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Hank Foiles
Henry Lee Foiles Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 195 lb.
School University of Virginia

Debut April 21, 1953
Final Game May 2, 1964
Born June 10, 1929 in Richmond, VA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1953 24 TOT     12   20    3    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .150  .227  .150    2    3   0           0   0
         CIN NL   5   13    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .154  .214  .154   -2    2   0           0   0
         CLE AL   7    7    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .143  .250  .143    9    1   0           0   0
 1955 26 CLE AL  62  111   13   29   9  0   1    7   0  0  17  18  .261  .354  .369   92   41   2   2   3   0   4
 1956 27 TOT     80  222   24   47  10  2   7   25   0  1  17  56  .212  .266  .369   70   82   4   2   4   0   5
         CLE AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  79  222   24   47  10  2   7   25   0  1  17  56  .212  .266  .369   70   82   4   2   4   0   5
 1957 28 PIT NL 109  281   32   76  10  4   9   36   1  3  37  53  .270  .352  .431  112  121   1   3   5   0   5 AS
 1958 29 PIT NL 104  264   31   54  10  2   8   30   0  1  45  53  .205  .322  .348   80   92   3   1  10   1   4
 1959 30 PIT NL  53   80   10   18   3  0   3    4   0  0   7  16  .225  .287  .375   76   30   1   0   2   0   2
 1960 31 TOT AL  56  131   15   37   4  0   1   10   1  0  11  15  .282  .338  .336   84   44   5   0   1   0   2
         KCA AL   6    7    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   3   2  .571  .700  .571  250    4   0   0   0   0   0
         CLE AL  24   68    9   19   1  0   1    6   0  0   7   5  .279  .347  .338   89   23   1   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  26   56    5   14   3  0   0    3   1  0   1   8  .250  .263  .304   52   17   4   0   1   0   2
 1961 32 BAL AL  43  124   18   34   6  0   6   19   0  2  12  27  .274  .336  .468  117   58   1   1   1   0   4
 1962 33 CIN NL  43  131   17   36   6  1   7   25   0  0  13  39  .275  .340  .496  118   65   1   0   3   0   2
 1963 34 TOT     42   87    8   18   1  1   4   10   1  0   9  13  .207  .289  .379   91   33   1   0   2   1   3
         CIN NL   1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1  0   1   0  .000  .250  .000  -22    0   0   0   1   0   0
         LAA AL  41   84    8   18   1  1   4   10   0  0   8  13  .214  .290  .393   95   33   1   0   1   1   3
 1964 35 LAA AL   4    4    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .250   46    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     608 1455  171  353  59 10  46  166   3  7 170 295  .243  .321  .392   92  570  19   9  31   2  31
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        388   46   94  16  3  12   44   1  2  45  79  .243  .321  .392   92  152   5   2   8   1   8
 Career High    109  281   32   76  10  4   9   36   1  3  45  56  .270  .352  .431  112  121   5   3  10   1   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1953 24 TOT      22   17    0   0.0   107| .150  .272| .227  .345| .150  .415| .377  .760|   2  .000  -2.9  -0.3   0%
         CIN NL   14   11    0   0.0   110| .154  .274| .214  .345| .154  .427| .368  .773|  -2  .000  -2.0  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL    8    6    0   0.0   101| .143  .267| .250  .343| .143  .393| .393  .736|   9  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1955 26 CLE AL  132   90   15   4.5   106| .261  .271| .354  .351| .369  .404| .723  .755|  92  .488  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1956 27 TOT     245  187   21   3.0   101| .212  .262| .266  .328| .369  .413| .635  .741|  70  .325  -9.7  -1.0   0%
         CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         PIT NL  245  187   21   3.0   101| .212  .262| .266  .328| .369  .413| .635  .741|  70  .325  -9.7  -1.0   0%
 1957 28 PIT NL  322  217   43   5.4   100| .270  .265| .352  .328| .431  .410| .783  .738| 112  .568   5.6   0.5  25%
 1958 29 PIT NL  314  219   31   3.8   103| .205  .266| .322  .333| .348  .416| .670  .749|  80  .408  -6.6  -0.7   0%
 1959 30 PIT NL   88   65    8   3.3   104| .225  .269| .287  .335| .375  .416| .662  .751|  76  .349  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1960 31 TOT AL  147  101   16   4.3   101| .282  .263| .338  .336| .336  .402| .674  .739|  84  .477  -3.0  -0.3 100%
         KCA AL   10    3    3  26.9   101| .571  .263| .700  .337| .571  .403|1.271  .740| 250  .964   2.0   0.2   0%
         CLE AL   76   50    9   4.8    99| .279  .260| .347  .333| .338  .398| .685  .730|  89  .535  -1.0  -0.1   0%
         DET AL   61   48    4   2.2   104| .250  .267| .263  .341| .304  .408| .567  .749|  52  .219  -4.0  -0.4 100%
 1961 32 BAL AL  138   98   18   4.9   100| .274  .259| .336  .334| .468  .403| .804  .737| 117  .524   2.7   0.3   0%
 1962 33 CIN NL  145   98   22   6.0   106| .275  .275| .340  .342| .496  .417| .836  .759| 118  .624   2.9   0.3   0%
 1963 34 TOT      98   73    9   3.3    90| .207  .249| .289  .314| .379  .384| .668  .697|  91  .397  -1.3  -0.1 100%
         CIN NL    4    3    0   0.0    92| .000  .257| .250  .320| .000  .385| .250  .705| -22  .000  -0.4   0.0 100%
         LAA AL   94   70    9   3.5    89| .214  .248| .290  .314| .393  .384| .683  .697|  95  .414  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1964 35 LAA AL    4    3    0   0.0    87| .250  .244| .250  .310| .250  .379| .500  .690|  46  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     1655 1168  183   4.2   102| .243  .265| .321  .333| .392  .409| .713  .742|  92  .463 -16.0  -1.6  30%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1953 24 TOT C 10 17 7 2 1 .923 .984 2.40 4.51 3 CIN NL C 3 7 3 1 0 .909 .980 3.33 4.67 0 CLE AL C 7 10 4 1 1 .933 .986 2.00 4.44 3 1955 26 CLE AL C 41 222 23 3 7 .988 .988 5.98 4.73 3 1956 27 TOT C 74 291 30 4 8 .988 .985 4.34 5.01 5.12 5.83 66 564.0 7 12 4 11 CLE AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 PIT NL C 73 291 30 4 8 .988 .985 4.40 5.01 5.13 5.83 66 563.0 7 12 4 11 1957 28 PIT NL C 109 436 32 9 2 .981 .988 4.29 4.99 5.35 5.98 90 788.0 9 15 18 10 AS 1958 29 PIT NL C 103 456 41 5 5 .990 .988 4.83 5.19 5.79 6.06 88 772.0 5 14 17 16 1959 30 PIT NL C 51 153 8 0 3 1.000 .989 3.16 5.24 6.17 6.34 24 234.7 3 8 4 3 1960 31 TOT AL C 46 204 23 3 5 .987 .987 4.93 5.12 6.50 5.93 33 314.3 4 5 10 12 KCA AL C 2 9 0 1 0 .900 .989 4.50 5.10 6.23 5.95 2 13.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 22 99 12 2 4 .982 .987 5.05 5.12 5.97 5.93 18 167.3 1 4 7 7 DET AL C 22 96 11 0 1 1.000 .987 4.86 5.12 7.19 5.93 13 134.0 3 1 3 5 1961 32 BAL AL C 38 194 17 1 4 .995 .989 5.55 5.44 6.32 6.21 32 300.3 5 12 20 7 1962 33 CIN NL C 41 249 14 5 1 .981 .987 6.41 5.50 7.30 6.72 36 324.3 6 18 21 6 1963 34 TOT C 31 140 14 4 4 .975 .989 4.97 5.79 6.82 6.66 24 203.3 2 5 11 6 CIN NL C 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 6.00 5.40 7.11 1 10.0 1 1 1 0 LAA AL C 30 135 13 4 4 .974 .989 4.93 5.78 6.89 6.64 23 193.3 1 4 10 6
