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George Foster
George Arthur Foster

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 10, 1969
  vs. ATL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 6, 1986
Born December 1, 1948 in Tuscaloosa, AL

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1969 20 SFG NL   9    5    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .400  .400  .400  126    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1970 21 SFG NL   9   19    2    6   1  1   1    4   0  0   2   5  .316  .381  .632  167   12   0   0   1   0   1
 1971 22 TOT NL 140  473   50  114  23  4  13   58   7  7  29 120  .241  .292  .389   95  184   1   4   3   7  20
         SFG NL  36  105   11   28   5  0   3    8   0  1   6  27  .267  .304  .400   99   42   0   1   1   0   4
         CIN NL 104  368   39   86  18  4  10   50   7  6  23  93  .234  .289  .386   94  142   1   3   2   7  16
 1972 23 CIN NL  59  145   15   29   4  1   2   12   2  1   5  44  .200  .230  .283   49   41   0   1   1   1   6
 1973 24 CIN NL  17   39    6   11   3  0   4    9   0  1   4   7  .282  .349  .667  182   26   0   0   0   0   1
 1974 25 CIN NL 106  276   31   73  18  0   7   41   3  2  30  52  .264  .343  .406  110  112   2   2   5   4   8
 1975 26 CIN NL 134  463   71  139  24  4  23   78   2  1  40  73  .300  .356  .518  139  240   0   5  11   3  14
 1976 27 CIN NL 144  562   86  172  21  9  29  121  17  3  52  89  .306  .364  .530  150  298   0   9   4   4  11 MVP-2,AS
 1977 28 CIN NL 158  615  124  197  31  2  52  149   6  4  61 107  .320  .382  .631  165  388   0   8  10   5  17 MVP-1,AS
 1978 29 CIN NL 158  604   97  170  26  7  40  120   4  4  70 138  .281  .360  .546  151  330   0   6  16   7  18 MVP-6,AS
 1979 30 CIN NL 121  440   68  133  18  3  30   98   0  2  59 105  .302  .386  .561  155  247   0   3   7   3  11 MVP-12,AS
 1980 31 CIN NL 144  528   79  144  21  5  25   93   1  0  75  99  .273  .362  .473  131  250   0   4  14   1  14
 1981 32 CIN NL 108  414   64  122  23  2  22   90   4  0  51  75  .295  .373  .519  150  215   0   4   5   3  12 SS,MVP-3,AS
 1982 33 NYM NL 151  550   64  136  23  2  13   70   1  1  50 123  .247  .309  .367   90  202   0   6   9   2  13
 1983 34 NYM NL 157  601   74  145  19  2  28   90   1  1  38 111  .241  .289  .419   95  252   0   4   5   4  19
 1984 35 NYM NL 146  553   67  149  22  1  24   86   2  2  30 122  .269  .311  .443  111  245   0   6   9   6  14
 1985 36 NYM NL 129  452   57  119  24  1  21   77   0  1  46  87  .263  .331  .460  121  208   0   4   5   2   8
 1986 37 TOT     87  284   30   64   6  3  14   42   1  1  24  61  .225  .284  .415   91  118   0   2   1   0   9
         NYM NL  72  233   28   53   6  1  13   38   1  1  21  53  .227  .289  .429   98  100   0   2   1   0   7
         CHW AL  15   51    2   11   0  2   1    4   0  0   3   8  .216  .259  .353   63   18   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7023      1925     47     1239     31    1419  .274  .338  .480  126        3  68 106  52 196
               1977       986      307    348       51    666                            3370
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        575   81  158  25  4  29  102   4  3  55 116  .274  .338  .480  126  276   0   6   9   4  16
 Career High    158  615  124  197  31  9  52  149  17  7  75 138  .320  .386  .631  165  388   2   9  16   7  20
