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Historical player · 1969–1986

George Foster

B/T R/R · HT 73 · WT 180 · Born 12/1/1948 · From Tuscaloosa, AL USA · Debut 1969-09-10 · Final 1986-09-06

Career · batting

1,977

7,023

1,925

348

RBI

1,239

666

AVG/OPS

0.274 · 0.819

Where they rank

Career totals are only stats with that team · ranks computed against that franchise's full history

Career with the Cincinnati Reds · 1971–1981

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244

#7 on the Reds

↑ 7 T. Kluszewski

↓ 11 J. Bruce

Hits

1,276

#18 on the Reds

↑ 1 D. Driessen

↓ 1 K. Griffey

RBI

861

#10 on the Reds

↑ 25 T. Kluszewski

↓ 10 B. Phillips

#96 on the Reds

↑ 1 T. Jones

↓ 1 G. Burns

Runs

680

#17 on the Reds

↑ 29 K. Griffey

↓ 2 A. Dunn

470

#18 on the Reds

↑ 1 J. Temple

↓ 1 R. McMillan

Career with the New York Mets · 1982–1986

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#18 on the Mets

↑ 5 C. Delgado

↓ 4 C. Granderson

Hits

602

#33 on the Mets

↑ 8 D. Magadan

↓ 16 J. Milner

RBI

361

#22 on the Mets

↑ 6 J. McNeil

↓ 4 J. Grote

#176 on the Mets

↑ 1 K. Boyer

↓ 1 M. Alou

Runs

290

#33 on the Mets

↑ 6 R. Staub

↓ 2 J. Olerud

185

#47 on the Mets

↑ 2 R. Ordonez

↓ 3 L. Castillo

Career with the San Francisco Giants · 1969–1971

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#439 on the Giants

↑ 1 N. Aoki

↓ 1 A. Wynns

Hits

#653 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 J. Wal

RBI

#685 on the Giants

↑ 1 T. Abreu

↓ 1 D. Wilson

Runs

#696 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Carter

↓ 1 N. Ahmed

#732 on the Giants

↑ 1 J. Barry

↓ 1 A. Baird

Career with the Chicago White Sox · 1986–1986

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#566 on the White Sox

↑ 1 F. Baumann

Hits

#837 on the White Sox

↑ 1 I. Boone

↓ 1 I. Young

RBI

#841 on the White Sox

↑ 1 H. Baker

↓ 1 D. Zanni

Runs

#966 on the White Sox

↑ 1 H. Allen

↓ 1 M. Albers

#877 on the White Sox

↑ 1 B. Adams

↓ 1 C. Abrams

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MLB · all-time career

vs every player ever

348

#106 all-time MLB

↑ 2 C. Davis

↓ 4 C. Granderson

Hits

1,925

#338 all-time MLB

↑ 1 M. McManus

↓ 4 G. Hodges

RBI

1,239

#141 all-time MLB

↑ 5 F. Frisch

↓ 3 M. Ordonez

#1,728 all-time MLB

↑ 1 G. Altman

↓ 1 E. Banks

Batting · year by year

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
1969	Giants	NL	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.400	0.400	0.400
1970	Giants	NL	9	19	2	6	1	1	1	4	0	2	5	0.316	0.381	0.632
1971	Giants	NL	36	105	11	28	5	0	3	8	0	6	27	0.267	0.304	0.400
1971	Reds	NL	104	368	39	86	18	4	10	50	7	23	93	0.234	0.289	0.386
1972	Reds	NL	59	145	15	29	4	1	2	12	2	5	44	0.200	0.230	0.283
1973	Reds	NL	17	39	6	11	3	0	4	9	0	4	7	0.282	0.349	0.667
1974	Reds	NL	106	276	31	73	18	0	7	41	3	30	52	0.264	0.343	0.406
1975	Reds	NL	134	463	71	139	24	4	23	78	2	40	73	0.300	0.356	0.518
1976	Reds	NL	144	562	86	172	21	9	29	121	17	52	89	0.306	0.364	0.530
1977	Reds	NL	158	615	124	197	31	2	52	149	6	61	107	0.320	0.382	0.631
1978	Reds	NL	158	604	97	170	26	7	40	120	4	70	138	0.281	0.360	0.546
1979	Reds	NL	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	0	59	105	0.302	0.386	0.561
1980	Reds	NL	144	528	79	144	21	5	25	93	1	75	99	0.273	0.362	0.473
1981	Reds	NL	108	414	64	122	23	2	22	90	4	51	75	0.295	0.373	0.519
1982	Mets	NL	151	550	64	136	23	2	13	70	1	50	123	0.247	0.309	0.367
1983	Mets	NL	157	601	74	145	19	2	28	90	1	38	111	0.241	0.289	0.419
1984	Mets	NL	146	553	67	149	22	1	24	86	2	30	122	0.269	0.311	0.443
1985	Mets	NL	129	452	57	119	24	1	21	77	0	46	87	0.263	0.331	0.460
1986	Mets	NL	72	233	28	53	6	1	13	38	1	21	53	0.227	0.289	0.429
1986	White Sox	AL	15	51	2	11	0	2	1	4	0	3	8	0.216	0.259	0.353
Career			1,977	7,023	986	1,925	307	47	348	1,239	51	666	1,419	0.274	0.339	0.480

Fielding by position

Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1,880	1,789	15,929.3	3,809	119	62	28
1B	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0

Hall of Fame voting

Year	Body	Votes	Needed	Status
1995	BBWAA	19	345	Ballot
1994	BBWAA	16	342	Ballot
1993	BBWAA	29	318	Ballot
1992	BBWAA	24	323	Ballot