#13 George Foster, Rightfield, 37 yrs, Detroit Tigers

#13 George Foster, Rightfield, 37 yrs, Detroit Tigers
Monday, 5/13/1986

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George Foster

12/1/1948
37

6"2
210

Rightfield
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2.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 3,500,000
1987
16 Year(s), 80 Days (2832 total Days)
42 Day(s)
17 Year(s), 98 Days (3022 total Days)
20 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	8	5	5	5	6
Versus LHP	8	5	5	5	6
Versus RHP	8	5	5	5	6
Talent	8	5	6	6	6

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2
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Fielding Ratings
LF : 4 (Range), .917 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 3 (Range), .992 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 8 (Range), .917 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 6
Outfield Arm : 8

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	Spot
5/2	SEA	L 1-5	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	#2
5/4	CAL	L 2-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	#8
5/5	CAL	L 0-3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	#8
5/6	CAL	L 3-5	3	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	#6
5/7	CAL	W 10-7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	#2
5/8	MIN	L 2-4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	#2
5/9	MIN	W 5-4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	#5
5/10	MIN	W 8-1	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	#5
5/11	@CLE	L 5-12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	#6
5/12	@CLE	L 4-8	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	#6

Batting Stats 1986

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
	36	129	46	4	0	3	18	15	4	22	.357	.370	.457	.828	.733	.101

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
	35	137	0	0	0	3	2	2	59	7	0	0	.0	21.6	6.5

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	33	12	1	0	1	4	6	2	9	0	1	0	.364	.389	.485	.874
vs. RHP	96	34	3	0	2	14	9	2	13	2	1	0	.354	.360	.448	.808
Close/Late	21	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	4	1	0	0	.381	.364	.429	.792
Scoring Position	24	11	0	0	1	14	0	1	4	2	1	0	.458	.429	.583	1.012
Pinch Hitting	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000

	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Home	19	71	28	3	0	1	7	6	1	12	.394	.403	.479	.882
Road	17	58	18	1	0	2	11	9	3	10	.310	.323	.431	.754
Last Week	7	28	12	1	0	1	4	3	0	4	.429	.414	.571	.985
March/April	25	88	28	2	0	2	13	12	4	17	.318	.337	.409	.746
May	11	41	18	2	0	1	5	3	0	5	.439	.429	.561	.990

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1969	9	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	SF
1970	159	638	203	40	3	22	75	91	35	92	4	0	.318	.354	.494	.847	CHI
1971	122	312	92	11	1	8	32	36	9	59	0	0	.295	.315	.413	.728	CHI
1972	149	525	133	20	5	6	46	53	25	93	0	1	.253	.287	.345	.632	CHI
1973	155	350	100	16	2	14	51	57	35	43	0	1	.286	.351	.463	.814	CHI
1974	162	650	178	33	3	12	71	77	61	93	2	2	.274	.336	.389	.725	CHI
1975	160	593	158	24	3	14	61	62	72	100	1	1	.266	.346	.388	.734	CHI
1976	162	611	161	21	2	22	76	71	61	91	0	1	.264	.330	.412	.743	CHI,NL
1977	137	504	133	23	2	20	80	61	53	86	0	0	.264	.334	.437	.770	CHI
1978	155	564	143	15	4	22	77	67	48	73	0	0	.254	.312	.411	.723	CHI
1979	160	610	190	21	9	25	77	75	45	80	1	0	.311	.359	.498	.857	CHI,NL
1980	159	629	177	15	4	14	59	71	40	95	4	0	.281	.324	.385	.709	CHI
1981	157	650	193	15	7	22	69	89	50	88	1	0	.297	.347	.443	.790	CHI,NL
1982	151	569	176	23	0	15	70	69	42	60	0	0	.309	.357	.429	.786	CHI NYY
1983	142	443	125	14	1	8	68	51	25	48	1	1	.282	.321	.372	.693	CWS
1984	157	572	145	17	0	10	57	68	41	80	2	2	.253	.303	.336	.639	CWS
1985	148	445	126	20	0	12	64	60	26	67	2	0	.283	.323	.409	.732	CWS
1986	36	129	46	4	0	3	18	15	4	22	0	0	.357	.370	.457	.828	DET
Total	2480	8799	2481	332	46	249	1052	1074	672	1271	18	9	.282	.333	.415	.748

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1983, A	6	21	13	1	0	1	5	3	5	3	0	0	.619	.667	.810	1.476

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1984	19	76	12	0	0	0	6	4	5	8	0	0	.158	.210	.158	.368
1985	6	41	9	2	0	1	3	2	2	5	0	0	.220	.256	.341	.597
Total	25	117	21	2	0	1	9	6	7	13	0	0	.179	.226	.222	.448

Fielding Stats 1986

Position	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RANGE	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
Leftfield	7	7	14	1	0	15	0	1.000	60.0	2.25
Centerfield	29	28	64	2	1	66	0	1.000	247.2	2.40

Player History

Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Philadelphia on 4/7/1978... Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game... Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1981, hitting .345 with 8 HR, 17 RBI... Was selected to the 198
1 Allstar game... Traded from Chicago (N) to New York (A) on 7/29/1982 (Going to NYY: 1B B. Robertson, CF G. Foster. Going to CHI: P M. Bystrom, P C. Tedesco)...
Had 2000th career hit on 8/14/1982, off Alan Foster (Sea)...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago(A) on 2/12/1983 to a 3-year deal worth $4,300,000 per year...
Injured on 6/14/1983 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week...
Won World Championship with Chicago(A) in 1984...
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/9/1986 to a 2-year deal worth $3,500,000 per year...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG
1981 - .297 - 5th

Hits
1981 - 193 - 1st

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