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Tim
Foli		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 189
 
Born: December 8, 1950 in Usa, CA, CULVER CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1977   
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
1970 19 KCR AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 9 9 9
1971 20 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 10 9 9
1972 21 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 9 8 8
1973 22 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1974 23 DET AL $ 300,000   4 4 5 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1975 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1976 25 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1977 26 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 3 3 5 5 5
1978 27 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1979 28 OAK AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1980 29 OAK AL     3 3 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1981 30 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1982 31 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
1983 32 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 6 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5
1984 33 OAK AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   5 5 6 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 9
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
1970 19 AA   137 572 51 159 25 3 6 41 6 7 35 32 .278 .320 .364 .683 63.4  
1971 20 DET AL 14 38 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .105 .150 .105 .255 -1.1 0.0
    AAA   54 217 20 48 6 1 3 20 2 3 15 12 .221 .272 .300 .571 17.0  
1972 21 DET AL 83 254 21 64 12 0 0 25 1 0 10 16 .252 .279 .299 .578 19.8 0.7
1974 23 DET AL 154 525 59 128 24 1 2 54 2 3 17 65 .244 .268 .305 .573 38.3 0.5
1975 24 DET AL 157 495 33 104 20 2 11 50 0 1 32 84 .210 .260 .325 .586 38.4 0.6
1976 25 DET AL 99 246 15 45 12 1 1 15 0 0 14 40 .183 .229 .252 .481 9.0 0.0
1977 26 DET AL 146 452 34 89 21 3 7 42 2 0 23 72 .197 .240 .303 .543 28.7 0.0
1978 27 DET AL 43 79 7 16 4 0 0 5 1 0 6 12 .203 .259 .253 .512 5.0 0.0
1979 28 AA   137 523 53 133 35 1 11 60 4 6 56 80 .254 .326 .388 .715 65.5  
1980 29 AA   136 469 46 107 26 2 5 42 5 3 56 72 .228 .310 .324 .635 49.2  
1981 30 AA   136 487 45 108 25 1 11 63 0 4 69 85 .222 .318 .345 .663 56.2  
1982 31 AA   137 482 48 118 27 3 12 67 0 2 50 94 .245 .316 .388 .704 59.3  
1983 32 AAA   135 493 46 116 26 0 9 50 0 1 44 80 .235 .298 .343 .641 50.6  
1984 33 AAA   89 331 21 64 14 0 3 31 3 1 29 57 .193 .258 .263 .521 22.3  
7 Years Sim 696 2089 172 450 93 7 21 191 6 4 104 291 .215 .254 .297 .551 138.1 1.8
3 Years AAA 278 1041 87 228 46 1 15 101 5 5 88 149 .219 .279 .308 .588 89.9  
5 Years AA 683 2533 243 625 138 10 45 273 15 22 266 363 .247 .319 .362 .682 293.5  
8 Years Minors 961 3574 330 853 184 11 60 374 20 27 354 512 .239 .308 .347 .655 383.4  
162 Game Average 486 40 104 21 1 4 44 1 0 24 67 .215 .254 .297 .551 32.1  
Career Highs 157 525 59 128 24 3 11 54 2 3 32 84 .252 .279 .325 .586 38.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1395 115 304 64 5 12 129 4 2 78 205 .218 .261 .297 .558 101.9
vs LH   694 57 146 29 2 9 62 2 2 26 86 .210 .240 .297 .536 44.9
Home 336 971 83 212 46 4 11 80 3 1 58 149 .218 .264 .308 .572 75.7
Away 360 1118 89 238 47 3 10 111 3 3 46 142 .213 .245 .287 .532 71.1
RISP   434 0 107 26 1 4 155 0 0 32 68 .247 .296 .339 .635 43.0
Pinch Hitting   3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5
Close/Late   184 12 42 9 0 2 18 0 0 8 30 .228 .260 .310 .570 13.9
Mar/Apr 121 382 36 85 13 3 6 33 0 1 20 48 .223 .262 .319 .582 30.6
May 137 408 26 64 17 0 4 25 2 0 11 61 .157 .181 .228 .409 10.6
June 117 334 26 66 14 2 1 25 1 1 17 48 .198 .242 .260 .503 18.0
July 110 307 30 80 15 1 2 27 2 0 20 42 .261 .308 .336 .643 31.1
August 105 326 26 80 14 0 5 47 1 1 15 51 .245 .278 .334 .612 29.1
Sep/Oct 106 332 28 75 20 1 3 34 0 1 21 41 .226 .272 .319 .591 27.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 20 DET AL 2B 10 9 74.0 16 29 0 7 1.000 5.47   0.3
    SS 5 2 22.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 2.82   0.0
1972 21 DET AL SS 66 57 500.0 67 198 11 37 .960 4.77   1.4
    2B 14 14 120.0 32 48 0 13 1.000 6.00   0.8
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.60   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 23 DET AL SS 153 152 1293.7 193 588 26 86 .968 5.43   4.6
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 5 1 0 .857 6.00   0.0
1975 24 DET AL SS 156 156 1313.7 220 594 24 125 .971 5.58   5.8
    2B 1 0 3.7 2 1 0 0 1.000 7.38   0.0
1976 25 DET AL SS 64 64 512.3 115 215 12 39 .965 5.80   1.6
    3B 24 4 67.3 5 17 0 3 1.000 2.94   0.2
    2B 13 6 63.7 10 27 1 5 .974 5.23   0.2
1977 26 DET AL SS 144 144 1201.7 177 573 24 99 .969 5.62   4.5
    3B 7 0 13.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.77   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1978 27 DET AL SS 28 20 182.0 28 75 3 10 .972 5.09   0.5
    2B 9 1 26.7 6 11 1 4 .944 5.74   0.1
    3B 3 0 7.7 0 3 0 1 1.000 3.52   0.0
  SS 616 595 5025.6 802 2248 100 396 .968 5.46   18.4
  2B 48 31 297.0 67 121 3 29 .984 5.70   1.5
  3B 36 5 98.0 5 28 0 5 1.000 3.03   0.3
  RF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   704 631 5427.6 875 2397 103 430 .969 5.43   20.2
Career Highs   157 156 1317.3 222 595 27 125 1.000 5.58    
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.
Games
1975-3-157
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  5. Jimmy Pofahl (937)
  6. Red Barkley (937)
  7. Bernie Williams (936)
  8. Johnny Schaive (933)
  9. Bob Sadowski (931)
  10. Ed Spiezio (928)
History
Drafted in 4th round, 80th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1970
Injured on 8/24/1970 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 8/25/1970 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Kansas City to Detroit on 3/3/1971 (Going to DET: SS Tim Foli. Going to KCR: P Frank Kreutzer)
Had first career hit on 6/25/1971, off Tom Seaver (OAK)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Toronto on 7/21/1972
Hit first career homerun on 7/27/1974, off Jim Kaat (TOR)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Tampa Bay on 7/29/1974
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/7/1977 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/3/1979 to a minor league contract
 
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