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Will Foley
William Brown Foley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 150 lb.

Debut August 23, 1875
Final Game May 22, 1884
Born November 15, 1855 in Chicago, IL
Died November 12, 1916 in Chicago, IL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1875 19 CHI NA   3   12    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .333   99    4                    
 1876 20 CIN NL  58  221   19   50   3  2   0    9          0  14  .226  .226  .258   71   57                    
 1877 21 CIN NL  56  216   23   41   5  1   0   18          4  13  .190  .205  .222   41   48                    
 1878 22 MLG NL  56  229   33   62   8  5   0   22          7  14  .271  .292  .349  105   80                    
 1879 23 CIN NL  56  218   22   46   5  1   0   25          2  16  .211  .218  .243   55   53                    
 1881 25 DTN NL   5   15    0    2   0  0   0    1          2   3  .133  .235  .133   16    2                    
 1884 28 CPI UA  19   71   15   20   1  1   0        0      5      .282  .329  .324  122   23                    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      253  982  112  224  23 10   0   76   0  0  20  62  .228  .244  .272   72  267   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        629   72  143  15  6   0   49   0  0  13  40  .228  .244  .272   72  171   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     58  229   33   62   8  5   0   25   0  0   7  16  .271  .292  .349  105   80   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1875 19 CHI NA   12    9    1   3.0    59| .250  .259| .250  .266| .333  .317| .583  .582|  99  .454   0.0   0.0   0%
 1876 20 CIN NL  221  171   13   2.1    54| .226  .250| .226  .263| .258  .304| .484  .566|  71  .266  -6.1  -0.7     
 1877 21 CIN NL  220  175   10   1.5    66| .190  .263| .205  .281| .222  .328| .427  .608|  41  .158 -13.1  -1.4     
 1878 22 MLG NL  236  167   23   3.7    71| .271  .272| .292  .291| .349  .335| .641  .626| 105  .537   1.0   0.1     
 1879 23 CIN NL  220  172   12   1.9    63| .211  .254| .218  .270| .243  .329| .461  .598|  55  .245 -10.2  -1.2     
 1881 25 DTN NL   17   13    0   0.0    78| .133  .269| .235  .300| .133  .353| .368  .653|  16  .000  -1.4  -0.2     
 1884 28 CPI UA   76   51    8   4.1    61| .282  .246| .329  .273| .324  .318| .653  .591| 122  .599   2.3   0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons      1002  758   67   2.4    63| .228  .259| .244  .276| .272  .324| .516  .600|  72  .324 -27.5  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  PB  WP  SB   CS  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1875 19 CHI NA 3B 3 4 9 3 1 .813 .765 4.33 3.53 1876 20 CIN NL 3B 46 67 101 41 4 .804 .807 3.65 3.63 C 20 70 10 22 1 .784 .805 4.00 5.40 19 1877 21 CIN NL 3B 56 94 130 44 9 .836 .841 4.00 3.49 1878 22 MLG NL 3B 53 68 87 36 8 .812 .864 2.92 3.46 C 7 33 16 3 0 .942 .891 7.00 6.54 20 1879 23 CIN NL 3B 29 46 54 22 8 .820 .830 3.45 3.34 OF 25 38 9 8 0 .855 .838 1.88 1.85 0 0 25 2B 3 6 9 4 0 .789 .898 5.00 6.80 1881 25 DTN NL 3B 5 5 5 3 3 .769 .862 2.00 3.52 1884 28 CPI UA 3B 19 18 23 10 2 .804 .777 2.16 2.94
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1879 23 CIN NL 2B 3 6 9 4 0 .789 .898 5.00 6.80 1875 19 CHI NA 3B 3 4 9 3 1 .813 .765 4.33 3.53 1876 20 CIN NL 3B 46 67 101 41 4 .804 .807 3.65 3.63 1877 21 CIN NL 3B 56 94 130 44 9 .836 .841 4.00 3.49 1878 22 MLG NL 3B 53 68 87 36 8 .812 .864 2.92 3.46 1879 23 CIN NL 3B 29 46 54 22 8 .820 .830 3.45 3.34 1881 25 DTN NL 3B 5 5 5 3 3 .769 .862 2.00 3.52 1884 28 CPI UA 3B 19 18 23 10 2 .804 .777 2.16 2.94 1876 20 CIN NL C 20 70 10 22 1 .784 .805 4.00 5.40 19 1878 22 MLG NL C 7 33 16 3 0 .942 .891 7.00 6.54 20 1879 23 CIN NL OF 25 38 9 8 0 .855 .838 1.88 1.85 0 0 25
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Position Total 3B 211 302 409 159 35 .817 .831 3.37 3.44 C 27 103 26 25 1 .838 .835 4.78 5.70 39 OF 25 38 9 8 0 .855 .838 1.88 1.85 0 0 25 2B 3 6 9 4 0 .789 .898 5.00 6.80 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+----+---+----+----+----+ Overall Total 266 449 453 196 36 .821 .833 3.39 3.56
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Triples
1878 NL-5-7

Strikeouts
1876 NL-14-8

Youngest Player
1876 NL-20-10

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2302) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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