Curry Foley

Charles Joseph Foley

Positions: Rightfielder, Pitcher and First Baseman
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 14, 1856 in Milltown, Ireland (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1879
Teams (by GP): Bisons/RedStockings 1879-1883

Final Game: September 5, 1883
Died: October 20, 1898 in New York, NY
Buried: Mount Calvary Cemetery, Roslindale, MA
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1879	23	BSN	NL	9	9	.500	2.51	21	16	4	16	1	0	161.2	175	111	45	1	15	57		9	709	101	1.175	9.7	0.1	0.8	3.2	3.80
1880	24	BSN	NL	14	14	.500	3.89	36	28	8	21	1	0	238.0	264	150	103	1	40	68		15	1004	57	1.277	10.0	0.0	1.5	2.6	1.70
1881	25	BUF	NL	3	4	.429	5.27	10	6	3	2	0	0	41.0	70	48	24	1	5	2	0	1	213	53	1.829	15.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	0.40
1882	26	BUF	NL	0	0		18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	25	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1883	27	BUF	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	6		4.000	0.0	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00
5 Yrs				27	27	.500	3.54	69	50	16	39	2	0	442.2	511	311	174	3	64	127	0	25	1938	68	1.299	10.4	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.98
162 Game Avg.				15	15	.500	3.54	39	29	9	22	1	0	253	292	178	99	2	37	73	0	14	1107	68	1.299	10.4	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.98

BUF (3 yrs)				4	4	.500	5.44	12	6	4	2	0	0	43.0	72	50	26	1	9	2	0	1	225	53	1.884	15.1	0.2	1.9	0.4	0.22
BSN (2 yrs)				23	23	.500	3.33	57	44	12	37	2	0	399.2	439	261	148	2	55	125		24	1713	71	1.236	9.9	0.0	1.2	2.8	2.27

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1879	23	BSN	NL	161.2	21	16	111	6.18	5.10	0.33	0.00	101.0	4.82	-24	-2.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-14	.399	.487	$1,000
1880	24	BSN	NL	238.0	36	28	150	5.67	4.67	-0.45	0.00	94.0	4.81	-21	-2.0	1.0	-0.2	-0.2	-9	.444	.488	$1,100
1881	25	BUF	NL	41.0	10	6	48	10.54	5.07	-0.57	0.00	99.0	5.58	-22	-1.8	1.0	-0.0	-1.5	-20	.321	.489	$
1882	26	BUF	NL	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	5.34	0.18	0.00	101.0	5.21	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.382	.499	$
1883	27	BUF	NL	1.0	1	0	0	0.00	5.71	0.04	0.00	101.0	5.72	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.560	.500	$
5 Seasons				442.2	69	50	311	6.32	4.87	-0.17	0.00	97.1	4.89	-68	-6.0	1.0	-0.4	-2.6	-44	.413	.493	$2,100

BUF (3 yrs)				43.0	12	6	50	10.47	5.09	-0.54	0.00	99.1	5.57	-23	-1.9	1.0	-0.0	-1.5	-21	.346	.496	$
BSN (2 yrs)				399.2	57	44	261	5.88	4.85	-0.13	0.00	96.8	4.82	-45	-4.1	1.0	-0.4	-1.1	-23	.428	.487	$2,100

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1879	23	9	9	.500	2.51	21	16	4	16	1	161.2	175	111	45	1	15	57		9	709	101	1.175	9.7	0.1	0.8	3.2	3.80	101
1880	24	23	23	.500	3.33	57	44	12	37	2	399.2	439	261	148	2	55	125		24	1713	71	1.236	9.9	0.0	1.2	2.8	2.27	71
1881	25	26	27	.491	3.51	67	50	15	39	2	440.2	509	309	172	3	60	127	0	25	1926	68	1.291	10.4	0.1	1.2	2.6	2.12	68
1882	26	26	27	.491	3.55	68	50	15	39	2	441.2	511	311	174	3	60	127	0	25	1932	68	1.293	10.4	0.1	1.2	2.6	2.12	68
1883	27	27	27	.500	3.54	69	50	16	39	2	442.2	511	311	174	3	64	127	0	25	1938	68	1.299	10.4	0.1	1.3	2.6	1.98	68

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1879	23	33	7	.825	1.86	362.0	322	83	75	2	28	128	0.967	8.0	0.7	3.2	4.57	0.0	21
1880	24	25	24	.510	3.96	445.0	503	218	196	2	76	127	1.301	10.2	1.5	2.6	1.67	0.0	36
1881	25	5	5	.500	4.01	92.0	127	46	41	2	9	4	1.478	12.4	0.9	0.4	0.44	0.2	10
1882	26	0	0		11.25	4.0	0	6	5	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1
1883	27	0	0		0.00	1.0	0	0	0	0	7	0	7.000	0.0	63.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
5 Yrs		63	36	.636	3.16	904.0	952	353	317	6	120	259	1.186	9.5		2.6	2.16	0.1	69

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1879 NL 2.51 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1880 NL 14 (10th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1879 NL .500 (9th) 1880 NL .500 (7th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1879 NL 1.175 (8th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 9.742 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 0.835 (7th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 3.173 (6th) 1880 NL 2.571 (9th)	Games Played s c a p y 1880 NL 36 (9th)
Innings Pitched s c a p y 1880 NL 238.0 (9th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1880 NL 68 (10th)	Games Started s c a p y 1880 NL 28 (9th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1880 NL 21 (10th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1879 NL 1 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1880 NL 40 (8th)	Hits s c a p y 1880 NL 264 (9th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1879 NL 3.800 (7th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1879 NL 0.056 (8th) 1880 NL 0.038 (4th)	Losses s c a p y 1880 NL 14 (9th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1880 NL 103 (9th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1880 NL 15 (9th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1880 NL 1,004 (9th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1879 NL 4 (2nd) 1880 NL 8 (2nd) 1881 NL 3 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 29 (820), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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