George Foster vs Johnny Bench

George Foster Johnny Bench

George Foster and Johnny Bench compared on their MLB careers: George Foster played 18 seasons, 1969 to 1986, Johnny Bench 17 seasons, 1967 to 1983. George Foster has .274 batting average to Johnny Bench's .267. George Foster won 3 titles, Johnny Bench won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

George Foster and Johnny Bench career totals

1,977	GP	2,158
7,023	AB	7,658
986	R	1,091
1,925	H	2,048
348	HR	389
1,239	RBI	1,376
51	SB	68
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.3	OBP	0.3
0.5	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.8

How do they compare in the postseason?

George Foster and Johnny Bench postseason

23	GP	45
76	AB	169
11	R	27
22	H	45
3	HR	10
12	RBI	20
2	SB	6
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.9

Where each stands all time

George Foster and Johnny Bench all-time places

107th (348)	Home runs	68th (389)
124th (1,239)	RBI	73rd (1,376)
—	Hits	265th (2,048)

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 Foster: 3 championships; NL MVP, NL Silver Slugger
Johnny Bench: 2 championships; NL Rookie of the Year, NL Gold Glove ×10, NL MVP ×2, World Series MVP

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 Foster and Johnny Bench season by season

1st	1969	.400	0	1	1967	.163	1	6
2nd	1970	.316	1	4	1968	.275	15	82
3rd	1971	.241	13	58	1969	.293	26	90
4th	1972	.200	2	12	1970	.293	45	148
5th	1973	.282	4	9	1971	.238	27	61
6th	1974	.264	7	41	1972	.270	40	125
7th	1975	.300	23	78	1973	.253	25	104
8th	1976	.306	29	121	1974	.280	33	129
9th	1977	.320	52	149	1975	.283	28	110
10th	1978	.281	40	120	1976	.234	16	74
11th	1979	.302	30	98	1977	.275	31	109
12th	1980	.273	25	93	1978	.260	23	73
13th	1981	.295	22	90	1979	.276	22	80
14th	1982	.247	13	70	1980	.250	24	68
15th	1983	.241	28	90	1981	.309	8	25
16th	1984	.269	24	86	1982	.258	13	38
17th	1985	.263	21	77	1983	.255	12	54
18th	1986	.225	14	42	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: AVG · HR · RBI


23	GP	45
76	AB	169
11	R	27
22	H	45
3	HR	10
12	RBI	20
2	SB	6
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.9


23	GP	45
76	AB	169
11	R	27
22	H	45
3	HR	10
12	RBI	20
2	SB	6
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.9


23	GP	45
76	AB	169
11	R	27
22	H	45
3	HR	10
12	RBI	20
2	SB	6
0.3	AVG	0.3
0.4	OBP	0.3
0.4	SLG	0.5
0.8	OPS	0.9