Marv Foley
Marvis Edwin Foley
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 29, 1953 in Stanford, KY
School: University of Kentucky
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 17th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1978
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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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 Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1978 CHW AL 24 C 10 9 79.0 48 41 4 3 0 .938 -3.0 -45.6 -3 5.13 4.50 .983 5.53 4.86 0 4 13 3 19%
1979 CHW AL 25 C 33 29 252.0 140 128 11 1 1 .993 0.0 0.0 0 4.96 4.21 .982 5.46 4.69 2 6 25 10 29%
1980 CHW AL 26 C 64 40 351.0 235 216 17 2 3 .991 -2.0 -6.8 -2 5.97 3.64 .986 5.48 4.60 6 12 34 17 33%
1980 CHW AL 26 1B 3 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.20 1.33 1.000 10.08 8.40
1982 CHW AL 28 C 15 7 70.1 50 45 4 1 0 .980 1.0 17.1 1 6.27 3.27 .988 5.68 4.90 0 1 6 5 45%
1982 CHW AL 28 3B 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 -240.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1982 CHW AL 28 1B 1 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 18.00 2.00 1.000 9.90 8.50
1982 CHW AL 28 DH 1
1984 TEX AL 30 C 36 22 208.2 162 147 13 2 3 .988 -6.0 -34.5 -6 6.90 4.44 .987 5.96 5.05 3 8 29 5 15%
1984 TEX AL 30 DH 4
1984 TEX AL 30 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.20
1984 TEX AL 30 3B 1 1 7.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 2.57 2.00 .950 2.70 2.20
5 Seasons C 158 107 961.0 635 577 49 9 7 .986 -10.0 -12.5 -10 5.86 3.96 .985 5.60 4.77 11 31 107 40 27%
3 Seasons 1B 5 0 7.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.71 1.20 1.000 10.03 8.38
2 Seasons DH 5
2 Seasons 3B 3 1 9.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -80.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 2.00 0.67 .950 2.80 2.47
5 Seasons TOT 166 108 977.0 643 584 50 9 7 .986 -10.6 -13.0 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 -10 5.84 3.82 .971 5.60 4.83 11 31 107 40 27%

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
1978 CHW AL 24 11 9 11 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1979 CHW AL 25 34 29 34 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1980 CHW AL 26 68 40 68 66 0 64 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1982 CHW AL 28 27 7 27 18 0 15 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1984 TEX AL 30 63 26 63 37 0 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 31 0
5 Seasons 203 111 203 164 0 158 5 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 57 0
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%
1978 CHW AL 24 352 4.10 4.44 7 100% 1 0 41 5 0 2 34 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1979 CHW AL 25 1114 3.71 4.39 14 100% 0 0 129 9 3 4 113 10 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 100%
1980 CHW AL 26 1558 3.56 4.31 22 95% 0 0 215 13 1 9 191 17 5 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 5 100%
1982 CHW AL 28 319 4.48 5.50 4 100% 0 0 44 4 2 0 38 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 30 956 4.49 5.26 8 100% 0 0 152 5 0 3 144 11 2 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
5 Seasons 4299 3.91 4.64 55 98% 1 0 581 36 6 18 520 46 12 0 1 4 9 1 3 5 0 9 0 1 1 13 100%
MLB Averages 3.81 4.28 96% 91%

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
1978 CHW AL 24 0 4 105 13 3 3 19% 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 20 4 1.52 1.09
1979 CHW AL 25 1 6 411 25 10 3 29% 22 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 37 9 1.05 1.12
1980 CHW AL 26 6 12 563 34 17 11 33% 30 10 4 5 0 2 0 0 66 17 1.49 1.16
1982 CHW AL 28 0 1 112 6 5 3 45% 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 0.63 1.88
1984 TEX AL 30 3 8 353 29 5 5 15% 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 45 7 1.10 1.60
5 Seasons 10 31 1544 107 40 25 27% 94 31 13 6 0 3 1 0 180 42 1.24 1.29
MLB Averages 34% 1.30 1.28

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1980 CHW AL 26 19 84% 74% 26% 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CHW AL 28 3 67% 100% 67% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 30 5 60% 60% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 27 78% 74% 26% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 94% 89%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1982 CHW AL 28 11 91% 91% 36% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 30 44 39% 70% 20% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 55 49% 75% 24% 1 100% 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 57% 79% 26% 89% 71%

* 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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