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Paul Foytack

Paul Eugene Foytack

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 16, 1930 in Scranton, PA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1953 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Angels 1953-1964

Final Game: May 7, 1964 (Age 33)
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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
1953 22 DET AL 0 0 11.17 6 0 3 0 0 0 9.2 15 12 12 1 9 7 1 0 0 51 38 2.483 14.0 0.9 8.4 6.5 0.78
1955 24 DET AL 0 1 .000 5.26 22 1 7 0 0 0 49.2 48 29 29 4 36 3 38 0 0 4 227 74 1.691 8.7 0.7 6.5 6.9 1.06
1956 25 DET AL 15 13 .536 3.59 43 33 5 16 1 1 256.0 211 114 102 24 142 4 184 2 3 8 1098 116 1.379 7.4 0.8 5.0 6.5 1.30
1957 26 DET AL 14 11 .560 3.14 38 27 8 8 1 1 212.0 175 79 74 19 104 12 118 4 0 5 904 123 1.316 7.4 0.8 4.4 5.0 1.13
1958 27 DET AL 15 13 .536 3.44 39 33 4 16 2 1 230.0 198 98 88 23 77 1 135 3 0 2 944 117 1.196 7.7 0.9 3.0 5.3 1.75
1959 28 DET AL 14 14 .500 4.64 39 37 1 11 2 1 240.1 239 137 124 34 64 3 110 2 1 6 1000 87 1.261 9.0 1.3 2.4 4.1 1.72
1960 29 DET AL 2 11 .154 6.14 28 13 10 1 0 2 96.2 108 70 66 11 49 3 38 0 1 2 435 65 1.624 10.1 1.0 4.6 3.5 0.78
1961 30 DET AL 11 10 .524 3.93 32 20 4 6 0 0 169.2 152 81 74 27 56 0 89 2 0 1 702 105 1.226 8.1 1.4 3.0 4.7 1.59
1962 31 DET AL 10 7 .588 4.39 29 21 3 5 1 0 143.2 145 80 70 18 86 2 63 1 2 5 654 93 1.608 9.1 1.1 5.4 3.9 0.73
1963 32 TOT AL 5 6 .455 4.70 34 8 9 0 0 1 88.0 86 53 46 13 37 6 44 0 1 1 378 75 1.398 8.8 1.3 3.8 4.5 1.19
1963 32 DET AL 0 1 .000 8.66 9 0 2 0 0 1 17.2 18 18 17 4 8 0 7 0 0 0 78 44 1.472 9.2 2.0 4.1 3.6 0.88
1963 32 LAA AL 5 5 .500 3.71 25 8 7 0 0 0 70.1 68 35 29 9 29 6 37 0 1 1 300 93 1.379 8.7 1.2 3.7 4.7 1.28
1964 33 LAA AL 0 1 .000 15.43 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 13 26 2.571 15.4 7.7 7.7 3.9 0.50
11 Yrs 86 87 .497 4.14 312 193 55 63 7 7 1498.0 1381 757 689 176 662 35 827 15 8 34 6406 97 1.364 8.3 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.25
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .497 4.14 42 26 7 8 1 1 202 186 102 93 24 89 111 2 1 5 863 97 1.364 8.3 1.1 4.0 5.0 1.25
DET (10 yrs) 81 81 .500 4.14 285 185 47 63 7 7 1425.1 1309 718 656 165 631 28 789 15 7 33 6093 98 1.361 8.3 1.0 4.0 5.0 1.25
LAA (2 yrs) 5 6 .455 4.09 27 8 8 0 0 0 72.2 72 39 33 11 31 7 38 0 1 1 313 84 1.417 8.9 1.4 3.8 4.7 1.23

