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Steve Foucault

Steven Raymond Foucault

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 3, 1949 in Duluth, MN
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 43rd round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1973
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Tigers/Royals 1973-1978

Final Game: August 29, 1978
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1973 23 TEX AL 2 4 .333 3.88 32 0 23 0 0 8 55.2 54 26 24 6 31 4 28 3 0 1 244 96 1.527 8.7 1.0 5.0 4.5 0.90
1974 24 TEX AL 8 9 .471 2.24 69 0 53 0 0 12 144.1 123 51 36 8 40 5 106 5 0 3 584 159 1.129 7.7 0.5 2.5 6.6 2.65
1975 25 TEX AL 8 4 .667 4.12 59 0 40 0 0 10 107.0 96 57 49 10 55 15 56 4 0 2 463 91 1.411 8.1 0.8 4.6 4.7 1.02
1976 26 TEX AL 8 8 .500 3.33 46 0 31 0 0 5 75.2 68 31 28 9 25 7 41 4 0 1 317 108 1.229 8.1 1.1 3.0 4.9 1.64
1977 27 DET AL 7 7 .500 3.15 44 0 34 0 0 13 74.1 64 29 26 7 17 4 58 0 0 2 303 137 1.090 7.7 0.8 2.1 7.0 3.41
1978 28 TOT AL 2 4 .333 3.18 27 0 17 0 0 4 39.2 53 19 14 1 22 5 18 1 1 1 190 124 1.891 12.0 0.2 5.0 4.1 0.82
1978 28 DET AL 2 4 .333 3.13 24 0 15 0 0 4 37.1 48 18 13 1 21 4 18 1 1 1 177 124 1.848 11.6 0.2 5.1 4.3 0.86
1978 28 KCR AL 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 116 2.571 19.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
6 Yrs 35 36 .493 3.21 277 0 198 0 0 52 496.2 458 213 177 41 190 40 307 17 1 10 2101 118 1.305 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.6 1.62
162 Game Avg. 9 9 .493 3.21 68 0 49 0 0 13 122 112 52 43 10 47 10 75 4 0 2 516 118 1.305 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.6 1.62
TEX (4 yrs) 26 25 .510 3.22 206 0 147 0 0 35 382.2 341 165 137 33 151 31 231 16 0 7 1608 113 1.286 8.0 0.8 3.6 5.4 1.53
DET (2 yrs) 9 11 .450 3.14 68 0 49 0 0 17 111.2 112 47 39 8 38 8 76 1 1 3 480 132 1.343 9.0 0.6 3.1 6.1 2.00
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 3 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 116 2.571 19.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00

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 Awards
1973 23 TEX AL 55.2 32 0 26 4.20 4.39 -0.51 -0.36 97.2 4.41 1 0.1 1.7 -0.1 0.5 7 .503 .501 $
1974 24 TEX AL 144.1 69 0 51 3.18 4.09 -0.17 -0.34 97.8 3.83 11 1.2 1.8 0.2 2.6 25 .517 .507 $
1975 25 TEX AL 107.0 59 0 57 4.79 4.30 -0.08 -0.36 99.1 3.99 -10 -1.0 2.1 -0.7 -0.8 2 .483 .494 $
1976 26 TEX AL 75.2 46 0 31 3.69 4.07 -0.01 -0.34 101.8 3.82 1 0.1 2.1 -0.1 0.8 8 .503 .501 $
1977 27 DET AL 74.1 44 0 29 3.51 4.58 -0.08 -0.37 103.3 4.44 8 0.8 2.2 0.3 1.8 16 .518 .505 $
1978 28 DET AL 37.1 24 0 18 4.34 4.28 0.13 -0.35 103.3 3.92 -2 -0.2 1.7 -0.1 0.0 2 .493 .499 $
1978 28 KCR AL 2.1 3 0 1 3.86 4.21 0.52 -0.34 99.5 3.32 -0 -0.0 .4 0.0 0.0 0 .495 .500 $
6 Seasons 496.2 277 0 213 3.86 4.25 -0.12 -0.35 99.9 4.02 9 1.0 1.9 -0.6 4.9 60 .504 .501 $
TEX (4 yrs) 382.2 206 0 165 3.88 4.19 -0.16 -0.35 98.9 3.96 3 0.4 1.9 -0.8 3.1 42 .502 .501 $
DET (2 yrs) 111.2 68 0 47 3.79 4.48 -0.01 -0.36 103.3 4.26 6 0.6 2.0 0.2 1.8 18 .509 .502 $
KCR (1 yr) 2.1 3 0 1 3.86 4.21 0.52 -0.34 99.5 3.32 -0 -0.0 .4 0.0 0.0 0 .495 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1973 23 TEX AL 32 244 206 26 54 4 1 6 6 4 31 28 .262 .364 .379 .742 .276 78 10 3 2 2 4 5
1974 24 TEX AL 69 584 524 51 123 22 3 8 7 6 40 106 .235 .292 .334 .626 .276 175 15 5 7 7 5 11
1975 25 TEX AL 59 463 385 57 96 16 4 10 8 5 55 56 .249 .344 .390 .733 .264 150 9 4 12 7 15 5
1976 26 TEX AL 46 317 273 31 68 9 3 9 7 3 25 41 .249 .318 .403 .721 .261 110 6 4 12 3 7 7
1977 27 DET AL 44 303 283 29 64 10 0 7 8 0 17 58 .226 .270 .336 .606 .261 95 5 0 3 0 4 4
1978 28 TOT AL 27 190 160 19 53 7 2 1 7 0 22 18 .331 .409 .419 .827 .361 67 2 1 4 3 5 4
1978 28 DET AL 24 177 148 18 48 7 2 1 6 0 21 18 .324 .405 .419 .824 .356 62 2 1 4 3 4 4
1978 28 KCR AL 3 13 12 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .417 .462 .417 .878 .417 5 0 0 0 0 1 0
6 Yrs 277 2101 1831 213 458 68 13 41 43 18 190 307 .250 .323 .369 .691 .277 675 47 17 40 22 40 36
162 Game Avg. 68 516 449 52 112 17 3 10 11 4 47 75 .250 .323 .369 .691 .277 166 12 4 10 5 10 9
MLB Averages .258 .325 .377 .702 .282

