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George Foster played 18 major-league seasons (1969-1986) as a OF (1,880), 1B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 21 | SFN | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .400 | .800 | 133 |
| 1970 | 22 | SFN | 9 | 19 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .316 | 1.013 | 177 |
| 1971 | 23 | SFN|CIN | 140 | 473 | 50 | 114 | 13 | 58 | 7 | 29 | 120 | .241 | .681 | 99 |
| 1972 | 24 | CIN | 59 | 145 | 15 | 29 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 44 | .200 | .513 | 51 |
| 1973 | 25 | CIN | 17 | 39 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 7 | .282 | 1.016 | 186 |
| 1974 | 26 | CIN | 106 | 276 | 31 | 73 | 7 | 41 | 3 | 30 | 52 | .264 | .749 | 116 |
| 1975 | 27 | CIN | 134 | 463 | 71 | 139 | 23 | 78 | 2 | 40 | 73 | .300 | .875 | 149 |
| 1976 | 28 | CIN | 144 | 562 | 86 | 172 | 29 | 121 | 17 | 52 | 89 | .306 | .894 | 160 |
| 1977 | 29 | CIN | 158 | 615 | 124 | 197 | 52 | 149 | 6 | 61 | 107 | .320 | 1.013 | 176 |
| 1978 | 30 | CIN | 158 | 604 | 97 | 170 | 40 | 120 | 4 | 70 | 138 | .281 | .906 | 159 |
| 1979 | 31 | CIN | 121 | 440 | 68 | 133 | 30 | 98 | 0 | 59 | 105 | .302 | .948 | 165 |
| 1980 | 32 | CIN | 144 | 528 | 79 | 144 | 25 | 93 | 1 | 75 | 99 | .273 | .835 | 139 |
| 1981 | 33 | CIN | 108 | 414 | 64 | 122 | 22 | 90 | 4 | 51 | 75 | .295 | .892 | 159 |
| 1982 | 34 | NYN | 151 | 550 | 64 | 136 | 13 | 70 | 1 | 50 | 123 | .247 | .676 | 95 |
| 1983 | 35 | NYN | 157 | 601 | 74 | 145 | 28 | 90 | 1 | 38 | 111 | .241 | .708 | 101 |
| 1984 | 36 | NYN | 146 | 553 | 67 | 149 | 24 | 86 | 2 | 30 | 122 | .269 | .754 | 117 |
| 1985 | 37 | NYN | 129 | 452 | 57 | 119 | 21 | 77 | 0 | 46 | 87 | .263 | .792 | 127 |
| 1986 | 38 | CHA | 15 | 51 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 | .216 | .612 | 65 |
| 1986 | 38 | NYN | 72 | 233 | 28 | 53 | 13 | 38 | 1 | 21 | 53 | .227 | .718 | 103 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | OF | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1970 | OF | 7 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 132 | 124 | 315 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| 1972 | OF | 47 | 31 | 71 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 1973 | OF | 13 | 9 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1974 | OF | 98 | 65 | 172 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1975 | OF | 125 | 117 | 299 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
| 1975 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | OF | 142 | 137 | 322 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 1976 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 158 | 158 | 352 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
| 1978 | OF | 157 | 157 | 319 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 1979 | OF | 116 | 116 | 214 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 1980 | OF | 141 | 141 | 295 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1981 | OF | 108 | 108 | 224 | 8 | 2 | 1 |
| 1982 | OF | 138 | 138 | 289 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 1983 | OF | 153 | 151 | 314 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 1984 | OF | 141 | 140 | 278 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 1985 | OF | 123 | 119 | 198 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1986 | OF | 73 | 73 | 115 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
George Foster won: TSN All-Star 1976 (NL), MVP 1977 (NL), TSN All-Star 1977 (NL), TSN All-Star 1978 (NL), Silver Slugger 1981 (NL), TSN All-Star 1981 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1981, 1979, 1978, 1977, 1976.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 2 | 221 / 336 | 5 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | NL | 1 | 291 / 336 | 15 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 104 / 336 | 0 |
| 1979 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 12 | 34 / 336 | 0 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 3 | 146 / 336 | 0 |
George Foster ranks on 1 all-time single-season position leaderboard (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #84 | left fielders | 1977 | 176 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.