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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1968	Medford	Nwst	A-		-		19	72	253	47	70	9	5	3	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.387	.664	98	17	253	.268	.110	.111	.300	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.19	84.33	24.29
1969	Fresno	Calif	A+		-		20	121	449	68	144	5	8	14	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.461	.782	207	27	449	.299	.140	.140	.351	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.12	32.07	18.75
1969	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	14	of	20	9	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	0	5	.500	.000	.000	.365	0.00	20.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1970	Phoenix	PCL	AAA		-		21	114	403	54	124	18	6	8	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.308	.442	.750	178	32	403	.294	.134	.134	.332	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.99	50.38	25.81
1970	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	14	of	21	9	19	2	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	.316	.381	.632	1.013	12	3	21	.385	.316	.421	.425	9.52	23.81	2.50	4.76	19.00	50.00
1971	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	14	of	22	36	105	11	28	5	0	3	8	0	1	6	27	0	0	1	1	4	.267	.304	.400	.704	42	8	112	.329	.133	.181	.316	5.36	24.11	4.50	2.68	35.00	28.57
1971	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	22	104	368	39	86	18	4	10	50	7	6	23	93	7	1	3	2	16	.234	.289	.386	.675	142	32	402	.284	.152	.217	.306	5.72	23.13	4.04	2.49	36.80	37.21
1971	Totals for NL	-	NL	�	�	�	�	140	473	50	114	23	4	13	58	7	7	29	120	7	1	4	3	20	.241	.292	.389	.681	184	40	514	.294	.148	.209	.308	5.64	23.35	4.14	2.53	36.38	35.09
1972	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	23	59	145	15	29	4	1	2	12	2	1	5	44	1	0	1	1	6	.200	.230	.283	.513	41	7	152	.270	.083	.124	.233	3.29	28.95	8.80	1.32	72.50	24.14
1973	Indianapolis	Amer	AAA		-		24	134	496	77	130	26	1	15	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.262	.409	.671	203	42	496	.239	.147	.147	.300	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.02	33.07	32.31
1973	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	24	17	39	6	11	3	0	4	9	0	1	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	.282	.349	.667	1.016	26	7	43	.250	.385	.462	.444	9.30	16.28	1.75	9.30	9.75	63.64
1974	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	25	106	276	31	73	18	0	7	41	3	2	30	52	4	2	2	5	8	.264	.343	.406	.749	112	25	314	.301	.142	.254	.340	9.55	16.56	1.73	2.23	39.43	34.25
1975	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	26	134	463	71	139	24	4	23	78	2	1	40	73	3	0	5	11	14	.300	.356	.518	.874	240	51	511	.312	.218	.307	.386	7.83	14.29	1.83	4.50	20.13	36.69
1976	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	27	144	562	86	172	21	9	29	121	17	3	52	89	4	0	9	4	11	.306	.364	.530	.894	298	59	627	.316	.224	.342	.402	8.29	14.19	1.71	4.63	19.38	34.30
1977	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	28	158	615	124	197	31	2	52	149	6	4	61	107	5	0	8	10	17	.320	.382	.631	1.013	388	85	689	.313	.311	.413	.430	8.85	15.53	1.75	7.55	11.83	43.15
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	29	158	604	97	170	26	7	40	120	4	4	70	138	7	0	6	16	18	.281	.360	.546	.906	330	73	687	.301	.265	.381	.395	10.19	20.09	1.97	5.82	15.10	42.94
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	30	121	440	68	133	18	3	30	98	0	2	59	105	3	0	3	7	11	.302	.386	.561	.947	247	51	505	.334	.259	.389	.410	11.68	20.79	1.78	5.94	14.67	38.35
1980	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	31	144	528	79	144	21	5	25	93	1	0	75	99	1	0	4	14	14	.273	.362	.473	.835	250	51	608	.292	.200	.345	.366	12.34	16.28	1.32	4.11	21.12	35.42
1981	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	15	of	32	108	414	64	122	23	2	22	90	4	0	51	75	3	0	4	5	12	.295	.373	.519	.892	215	47	472	.312	.224	.357	.399	10.81	15.89	1.47	4.66	18.82	38.52
1982	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	15	of	33	151	550	64	136	23	2	13	70	1	1	50	123	2	0	6	9	13	.247	.309	.367	.676	202	38	608	.293	.120	.211	.300	8.22	20.23	2.46	2.14	42.31	27.94
1983	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	15	of	34	157	601	74	145	19	2	28	90	1	1	38	111	4	0	4	5	19	.241	.289	.419	.708	252	49	647	.251	.178	.241	.312	5.87	17.16	2.92	4.33	21.46	33.79
1984	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	15	of	35	146	553	67	149	22	1	24	86	2	2	30	122	6	0	6	9	14	.269	.311	.443	.754	245	47	595	.303	.174	.228	.330	5.04	20.50	4.07	4.03	23.04	31.54
1985	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	15	of	36	129	452	57	119	24	1	21	77	0	1	46	87	2	0	4	5	8	.263	.331	.460	.791	208	46	504	.282	.197	.296	.346	9.13	17.26	1.89	4.17	21.52	38.66
1986	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	15	of	37	72	233	28	53	6	1	13	38	1	1	21	53	0	0	2	1	7	.227	.289	.429	.718	100	20	256	.237	.202	.292	.315	8.20	20.70	2.52	5.08	17.92	37.74
1986	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	15	of	37	15	51	2	11	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	2	.216	.259	.353	.612	18	3	54	.238	.137	.196	.272	5.56	14.81	2.67	1.85	51.00	27.27
1986	Totals for MLB	-	MLB	�	�	�	�	87	284	30	64	6	3	14	42	1	1	24	61	0	0	2	1	9	.225	.284	.415	.699	118	23	310	.237	.190	.275	.308	7.74	19.68	2.54	4.52	20.29	35.94
MLB Totals - 18 Season(s)Filter								1977	7023	986	1925	307	47	348	1239	51	31	666	1419	52	3	68	106	196	.274	.338	.480	.818	3370	702	7812	.296	.206	.303	.000	8.53	18.16	2.13	4.45	20.18	36.47
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)Filter								441	1601	246	468	58	20	40	241	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.428	.720	686	118	1601	.274	.136	.136	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.50	40.03	25.21
AAA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								248	899	131	254	44	7	23	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.283	.424	.707	381	74	899	.264	.141	.141	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.56	39.09	29.13
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								121	449	68	144	5	8	14	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.321	.321	.461	.782	207	27	449	.299	.140	.140	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.12	32.07	18.75
A- Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								72	253	47	70	9	5	3	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.277	.387	.664	98	17	253	.268	.110	.111	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.19	84.33	24.29
Cincinnati Reds Totals - 11 Season(s)Filter								1253	4454	680	1276	207	37	244	861	46	24	470	882	38	3	45	75	128	.286	.356	.514	.870	2289	488	5010	.306	.228	.338	.000	9.38	17.60	1.88	4.87	18.25	38.24
New York Mets Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								655	2389	290	602	94	7	99	361	5	6	185	496	14	0	22	29	61	.252	.307	.422	.729	1007	200	2610	.277	.170	.247	.000	7.09	19.00	2.68	3.79	24.13	33.22
San Francisco Giants Totals - 3 Season(s)Filter								54	129	14	36	6	1	4	13	0	1	8	33	0	0	1	2	5	.279	.319	.434	.753	56	11	138	.344	.155	.209	.000	5.80	23.91	4.13	2.90	32.25	30.56
Chicago White Sox Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								15	51	2	11	0	2	1	4	0	0	3	8	0	0	0	0	2	.216	.259	.353	.612	18	3	54	.238	.137	.196	.000	5.56	14.81	2.67	1.85	51.00	27.27
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	575	81	158	25	4	29	102	4	3	55	116	4	0	6	9	16	.274	.338	.480	.818	276	58	640	.296	.206	.303	.000	8.53	18.16	2.13	4.45	20.18	36.47
Average Minor - Per 162 games								162	588	90	172	21	7	15	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.292	.428	.720	252	43	588	.274	.136	.136	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.50	40.03	25.21

