Hank Foiles

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: June 10, 1929 in Richmond, VA us

High School: Granby HS (Norfolk, VA)

Schools: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA), University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Debut: April 21, 1953 (Age 23-315d, 11,006th in major league history)
vs. STL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 2, 1964 (Age 34-327d)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: Henry Lee Foiles

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.8

1455

353

.243

171

RBI

166

OBP

.321

SLG

.392

OPS

.713

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 46 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 10 go ahead

5 Tms
PIT	27
CIN	7
BAL	6
LAA	4
CLE	2

Platoon
vs RHP	29
vs LHP	17

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	18

Outs
0	17
2	15
1	14

13 Opps
CHC	10
LAD	6
PHI	5
DET	5
STL	4
NYG/SFG	3
MLN	3
CIN	3
MIN	2
NYY	2
WSA	1
CLE	1
CHW	1

44 Pitchers
Willard Schmidt	2
Johnny Podres	2
Al Lary	1
Fred Kipp	1
Warren Spahn	1
Sam Jones	1
Marcelino Solis	1
Stan Williams	1
Seth Morehead	1
Ed Roebuck	1
Glen Hobbie	1
Ray Semproch	1
Don Elston	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Bill Stafford	1
Tony Cloninger	1
Mike McCormick	1
Harvey Haddix	1
Jim Bunning	1
Lloyd Merritt	1
Jack Kralick	1
Murry Dickson	1
Bob Miller	1
Robin Roberts	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Saul Rogovin	1
Rubén Gómez	1
Hank Aguirre	1
Dick Drott	1
John Briggs	1
Claude Osteen	1
Brooks Lawrence	1
Lew Burdette	1
Jim Davis	1
Stu Miller	1
Don Gross	1
Chuck Churn	1
Jim Coates	1
Dwight Siebler	1
Warren Hacker	1
Garry Roggenburk	1
Ellis Kinder	1
Taylor Phillips	1
Frank Lary	1

14 Parks
Forbes Fld (PIT)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	6
Crosley Fld (CIN)	6
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	4
LA Coliseum (LOS)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Polo Grounds (NYC)	2
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1

Where Hit
7	33
78	4
8	3
9	2

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	44
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	12
12-	3
1-3	2
123	1

71 RBI
RISP	6
0 on	28
1 on	12
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	18

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	4
4	4
5	6
6	8
7	10
8	5
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	7
4-6	18
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	5
+2	3
+1	2
Tied	10
-1	6
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	9

