George Foster

1969–1986 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cincinnati Reds, NLS, New York Mets, San Francisco Giants

1,977G

.274AVG

.338OBP

.480SLG

More career statistics

1,925H

348HR

1,239RBI

51SB

11Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1,977	7,812	7,023	986	1,925	307	47	348	1,239	666	1,419	51	31	52	68	3,370	.274	.338	.480	.818

Streaks

18longest hitting streak · 1976-06-12 to 1976-07-04

26longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
64	Platinum Sombrero	1972-08-08	1 in 927 games	box score ↗
61	Five Runs Scored	1977-04-25	1 in 688 games	box score ↗
53	Three-Homer Game	1977-07-14	1 in 321 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1004	3878	928	184	637	352	665	.269	.330	.486
Away	973	3934	997	164	602	314	754	.279	.333	.474

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	242	948	243	39	149	93	180	.288	.354	.482
May	335	1349	326	67	209	101	260	.265	.317	.481
June	349	1409	354	65	219	129	240	.284	.343	.505
July	314	1222	299	56	227	90	235	.269	.318	.474
August	358	1459	358	60	222	126	268	.272	.332	.462
September	353	1326	321	54	196	119	218	.271	.332	.473
October	26	99	24	7	17	8	18	.267	.323	.533

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
los-angeles-dodgers	211	817	186	41	118	68	154	.252	.311	.460
san-diego-padres	197	753	208	30	128	67	116	.309	.365	.509
houston-astros	193	744	172	25	113	62	165	.257	.315	.417
atlanta-braves	186	743	199	46	149	74	130	.302	.367	.573
san-francisco-giants	177	711	173	36	119	58	115	.270	.325	.490
chicago-cubs	174	714	189	39	118	72	115	.301	.366	.546
pittsburgh-pirates	171	666	152	26	82	52	144	.250	.306	.443
montreal-expos	168	674	152	30	116	46	101	.249	.294	.451

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1969	San Francisco Giants	9	5	2	–	1	–	.400	–	–
1970	San Francisco Giants	9	19	6	1	4	–	.316	–	–
1971	Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants	140	473	114	13	58	7	.241	–	–
1972	Cincinnati Reds	59	145	29	2	12	2	.200	–	–
1973	Cincinnati Reds	17	39	11	4	9	–	.282	–	–
1974	Cincinnati Reds	106	276	73	7	41	3	.264	–	–
1975	Cincinnati Reds	134	463	139	23	78	2	.300	–	–
1976	Cincinnati Reds	144	562	172	29	121	17	.306	–	–
1977	Cincinnati Reds	158	615	197	52	149	6	.320	–	–
1978	Cincinnati Reds	158	604	170	40	120	4	.281	–	–
1979	Cincinnati Reds	121	440	133	30	98	–	.302	–	–
1980	Cincinnati Reds	144	528	144	25	93	1	.273	–	–
1981	Cincinnati Reds	108	414	122	22	90	4	.295	–	–
1982	New York Mets	151	550	136	13	70	1	.247	–	–
1983	New York Mets	157	601	145	28	90	1	.241	–	–
1984	New York Mets	146	553	149	24	86	2	.269	–	–
1985	New York Mets	129	452	119	21	77	–	.263	–	–
1986	Chicago White Sox, New York Mets	87	284	64	14	42	1	.225	–	–