Bill Foxen

William Aloysius Foxen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 31, 1879 in Tenafly, NJ
School: Saint Peter's College (Jersey City, NJ) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 5, 1908
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs 1908-1911

Final Game: May 5, 1911
Died: April 17, 1937 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Tenafly, NJ
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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	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1903	24	BKT	B					34																								BKT · NENL
1904	25	HFD	D					39																								HFD · CTST
1906	27	JER	A	18	12	.600		33						261.0	210	106			93							1.161	7.2		3.2			JER · EL
1907	28	JER	A	8	18	.308		33						237.0	176	94			88							1.114	6.7		3.3			JER · EL
1908	29	PHI	NL	7	7	.500	1.95	22	16	5	10	2	0	147.1	126	45	32	2	53	52	8	1	8	586	123	1.215	7.7	0.1	3.2	3.2	0.98
1909	30	PHI	NL	3	7	.300	3.35	18	7	9	5	1	0	83.1	65	40	31	0	32	37	4	0	7	333	78	1.164	7.0	0.0	3.5	4.0	1.16
1910	31	TOT	NL	5	5	.500	2.94	18	9	8	5	0	0	82.2	80	35	27	2	43	35	3	2	3	338	106	1.488	8.7	0.2	4.7	3.8	0.81
1910	31	PHI	NL	5	5	.500	2.55	16	9	6	5	0	0	77.2	73	30	22	2	40	33	3	1	2	315	122	1.455	8.5	0.2	4.6	3.8	0.83
1910	31	CHC	NL	0	0		9.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	7	5	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	23	35	2.000	12.6	0.0	5.4	3.6	0.67
1911	32	NOR,BIR,ATA	A	14	14	.500		33																								NOR,BIR,ATA · SOUA
1911	32	CHC	NL	1	1	.500	2.08	3	1	1	0	0	0	13.0	12	6	3	0	12	6	0	0	0	59	164	1.846	8.3	0.0	8.3	4.2	0.50
1912	33	BIR	A	19	9	.679		28																								BIR · SOUA
1913	34	BIR	A	15	14	.517		36						250.0	247	125			107							1.416	8.9		3.9			BIR · SOUA
1914	35	RMD	C	7	5	.583		18						154.0	132	51			49							1.175	7.7		2.9			RMD · VIRL
4 Yrs				16	20	.444	2.56	61	33	23	20	3	0	326.1	283	126	93	4	140	130	15	3	18	1316	104	1.296	7.8	0.1	3.9	3.6	0.93
162 Game Avg.				12	14	.444	2.56	44	24	17	14	2	0	236	205	91	67	3	101	94	11	2	13	952	104	1.296	7.8	0.1	3.9	3.6	0.93

PHI (3 yrs)				15	19	.441	2.48	56	32	20	20	3	0	308.1	264	115	85	4	125	122	15	2	17	1234	106	1.262	7.7	0.1	3.6	3.6	0.98
CHC (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	4.00	5	1	3	0	0	0	18.0	19	11	8	0	15	8	0	1	1	82	84	1.889	9.5	0.0	7.5	4.0	0.53

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
1908	29	PHI	NL	147.1	22	16	45	2.75	3.34	0.07	0.00	102.0	3.33	10	1.3	1.0	-0.1	2.4	20	.561	.508	$
1909	30	PHI	NL	83.1	18	7	40	4.32	3.70	0.09	0.00	100.0	3.61	-7	-0.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0	.454	.495	$
1910	31	PHI	NL	77.2	16	9	30	3.48	3.99	0.01	0.00	102.0	4.06	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.1	11	.535	.503	$
1910	31	CHC	NL	5.0	2	0	5	9.00	3.95	0.17	0.00	95.0	3.59	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.354	.498	$
1911	32	CHC	NL	13.0	3	1	6	4.15	4.36	0.24	0.00	97.0	4.00	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.497	.500	$
4 Seasons				326.1	61	33	126	3.47	3.64	0.07	0.00	101.2	3.61	5	0.8	1.0	-0.3	3.0	29	.513	.501	$

PHI (3 yrs)				308.1	56	32	115	3.36	3.60	0.06	0.00	101.5	3.59	8	1.1	1.0	-0.3	3.2	31	.519	.502	$
CHC (2 yrs)				18.0	5	1	11	5.50	4.25	0.22	0.00	96.4	3.88	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.439	.499	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1908	29	7	7	.500	1.95	22	16	5	10	2	147.1	126	45	32	2	53	52	8	1	8	586	123	1.215	7.7	0.1	3.2	3.2	0.98	123
1909	30	10	14	.417	2.46	40	23	14	15	3	230.2	191	85	63	2	85	89	12	1	15	919	101	1.197	7.5	0.1	3.3	3.5	1.05	101
1910	31	15	19	.441	2.59	58	32	22	20	3	313.1	271	120	90	4	128	124	15	3	18	1257	102	1.273	7.8	0.1	3.7	3.6	0.97	102
1911	32	16	20	.444	2.56	61	33	23	20	3	326.1	283	126	93	4	140	130	15	3	18	1316	104	1.296	7.8	0.1	3.9	3.6	0.93	104

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1908	29	9	5	.643	3.00	129.0	149	48	43	2	63	46	9	1.643	10.4	4.4	3.2	0.73	0.1	22
1909	30	3	5	.375	4.56	77.0	75	43	39	0	37	34	5	1.455	8.8	4.3	4.0	0.92	0.0	18
1910	31	4	4	.500	3.88	72.0	87	34	31	2	47	30	3	1.861	10.9	5.9	3.8	0.64	0.3	18
1911	32	1	0	1.000	2.25	12.0	12	3	3	0	12	6	0	2.000	9.0	9.0	4.5	0.50	0.0	3
4 Yrs		17	14	.548	3.60	290.0	323	128	116	4	159	116	17	1.662	10.0		3.6	0.73	0.1	61

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y 1908 NL 8 (2nd) 1909 NL 7 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1908 NL 8 (2nd)
1909 NL 7 (9th)

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Doc Watson (970) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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