Ahead	14
Tied	10
Behind	22

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	43
PH	3

OrderPos
8th	28
7th	7
6th	7
9th	2
5th	1
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	9
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1955-09-18	CLE		DET	Bob Miller	behind 0-9	b 7	1	1--	2	8	PH	0.004	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Doby Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1956-05-23	PIT		STL	Willard Schmidt	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	1--	2	8	2	0.047	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Groat Scores
3	3	2	1	1956-05-26	PIT	@	PHI	Stu Miller	tied 2-2	t 6	2	1--	2	7	2	0.304	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Walls Scores
4	4	3	1	1956-06-15	PIT		STL	Ellis Kinder	ahead 9-1	b 8	2	12-	3	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Freese Scores; L. Walls Scores
5	5	4	1	1956-07-12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Sam Jones	behind 3-4	t 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.132	47%		Home Run
6	6	5	1	1956-08-24	PIT	@	STL	Murry Dickson	behind 1-4	t 5	2	---	1	9	2	0.075	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	6	1	1956-09-08	PIT	@	PHI	Saul Rogovin	ahead 2-0	t 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.090	82%		Home Run
8	8	7	1	1956-09-15	PIT		CIN	Brooks Lawrence	behind 3-6	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.077	16%		Home Run
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1957-04-22	PIT	@	NYG	Rubén Gómez	behind 0-3	t 5	1	---	1	8	2	0.079	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line)
10	10	2	1	1957-05-05 (2)	PIT		CIN	Don Gross	behind 2-7	b 9	1	---	1	7	2	0.004	1%		Home Run
11	11	3	1	1957-05-14	PIT	@	CHC	Dick Drott	behind 1-2	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.110	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	4	1	1957-06-20	PIT	@	STL	Lloyd Merritt	behind 2-7	t 9	1	1--	2	8	2	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Freese Scores
13	13	5	1	1957-06-26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	Moe Drabowsky	tied 3-3	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.343	84%		Home Run (LF-CF)
14	14	6	1	1957-07-07 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	Jim Davis	ahead 6-0	t 8	0	1--	2	8	2	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Skinner Scores
15	15	7	1	1957-09-06	PIT		PHI	Harvey Haddix	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	1	8	2	0.197	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	8	1	1957-09-11	PIT	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.123	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
17	17	9	1	1957-09-13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	Don Elston	tied 1-1	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.177	64%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1958-05-17	PIT	@	PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 1-4	t 6	2	1--	2	8	2	0.168	27%		Home Run (LF-CF); B. Mazeroski Scores
19	19	2	1	1958-06-14	PIT	@	LAD	Johnny Podres	behind 0-4	t 7	2	1--	2	8	2	0.085	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); B. Mazeroski Scores
20	20	3	1	1958-06-29 (2)	PIT		CHC	John Briggs	tied 0-0	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.124	65%		Home Run (LF-CF)
21	21	4	1	1958-07-16	PIT	@	LAD	Fred Kipp	tied 0-0	t 4	2	12-	3	8	2	0.300	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Skinner Scores; B. Mazeroski Scores
22	22	5	1	1958-07-17	PIT	@	LAD	Stan Williams	behind 0-4	t 7	2	---	1	8	2	0.033	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	6	1	1958-07-30	PIT		CHC	Taylor Phillips	ahead 3-0	b 6	2	12-	3	8	2	0.071	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Mazeroski Scores; D. Groat Scores
24	24	7	1	1958-08-22	PIT	@	CHC	Marcelino Solis	ahead 5-1	t 4	0	1--	2	8	2	0.058	96%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Groat Scores
25	25	8	1	1958-09-22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	Seth Morehead	behind 1-2	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.204	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	1959-04-11	PIT		MLN	Lew Burdette	behind 2-4	b 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.145	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	2	1	1959-09-13	PIT	@	LAD	Chuck Churn	tied 3-3	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.189	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
28	28	3	1	1959-09-26	PIT	@	CIN	Willard Schmidt	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	---	1	8	2	0.094	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1960-06-05 (2)	CLE		DET	Ray Semproch	ahead 4-0	b 8	0	---	1	4	2	0.006	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1961-07-18	BAL	@	DET	Frank Lary	behind 1-6	t 7	0	1--	2	7	2	0.059	11%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hansen Scores
31	31	2	1	1961-07-19	BAL	@	DET	Jim Bunning	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.123	81%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	3	1	1961-07-20	BAL	@	DET	Hank Aguirre	behind 7-15	t 9	0	---	1	5	2	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	4	1	1961-07-30 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	Bill Stafford	tied 0-0	t 5	0	---	1	6	2	0.144	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	5	2	1961-07-30 (1)	BAL	@	NYY	Jim Coates	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	1--	2	6	2	0.047	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Busby Scores
35	35	6	1	1961-09-29	BAL		CHW	Warren Hacker	tied 2-2	b 10	1	---	1	8	2	0.422	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1962-06-12 (2)	CIN		SFG	Mike McCormick	behind 0-6	b 5	1	1--	2	8	2	0.057	10%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Cárdenas Scores
37	37	2	1	1962-06-24	CIN	@	LAD	Johnny Podres	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	123	4	6	2	0.193	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); V. Pinson Scores; F. Robinson Scores; W. Post Scores
38	38	3	1	1962-07-02 (2)	CIN		CHC	Al Lary	behind 1-3	b 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.124	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	4	1	1962-07-04	CIN		CHC	Glen Hobbie	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	1-3	3	6	2	0.043	98%		Home Run (Deep CF); F. Robinson Scores; W. Post Scores
40	40	5	1	1962-07-17	CIN		LAD	Ed Roebuck	ahead 5-2	b 3	2	---	1	6	2	0.061	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	6	1	1962-08-14	CIN		MLN	Tony Cloninger	behind 2-3	b 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.110	51%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	7	1	1962-08-22	CIN	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	behind 1-5	t 7	0	1-3	3	8	PH	0.153	31%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Pavletich Scores; J. Maloney Scores
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1963-06-15	LAA	@	MIN	Garry Roggenburk	ahead 3-0	t 3	2	1--	2	6	2	0.112	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Torres Scores/unER; H. Foiles Scores/unER
44	44	2	1	1963-06-24	LAA		WSA	Claude Osteen	behind 0-2	b 8	0	---	1	6	2	0.136	27%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	3	1	1963-09-05	LAA	@	MIN	Dwight Siebler	behind 4-5	t 8	0	---	1	9	PH	0.259	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
46	46	4	1	1963-09-13	LAA		CLE	Jack Kralick	tied 2-2	b 6	2	---	1	8	2	0.209	73%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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