Joe Foy
Joseph Anthony Foy
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 21, 1943 in New York, NY
High School: Childs (Bronx, NY)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1966
Final Game: May 27, 1971
Died: October 12, 1989 in Bronx, NY
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Standard Batting

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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
1966 23 BOS AL 151 658 554 97 145 23 8 15 63 2 5 91 80 .262 .364 .413 .778 114 229 14 2 5 6 2 *56
1967 24 BOS AL 130 499 446 70 112 22 4 16 49 8 6 46 87 .251 .325 .426 .751 113 190 14 3 4 0 1 *5/9
1968 25 BOS AL 150 614 515 65 116 18 2 10 60 26 8 84 91 .225 .336 .326 .662 96 168 9 4 7 4 5 *5/7
1969 26 KCR AL 145 609 519 72 136 19 2 11 71 37 15 74 75 .262 .354 .370 .724 103 192 12 5 2 9 4 *538/6479
1970 27 NYM NL 99 399 322 39 76 12 0 6 37 22 13 68 58 .236 .373 .329 .702 90 106 4 4 2 3 5 5
1971 28 WSA AL 41 158 128 12 30 8 0 0 11 4 1 27 14 .234 .363 .297 .660 94 38 4 0 1 2 0 5/46
6 Seasons 716 2937 2484 355 615 102 16 58 291 99 48 390 405 .248 .351 .372 .722 104 923 57 18 21 24 17
162 Game Avg. 162 665 562 80 139 23 4 13 66 22 11 88 92 .248 .351 .372 .722 104 209 13 4 5 5 4
BOS (3 yrs) 431 1771 1515 232 373 63 14 41 172 36 19 221 258 .246 .344 .387 .731 108 587 37 9 16 10 8
KCR (1 yr) 145 609 519 72 136 19 2 11 71 37 15 74 75 .262 .354 .370 .724 103 192 12 5 2 9 4
NYM (1 yr) 99 399 322 39 76 12 0 6 37 22 13 68 58 .236 .373 .329 .702 90 106 4 4 2 3 5
WSA (1 yr) 41 158 128 12 30 8 0 0 11 4 1 27 14 .234 .363 .297 .660 94 38 4 0 1 2 0
AL (5 yrs) 617 2538 2162 316 539 90 16 52 254 77 35 322 347 .249 .347 .378 .725 106 817 53 14 19 21 12
NL (1 yr) 99 399 322 39 76 12 0 6 37 22 13 68 58 .236 .373 .329 .702 90 106 4 4 2 3 5

Advanced Batting

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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
1966 23 BOS AL 658 439 86 5.3 98 .280 .262 .260 .364 .328 .413 .401 .778 .729 114 .634 13.6 1.4 .745 .310 .152 3.5
1967 24 BOS AL 499 358 59 4.4 91 .280 .251 .253 .325 .323 .426 .379 .751 .702 113 .580 6.9 0.8 .681 .283 .175 10.7
1968 25 BOS AL 614 427 64 4.0 86 .254 .225 .246 .336 .317 .326 .365 .662 .681 96 .563 0.4 0.0 .659 .299 .101 14.4
1969 26 KCR AL 609 421 73 4.7 95 .283 .262 .254 .354 .331 .370 .384 .724 .715 103 .547 5.4 0.6 .715 .293 .108 17.0
1970 27 NYM NL 399 268 45 4.5 103 .268 .236 .267 .373 .340 .329 .408 .702 .748 90 .486 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .332 .093 9.4
1971 28 WSA AL 158 106 16 4.0 87 .259 .234 .248 .363 .319 .297 .368 .660 .687 94 .503 1.2 0.1 .660 .297 .063 .0
6 Seasons 2937 2019 343 4.6 94 .272 .248 .255 .351 .327 .372 .385 .722 .712 104 .565 26.9 2.8 .700 .302 .124 73.1
162 Game Avg. 665 457 78 4.6 94 .272 .248 .255 .351 .327 .372 .385 .722 .712 104 .565 6 1 .700 .302 .124 17
BOS (3 yrs) 1771 1224 209 4.6 92 .271 .246 .253 .344 .323 .387 .382 .731 .705 108 .596 20.9 2.2 .696 .298 .141 38.3
KCR (1 yr) 609 421 73 4.7 95 .283 .262 .254 .354 .331 .370 .384 .724 .715 103 .547 5.4 0.6 .715 .293 .108 17.0
NYM (1 yr) 399 268 45 4.5 103 .268 .236 .267 .373 .340 .329 .408 .702 .748 90 .487 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .332 .093 9.4
WSA (1 yr) 158 106 16 4.1 87 .259 .234 .248 .363 .319 .297 .368 .660 .687 94 .504 1.2 0.1 .660 .297 .063 .0
AL (5 yrs) 2538 1751 298 4.6 92 .273 .249 .253 .347 .325 .378 .382 .725 .706 106 .578 27.5 2.9 .698 .297 .129 62.1
NL (1 yr) 399 268 45 4.5 103 .268 .236 .267 .373 .340 .329 .408 .702 .748 90 .487 -0.6 -0.1 .711 .332 .093 9.4

