Hank Foiles
Henry Lee Foiles Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 10, 1929 in Richmond, VA
High School: Granby (Norfolk, VA)
School: University of Virginia
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1947. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1953
Final Game: May 2, 1964
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1953 TOT MLB 24 C 10 26 17 7 2 1 .923 2.40 .985 4.51 3
1953 CIN NL 24 C 3 11 7 3 1 0 .909 3.33 .982 4.67 0
1953 CLE AL 24 C 7 15 10 4 1 1 .933 2.00 .987 4.44 3
1955 CLE AL 26 C 41 31 261.0 248 222 23 3 7 .988 1.0 4.6 1 8.45 5.98 .988 5.58 4.73 3 10 9 13 59%
1956 TOT MLB 27 C 74 66 564.0 325 291 30 4 8 .988 2.0 4.3 2 5.12 4.34 .985 5.83 5.01 7 12 4 11 73%
1956 CLE AL 27 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.00 0 0 0 0
1956 PIT NL 27 C 73 66 563.0 325 291 30 4 8 .988 2.0 4.3 2 5.13 4.40 .985 5.83 5.01 7 12 4 11 73%
1957 PIT NL 28 C 109 90 788.0 477 436 32 9 2 .981 -1.0 -1.5 -1 5.35 4.29 .988 5.98 4.99 9 15 18 10 36% AS
1958 PIT NL 29 C 103 88 772.0 502 456 41 5 5 .990 4.0 6.2 4 5.79 4.83 .988 6.06 5.19 5 14 17 16 48%
1959 PIT NL 30 C 51 24 234.2 161 153 8 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.17 3.16 .989 6.34 5.24 3 8 4 3 43%
1960 TOT AL 31 C 46 33 314.1 230 204 23 3 5 .987 3.0 11.5 3 6.50 4.93 .987 5.93 5.12 4 5 10 12 55%
1960 KCA AL 31 C 2 2 13.0 10 9 0 1 0 .900 0.0 0.0 0 6.23 4.50 .990 5.95 5.10 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 31 C 22 18 167.1 113 99 12 2 4 .982 1.0 7.2 1 5.97 5.05 .987 5.93 5.12 1 4 7 7 50%
1960 DET AL 31 C 22 13 134.0 107 96 11 0 1 1.000 2.0 17.9 2 7.19 4.86 .987 5.93 5.12 3 1 3 5 63%
1961 BAL AL 32 C 38 32 300.1 212 194 17 1 4 .995 -4.0 -16.0 -4 6.32 5.55 .989 6.21 5.44 5 12 20 7 26%
1962 CIN NL 33 C 41 36 324.1 268 249 14 5 1 .981 -5.0 -18.5 -5 7.30 6.41 .987 6.72 5.50 6 18 21 6 22%
1963 TOT MLB 34 C 31 24 203.1 158 140 14 4 4 .975 -1.0 -5.9 -1 6.82 4.97 .989 6.66 5.79 2 5 11 6 35%
1963 CIN NL 34 C 1 1 10.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -120.0 -1 5.40 6.00 .983 7.11 6.00 1 1 1 0 0%
1963 LAA AL 34 C 30 23 193.1 152 135 13 4 4 .974 0.0 0.0 0 6.89 4.93 .989 6.64 5.78 1 4 10 6 38%
10 Seasons C 544 424 3762.0 2607 2362 209 36 40 .986 -1.0 -0.3 -1 6.15 4.73 .988 6.08 5.15 47 99 114 84 42%
11 Seasons TOT 544 424 3762.0 2607 2362 209 36 40 .986 -1.0 -0.3 -1 6.15 4.73 .974 6.08 5.15 47 99 114 84 42%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1953 CLE AL 24 7 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 CIN NL 24 5 5 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 CLE AL 26 62 31 62 62 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 3
1956 PIT NL 27 79 66 79 79 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1956 CLE AL 27 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 28 109 90 109 109 0 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1958 PIT NL 29 104 88 104 104 0 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1959 PIT NL 30 53 24 53 53 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1960 DET AL 31 26 13 26 26 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
1960 CLE AL 31 24 18 24 24 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1960 KCA AL 31 6 2 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1961 BAL AL 32 43 32 43 43 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4
1962 CIN NL 33 43 36 43 43 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1963 LAA AL 34 41 23 41 41 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1963 CIN NL 34 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 LAA AL 35 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Seasons 608 424 608 608 0 544 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 17
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1955 CLE AL 26 1165 3.52 4.28 26 92% 0 0 226 17 0 5 204 20 3 2 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 7 1 0 1 1 100%
1956 PIT NL 27 1492 3.14 3.66 26 100% 1 0 173 19 2 6 146 20 6 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 100%
1956 CLE AL 27 4 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 28 3006 3.90 4.45 47 96% 0 0 378 36 1 10 331 28 6 3 0 4 9 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 100%
1958 PIT NL 29 2989 3.55 4.01 45 98% 0 0 417 35 1 9 370 32 5 1 0 4 5 1 1 3 0 4 0 1 1 2 100%
1959 PIT NL 30 1021 5.30 5.90 13 100% 0 0 144 9 1 6 127 7 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 31 750 4.09 4.57 12 92% 0 0 98 10 3 6 79 12 3 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0
1960 DET AL 31 600 3.63 4.03 11 100% 0 0 96 8 1 0 87 11 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
1960 KCA AL 31 61 3.46 5.54 1 100% 1 0 9 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 32 1255 2.46 2.64 11 91% 0 0 192 7 1 3 181 17 3 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 1 2 2 100%
1962 CIN NL 33 1468 4.41 4.91 25 92% 0 0 249 14 2 8 225 14 6 0 0 1 5 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 3 100%
1963 LAA AL 34 857 4.24 4.66 11 73% 0 0 136 5 2 3 126 13 3 0 0 3 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 1 100%
1963 CIN NL 34 49 2.70 6.30 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 14717 3.75 4.25 228 95% 2 0 2123 161 14 56 1889 175 41 9 1 23 32 2 18 12 2 32 1 8 10 19 100%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.35 95% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1955 CLE AL 26 3 10 456 9 13 11 59% 8 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 29 17 0.91 1.48
1956 PIT NL 27 3 12 554 4 11 11 73% 4 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 25 15 1.43 1.12
1956 CLE AL 27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 PIT NL 28 9 15 1087 18 10 10 36% 17 8 0 2 1 0 2 0 60 13 1.08 1.16
1958 PIT NL 29 5 14 1133 17 16 16 48% 13 15 2 0 2 1 2 0 54 19 1.65 1.64
1959 PIT NL 30 2 8 394 4 3 3 43% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 4 0.63 0.70
1960 CLE AL 31 2 4 275 7 7 6 50% 7 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 20 8 1.10 1.83
1960 DET AL 31 2 1 230 3 5 5 63% 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 6 1.10 0.66
1960 KCA AL 31 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 BAL AL 32 5 12 428 20 7 7 26% 17 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 40 9 1.87 1.53
1962 CIN NL 33 6 18 545 21 6 6 22% 15 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 58 9 1.22 1.12
1963 LAA AL 34 1 4 332 10 6 6 38% 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 7 1.12 1.23
1963 CIN NL 34 1 1 20 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.14
9 Seasons 39 99 5483 114 84 81 42% 98 74 11 6 5 4 7 1 331 107 1.32 1.34
MLB Averages 40% 1.19 1.17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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