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 23 TEX AL -0.5 -0.1 256 0.1 6.9 -6.9 1.70 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.70 -2.2 15 6 8
1974 24 TEX AL 17.0 1.8 606 1.4 15.9 -14.6 1.55 1.2 -0.3 12.1 1.3 1.55 10.6 31 21 16
1975 25 TEX AL -4.8 -0.5 484 1.6 13.5 -11.9 1.69 0.1 0.9 -9.1 -0.9 1.69 -6.3 32 8 18
1976 26 TEX AL 2.6 0.3 330 0.2 9.0 -8.8 1.71 -0.2 0.3 -2.9 -0.3 1.71 -3.9 27 8 11
1977 27 DET AL 9.1 0.9 313 1.5 8.3 -6.8 1.47 1.0 -0.0 14.4 1.4 1.47 13.9 30 7 6
1978 28 TOT AL 2.0 0.2 200 -1.0 3.4 -4.4 1.25 -0.7 -0.1 -6.5 -0.6 1.25 -5.3 12 5 10
1978 28 DET AL 1.8 0.2 186 -0.9 3.4 -4.3 1.33 -0.5 -0.2 -4.0 -0.4 1.33 -3.6 12 5 7
1978 28 KCR AL 0.2 0.0 14 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .21 -0.2 -0.2 -2.4 -0.2 0.21 -1.8 0 0 3
6 Yrs 25.4 2.7 2189 3.7 57.0 -53.3 1.58 1.3 1.0 8.0 0.8 1.58 6.9 147 55 69