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1969 20 SFG NL    5    3    1   8.9    94| .400  .258| .400  .328| .400  .383| .800  .711| 126  .801   0.2   0.0   0%
 1970 21 SFG NL   21   14    4   7.7   103| .316  .267| .381  .340| .632  .408|1.013  .748| 167  .715   1.6   0.2   0%
 1971 22 TOT NL  514  391   47   3.2    89| .241  .255| .292  .320| .389  .373| .681  .694|  95  .396  -3.8  -0.4  50%
         SFG NL  112   83   11   3.6    92| .267  .259| .304  .325| .400  .378| .704  .703|  99  .439  -0.4   0.0   0%
         CIN NL  402  308   36   3.2    88| .234  .254| .289  .319| .386  .372| .675  .691|  94  .384  -3.4  -0.4  53%
 1972 23 CIN NL  152  124    8   1.8    87| .200  .250| .230  .317| .283  .369| .513  .685|  49  .176  -9.9  -1.1  66%
 1973 24 CIN NL   43   30    8   7.2    92| .282  .257| .349  .325| .667  .382|1.016  .706| 182  .721   4.0   0.4   0%
 1974 25 CIN NL  314  217   38   4.7    94| .264  .261| .343  .333| .406  .378| .749  .710| 110  .548   4.5   0.5  60%
 1975 26 CIN NL  511  344   82   6.4    98| .300  .268| .356  .339| .518  .387| .874  .725| 139  .674  22.7   2.3  66%
 1976 27 CIN NL  627  413  111   7.2    93| .306  .265| .364  .332| .530  .378| .894  .709| 150  .740  35.0   3.6  85%
 1977 28 CIN NL  689  447  144   8.7   105| .320  .272| .382  .340| .631  .414|1.013  .753| 165  .761  55.0   5.3  60%
 1978 29 CIN NL  687  462  115   6.7    95| .281  .262| .360  .330| .546  .385| .906  .715| 151  .701  39.3   4.0  50%
 1979 30 CIN NL  505  323   95   7.9   100| .302  .270| .386  .336| .561  .401| .947  .737| 155  .745  33.4   3.3   0%
 1980 31 CIN NL  608  402   91   6.1    96| .273  .268| .362  .330| .473  .389| .835  .719| 131  .662  22.7   2.3 100%
 1981 32 CIN NL  472  308   81   7.1    93| .295  .265| .373  .330| .519  .379| .892  .710| 150  .732  27.4   2.8 100%
 1982 33 NYM NL  608  434   62   3.9    94| .247  .264| .309  .327| .367  .384| .676  .711|  90  .459  -7.4  -0.8  50%
 1983 34 NYM NL  647  480   68   3.8    96| .241  .262| .289  .330| .419  .388| .708  .719|  95  .451  -7.1  -0.7  50%
 1984 35 NYM NL  595  426   73   4.6    93| .269  .262| .311  .327| .443  .381| .754  .708| 111  .545   5.9   0.6  50%
 1985 36 NYM NL  504  346   69   5.4    94| .263  .259| .331  .327| .460  .386| .791  .712| 121  .610  12.0   1.2   0%
 1986 37 TOT     310  232   32   3.7    97| .225  .260| .284  .330| .415  .395| .699  .725|  91  .426  -5.3  -0.5  50%
         NYM NL  256  190   28   4.0    96| .227  .259| .289  .329| .429  .391| .718  .719|  98  .463  -2.1  -0.2  50%
         CHW AL   54   42    4   2.5   104| .216  .266| .259  .335| .353  .415| .612  .750|  63  .247  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     7812 5396 1129   5.6    95| .274  .264| .338  .331| .480  .387| .818  .718| 126  .627 230.1  23.0  62%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1969 20 SFG NL LF 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 1.27 1.56 1.66 0 17.3 1970 21 SFG NL OF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.79 1.96 2.07 5 46.0 LF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 1.38 1.62 1.75 4 39.0 RF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.70 3.86 2.06 1 7.0 1971 22 TOT NL OF 132 315 9 5 3 .985 .979 2.45 1.92 2.63 2.19 124 1108.3 TOT NL LF 26 41 1 1 0 .977 .970 1.62 1.53 1.88 1.87 20 201.0 TOT NL RF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.71 1.80 2.00 2.07 5 54.0 SFG NL OF 30 48 1 1 0 .980 .978 1.63 1.92 1.85 2.19 24 239.0 LF 25 37 1 1 0 .974 .969 1.52 1.53 1.77 1.87 19 193.0 RF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.83 1.80 2.15 2.07 5 46.0 CIN NL OF 102 267 8 4 3 .986 .979 2.70 1.92 2.85 2.19 100 869.3 CF 101 261 7 4 3 .985 .982 2.65 2.30 2.83 2.64 99 853.3 LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.50 4.50 1.91 1 8.