#16 George Foster, Leftfield, 24 yrs, Baltimore Orioles
Sunday, 9/16/1973 |
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| George Foster
12/1/1948
24
USA,AL,TUSCALOOSA
6"1
185
Leftfield
R
R
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3.5 Stars
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| Big League Contract
$ 100,000
1973 (Automatic)
4 Year(s), 168 Days (856 total Days)
168 Day(s)
4 Year(s)
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| Batting | Contact | Gap | Power | Discipline/Eye | Avoid K's |
| Overall | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Versus LHP | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Versus RHP | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Talent | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
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| Fielding Ratings
LF : 4 (Range), .983 (Fielding Pct.)
CF : 3 (Range), .982 (Fielding Pct.)
RF : 1 (Range), .978 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 2
Outfield Arm : 3
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| Date | Opp. | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | Spot | | |
| 9/4 | OAK | L 2-5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
| 9/5 | OAK | L 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
| 9/6 | OAK | W 4-3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 9/8 | @WAS | L 1-8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
| 9/9 | @WAS | L 2-5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | #4 | | |
| 9/10 | @WAS | W 7-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #3 | | |
| 9/11 | @WAS | L 4-10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 9/12 | NYA | L 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | #4 | | |
| 9/13 | NYA | W 8-1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | #3 | | |
| 9/15 | CAL | W 5-0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | #4 | | |
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| Batting | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | TAVG | ISO |
| Overall | 141 | 519 | 156 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 74 | 66 | 49 | 123 | .301 | .361 | .499 | .860 | .846 | .198 |
| Projected | 156 | 576 | 173 | 24 | 7 | 26 | 82 | 73 | 54 | 136 | .301 | .361 | .499 | .860 | .846 | .198 |
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| Batting | GS | PA | HP | IW | CI | GDP | SH | SF | TB | EBH | SB | CS | SB% | RC | RC/27 |
| Overall | 133 | 576 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 259 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 87.5 | 94.9 | 6.7 |
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| | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SF | SH | HP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| vs. LHP | 174 | 54 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .310 | .382 | .580 | .962 |
| vs. RHP | 345 | 102 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 39 | 45 | 28 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .296 | .350 | .458 | .808 |
| Close/Late | 57 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .298 | .317 | .439 | .756 |
| Scoring Position | 115 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .328 | .548 | .876 |
| Pinch Hitting | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | .429 | .429 | .857 |
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| | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Home | 73 | 271 | 80 | 13 | 4 | 12 | 39 | 32 | 25 | 59 | .295 | .351 | .506 | .857 |
| Road | 68 | 248 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 35 | 34 | 24 | 64 | .306 | .372 | .492 | .864 |
| This Week | 5 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | .450 | .476 | .650 | 1.126 |
| Last Week | 6 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .292 | .292 | .500 | .792 |
| March/April | 25 | 97 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 18 | .268 | .314 | .505 | .819 |
| May | 26 | 90 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 15 | .344 | .400 | .567 | .967 |
| June | 25 | 93 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 27 | .409 | .467 | .699 | 1.166 |
| July | 24 | 96 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 27 | .292 | .349 | .448 | .797 |
| August | 29 | 96 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 28 | .177 | .275 | .271 | .546 |
| Sept/Oct | 12 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .340 | .367 | .532 | .899 |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | HP | SF | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Teams |
| 1969 | 158 | 576 | 165 | 27 | 2 | 17 | 73 | 69 | 55 | 4 | 8 | 141 | 8 | 5 | .286 | .348 | .429 | .777 | BAL |
| 1970 | 157 | 568 | 144 | 12 | 3 | 28 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 5 | 5 | 134 | 6 | 3 | .254 | .321 | .433 | .754 | BAL |
| 1971 | 159 | 556 | 163 | 23 | 5 | 23 | 95 | 84 | 65 | 9 | 5 | 107 | 4 | 2 | .293 | .373 | .477 | .850 | BAL,AL |
| 1972 | 158 | 560 | 135 | 17 | 1 | 30 | 68 | 61 | 61 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 4 | 4 | .241 | .320 | .436 | .756 | BAL |
| 1973 | 141 | 519 | 156 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 74 | 66 | 49 | 3 | 5 | 123 | 7 | 1 | .301 | .361 | .499 | .860 | BAL,AL |
| Total | 773 | 2779 | 763 | 101 | 17 | 121 | 380 | 345 | 284 | 25 | 23 | 639 | 29 | 15 | .275 | .345 | .454 | .798 | |
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Career Minor League Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
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Career Postseason Batting Stats |
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| Year | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | R | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
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| Position | G | GS | PO | A | DP | TC | E | PCT | INN | RANGE | PB | RSTA | RTO | RTO% |
| Leftfield | 135 | 133 | 229 | 9 | 4 | 241 | 3 | .988 | 1141.2 | 1.90 | | | | |
| Centerfield | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.0 | 9.00 | | | | |
| Rightfield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 9.0 | 0.00 | | | | |
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Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by Baltimore in 1969...
Had first career hit on 4/1/1969, off Juan Pizarro (BSX)...
Hit first career homerun on 4/3/1969, off George Stone (BSX)...
Won Rookie of the Year in 1969, hitting .286 with 17 HR, 73 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1971, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1971, hitting .400 with 8 HR, 23 RBI...
Was selected to the 1971 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/11/1973, hitting .565 with 2 HR, 5 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1973, hitting .409 with 6 HR, 16 RBI...
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game...
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| Batting Leader Boards Appearances |
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OBP
1971 - .373 - 10th
| SLG
1971 - .477 - 4th
| OPS
1971 - .850 - 3rd
| Hits
1969 - 165 - 10th
| Homeruns
1970 - 28 - 6th
1971 - 23 - 9th
1972 - 30 - 3rd
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RBI
1971 - 95 - 4th
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