Marv Foley

Marvis Edwin Foley

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 29, 1953 in Stanford, KY
School: University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1978
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Rangers 1978-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1975	21	CHW-min	AA,A	57	195	163	23	48	9	0	1	28	1	3	25	28	.294	.382	.368	.750		60	3	0	4	3	2		KNX,APP · SOUL,MIDW
1976	22	CHW-min	AA	126	469	414	44	104	12	2	2	36	3	4	41	45	.251	.317	.304	.621		126	9	2	5	7	2		KNX · SOUL
1977	23	CHW-min	AA,A,AAA	124	494	415	58	117	22	5	10	67	11	9	69	58	.282	.383	.431	.815		179		3	1	6			KNX,APP,IWA · SOUL,MIDW,AA
1978	24	CHW-min	AA	103	392	338	52	93	20	5	1	44	1	5	44	37	.275	.358	.373	.731		126		2	4	4			KNX · SOUL
1978	24	CHW	AL	11	38	34	3	12	0	0	0	6	0	1	4	6	.353	.421	.353	.774	120	12	1	0	0	0	0	2
1979	25	CHW-min	AAA	77	284	250	32	70	15	1	2	25	0	2	23	29	.280	.349	.372	.721		93		5	3	3			IWA · AA
1979	25	CHW	AL	34	110	97	6	24	3	0	2	10	0	0	7	5	.247	.292	.340	.633	71	33	4	0	4	2	1	2
1980	26	CHW-min	AAA,AA	46	178	144	30	38	9	0	4	18	2	0	32	21	.264	.399	.410	.809		59		1	0	1			IWA,GLF · AA,EL
1980	26	CHW	AL	68	153	137	14	29	5	0	4	15	0	0	9	22	.212	.263	.336	.599	64	46	0	2	1	4	3	2/3

1981	27	CHW-min	AAA	99	351	294	48	87	14	2	11	43	2	0	48	36	.296	.389	.469	.858		138		0	4	5	1		EDM · PCL
1982	28	CHW	AL	27	42	36	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	4	.111	.238	.111	.349	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	2/53D

1983	29	CHW-min	AAA	78	293	257	44	82	11	2	10	43	0	0	31	35	.319	.397	.494	.891		127		3	1	1	4		DEN · AA
1984	30	TEX	AL	63	134	115	13	25	2	0	6	19	0	0	15	24	.217	.306	.391	.697	90	45	1	1	0	3	1	2/D35
1985	31	CHW-min	AA,AAA	89	287	223	33	53	9	1	8	48	1	1	58	35	.238	.394	.395	.788		88		2	0	4	2		GLF,BFL · EL,AA
1986	32	CHW-min	AAA,AA	61	192	156	23	50	10	0	8	27	0	3	30	19	.321	.432	.538	.970		84		2	2	2	1		BFL,BIR · AA,SOUL
5 Yrs				203	477	419	37	94	10	0	12	51	0	1	41	61	.224	.292	.334	.627	72	140	6	3	5	9	6
162 Game Avg.				162	381	334	30	75	8	0	10	41	0	1	33	49	.224	.292	.334	.627	72	112	5	2	4	7	5

CHW (4 yrs)				140	343	304	24	69	8	0	6	32	0	1	26	37	.227	.287	.313	.599	65	95	5	2	5	6	5
TEX (1 yr)				63	134	115	13	25	2	0	6	19	0	0	15	24	.217	.306	.391	.697	90	45	1	1	0	3	1

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	24	CHW	AL	11	38	1	-1	0	-3	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.476	.498	0.2	-0.2	2	$	2
1979	25	CHW	AL	34	110	-5	-1	0	0	2	-4	-0.3	4	0	0.0	.490	.498	0.0	0.2	0	$	2
1980	26	CHW	AL	68	153	-9	0	0	-2	2	-8	-0.8	5	-3	-0.3	.488	.495	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	2/3

1982	28	CHW	AL	27	42	-6	-0	0	1	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.3	.483	.497	-0.4	0.1	-4	$	2/53D

1984	30	TEX	AL	63	134	-3	1	-0	-6	1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.487	.495	0.3	-0.5	2	$	2/D35
5 Seasons				203	477	-21	-1	1	-11	6	-26	-2.5	15	-11	-1.1	.487	.497	0.0	-0.3	-1	$

CHW (4 yrs)				140	343	-18	-2	1	-4	5	-18	-1.8	11	-7	-0.7	.486	.497	-0.3	0.2	-3	$
TEX (1 yr)				63	134	-3	1	-0	-6	1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.487	.495	0.3	-0.5	2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1978	24	CHW	AL	38	24	5	5.6	94	.429	.353	.262	.421	.328	.353	.386	.774	.714	120	.614	1.0	0.1	.625	.088	.000
1979	25	CHW	AL	110	83	9	2.9	102	.239	.247	.270	.292	.334	.340	.408	.633	.743	71	.290	-4.0	-0.4	.519	.165	.093	.0
1980	26	CHW	AL	153	113	13	3.1	98	.217	.212	.268	.263	.330	.336	.397	.599	.728	64	.327	-6.7	-0.7	.528	.190	.124	.0

1982	28	CHW	AL	42	32	1	0.8	99	.125	.111	.264	.238	.328	.111	.402	.349	.730	0	.043	-4.9	-0.5	.313	.167	.000

1984	30	TEX	AL	134	94	15	4.3	99	.216	.217	.267	.306	.330	.391	.403	.697	.733	90	.475	-1.6	-0.2	.670	.304	.174	.0
5 Yrs				477	346	43	3.3	99	.231	.224	.267	.292	.331	.334	.401	.627	.732	72	.358	-16.2	-1.6	.551	.205	.110	.0
162 Game Avg.				381	276	34	3.3	99	.231	.224	.267	.292	.331	.334	.401	.627	.732	72	.358	-16.2	-1.6	.551	.205	.110