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.02 0 8.0 1972 23 CIN NL OF 47 71 1 2 1 .973 .978 1.53 1.96 2.03 2.18 31 318.7 RF 45 68 1 2 1 .972 .979 1.53 1.74 2.01 2.03 30 309.7 CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 3.38 2.59 1 8.0 LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1973 24 CIN NL OF 13 19 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.54 1.96 2.09 2.23 9 86.0 CF 11 17 1 0 1 1.000 .978 1.64 2.27 2.25 2.62 8 72.0 RF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.76 1.38 2.01 1 13.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 25 CIN NL OF 98 172 2 2 1 .989 .979 1.78 1.96 2.32 2.27 65 676.0 RF 71 70 0 1 0 .986 .975 0.99 1.66 1.81 2.04 23 348.3 CF 45 101 3 1 1 .990 .985 2.31 2.42 2.97 2.77 42 314.7 LF 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.55 1.38 2.01 0 13.0 1975 26 CIN NL OF 125 299 11 3 3 .990 .978 2.48 2.01 2.65 2.29 117 1053.7 LF 96 190 9 1 2 .995 .973 2.07 1.71 2.43 2.10 81 737.7 CF 32 99 2 2 1 .981 .984 3.16 2.44 3.82 2.72 30 238.0 RF 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.71 1.74 1.38 2.05 6 78.0 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.50 0.00 9.90 0 2.0 1976 27 CIN NL OF 142 322 9 2 3 .994 .979 2.33 2.03 2.42 2.34 137 1229.3 AS LF 115 196 3 1 2 .995 .976 1.73 1.59 2.22 2.02 79 805.3 AS CF 38 95 3 0 0 1.000 .984 2.58 2.50 3.46 2.85 35 255.0 AS RF 23 34 3 1 1 .974 .974 1.61 1.83 1.97 2.15 23 169.0 AS 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.60 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 AS 1977 28 CIN NL OF 158 352 12 3 1 .992 .978 2.30 1.93 2.35 2.26 158 1392.3 AS LF 143 276 10 3 1 .990 .972 2.00 1.51 2.25 1.93 127 1146.3 AS CF 37 71 2 0 0 1.000 .986 1.97 2.34 2.67 2.73 31 246.0 AS 1978 29 CIN NL OF 157 319 10 10 1 .971 .980 2.10 1.94 2.11 2.31 157 1403.7 AS LF 154 310 10 9 1 .973 .978 2.08 1.55 2.14 1.99 151 1344.3 AS CF 11 16 0 1 0 .941 .982 1.45 2.29 2.43 2.79 6 59.3 AS 1979 30 CIN NL LF 116 217 9 4 1 .983 .970 1.95 1.58 2.04 2.01 116 999.0 AS 1980 31 CIN NL LF 141 300 5 1 1 .997 .976 2.16 1.68 2.22 2.06 141 1234.0 1981 32 CIN NL LF 108 223 8 2 1 .991 .975 2.14 1.79 2.16 2.12 108 962.7 AS 1982 33 NYM NL LF 138 290 13 8 4 .974 .973 2.20 1.60 2.30 2.08 138 1186.0 1983 34 NYM NL LF 153 317 11 4 3 .988 .977 2.14 1.60 2.22 2.03 151 1328.7 1984 35 NYM NL LF 141 280 6 7 1 .976 .971 2.03 1.53 2.10 2.03 140 1223.3 1985 36 NYM NL LF 123 193 7 5 2 .976 .977 1.63 1.50 1.68 1.92 119 1069.7 1986 37 TOT LF 73 117 5 4 1 .968 .975 1.67 1.49 1.85 2.01 73 594.7 TOT OF 73 115 6 4 1 .968 .980 1.66 1.86 1.83 2.22 73 594.7 NYM NL LF 62 97 3 4 1 .962 .975 1.61 1.44 1.76 1.97 62 510.0 CHW AL LF 11 20 2 0 0 1.000 .978 2.00 1.77 2.34 2.24 11 84.7 DH 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 26 CIN NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.50 0.00 9.90 0 2.0 1976 27 CIN NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.60 0.00 9.90 0 1.0 1971 22 CIN NL CF 101 261 7 4 3 .985 .982 2.65 2.30 2.83 2.64 99 853.3 1972 23 CIN NL CF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 2.30 