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
1953 22 DET AL 9.2 6 0 12 11.17 4.47 -0.67 0.00 101.3 5.20 -6 -0.6 .2 0.2 -0.3 -6 .398 .496
1955 24 DET AL 49.2 22 1 29 5.26 4.29 -0.01 0.00 104.4 4.48 -5 -0.5 .7 -0.1 -0.2 0 .478 .497
1956 25 DET AL 256.0 43 33 114 4.01 4.56 -0.05 0.00 100.4 4.63 16 1.6 1.0 -0.2 3.4 42 .538 .510
1957 26 DET AL 212.1 38 27 79 3.35 4.19 0.18 0.00 100.6 4.03 17 1.9 1.6 -0.0 3.5 34 .551 .512
1958 27 DET AL 230.0 39 33 98 3.83 4.19 0.15 0.00 108.5 4.39 14 1.6 1.8 -0.1 3.2 34 .542 .510
1959 28 DET AL 240.1 39 37 137 5.13 4.43 0.08 0.00 104.2 4.53 -14 -1.4 1.1 -0.1 0.2 5 .463 .491
1960 29 DET AL 96.2 28 13 70 6.52 4.57 0.05 0.00 102.7 4.64 -19 -1.9 1.0 -0.1 -1.3 -12 .431 .488
1961 30 DET AL 169.2 32 20 81 4.30 4.43 0.36 0.02 102.4 4.19 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.0 14 .497 .499
1962 31 DET AL 143.2 29 21 80 5.01 4.50 -0.10 0.05 102.6 4.77 -2 -0.2 .5 -0.1 0.8 10 .493 .499
1963 32 DET AL 17.2 9 0 18 9.17 4.06 0.24 -0.17 105.2 3.84 -10 -1.0 .5 0.2 -0.7 -9 .386 .494
1963 32 LAA AL 70.1 25 8 35 4.48 4.11 0.14 -0.03 92.7 3.65 -6 -0.6 1.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0 .475 .496
1964 33 LAA AL 2.1 2 0 4 15.43 4.42 0.37 -0.18 93.1 3.60 -3 -0.3 1.1 -0.0 -0.3 -3 .353 .498
11 Seasons 1498.1 312 193 757 4.55 4.37 0.09 0.00 102.7 4.40 -19 -1.5 1.0 -0.5 9.1 109 .495 .499
DET (10 yrs) 1425.2 285 185 718 4.53 4.39 0.09 0.00 103.2 4.44 -10 -0.6 .9 -0.3 9.6 113 .498 .500
LAA (2 yrs) 72.2 27 8 39 4.83 4.12 0.15 -0.04 92.7 3.65 -9 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 -0.5 -3 .466 .497

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
1953 22 DET AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 24 DET AL 22 11 11 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182 -50 1 2 0 0 0 0 1
1956 25 DET AL 43 98 90 7 11 2 0 0 7 0 0 2 30 .122 .141 .144 .286 -24 13 2 0 6 0 0 1
1957 26 DET AL 38 79 63 4 14 0 0 0 5 0 1 4 17 .222 .269 .222 .491 34 14 1 0 12 0 0 1
1958 27 DET AL 39 88 75 5 18 2 0 0 9 1 0 6 20 .240 .296 .267 .563 52 20 1 0 7 0 0 1
1959 28 DET AL 39 93 81 6 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 5 20 .111 .172 .123 .296 -19 10 1 1 6 0 0 1
1960 29 DET AL 29 30 25 4 7 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 9 .280 .357 .320 .677 82 8 0 0 2 0 0 1
1961 30 DET AL 32 61 54 4 12 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 11 .222 .236 .296 .533 40 16 3 0 6 0 0 1
1962 31 DET AL 29 46 42 4 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 11 .143 .182 .143 .325 -12 6 1 0 2 0 0 1
1963 32 TOT AL 35 23 19 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .211 .286 .211 .496 45 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1963 32 DET AL 9 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -39 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 32 LAA AL 26 18 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .267 .313 .267 .579 69 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1964 33 LAA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
11 Yrs 314 530 461 34 82 7 0 1 35 1 1 25 126 .178 .222 .200 .421 14 92 11 1 43 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 273 238 18 42 4 0 1 18 1 1 13 65 .178 .222 .200 .421 14 47 6 1 22
DET (10 yrs) 286 512 446 34 78 7 0 1 35 1 1 24 122 .175 .219 .197 .416 12 88 11 1 41 0 0
LAA (2 yrs) 28 18 15 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .267 .313 .267 .579 69 4 0 0 2 0 0

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 Awards
1953 22 DET AL 6 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 /1
1955 24 DET AL 22 11 -2 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 1
1956 25 DET AL 43 98 -16 -0 0 0 11 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .489 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 1
1957 26 DET AL 38 79 -7 -0 -0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 1
1958 27 DET AL 39 88 -5 0 -0 0 10 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 7 1
1959 28 DET AL 39 93 -15 0 0 0 11 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -1 1
1960 29 DET AL 29 30 -1 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .510 .502 0.3 -0.0 4 1
1961 30 DET AL 32 61 -6 -1 -0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 1
1962 31 DET AL 29 46 -6 -0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 0 1
1963 32 DET AL 9 5 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 /1
1963 32 LAA AL 26 18 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 1
1964 33 LAA AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
11 Seasons 314 530 -59 -1 -1 0 59 -1 -0.2 14 13 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 -0.1 13
DET (10 yrs) 286 512 -58 -1 -1 0 57 -3 -0.4 14 11 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 -0.1 11
LAA (2 yrs) 28 18 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 -0.0 2