CHW (4 yrs)				343	252	28	3.0	99	.236	.227	.267	.287	.331	.313	.400	.599	.731	65	.311	-14.7	-1.4	.506	.168	.086	.0
TEX (1 yr)				134	94	15	4.3	99	.216	.217	.267	.306	.330	.391	.403	.697	.733	90	.475	-1.6	-0.2	.670	.304	.174	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	24	CHW	AL	38	0.0%	15.8%	10.5%	0.0%	0%	1.50	5.7		5.7	0.70	74%
1979	25	CHW	AL	110	1.8%	4.6%	6.4%	4.6%	21%	0.71	19.4	48.5	9.7	0.88	84%
1980	26	CHW	AL	153	2.6%	14.4%	5.9%	5.9%	31%	2.44	6.2	34.3	9.1	0.86	75%

1982	28	CHW	AL	42	0.0%	9.5%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.67	9.0		36.0	0.56	76%

1984	30	TEX	AL	134	4.5%	17.9%	11.2%	6.0%	32%	1.60	4.8	19.2	6.1	0.71	66%
5 Yrs				477	2.5%	12.8%	8.6%	4.6%	23%	1.49	6.9	34.9	8.2	0.78	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.56	6.9	45.0	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	24	CHW	AL	1.0	0.1	39	0.5	1.1	-0.6	1.26	0.2	0.1	2.1	0.2	1.04	2.1	1.03	2
1979	25	CHW	AL	-4.0	-0.4	110	-1.1	1.2	-2.4	1.01	-0.6	-0.5	-9.0	-0.9	1.00	-7.4	1.40	2
1980	26	CHW	AL	-6.9	-0.7	153	-0.4	2.6	-3.0	1.04	-0.4	0.0	-8.0	-0.8	0.90	-6.7	2.51	8

1982	28	CHW	AL	-4.9	-0.5	42	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	1.03	-0.3	0.1	-4.5	-0.4	0.96	-4.5	1.35	11

1984	30	TEX	AL	-1.6	-0.2	134	0.2	3.4	-3.2	1.39	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.98	-0.0	2.37	28
5 Yrs				-16.4	-1.6	478	-1.0	9.0	-10.1	1.15	-1.0	0.1	-19.2	-1.9	0.96	-16.6	2.08	51

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	24	CHW	AL	0	0	19%	30	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	4	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1979	25	CHW	AL	1	0	14%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
1980	26	CHW	AL	1	0	28%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43%	3	2	1	0	0	0	4	2	2

1982	28	CHW	AL	0	0	10%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1984	30	TEX	AL	0	0	20%	38	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	36%	9	7	2	0	0	0	2	0	2
5 Yrs				2	0	20%	152	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	20%	24	21	3	2	2	0	9	4	4

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	24	CHW	AL	38	95%	12			2	0	0	0	1.03	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	5	2	40%	24	6	25%	3	3	100%	3	1	33%	0
1979	25	CHW	AL	110	89%	24			2	1	0	0	1.40	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	5	4	80%	28	4	14%	15	7	47%	87	8	9%	7	3	43%	5	4	80%	0
1980	26	CHW	AL	153	88%	29			8	3	1	1	2.51	4	0	4	3	1	1	3	0	1	1	100%	22	0	0%	12	7	58%	84	11	13%	6	6	100%	5	0	0%	0

1982	28	CHW	AL	42	88%	4			11	1	0	1	1.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	1	20%	27	2	7%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1984	30	TEX	AL	134	89%	25			28	7	0	5	2.37	6	0	8	6	0	4	2	0	0	0		27	1	4%	11	6	55%	98	14	14%	10	6	60%	6	4	67%	0
5 Yrs				477	89%	94			51	12	1	7	2.08	12	0	16	11	1	6	6	0	6	5	83%	90	6	7%	48	23	48%	320	41	13%	28	18	64%	21	10	48%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			36%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	24	11	38	34	3	12	0	0	6	1	4	6	.353	.421	.353	.774	120	12	1	0	0	0	0
1979	25	45	148	131	9	36	3	2	16	1	11	11	.275	.326	.344	.670	83	45	5	0	4	2	1
1980	26	113	301	268	23	65	8	6	31	1	20	33	.243	.294	.340	.633	74	91	5	2	5	6	4
1981	27	113	301	268	23	65	8	6	31	1	20	33	.243	.294	.340	.633	74	91	5	2	5	6	4
1982	28	140	343	304	24	69	8	6	32	1	26	37	.227	.287	.313	.599	65	95	5	2	5	6	5
1983	29	140	343	304	24	69	8	6	32	1	26	37	.227	.287	.313	.599	65	95	5	2	5	6	5
1984	30	203	477	419	37	94	10	12	51	1	41	61	.224	.292	.334	.627	72	140	6	3	5	9	6

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	24	11	39	35	4	13	0	0	0	7	0	4	6	.371	.436	.371	.807	6	11
1979	25	34	110	97	6	24	3	0	2	10	0	7	5	.247	.292	.340	.633	10	34
1980	26	68	154	138	15	30	5	0	4	16	0	9	22	.217	.268	.341	.609	13	68

1982	28	27	42	36	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	6	4	.111	.238	.111	.349	1	27

1984	30	63	134	115	13	25	2	0	6	19	0	15	24	.217	.306	.391	.697	14	63
5 Yrs		203	479	421	39	96	10	0	12	53	0	41	61	.228	.295	.337	.633	44	203
162 Game Avg.		162	382	336	31	77	8	0	10	42	0	33	49	.228	.295	.337	.633	35	203

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