3.38 2.59 1 8.0 1973 24 CIN NL CF 11 17 1 0 1 1.000 .978 1.64 2.27 2.25 2.62 8 72.0 1974 25 CIN NL CF 45 101 3 1 1 .990 .985 2.31 2.42 2.97 2.77 42 314.7 1975 26 CIN NL CF 32 99 2 2 1 .981 .984 3.16 2.44 3.82 2.72 30 238.0 1976 27 CIN NL CF 38 95 3 0 0 1.000 .984 2.58 2.50 3.46 2.85 35 255.0 1977 28 CIN NL CF 37 71 2 0 0 1.000 .986 1.97 2.34 2.67 2.73 31 246.0 1978 29 CIN NL CF 11 16 0 1 0 .941 .982 1.45 2.29 2.43 2.79 6 59.3 1986 37 CHW AL DH 3 1969 20 SFG NL LF 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 1.27 1.56 1.66 0 17.3 1970 21 SFG NL LF 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.17 1.38 1.62 1.75 4 39.0 1971 22 TOT NL LF 26 41 1 1 0 .977 .970 1.62 1.53 1.88 1.87 20 201.0 SFG NL LF 25 37 1 1 0 .974 .969 1.52 1.53 1.77 1.87 19 193.0 CIN NL LF 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 .976 4.00 1.50 4.50 1.91 1 8.0 1972 23 CIN NL LF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 9.00 1.80 0 1.0 1973 24 CIN NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1974 25 CIN NL LF 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 1.55 1.38 2.01 0 13.0 1975 26 CIN NL LF 96 190 9 1 2 .995 .973 2.07 1.71 2.43 2.10 81 737.7 1976 27 CIN NL LF 115 196 3 1 2 .995 .976 1.73 1.59 2.22 2.02 79 805.3 1977 28 CIN NL LF 143 276 10 3 1 .990 .972 2.00 1.51 2.25 1.93 127 1146.3 1978 29 CIN NL LF 154 310 10 9 1 .973 .978 2.08 1.55 2.14 1.99 151 1344.3 1979 30 CIN NL LF 116 217 9 4 1 .983 .970 1.95 1.58 2.04 2.01 116 999.0 1980 31 CIN NL LF 141 300 5 1 1 .997 .976 2.16 1.68 2.22 2.06 141 1234.0 1981 32 CIN NL LF 108 223 8 2 1 .991 .975 2.14 1.79 2.16 2.12 108 962.7 1982 33 NYM NL LF 138 290 13 8 4 .974 .973 2.20 1.60 2.30 2.08 138 1186.0 1983 34 NYM NL LF 153 317 11 4 3 .988 .977 2.14 1.60 2.22 2.03 151 1328.7 1984 35 NYM NL LF 141 280 6 7 1 .976 .971 2.03 1.53 2.10 2.03 140 1223.3 1985 36 NYM NL LF 123 193 7 5 2 .976 .977 1.63 1.50 1.68 1.92 119 1069.7 1986 37 TOT LF 73 117 5 4 1 .968 .975 1.67 1.49 1.85 2.01 73 594.7 NYM NL LF 62 97 3 4 1 .962 .975 1.61 1.44 1.76 1.97 62 510.0 CHW AL LF 11 20 2 0 0 1.000 .978 2.00 1.77 2.34 2.24 11 84.7 1969 20 SFG NL OF 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 1.75 1.56 2.03 0 17.3 1970 21 SFG NL OF 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.43 1.79 1.96 2.07 5 46.0 1971 22 TOT NL OF 132 315 9 5 3 .985 .979 2.45 1.92 2.63 2.19 124 1108.3 SFG NL OF 30 48 1 1 0 .980 .978 1.63 1.92 1.85 2.19 24 239.0 CIN NL OF 102 267 8 4 3 .986 .979 2.70 1.92 2.85 2.19 100 869.3 1972 23 CIN NL OF 47 71 1 2 1 .973 .978 1.53 1.96 2.03 2.18 31 318.7 1973 24 CIN NL OF 13 19 1 0 1 1.000 .976 1.54 1.96 2.09 2.23 9 86.0 1974 25 CIN NL OF 98 172 2 2 1 .989 .979 1.78 1.96 2.32 2.27 65 676.0 1975 26 CIN NL OF 125 299 11 3 3 .990 .978 2.48 2.01 2.65 2.29 117 1053.7 1976 27 CIN NL OF 142 322 9 2 3 .994 .979 2.33 2.03 2.42 2.34 137 1229.3 1977 28 CIN NL OF 158 352 12 3 1 .992 .978 2.30 1.93 2.35 2.26 158 1392.3 1978 29 CIN NL OF 157 319 10 10 1 .971 .980 2.10 1.94 2.11 2.31 157 1403.7 1979 30 CIN NL OF 116 214 7 4 1 .982 .979 1.91 2.00 1.99 2.33 116 999.0 1980 31 CIN NL OF 141 295 6 1 1 .997 .980 2.13 1.98 2.20 2.31 141 1234.0 1981 32 CIN NL OF 108 224 8 2 1 .991 .980 2.15 2.02 2.17 2.33 108 962.7 1982 33 NYM NL OF 138 289 12 8 4 .974 .978 2.18 1.91 2.28 2.25 138 1186.0 1983 34 NYM NL OF 153 314 12 4 3 .988 .980 2.13 1.92 2.21 2.27 151 1328.7 1984 35 NYM NL OF 141 278 6 7 1 .976 .979 2.01 1.91 2.09 2.27 140 1223.3 