League Leaders
George Foster

George Foster

1969–1986  ·  Bats R  ·  Throws R  ·  6'1", 180 lb  ·  b. 1948 Tuscaloosa, AL

Career 1,977 G · 1,925 H · 348 HR · 1,239 RBI · .274 AVG

Seasons leading his league
9
5 best in baseball 4 league only
28 Top-5 finishes
3 Title seasons
6 Categories led
1977 Best season

Spanning 1976–1978, peaking at 6 titles in 1977.

Led in Runs Batted In for 3 straight seasons (1976–1978) — his longest run atop any category.

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

  • 190th League titles 9
  • 163rd Best in baseball 5
  • 322nd Top-5 finishes 28

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB   led his league
Category Titles Best Streak Seasons
Runs Batted In 3 1st 3 yrs (1976–1978) 1976 121 1977 149 1978 NL 120 1981 #2
Home Runs 2 1st 2 yrs (1977–1978) 1977 52 1978 NL 40 1981 #3
Total Bases 1 1st — 1977 388 1976 #3 1978 #2 1981 #3
Slugging Percentage 1 1st — 1977 .631 1976 #2 1978 #3 1979 #3 1981 #3
On-Base Plus Slug. 1 1st — 1977 NL 1.013
Runs 1 1st — 1977 NL 124
Batting Average — #3 — 1977 #3

Title Seasons

3 seasons with at least one title
Year Titles Led in
1978 2 HR 40 RBI 120
1977 6 HR 52 RBI 149 R 124 OPS 1.013 SLG .631 TB 388
1976 1 RBI 121

Batting

18 seasons
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1969 SFN NL 9 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .400 .400 .400 .800
1970 SFN NL 9 19 2 6 1 1 1 4 2 5 0 .316 .381 .632 1.013
1971 CIN +1 NL 140 473 50 114 23 4 13 58 29 120 7 .241 .292 .389 .681
1972 CIN NL 59 145 15 29 4 1 2 12 5 44 2 .200 .230 .283 .513
1973 CIN NL 17 39 6 11 3 0 4 9 4 7 0 .282 .349 .667 1.016
1974 CIN NL 106 276 31 73 18 0 7 41 30 52 3 .265 .343 .406 .749
1975 CIN NL 134 463 71 139 24 4 23 78 40 73 2 .300 .356 .518 .875
1976 CIN NL 144 562 86 172 21 9 29 121 52 89 17 .306 .364 .530 .894
1977 CIN NL 158 615 124 197 31 2 52 149 61 107 6 .320 .382 .631 1.013
1978 CIN NL 158 604 97 170 26 7 40 120 70 138 4 .282 .360 .546 .906
1979 CIN NL 121 440 68 133 18 3 30 98 59 105 0 .302 .386 .561 .948
1980 CIN NL 144 528 79 144 21 5 25 93 75 99 1 .273 .362 .474 .835
1981 CIN NL 108 414 64 122 23 2 22 90 51 75 4 .295 .373 .519 .892
1982 NYN NL 151 550 64 136 23 2 13 70 50 123 1 .247 .309 .367 .677
1983 NYN NL 157 601 74 145 19 2 28 90 38 111 1 .241 .289 .419 .708
1984 NYN NL 146 553 67 149 22 1 24 86 30 122 2 .269 .311 .443 .754
1985 NYN NL 129 452 57 119 24 1 21 77 46 87 0 .263 .331 .460 .792
1986 NYN +1 NL 87 284 30 64 6 3 14 42 24 61 1 .225 .284 .416 .699
Career — — 1,977 7,023 986 1,925 307 47 348 1,239 666 1,419 51 .274 .339 .480 .818

Fielding by Position

Pos GPOAEDPFLD%
OF 1,880 3,809 119 62 28 .984
1B 2 0 0 0 0 —