Ultimate Mets Database - George Foster

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George Foster
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 38 of 874 players

George Arthur Foster
Born: December 1, 1948 at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Throws: Right Bats: Right
Height: 6.01 Weight: 198

George Foster was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on June 8, 2003, May 29, 2004, February 21, 2005, February 10, 2006, and April 16, 2007.

First Mets game: April 8, 1982
Last Mets game: August 6, 1986

Winner of National League Most Valuable Player award, 1977. (Cincinnati Reds)
Winner of National League Player of the Week award, May 8, 1983, June 8, 1986. (New York Mets)

George Foster also played for the following teams:

San Francisco Giants 1969 - 1971; Cincinnati Reds 1971 - 1981; Chicago White Sox 1986

Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Mets in exchange for Alex Trevi�o, Greg Harris and Jim Kern on February 10, 1982.

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

Click the icon to see a graph of George Foster's batting, slugging, and on base percentages

Batting Record with New York Mets

Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SB CS SH SF TB Avg. Slg. OBP

1982 151 550 64 136 23 2 13 70 50 9 123 2 1 1 0 6 202 .247 .367 .309

1983 157 601 74 145 19 2 28 90 38 5 111 4 1 1 0 4 252 .241 .419 .289

1984 146 553 67 149 22 1 24 86 30 9 122 6 2 2 0 6 245 .269 .443 .311

1985 129 452 57 119 24 1 21 77 46 5 87 2 0 1 0 4 208 .263 .460 .331

1986 72 233 28 53 6 1 13 38 21 1 53 0 1 1 0 2 100 .227 .429 .289

5 years 655 2389 290 602 94 7 99 361 185 29 496 14 5 6 0 22 1007 .252 .422 .307

Led Mets in games with 157 in 1983.
Led Mets in home runs with 28 in 1983.
Led Mets in runs batted in with 90 in 1983.
Led Mets in slugging percentage with .419 in 1983.
Led Mets in on base plus slugging with .708 in 1983.
Tied for Mets lead in intentional walks with 9 in 1982.
Led Mets in hit by pitch with 6 in 1984. Tied for Mets lead in hit by pitch with 4 in 1983.
Led Mets in total bases with 252 in 1983.
Led Mets in grounded into double play with 13 in 1982 and with 19 in 1983.

Games where George Foster had 2 or more Home Runs
At Chicago (NL) 09/25/83. At Los Angeles (NL) 05/18/86. vs. San Diego (NL) 06/02/86.

Games where George Foster had 4 or more Hits
At St. Louis (NL) 06/19/82. At Chicago (NL) 09/24/83. At Houston (NL) 04/06/84. At Houston (NL) 07/16/84.
At Houston (NL) 07/13/85.

Games played by position
1982: Left Field 138, Outfield 138
1983: Left Field 153, Outfield 153
1984: Left Field 141, Outfield 141
1985: Left Field 123, Outfield 123
1986: Left Field 62, Outfield 62

Lineup Analysis
Number of games in each batting order position in games in which George Foster was in the starting lineup.

Year 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th

1982 0 0 89 14 35 0 0 0 0
1983 0 0 4 144 3 0 0 0 0
1984 0 0 0 86 54 0 0 0 0
1985 0 0 0 2 45 72 0 0 0
1986 0 0 0 0 12 50 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 93 246 149 122 0 0 0

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Year	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1982	0	0	89	14	35	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	4	144	3	0	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0	86	54	0	0	0	0
1985	0	0	0	2	45	72	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0	0	12	50	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	93	246	149	122	0	0	0