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1969	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	20	OF	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	3	1.000	0.38	-	-	-	--	-	9	88.9	4.9
1970	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	21	OF	7	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	10	1.000	1.43	-	-	-	--	-	9	77.8	4.3
1971	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	22	OF	102	-	-	267	8	4	3	279	275	.986	2.70	-	-	-	--	-	104	98.1	63.0
1971	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	22	OF	30	-	-	48	1	1	-	50	49	.980	1.63	-	-	-	--	-	36	83.3	18.5
1972	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	23	OF	47	-	318	71	1	2	1	74	72	.973	1.53	0.23	-	-	--	-	59	79.7	30.5
1973	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	24	OF	13	-	86	19	1	-	1	20	20	1.000	1.54	0.23	-	-	--	-	17	76.5	8.0
1974	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	25	OF	98	-	-	172	2	2	1	176	174	.989	1.78	-	-	-	--	-	106	92.5	60.5
1975	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	26	OF	125	-	-	299	11	3	3	313	310	.990	2.48	-	-	-	--	-	134	93.3	77.2
1975	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	26	1B	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	134	0.7	0.6
1976	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	27	OF	142	-	-	322	9	2	3	333	331	.994	2.33	-	-	-	--	-	144	98.6	87.7
1976	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	27	1B	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	144	0.7	0.6
1977	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	28	OF	158	-	-	352	12	3	1	367	364	.992	2.30	-	-	-	--	-	158	100.0	97.5
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	29	OF	157	-	-	319	10	10	1	339	329	.971	2.10	-	-	-	--	-	158	99.4	97.5
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	30	OF	116	-	-	214	7	4	1	225	221	.982	1.91	-	-	-	--	-	121	95.9	72.0
1980	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	31	OF	141	-	-	295	6	1	1	302	301	.997	2.13	-	-	-	--	-	144	97.9	87.0
1981	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	32	OF	108	-	-	224	8	2	1	234	232	.991	2.15	-	-	-	--	-	108	100.0	100.0
1982	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	33	OF	138	-	-	289	12	8	4	309	301	.974	2.18	-	-	-	--	-	151	91.4	85.2
1983	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	34	OF	153	-	-	314	12	4	3	330	326	.988	2.13	-	-	-	--	-	157	97.5	94.4
1984	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	35	OF	141	-	-	278	6	7	1	291	284	.976	2.01	-	-	-	--	-	146	96.6	87.0
1985	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	36	OF	123	-	-	198	7	5	2	210	205	.976	1.67	-	-	-	--	-	129	95.3	75.9
1986	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	37	OF	62	-	-	96	4	4	1	104	100	.962	1.61	-	-	-	--	-	72	86.1	38.3
1986	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	37	OF	11	-	-	19	2	-	-	21	21	1.000	1.91	-	-	-	--	-	15	73.3	6.8
1986	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	37	DH	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	15	20.0	1.9
MLB Totals for OF - 18 season(s)				-	�	OF	1880	-	404	3809	119	62	28	3990	3928	.984	2.09	9.72	-	-	--	-	1880	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for DH - 1 season(s)				-	�	DH	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	3	0.0	0.0
MLB Totals for 1B - 2 season(s)				-	�	1B	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	2	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1969	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
1970	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
1971	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	102	-
1971	San Francisco Giants	NL	MLB	sfn	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	-
1972	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	47	-
1973	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-
1974	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	98	-
1975	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	26	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	125	-
1976	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	27	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	142	-
1977	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	158	-
1978	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	157	-
1979	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	116	-
1980	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	-
1981	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	cin	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	108	-
1982	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	138	-
1983	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	153	-
1984	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	141	-
1985	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	123	-
1986	New York Mets	NL	MLB	nyn	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	62	-
1986	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	3