1985 36 NYM NL OF 123 198 7 5 2 .976 .979 1.67 1.88 1.72 2.20 119 1069.7 1986 37 TOT OF 73 115 6 4 1 .968 .980 1.66 1.86 1.83 2.22 73 594.7 NYM NL OF 62 96 4 4 1 .962 .979 1.61 1.82 1.76 2.19 62 510.0 CHW AL OF 11 19 2 0 0 1.000 .981 1.91 2.06 2.23 2.39 11 84.7 1970 21 SFG NL RF 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 .968 3.00 1.70 3.86 2.06 1 7.0 1971 22 TOT NL RF 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.71 1.80 2.00 2.07 5 54.0 SFG NL RF 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.83 1.80 2.15 2.07 5 46.0 CIN NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 1.12 2.02 0 8.0 1972 23 CIN NL RF 45 68 1 2 1 .972 .979 1.53 1.74 2.01 2.03 30 309.7 1973 24 CIN NL RF 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 1.76 1.38 2.01 1 13.0 1974 25 CIN NL RF 71 70 0 1 0 .986 .975 0.99 1.66 1.81 2.04 23 348.3 1975 26 CIN NL RF 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 .976 0.71 1.74 1.38 2.05 6 78.0 1976 27 CIN NL RF 23 34 3 1 1 .974 .974 1.61 1.83 1.97 2.15 23 169.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total OF*1880 3809 119 62 28 .984 .979 2.09 1.95 2.22 2.27 1789 15929.3 1549 276 169# LF*1549 2963 97 50 20 .984 .974 1.98 1.59 2.13 2.02 1448 12904.0 CF* 276 663 18 8 6 .988 .983 2.47 2.37 3.00 2.71 252 2046.3 RF* 169 201 4 4 2 .981 .976 1.21 1.72 1.88 2.06 89 979.0 DH 3 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.55 0.00 9.90 0 3.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1882 3809 119 62 28 .984 .979 2.09 1.95 2.22 2.27 1789 15932
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1972   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   0   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN OAK     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1975   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   3  11   3   4  0  0  0   0   1   2  .364  .417  .364   1  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN BOS     W   7  29   1   8  1  0  0   2   1   1  .276  .300  .310   1  1   0   0   0 
 1976   NLCS  CIN PHI     W   3  12   2   2  0  0  2   4   0   4  .167  .154  .667   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    CIN NYY     W   4  14   3   6  1  0  0   4   2   3  .429  .500  .500   0  2   0   0   0 
 1979   NLCS  CIN PIT     L   3  10   1   2  0  0  1   2   4   3  .200  .429  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  4 Lg Champ Series     3-1  10  33   7   8  0  0  3   6   5   9  .242  .333  .515   1  0   0   1   0 
  3 World Series        2-1  13  43   4  14  2  0  0   6   3   4  .326  .370  .372   1  3   0   0   0 
  7 Postseason Series   5-2  23  76  11  22  2  0  3  12   8  13  .289  .353  .434   2  3   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1976   CIN NL   *   3   1   1  0  0  1   3   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1977   CIN NL   *   3   1   1  1  0  0   1   0   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1978   CIN NL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting CF 
 1979   CIN NL   *   1   0   1  1  0  0   1   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
 1981   CIN NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting LF 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      5  11   3   3  2  0  1   5   2   2   0  0   0   0   0  .273  .385  .727 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1976 (CF)
1977 (CF)
1978 (CF)
1979 (LF)
1981 (LF)