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1973 23 TEX AL 32 32 23 2 4 14 8 6 57% 14 0 29 7 24% 8 1.697 15 6 8 14 4 14 19 13 21 2 23 6 5.2
1974 24 TEX AL 69 69 53 8 9 20 12 8 60% 26 6 93 32 34% 8 1.551 31 21 16 33 9 27 57 12 48 13 48 26 6.3
1975 25 TEX AL 59 59 40 8 4 19 10 9 53% 20 0 83 34 41% 8 1.688 32 8 18 22 12 25 47 12 33 17 37 16 5.4
1976 26 TEX AL 46 46 31 8 8 10 5 5 50% 15 4 62 22 35% 7 1.711 27 8 11 16 15 15 35 11 26 19 29 7 4.9
1977 27 DET AL 44 44 34 7 7 18 13 5 72% 21 3 53 11 21% 8 1.469 30 7 6 24 10 10 32 12 26 11 27 6 5.1
1978 28 TOT AL 27 27 17 2 4 4 4 0 100% 5 0 30 16 53% 1.250 12 5 10 5 9 13 16 11 15 10 15 1 4.4
1978 28 DET AL 24 24 15 2 4 4 4 0 100% 5 0 25 12 48% 8 1.326 12 5 7 5 9 10 13 11 14 8 14 1 4.7
1978 28 KCR AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 .210 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 2.3
6 Yrs 277 277 198 35 36 85 52 33 61% 101 13 350 122 35% 1.583 147 55 69 114 59 104 206 71 169 72 179 62 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1973 23 TEX AL 244 62% 2.5% 11.5% 12.7% 4.5% 20% 1.18 71% 69 10 14%
1974 24 TEX AL 584 57% 1.4% 18.2% 6.9% 5.7% 27% 1.16 71% 134 15 11%
1975 25 TEX AL 463 62% 2.2% 12.1% 11.9% 6.5% 31% 1.27 70% 105 9 9%
1976 26 TEX AL 317 61% 2.8% 12.9% 7.9% 6.6% 31% 0.96 71% 70 6 9%
1977 27 DET AL 303 49% 2.3% 19.1% 5.6% 5.6% 27% 0.96 72% 59 5 8%
1978 28 TOT AL 190 63% 0.5% 9.5% 11.6% 5.3% 19% 1.00 76% 44 2 5%
1978 28 DET AL 177 62% 0.6% 10.2% 11.9% 5.7% 21% 1.02 75% 42 2 5%
1978 28 KCR AL 13 77% 0.0% 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 0.75 92% 2 0 0%
6 Yrs 2101 59% 2.0% 14.6% 9.0% 5.8% 27% 1.11 72% 481 47 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1973 23 TEX AL 244 54 6 0 10 4 2 4 2 14 6 1 43% 5 1 1 120 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1974 24 TEX AL 584 123 8 0 19 7 1 1 7 40 19 6 48% 11 3 1 273 7 6 54% 7 5 0 0 0 1 2 1 13 0
1975 25 TEX AL 463 96 10 0 20 7 3 6 4 34 16 0 47% 5 2 3 211 8 5 62% 7 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 17 0
1976 26 TEX AL 317 68 9 1 14 6 3 4 5 21 10 4 48% 7 1 0 137 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 3 1 4 0
1977 27 DET AL 303 64 7 0 10 3 4 4 3 16 8 4 50% 4 2 0 124 8 0 100% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1978 28 TOT AL 190 53 1 0 14 1 0 1 0 22 12 1 55% 4 1 0 86 7 0 100% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1978 28 DET AL 177 48 1 0 13 1 0 1 0 20 11 1 55% 4 1 0 78 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1978 28 KCR AL 13 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 8 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2101 458 41 1 87 28 13 20 21 147 71 16 48% 36 10 5 951 43 18 70% 41 14 2 1 0 3 6 2 52 0
MLB Averages 51% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1973 23 2 4 .333 3.88 32 0 23 0 0 8 55.2 54 26 24 6 31 4 28 3 0 1 244 96 1.527 8.7 1.0 5.0 4.5 0.90 96
1974 24 10 13 .435 2.70 101 0 76 0 0 20 200.0 177 77 60 14 71 9 134 8 0 4 828 134 1.240 8.0 0.6 3.2 6.0 1.89 134
1975 25 18 17 .514 3.20 160 0 116 0 0 30 307.0 273 134 109 24 126 24 190 12 0 6 1291 115 1.300 8.0 0.7 3.7 5.6 1.51 115
1976 26 26 25 .510 3.22 206 0 147 0 0 35 382.2 341 165 137 33 151 31 231 16 0 7 1608 113 1.286 8.0 0.8 3.6 5.4 1.53 113
1977 27 33 32 .508 3.21 250 0 181 0 0 48 457.0 405 194 163 40 168 35 289 16 0 9 1911 117 1.254 8.0 0.8 3.3 5.7 1.72 117
1978 28 35 36 .493 3.21 277 0 198 0 0 52 496.2 458 213 177 41 190 40 307 17 1 10 2101 118 1.305 8.3 0.7 3.4 5.6 1.62 118

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1973 23 2 3 .400 4.86 50.0 57 30 27 6 33 25 3 1.800 10.3 5.9 4.5 0.76 1.1 32
1974 24 9 5 .643 2.82 134.0 133 47 42 9 43 99 5 1.313 8.9 2.9 6.6 2.30 0.6 69
1975 25 4 7 .364 4.90 101.0 102 61 55 11 58 53 4 1.584 9.1 5.2 4.7 0.91 1.0 59
1976 26 3 4 .429 4.18 71.0 74 37 33 10 27 39 4 1.423 9.4 3.4 4.9 1.44 1.3 46
1977 27 5 3 .625 3.04 74.0 63 28 25 7 17 58 0 1.081 7.7 2.1 7.1 3.41 0.9 44
1978 28 2 2 .500 3.65 37.0 55 17 15 1 23 17 1 2.108 13.4 5.6 4.1 0.74 0.2 27
6 Yrs 25 24 .510 3.80 467.0 484 220 197 44 201 291 17 1.467 9.3 5.6 1.45 0.8 277

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1974 AL  69 (3rd)
1975 AL  59 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1974 AL  12 (8th)
1975 AL  10 (10th)
1977 AL  13 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1974 AL  53 (5th)
1975 AL  40 (5th)
1976 AL  31 (9th)
Career  198 (237th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1423), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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