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

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1986 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
2	3 (1)	Apr 12	NYM	@	PHI	L,8-9	CG	71	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	4	Apr 13	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	5	Apr 14	NYM		STL	L,2-6	CG	55	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
5	6	Apr 18	NYM		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	9 (2)	Apr 21	NYM		PIT	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	10	Apr 22	NYM		PIT	W,7-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	11	Apr 24	NYM	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
9	12	Apr 25	NYM	@	STL	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	14 (1)	Apr 27	NYM	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	15	Apr 29	NYM	@	ATL	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	17 (1)	May 1	NYM	@	ATL	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
13	18	May 2	NYM	@	CIN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
14	21 (2)	May 6	NYM		HOU	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	22	May 7	NYM		HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	24 (1)	May 10	NYM		CIN	W,5-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	25	May 11	NYM		CIN	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	26	May 12	NYM		ATL	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
19	28 (1)	May 14	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	31 (2)	May 17	NYM	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
21	32	May 18	NYM	@	LAD	W,8-4	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
22	33	May 20	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	35 (1)	May 22	NYM	@	SFG	L,2-10	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	36	May 23	NYM	@	SDP	L,4-7	CG	39	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	37	May 24	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS	34	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
26	39 (1)	May 27	NYM		LAD	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	40	May 28	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	41	May 29	NYM		LAD	W,5-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	42	May 30	NYM		SFG	W,8-7	GS	27	5.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	43	May 31	NYM		SFG	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	45 (1)	Jun 2	NYM		SDP	W,11-2	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	46	Jun 3	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	47	Jun 4	NYM		SDP	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	48	Jun 5	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
35	49	Jun 6 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-7	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
36	52 (2)	Jun 8	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-3	GS	29	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	54 (1)	Jun 10	NYM		PHI	W,8-4	GS	29	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	55	Jun 11	NYM		PHI	W,5-3	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
39	56	Jun 13	NYM		PIT	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
40	59 (2)	Jun 15 (2)	NYM		PIT	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	60	Jun 16	NYM	@	MON	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
42	61	Jun 17	NYM	@	MON	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
43	63 (1)	Jun 20	NYM		CHC	W,10-3	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
44	65 (1)	Jun 22	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
45	66	Jun 23	NYM		MON	L,4-5	CG	46	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
46	68 (1)	Jun 25	NYM		MON	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
47	69	Jun 28	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	70	Jun 29	NYM	@	CHC	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	71	Jun 30	NYM	@	STL	W,7-0	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	73 (1)	Jul 2	NYM	@	STL	W,4-3	GS	24	4.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	74	Jul 3	NYM		HOU	W,6-5	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	76 (1)	Jul 5	NYM		HOU	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	78 (1)	Jul 7	NYM		CIN	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
54	80 (1)	Jul 9	NYM		CIN	L,1-11	CG	46	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	LF
55	81	Jul 10	NYM		ATL	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
56	82	Jul 11	NYM		ATL	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	84 (1)	Jul 13	NYM		ATL	W,2-0	GS	31	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	86 (1)	Jul 18	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	88 (1)	Jul 20	NYM	@	HOU	L,8-9	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	92 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	97 (4)	Jul 29 (2)	NYM		CHC	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	103 (5)	Aug 5	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-8	GS	27	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
				Player went from New York Mets to Chicago White Sox
63	114	Aug 15	CHW		MIL	L,3-4	GS	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
64	116 (1)	Aug 17	CHW		MIL	W,7-4	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
65	117	Aug 19	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	118	Aug 20	CHW	@	TOR	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
67	119	Aug 21	CHW	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	30	7.2	1	1	0	2	0	LF
68	120	Aug 22	CHW	@	TEX	L,3-11	CG	41	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
69	121	Aug 23	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	122	Aug 24	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
71	127 (4)	Aug 29	CHW		TEX	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	129 (1)	Aug 31	CHW		TEX	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
73	130	Sep 1	CHW	@	KCR	W,4-0	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							73gm		594.2	117	5	4	126	1