	2.35	-0.04%	-0.28	PH
12	170	32	May 21 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	W,7-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.200	.412	7	.01	0.000	.02	0.00%	-0.25	PH RF
13	171	33	May 21 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.222	.212	.434	7	.62	0.028	1.23	0.03%	0.05	RF
14	172	36 (2)	May 26	CIN		SDP	W,4-0	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	7	.79	-0.032	1.14	-0.03%	-0.50	RF
15	173	37	May 27	CIN		SDP	W,9-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	3						RF
16	174	41 (3)	May 31	CIN	@	HOU	W,12-4	CG	5	5	2	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.220	.289	.341	.630	6	.86	0.359	2.10	0.53%	3.38	RF
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	175	42	Jun 1	CIN	@	HOU	W,10-3	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.260	.304	.564	6	1.32	-0.074	3.31	-0.11%	-1.03	RF
18	176	43	Jun 2	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-3	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.245	.286	.531	6	1.01	-0.050	2.01	-0.06%	-0.36	RF
19	177	44	Jun 3	CIN	@	PHI	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.268	.327	.595	5	.41	0.033	.83	0.04%	0.43	RF
20	178	50 (5)	Jun 11	CIN	@	MON	W,11-1	5-GF	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.267	.321	.588	6	.06	-0.003	.14	0.00%	-0.06	PH RF
21	179	52 (1)	Jun 13 (2)	CIN		PHI	W,4-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.270	.373	.643	6	.47	0.103	1.17	0.16%	0.40	RF
22	180	54 (1)	Jun 16	CIN		NYM	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.238	.284	.381	.665	6	1.30	-0.033	3.25	-0.05%	-0.31	RF
23	181	58 (3)	Jun 20	CIN		MON	L,2-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.279	.375	.654	9	1.84	-0.080	4.55	-0.12%	-0.69	PH
24	182	59	Jun 21	CIN		MON	W,6-4	5-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.231	.271	.369	.641	6	1.02	0.027	2.38	0.04%	-0.10	PH RF
25	183	60	Jun 22	CIN		HOU	L,5-9	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.267	.357	.624	6	.71	0.039	2.84	0.09%	-0.32	RF
26	184	61	Jun 23	CIN		HOU	W,7-1	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.256	.342	.599	6	.31	-0.022	1.17	-0.05%	-0.42	RF
27	185	64 (2)	Jun 26	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-0	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.253	.333	.586	6	.62	-0.049	2.13	-0.10%	-0.31	RF
28	186	65	Jun 27	CIN	@	LAD	W,5-4	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.232	.273	.341	.614	6	1.17	0.039	3.82	0.08%	0.72	RF
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	187	70 (4)	Jul 2	CIN	@	SDP	W,12-2	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.281	.349	.630	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.90	PH RF
30	188	73 (2)	Jul 7	CIN		CHC	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.269	.333	.602	6	2.58	-0.232	6.87	-0.37%	-0.94	RF
31	189	74	Jul 8	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.268	.330	.598	6	1.08	0.022	2.99	0.04%	0.02	RF
32	190	75	Jul 9 (1)	CIN		CHC	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.267	.326	.594	6	.54	-0.049	1.44	-0.08%	-0.28	RF
33	191	76	Jul 9 (2)	CIN		CHC	L,5-10	7-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.275	.333	.608	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.19	RF
34	192	78 (1)	Jul 12	CIN		PIT	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.240	.274	.330	.604	7	.48	-0.047	1.35	-0.08%	-0.61	RF
35	193	81 (2)	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	W,12-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.271	.327	.598	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.20	RF
36	194	91 (9)	Jul 29	CIN		SDP	L,3-4	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.233	.266	.320	.586	7	1.57	-0.091	3.06	-0.11%	-0.78	RF
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	195	97 (5)	Aug 4 (1)	CIN		ATL	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.226	.259	.311	.570	7	1.18	-0.097	2.76	-0.14%	-0.92	RF
38	196	101 (3)	Aug 7	CIN		ATL	W,9-1	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.263	.315	.578	7	.03	0.002	.06	0.00%	0.28	PH RF
39	197	102	Aug 8	CIN		LAD	W,2-1	GS-19	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.217	.248	.296	.544	7	1.68	-0.213	4.39	-0.33%	-0.88	RF
40	198	103	Aug 9	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.244	.291	.535	2	.19	-0.014	.42	-0.02%	-0.82	PH RF
41	199	104	Aug 10	CIN		LAD	L,2-6	5-GF	2	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.256	.319	.575	9	.54	0.066	.90	0.07%	0.60	PH RF
42	200	111 (6)	Aug 17	CIN	@	PHI	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.248	.309	.557	6	.70	-0.066	1.16	-0.07%	-0.70	RF
43	201	114 (2)	Aug 20	CIN	@	NYM	W,8-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.248	.309	.557	1						LF
44	202	117 (2)	Aug 23	CIN	@	MON	L,0-11	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.213	.241	.299	.540	5	.31	-0.030	.22	-0.01%	-0.51	CF
45	203	122 (4)	Aug 28	CIN		NYM	W,5-2	6-7	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.246	.313	.559	9	.93	0.067	.80	0.04%	0.39	PH
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
46	204	125 (2)	Sep 1	CIN		MON	W,1-0	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.246	.313	.559	9						PR
47	205	126	Sep 2	CIN		MON	L,2-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.246	.313	.559	7						PR
48	206	132 (5)	Sep 7 (1)	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.212	.239	.303	.542	6	2.13	-0.261	.43	-0.03%	-1.83	RF
49	207	133	Sep 7 (2)	CIN	@	SDP	L,1-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.232	.294	.527	6	.57	-0.054	.16	-0.01%	-0.59	RF
50	208	143 (9)	Sep 19	CIN		SFG	W,5-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.232	.294	.527	9						PR
51	209	144	Sep 20	CIN		SFG	W,8-6	8-9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.232	.294	.527	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
52	210	145	Sep 22	CIN	@	HOU	W,4-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.206	.232	.294	.527	7						RF
53	211	146	Sep 23	CIN	@	HOU	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.234	.295	.529	5	.35	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.07	RF
54	212	147	Sep 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,10-2	CG	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.227	.285	.511	7	1.14	-0.143	.00	0.00%	-1.95	RF
55	213	148	Sep 26	CIN		ATL	L,9-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.201	.227	.285	.511	5						PR
56	214	150 (1)	Sep 29	CIN		LAD	W,4-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.225	.283	.508	3	.70	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.44	RF
57	215	151	Sep 30	CIN		LAD	L,2-4	9-10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.225	.283	.508	5						PR
58	216	152	Oct 1	CIN		LAD	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.225	.283	.508	5						RF
59	217	153	Oct 3	CIN		HOU	W,6-1	5-6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.230	.283	.513	9	.44	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.87	PH
							37-22		152	145	15	29	4	1	2	12	5	1	44	1	0	1	3	6	2	1	.200	.230	.283	.513		.86	-1.066	1.69	-0.84%	-8.77

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