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1953 24 TOT C 10 17 7 2 1 .923 .984 2.40 4.51 3 CIN NL C 3 7 3 1 0 .909 .980 3.33 4.67 0 CLE AL C 7 10 4 1 1 .933 .986 2.00 4.44 3 1955 26 CLE AL C 41 222 23 3 7 .988 .988 5.98 4.73 3 1956 27 TOT C 74 291 30 4 8 .988 .985 4.34 5.01 5.12 5.83 66 564.0 7 12 4 11 CLE AL C 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 5.00 0.00 6.30 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 PIT NL C 73 291 30 4 8 .988 .985 4.40 5.01 5.13 5.83 66 563.0 7 12 4 11 1957 28 PIT NL C 109 436 32 9 2 .981 .988 4.29 4.99 5.35 5.98 90 788.0 9 15 18 10 1958 29 PIT NL C 103 456 41 5 5 .990 .988 4.83 5.19 5.79 6.06 88 772.0 5 14 17 16 1959 30 PIT NL C 51 153 8 0 3 1.000 .989 3.16 5.24 6.17 6.34 24 234.7 3 8 4 3 1960 31 TOT AL C 46 204 23 3 5 .987 .987 4.93 5.12 6.50 5.93 33 314.3 4 5 10 12 KCA AL C 2 9 0 1 0 .900 .989 4.50 5.10 6.23 5.95 2 13.0 0 0 0 0 CLE AL C 22 99 12 2 4 .982 .987 5.05 5.12 5.97 5.93 18 167.3 1 4 7 7 DET AL C 22 96 11 0 1 1.000 .987 4.86 5.12 7.19 5.93 13 134.0 3 1 3 5 1961 32 BAL AL C 38 194 17 1 4 .995 .989 5.55 5.44 6.32 6.21 32 300.3 5 12 20 7 1962 33 CIN NL C 41 249 14 5 1 .981 .987 6.41 5.50 7.30 6.72 36 324.3 6 18 21 6 1963 34 TOT C 31 140 14 4 4 .975 .989 4.97 5.79 6.82 6.66 24 203.3 2 5 11 6 CIN NL C 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 6.00 6.00 5.40 7.11 1 10.0 1 1 1 0 LAA AL C 30 135 13 4 4 .974 .989 4.93 5.78 6.89 6.64 23 193.3 1 4 10 6
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 544 2362 209 36 40 .986 .988 4.73 5.15 393 3501.0 47 89 105 71 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 544 2362 209 36 40 .986 .988 4.73 5.15
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1957   PIT NL       1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   1   1   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1957 *

Intentional Walks
1958 NL-10-6

HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2291) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

November, 1947: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

November 19, 1951: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Yankees in the 1951 rule 5 draft.

May 3, 1953: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Cincinnati Reds.

May 15, 1956: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Preston Ward.

December 15, 1959: Sent by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Kansas City Athletics to complete an earlier deal made on December 9, 1959. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent a player to be named later, Ken Hamlin, and Dick Hall to the Kansas City Athletics for Hal Smith. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.

June 1, 1960: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Danny Kravitz.

June 2, 1960: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for John Powers.

July 26, 1960: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Red Wilson and Rocky Bridges.

November 28, 1960: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.

April 20, 1962: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Baltimore Orioles.

May 26, 1963: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

May 26, 1963: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.

October 14, 1963: Released by the Los Angeles Angels.

April 11, 1964: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Angels.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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