Today on the blog, we add one more player to my 1977 "N.L. Centennial" special sub-set, celebrating the league's 100th anniversary of 1976, this time the MVP Runner-Up for '76, George Foster:
Of
course, we all know today that as the 1977 season unfolded, he would
end up being the clear choice to take home the MVP Award this time,
having perhaps the finest season in the Majors during the decade,
hitting 52 home runs with 149 runs batted in, while collecting 197 hits,
scoring 124 runs himself, and hitting .320.
Between, Foster, Johnny Bench, Pete Rose and Joe Morgan, it would give the Cincinnati Reds SIX MVP
seasons in the decade, just insane.
He’d go on to play 18 years in the Big Leagues, finishing in the top-3
in MVP voting three times, while making five All-Star teams and retiring
with 348 home runs, 1239 RBIs and just under 2000 hits with 1925.
Not a bad Major League tenure!
Not a bad Major League tenure!