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.

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1985 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYM		STL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 11	NYM		STL	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 12	NYM		CIN	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	NYM		CIN	W,2-1	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 14	NYM		CIN	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	7 (1)	Apr 16	NYM	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	8	Apr 17	NYM	@	PIT	W,10-6	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	9	Apr 19	NYM	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	11 (1)	Apr 21	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	12	Apr 22	NYM	@	STL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	13	Apr 23	NYM	@	STL	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
12	18 (4)	Apr 30	NYM		HOU	W,4-1	GS	22	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	19	May 1	NYM		HOU	L,3-10	GS	25	6.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
14	23 (3)	May 7	NYM		ATL	W,5-3	GS	29	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
15	24	May 8	NYM		ATL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
16	25	May 10	NYM		PHI	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	27 (1)	May 12	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
18	28	May 13	NYM	@	ATL	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	29	May 14	NYM	@	ATL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	30	May 15	NYM	@	HOU	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	32 (1)	May 17	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	CG	45	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	33	May 18	NYM		SFG	L,2-8	CG	44	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	34	May 19	NYM		SFG	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	35	May 20	NYM		SDP	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
25	36	May 22	NYM		SDP	L,4-5	CG	43	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
26	37	May 24	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	38	May 25	NYM		LAD	L,2-6	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
28	39	May 26	NYM		LAD	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	40	May 27	NYM		LAD	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	41	May 29	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
31	42	May 30	NYM	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
32	43	May 31	NYM	@	SDP	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	44	Jun 1	NYM	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	46 (1)	Jun 3	NYM	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	54	11.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	47	Jun 4	NYM	@	LAD	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	48	Jun 5	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	49	Jun 7	NYM		STL	L,2-7	CG	60	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	50	Jun 8	NYM		STL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
39	51	Jun 9 (1)	NYM		STL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	52	Jun 9 (2)	NYM		STL	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
41	54 (1)	Jun 11	NYM	@	PHI	L,7-26	CG	59	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	55	Jun 12	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	42	11.0	1	1	1	3	0	LF
43	56	Jun 13	NYM	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS	29	7.1	1	0	1	2	0	LF
44	58 (1)	Jun 15	NYM	@	MON	L,2-3	CG	31	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
45	59	Jun 16	NYM	@	MON	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	60	Jun 17	NYM		CHC	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
47	61	Jun 18	NYM		CHC	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	63 (1)	Jun 20	NYM		CHC	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
49	64	Jun 21	NYM		MON	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	65	Jun 22	NYM		MON	L,4-5	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
51	69 (3)	Jun 27	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
52	70	Jun 28	NYM	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
53	71	Jun 29	NYM	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
54	72	Jun 30	NYM	@	STL	L,1-2	CG	37	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	73	Jul 1	NYM		PIT	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	74	Jul 2	NYM		PIT	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
57	75	Jul 3	NYM		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	76	Jul 4	NYM	@	ATL	W,16-13	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	78 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	NYM	@	ATL	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
60	80 (1)	Jul 8	NYM	@	CIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
61	81	Jul 9	NYM	@	CIN	W,11-2	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
62	82	Jul 10	NYM	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
63	83	Jul 11	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-4	GF	21	5.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	84	Jul 12	NYM	@	HOU	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
65	85	Jul 13	NYM	@	HOU	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	86	Jul 14	NYM	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	87	Jul 18	NYM		ATL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	88	Jul 19	NYM		ATL	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
69	90 (1)	Jul 21	NYM		ATL	W,15-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	91	Jul 22	NYM		CIN	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	LF
71	92	Jul 23	NYM		CIN	L,0-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
72	93	Jul 24	NYM		CIN	L,2-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
73	94	Jul 25	NYM		HOU	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
74	95	Jul 27 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
75	97 (1)	Jul 28	NYM		HOU	L,4-12	CG	54	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	99 (1)	Jul 30	NYM		MON	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
77	100	Jul 31	NYM		MON	W,5-2	GS	24	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	101	Aug 2	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	102	Aug 3	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-4	GS	34	7.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
80	103	Aug 4	NYM	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	105 (1)	Aug 8	NYM	@	MON	W,14-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
82	106	Aug 9	NYM		CHC	W,6-4	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
83	107	Aug 10	NYM		CHC	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	108	Aug 11	NYM		CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
85	109	Aug 12	NYM		PHI	W,4-3	GS	33	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	110	Aug 13	NYM		PHI	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
87	112 (1)	Aug 15	NYM		PHI	W,10-7	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
88	113	Aug 16	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
89	114	Aug 17	NYM	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	116 (1)	Aug 19	NYM	@	MON	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	117	Aug 20	NYM		SFG	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	118	Aug 21	NYM		SFG	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	119	Aug 22	NYM		SFG	W,7-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	120	Aug 23 (1)	NYM		SDP	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
95	122 (1)	Aug 24	NYM		SDP	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
96	123	Aug 25	NYM		SDP	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	124	Aug 26	NYM		LAD	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
98	125	Aug 27	NYM		LAD	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	126	Aug 29	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	39	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	129 (2)	Sep 1	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	130	Sep 2	NYM	@	SDP	W,12-4	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	131	Sep 3	NYM	@	SDP	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
103	133 (1)	Sep 6	NYM	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	50	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
104	134	Sep 7	NYM	@	LAD	L,6-7	CG	39	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	136 (1)	Sep 10	NYM		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
106	137	Sep 11	NYM		STL	L,0-1	CG	37	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
107	140 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	NYM	@	MON	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	141	Sep 14	NYM	@	MON	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
109	142	Sep 15	NYM	@	MON	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
110	143	Sep 16	NYM		PHI	W,9-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
111	144	Sep 17	NYM		PHI	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	145	Sep 18	NYM		CHC	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
113	146	Sep 19	NYM		CHC	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
114	147	Sep 20	NYM		PIT	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
115	149 (1)	Sep 22	NYM		PIT	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
116	150	Sep 23	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	151	Sep 24	NYM	@	PHI	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	152	Sep 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	155 (2)	Sep 28	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
120	157 (1)	Oct 1	NYM	@	STL	W,1-0	CG	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
121	158	Oct 2	NYM	@	STL	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	159	Oct 3	NYM	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
123	160	Oct 4	NYM		MON	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
							123gm		1069.2	193	7	5	205	2