George A. Bell vs George Foster

George A. BellGeorge Foster

George A. Bell and George Foster compared on their MLB careers: George A. Bell played 12 seasons, 1981 to 1993, George Foster 18 seasons, 1969 to 1986. George A. Bell has .278 batting average to George Foster's .274. George Foster won 3 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

George A. Bell and George Foster career totals
1,587GP1,977
6,123AB7,023
814R986
1,702H1,925
265HR348
1,002RBI1,239
67SB51
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.3
0.5SLG0.5
0.8OPS0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

George A. Bell and George Foster postseason
12GP23
48AB76
6R11
13H22
1HR3
3RBI12
0SB2
0.3AVG0.3
0.3OBP0.4
0.4SLG0.4
0.7OPS0.8

Where each stands all time

George A. Bell and George Foster all-time places
230th (265)Home runs107th (348)
267th (1,002)RBI124th (1,239)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • George A. Bell: 0 championships; none on file
  • George Foster: 3 championships; NL MVP, NL Silver Slugger

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

George A. Bell and George Foster season by season
AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
1st1981.2335121969.40001
2nd1983.2682171970.31614
3rd1984.29226871971.2411358
4th1985.27528951972.200212
5th1986.309311081973.28249
6th1987.308471341974.264741
7th1988.26924971975.3002378
8th1989.297181041976.30629121
9th1990.26521861977.32052149
10th1991.28525861978.28140120
11th1992.255251121979.3023098
12th1993.21713641980.2732593
13th————1981.2952290
14th————1982.2471370
15th————1983.2412890
16th————1984.2692486
17th————1985.2632177
18th————1986.2251442

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI