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Hank
Foiles		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 205
 
Born: June 10, 1929 in Usa, VA, RICHMOND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1958    1959   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   4 4 4 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1954 25 MON NL $ 300,000   4 4 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1955 26 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 6 5 5
1956 27 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 5
1957 28 MON NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6
1958 29 MON NL $ 1,707,143   4 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 5
1959 30 OAK AL $ 1,707,143   5 5 5 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1960 31 OAK AL $ 2,514,286   5 5 5 7 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 7 6 5 5
1961 32 MON NL $ 836,000   4 4 5 7 7 7 6 5 6 8 7 7 5 5 5
1962 33 CLN NL $ 2,348,976   4 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5
1963 34 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 7 6 7 5 5 5 8 7 7 5 5 5
1964 35 BOS AL     3 3 3 7 6 7 5 4 4 7 7 7 5 4 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 6 5 5 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 4 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,514,286   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 6 6 8 7 7 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1953 24 CIN NL 8 25 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .120 .185 .120 .305 0.1 0.0
    AA   134 464 83 110 16 2 25 75 5 6 95 93 .237 .367 .442 .809 80.4  
1954 25 MON NL 45 129 16 27 5 0 4 18 0 0 15 32 .209 .304 .341 .645 14.2 1.1
    AAA   81 325 46 73 12 4 10 35 0 5 48 65 .225 .324 .378 .703 41.2  
1955 26 MON NL 82 220 29 57 10 0 8 37 0 0 29 52 .259 .343 .414 .756 30.2 5.0
1956 27 MON NL 113 289 29 63 10 1 10 39 0 0 32 55 .218 .294 .363 .658 33.0 2.8
1957 28 MON NL 135 429 62 100 27 3 18 70 0 0 46 89 .233 .308 .436 .744 58.9 9.0
1958 29 MON NL 121 387 49 101 25 2 18 66 0 0 32 85 .261 .314 .475 .789 57.1 9.1
1959 30 OAK AL 137 450 61 123 32 5 12 66 0 0 55 126 .273 .350 .447 .796 64.9 11.9
1960 31 OAK AL 123 343 49 88 22 2 6 55 0 0 42 100 .257 .335 .385 .720 44.9 8.8
1961 32 TAM AL 9 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .400 .667 .600 1.267 2.3 0.9
  MON NL 13 23 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 .174 .367 .217 .584 2.2 0.1
  TOT   22 28 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 11 3 .214 .436 .286 .722 4.5 0.9
1962 33 CLN NL 143 451 52 105 21 2 11 57 0 1 52 113 .233 .310 .361 .672 49.8 7.2
1963 34 CLN NL 91 279 26 51 10 0 9 37 1 4 42 71 .183 .291 .315 .606 23.4 1.2
  BOS AL 7 28 5 6 1 0 2 5 0 0 4 9 .214 .313 .464 .777 3.7 0.7
  TOT   98 307 31 57 11 0 11 42 1 4 46 80 .186 .293 .329 .622 27.0 1.9
1964 35 BOS AL 28 80 12 12 2 2 4 8 0 0 10 21 .150 .242 .375 .617 6.9 0.3
12 Years Sim 1055 3138 397 742 167 17 102 461 1 5 372 765 .236 .316 .398 .714 391.5 58.0
1 Years AAA 81 325 46 73 12 4 10 35 0 5 48 65 .225 .324 .378 .703 41.2  
1 Years AA 134 464 83 110 16 2 25 75 5 6 95 93 .237 .366 .442 .808 80.4  
2 Years Minors 215 789 129 183 28 6 35 110 5 11 143 158 .232 .350 .416 .765 121.6  
162 Game Average 481 60 113 25 2 15 70 0 0 57 117 .236 .316 .398 .714 60.1  
Career Highs 143 451 62 123 32 5 18 70 1 4 55 126 .273 .436 .475 .796 64.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1626 209 386 93 11 55 242 0 2 164 397 .237 .306 .410 .715 207.2
vs LH   1512 188 356 74 6 47 219 1 3 208 368 .235 .327 .386 .713 200.7
Home 518 1498 188 375 74 10 53 229 1 1 176 352 .250 .328 .419 .747 210.9
Away 537 1640 209 367 93 7 49 232 0 4 196 413 .224 .305 .379 .684 197.0
RISP   773 0 211 48 6 27 342 0 0 97 186 .273 .345 .455 .800 123.7
Pinch Hitting   173 28 53 12 1 10 47 0 0 22 30 .306 .381 .561 .941 35.0
Close/Late   456 63 112 29 1 20 62 0 0 49 103 .246 .318 .445 .763 65.4
Mar/Apr 178 554 61 126 20 1 25 88 0 2 50 140 .227 .290 .403 .693 66.7
May 182 546 74 122 30 5 15 80 0 1 66 149 .223 .305 .379 .684 65.8
June 172 480 52 113 25 3 16 72 1 1 51 108 .235 .307 .400 .707 60.6
July 185 559 79 150 33 0 17 82 0 1 84 127 .268 .365 .419 .784 87.2
August 163 462 54 101 29 5 11 61 0 0 51 120 .219 .295 .374 .670 52.6
Sep/Oct 175 537 77 130 30 3 18 78 0 0 70 121 .242 .327 .410 .737 74.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1953 24 CIN NL LF 4 4 32.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 3 3 25.0 14 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 1 1 1.000 0 0.1
1954 25 MON NL C 38 31 290.7 180 14 1 0 .995 6.01 13 6 .462 0 2.5
    LF 2 0 7.0 3 0 1 0 .750 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1955 26 MON NL C 61 50 458.0 256 17 2 1 .993 5.36 23 9 .391 1 2.5
    1B 3 0 6.0 9 0 1 0 .900 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1956 27 MON NL C 70 64 562.7 430 15 1 1 .998 7.12 13 4 .308 0 2.6
    1B 22 17 156.0 184 19 4 25 .981 11.71 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    LF 4 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1957 28 MON NL C 97 90 813.0 593 36 2 1 .997 6.96 24 6 .250 2 3.4
    1B 32 30 257.0 314 24 1 29 .997 11.84 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 2 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1958 29 MON NL C 108 103 925.3 770 35 1 0 .999 7.83 16 9 .563 4 6.7
    1B 1 0 2.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 30 OAK AL C 128 125 1124.3 943 40 6 0 .994 7.87 28 11 .393 1 7.2
    1B 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1960 31 OAK AL C 94 90 792.7 679 33 1 0 .999 8.08 19 7 .368 1 2.9
    LF 5 1 13.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 6 0 8.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 32 TAM AL C 6 3 16.5 14 1 0 0 1.000 8.18 1 1 1.000 0 0.2
    LF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  MON NL C 8 4 58.5 51 3 0 0 1.000 8.31 5 2 .400 0 0.3
    LF 1 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 14 7 75.0 65 4 0 0 1.000 8.28 6 3 .500 0 0.4
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1962 33 CLN NL C 104 103 908.0 540 24 3 0 .995 5.59 17 4 .235 0 4.4
    LF 15 2 42.7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    1B 11 4 40.3 42 2 1 6 .978 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1963 34 CLN NL C 83 82 661.3 424 46 5 1 .989 6.40 61 25 .410 1 3.5
    CF 1 0 1.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BOS AL C 6 6 65.3 42 5 0 0 1.000 6.48 6 2 .333 0 0.3
    CF 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 89 88 726.6 466 51 5 1 .990 6.40 67 27 .403 1 3.8
      CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1964 35 BOS AL C 22 22 177.0 129 11 2 0 .986 7.12 20 9 .450 0 0.6
    LF 3 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 5.0 4 1 1 0 .833 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 828 776 6878.2 5065 281 24 4 .996 7.00 247 96 .389 10 37.1
  1B 77 51 477.3 572 46 8 60 .987 11.65 0 0 .000 0 1.3
  LF 39 9 123.7 28 0 1 0 .966 2.04 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   946 836 7484.2 5667 328 33 64 .995 7.21 247 96 .389 10 38.8
Career Highs   131 125 1127.3 944 60 6 30 1.000 8.17 67 27 1.000 4  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1958 29 MON NL 3 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
1959 30 OAK AL 5 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .063 .063 .125 .188
1961 32 MON NL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 34 BOS AL 20 70 4 11 4 0 1 8 0 0 4 17 .157 .197 .257 .455
Career Post-Season Batting 29 96 4 13 5 0 1 8 0 0 4 23 .135 .167 .219 .385
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1959-10-32
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Gene Oliver (945)
  5. Joe Lefebvre (945)
  6. Frankie Hayes (944)
  7. Cliff Johnson (937)
  8. Harry Danning (933)
  9. Johnny Pramesa (931)
  10. Steve Souchock (928)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 18th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1953
Had first career hit on 9/18/1953, off Bob Friend (PIT)
Traded from Cincinnati to Montreal on 3/3/1954 (Going to CIN: P Roger Bowman. Going to MON: 2B Bill Sommers, LF Hank Foiles)
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1954, off Lloyd Hittle (NYA)
Injured on 9/21/1955 with a Broken Hand, out for 7 weeks
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1958
2/1/1959: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Traded from Montreal to Detroit on 2/1/1959 (Going to DET: C Hank Foiles. Going to MON: RF Jim Mcanany)
Traded from Detroit to Oakland on 3/3/1959 (Going to OAK: P Billy Pierce, C Hank Foiles. Going to DET: P Jack Spring)
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1959
2/1/1960: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 4/2/1961 to a 1-year deal worth $836,000 per year
Traded from Tampa Bay to Montreal on 7/31/1961 (Going to TAM: C Stan Lopata. Going to MON: C Hank Foiles)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/2/1962 to a 2-year deal worth $2,348,976 per year
Released by Cleveland (N) on 7/31/1963
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 9/22/1963 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/11/1964 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Released by Boston (A) on 10/23/1964
 
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