Awards
1976-ML-AS MVP
1977-NL-MVP

Silver Sluggers
1981-NL--OF

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1976-NL-2-0.66
1977-NL-1-0.87
1978-NL-6-0.31
1979-NL-12-0.10
1981-NL-3-0.43
Car-64-2.37 shares

Batting Average
1977 NL-.320-4

On-base %
1979 NL-.386-8
1981 NL-.373-9

Slugging %
1975 NL-.518-5
1976 NL-.530-2
1977 NL-.631-1
1978 NL-.546-3
1979 NL-.561-3
1981 NL-.519-3

OPS
1975 NL-.875-10
1976 NL-.894-4
1977 NL-1.013-1
1978 NL-.906-5
1979 NL-.948-4
1981 NL-.892-4

Games
1977 NL-158-6
1981 NL-108-4
1983 NL-157-10

At Bats
1981 NL-414-7
1983 NL-601-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1977 NL-689-6
1978 NL-687-8
1981 NL-472-3

Runs
1976 NL-86-9
1977 NL-124-1
1978 NL-97-4
1981 NL-64-7

Hits
1976 NL-172-10
1977 NL-197-4
1981 NL-122-6

Total Bases
1976 NL-298-3
1977 NL-388-1
1978 NL-330-2
1981 NL-215-3

Doubles
1981 NL-23-7

Triples
1976 NL-9-5

Home Runs
1975 NL-23-7
1976 NL-29-4
1977 NL-52-1
1978 NL-40-1
1979 NL-30-6
1980 NL-25-8
1981 NL-22-3
1983 NL-28-6
1984 NL-24-6
Car-348-79

RBI
1976 NL-121-1
1977 NL-149-1
1978 NL-120-1
1979 NL-98-6
1980 NL-93-8
1981 NL-90-2
1983 NL-90-8

Bases on Balls
1980 NL-75-10
1981 NL-51-9

Strikeouts
1971 NL-120-7
1977 NL-107-9
1978 NL-138-2
1979 NL-105-5
1980 NL-99-7
1981 NL-75-3
1982 NL-123-4
1983 NL-111-6
1984 NL-122-5
Car-1419-58

Adjusted OPS+
1975 NL-139-10
1976 NL-150-4
1977 NL-165-2
1978 NL-151-6
1979 NL-155-2
1980 NL-131-10
1981 NL-150-4

Runs Created
1976 NL-111-4
1977 NL-144-1
1978 NL-115-3
1981 NL-81-3

Adjusted Batting Runs
1976 NL-35-6
1977 NL-55-1
1978 NL-39-5
1979 NL-33-5
1981 NL-27-3

Batting Wins
1976 NL-3.6-6
1977 NL-5.3-1
1978 NL-4.0-5
1979 NL-3.3-5
1981 NL-2.8-3

Extra-Base Hits
1976 NL-59-3
1977 NL-85-1
1978 NL-73-3
1981 NL-47-4

Times on Base
1977 NL-263-4
1978 NL-247-7
1981 NL-176-4

Offensive Win%
1976 NL-.740-3
1977 NL-.761-3
1978 NL-.701-6
1979 NL-.745-3
1980 NL-.662-9
1981 NL-.732-6

Hit By Pitch
1971 NL-7-3
1978 NL-7-6
1984 NL-6-4

Sac. Flies
1976 NL-9-3
1977 NL-8-5

Intentional Walks
1978 NL-16-5
1980 NL-14-4
Car-106-99

Grounded into Double Plays
1971 NL-20-5
1977 NL-17-8
1978 NL-18-4
1981 NL-12-5
1983 NL-19-4
Car-196-90

Power/Speed Number
1976 NL-21.4-3

At Bats per Home Run
1975 NL-20.1-6
1976 NL-19.4-5
1977 NL-11.8-1
1978 NL-15.1-1
1979 NL-14.7-4
1980 NL-21.1-9
1981 NL-18.8-5
1983 NL-21.5-8
1984 NL-23.0-8

Outs
1983 NL-480-6

Salary
1985 NL-$1,942,857-3
1986 NL-$2,800,000-1

 

Black Ink: Batting - 26 (69) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 119 (164) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 26.7 (365) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 91.0 (174) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Most Similar by Age 

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  1. Jim Gosger (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Mack Jones (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Candy Maldonado (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Candy Maldonado (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Deron Johnson (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Richard Hidalgo (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Willie Stargell (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Willie Stargell (957) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Willie Stargell (964) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Willie Stargell (955) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Danny Tartabull (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Rudy York (942)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Willie Horton (929)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Willie Horton (931)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Gil Hodges (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 27, 1968: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft.

May 29, 1971: Traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Duffy and Vern Geishert.

February 10, 1982: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets for Alex Trevino, Jim Kern, and Greg Harris.

August 7, 1986: Released by the New York Mets.

August 15, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

September 7, 1986: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985New York Mets$1,942,857
1986New York Mets$2,800,000
Chicago White Sox$60,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,802,857

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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