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1967 24 BOS AL WS STL L 6 17 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .200 .388 3 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 6 17 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .133 .188 .200 .388 3 0 0 1 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1966 23 BOS AL 658 2.3% 12.2% 13.8% 7.0% 32% 0.88 6.9 36.9 8.8 1.22 71%
1967 24 BOS AL 499 3.2% 17.4% 9.2% 8.4% 38% 1.89 5.1 27.9 9.1 1.13 69%
1968 25 BOS AL 614 1.6% 14.8% 13.7% 4.9% 26% 1.08 5.7 51.5 8.6 0.99 68%
1969 26 KCR AL 609 1.8% 12.3% 12.2% 5.3% 24% 1.01 6.9 47.2 7.3 0.86 73%
1970 27 NYM NL 399 1.5% 14.5% 17.0% 4.5% 24% 0.85 5.6 53.7 8.7 0.87 65%
1971 28 WSA AL 158 0.0% 8.9% 17.1% 5.1% 27% 0.52 9.1 11.6 1.12 73%
6 Seasons 2937 2.0% 13.8% 13.3% 6.0% 29% 1.04 6.1 42.8 8.5 1.02 70%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1966 23 BOS AL 8 0 37% 272 2 5 29% 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 0 12 23 69% 41 16 24 8 3 5 18 1 17
1967 24 BOS AL 4 0 37% 169 8 6 57% 7 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 7 14 62% 20 7 12 5 3 2 14 3 10
1968 25 BOS AL 6 0 28% 190 26 8 76% 17 4 8 3 1 1 2 0 8 23 68% 31 9 22 5 4 1 17 3 13
1969 26 KCR AL 5 0 30% 198 37 15 71% 32 15 5 2 0 0 2 0 14 20 55% 25 13 12 3 1 2 19 5 12
1970 27 NYM NL 7 0 23% 140 22 13 63% 16 10 5 2 1 1 4 1 6 9 58% 22 9 12 7 3 4 4 1 3
1971 28 WSA AL 2 0 21% 60 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 50% 10 6 4 1 0 1 5 2 3
6 Seasons 32 0 31% 1029 99 48 67% 78 38 19 8 2 4 12 1 48 92 62% 149 60 86 29 14 15 77 15 58
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1966 23 BOS AL 658 22% 145 1 0 0 0 0.76 15 1 18 12 3 10 5 1 5 5 100% 116 14 12% 69 24 35% 362 49 14% 30 13 43% 28 11 39% 0
1967 24 BOS AL 499 21% 112 15 3 1 1 1.08 16 2 8 12 4 9 7 0 5 4 80% 88 14 16% 45 8 18% 256 38 15% 13 4 31% 28 7 25% 0
1968 25 BOS AL 614 24% 116 1 0 0 0 2.87 10 2 16 7 3 7 3 0 7 7 100% 106 9 8% 60 19 32% 345 52 15% 23 13 57% 35 11 31% 0
1969 26 KCR AL 609 27% 136 1 0 0 1 0.78 11 0 7 9 2 5 6 0 2 2 100% 105 12 11% 46 17 37% 367 65 18% 33 17 52% 38 18 47% 0
1970 27 NYM NL 399 38% 76 2 0 0 1 3.13 6 0 10 5 1 2 4 0 2 2 100% 65 4 6% 37 14 38% 256 35 14% 30 13 43% 30 7 23% 0
1971 28 WSA AL 158 38% 30 4 0 0 0 1.43 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 41 4 10% 15 4 27% 131 11 8% 8 4 50% 8 2 25% 0
6 Seasons 2937 26% 615 24 3 1 3 1.36 58 5 65 45 13 33 25 1 22 21 95% 521 57 11% 272 86 32% 1717 250 15% 137 64 47% 167 56 34% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 23 151 658 554 97 145 23 8 15 63 2 5 91 80 .262 .364 .413 .778 114 229 14 2 5 6 2
1967 24 281 1157 1000 167 257 45 12 31 112 10 11 137 167 .257 .348 .419 .767 114 419 28 5 9 6 3
1968 25 431 1771 1515 232 373 63 14 41 172 36 19 221 258 .246 .344 .387 .731 108 587 37 9 16 10 8
1969 26 576 2380 2034 304 509 82 16 52 243 73 34 295 333 .250 .346 .383 .729 107 779 49 14 18 19 12
1970 27 675 2779 2356 343 585 94 16 58 280 95 47 363 391 .248 .350 .376 .726 104 885 53 18 20 22 17
1971 28 716 2937 2484 355 615 102 16 58 291 99 48 390 405 .248 .351 .372 .722 104 923 57 18 21 24 17

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1966 23 152 664 562 99 150 24 8 16 65 2 94 80 .267 .370 .423 .794 89 151
1967 24 130 501 450 77 116 23 4 17 54 8 48 87 .258 .333 .440 .773 65 130
1968 25 150 649 539 78 140 22 2 12 72 31 101 91 .260 .379 .375 .754 76 150
1969 26 145 627 532 78 149 21 2 12 77 41 81 75 .280 .375 .395 .770 79 145
1970 27 99 408 328 38 82 13 0 6 36 24 73 58 .250 .390 .345 .734 44 99
1971 28 41 171 136 14 37 10 0 0 13 5 33 14 .272 .409 .346 .755 19 41
6 Seasons 717 3020 2547 384 674 113 16 63 317 111 430 405 .265 .372 .396 .768 372 716
162 Game Avg. 162 682 575 87 152 26 4 14 72 25 97 92 .265 .372 .396 .768 84 716

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1966 AL--.364--8th

Runs Scored s c a p y
1966 AL--97--5th

Triples s c a p y
1966 AL--8--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1966 AL--91--2nd
1968 AL--84--3rd

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1968 AL--26--5th
1969 AL--37--5th

Times On Base s c a p y
1966 AL--238--4th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1966 AL--6--8th
1969 AL--9--3rd

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1968 AL--8--10th
1969 AL--15--3rd
1970 NL--13--5th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1967 AL--10.7--10th
1968 AL--14.4--6th
1969 AL--17.0--6th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1142), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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