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
1975	Cincinnati Reds	Champ. Series	MLB	26	3	11	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.781	4	0	12	.444	.000	.182	8.33	16.67	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1975	Cincinnati Reds	World Series	MLB	26	7	29	1	8	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.300	.310	.610	9	1	30	.286	.034	.103	3.33	3.33	1.00	0.00	0.00	12.50
1976	Cincinnati Reds	Champ. Series	MLB	27	3	12	2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.834	8	2	12	.000	.500	.500	0.00	33.33	0.00	16.67	6.00	100.00
1976	Cincinnati Reds	World Series	MLB	27	4	14	3	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.500	1.000	7	1	16	.545	.071	.214	12.50	18.75	1.50	0.00	0.00	16.67
1979	Cincinnati Reds	Champ. Series	MLB	30	3	10	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.429	.500	.929	5	1	14	.167	.300	.700	28.57	21.43	0.75	7.14	10.00	50.00
MLB Playoffs - Championship Series Totals - 4 yrs					10	33	7	8	0	0	3	6	1	0	5	9	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.342	.515	.857	17	3	38	.238	.273	.455	13.16	23.68	1.80	7.89	11.00	37.50
MLB Playoffs - World Series Totals - 2 yrs					11	43	4	14	2	0	0	6	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.326	.370	.372	.742	16	2	46	.359	.046	.140	6.52	8.70	1.33	0.00	0.00	14.29

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
1976	MLB All-Star Game Most Valuable Player ... National League Player of the Month (May) ... National League Player of the Month (July)	3
1977	National League Most Valuable Player ... National League Player of the Month (August) ... National League Player of the Month (June)	3
1979	National League Player of the Month (April) ... National League Player of the Month (June)	2
1980	National League Player of the Week (August 25-August 31)	1
1981	National League Silver Slugger Award (OF)	1
1983	National League Player of the Week (May 2-May 8)	1
1986	National League Player of the Week (June 2-June 8)	1

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
1986-09-07							Released by White Sox.		�
1986-08-15						Contract	Signed as Free Agent by White Sox.		�
1986-08-07							Released by Mets.		�
1982-02-10						Trade	Traded by Reds to Mets for Greg Harris, Jim Kern and Alex Trevino.		�
1971-05-29						Trade	Traded by Giants to Reds for Vern Geishert and Frank Duffy.		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1985	New York Mets	Team Payroll	36	1,942,857	-	3	2	100	++	370,780	60,000	1,942,857
1986	Chicago White Sox	Team Payroll	37	2,800,000	-	1	1	100	++	386,347	60,000	4,742,857
1986	New York Mets	Team Payroll	37	2,800,000	-	1	1	100	++	386,347	60,000	4,742,857

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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Year	Team	Lg	Level	Category	Org	Age	Job	G	W	L	Pct	GBL	Rank	Manager/HC	Playoffs
1998	Cincinnati Reds	NL	MLB	MLB	cin	49	Roving Hitting Instructor	162	77	85	.475	25.0	4	Jack McKeon
1999	Durham Bulls	IL	AAA	Minor	tba	50	Hitting Coach	143	83	60	.580	--	1	Billy Evers	Lost in Finals
2010	Orix Buffaloes	Jap Pac	Intl	Intl	-	61	Scout Advisor	140	69	71	.493	7.5	5	None listed

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Awards [12]

Roster Transactions

Salaries

George FosterTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1968-1986 MLB Years: 1969-1986
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