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1953 DET AL 22 P 6 0 0 9.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 0.17 .960 1.96 1.93 1 2 67% 51% 0
1955 DET AL 24 P 22 1 0 49.2 9 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.63 0.41 .956 1.99 1.97 1 2 67% 47% 1
1956 DET AL 25 P 43 33 16 256.0 47 11 33 3 5 .936 1.55 1.02 .950 1.92 1.91 7 8 53% 44% 2
1957 DET AL 26 P 38 27 8 212.0 37 3 30 4 1 .892 1.40 0.87 .963 1.99 2.00 4 6 60% 47% 2
1958 DET AL 27 P 39 33 16 230.0 37 12 25 0 3 1.000 1.45 0.95 .963 1.95 1.93 3 9 75% 47% 0
1959 DET AL 28 P 39 37 11 240.1 46 9 36 1 0 .978 1.69 1.15 .955 2.05 2.03 7 7 50% 40% 0
1960 DET AL 29 P 28 13 1 96.2 14 7 7 0 0 1.000 1.30 0.50 .967 1.96 1.95 2 2 50% 40% 0
1961 DET AL 30 P 32 20 6 169.2 21 8 13 0 2 1.000 1.11 0.66 .954 2.05 2.02 2 5 71% 36% 2
1962 DET AL 31 P 29 21 5 143.2 38 13 25 0 1 1.000 2.38 1.31 .958 2.08 2.07 6 1 14% 36% 2
1963 TOT AL 32 P 34 8 0 88.0 19 6 11 2 0 .895 1.74 0.50 .955 1.98 2.00 3 2 40% 33% 1
1963 DET AL 32 P 9 0 0 17.2 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.53 0.33 .953 1.99 2.00 1 0 0% 33% 0
1963 LAA AL 32 P 25 8 0 70.1 16 4 10 2 0 .875 1.79 0.56 .955 1.98 2.00 2 2 50% 33% 1
1964 LAA AL 33 P 2 0 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.93 1.90 0 0 0
11 Seasons P 312 193 63 1498.0 269 71 188 10 12 .963 1.56 0.83 .957 1.99 1.98 36 44 55% 42% 10
11 Seasons TOT 312 193 63 1498.0 269 71 188 10 12 .963 1.56 0.83 .957 1.99 1.98 36 44 55% 42% 10
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1957 AL  3.5 (5th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1957 AL  3.14 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  14 (7th)
1958 AL  15 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1958 AL  1.196 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  7.418 (5th)
1957 AL  7.429 (3rd)
1958 AL  7.748 (8th)
Career  8.297 (229th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1959 AL  2.397 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1956 AL  6.469 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1956 AL  43 (8th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1956 AL  256.0 (4th)
1958 AL  230.0 (8th)
1959 AL  240.3 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1956 AL  184 (3rd)
1957 AL  118 (8th)
1958 AL  135 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1956 AL  33 (6th)
1958 AL  33 (6th)
1959 AL  37 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1956 AL  16 (7th)
1958 AL  16 (5th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  24 (5th)
1958 AL  23 (10th)
1959 AL  34 (2nd)
1961 AL  27 (8th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1956 AL  142 (1st)
1957 AL  104 (2nd)
1958 AL  77 (8th)
1962 AL  86 (10th)

Hits s c a p y
1959 AL  239 (2nd)

Losses s c a p y
1956 AL  13 (7th)
1958 AL  13 (7th)
1959 AL  14 (4th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1956 AL  102 (5th)
1958 AL  88 (7th)
1959 AL  124 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1956 AL  8 (2nd)
1957 AL  5 (8th)
1959 AL  6 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1956 AL  1,098 (5th)
1958 AL  944 (10th)
1959 AL  1,000 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1957 AL  123 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1957 AL  18 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1957 AL  2.0 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1957 AL  18.02 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1956 AL  2.2 (9th)
1957 AL  1.7 (9th)
1958 AL  1.9 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1957 AL  1.9 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  12 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1957 AL  4 (2nd)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1958 AL  1.000 (1st)
1962 AL  1.000 (1st)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (843), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 49 (526), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1428), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (776th), 9.0 career WAR/11.7 7yr-peak WAR/10.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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