Joe
Foy
 
Nickname: Fee Fiy
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 235
 
Born: February 21, 1943 in Usa, NY, NEW YORK
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1968   
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
1966 23 TAM AL     5 5 6 6 5 5 7 6 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1967 24 TAM AL     5 5 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1968 25 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1969 26 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1970 27 TAM AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1971 28 TAM AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1972 29 TAM AL $ 2,417,143   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1973 30 TAM AL $ 2,857,143   6 6 6 6 5 5 8 7 7 10 10 10 8 8 8
1974 31 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 10 10 10 8 7 7
1975 32 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
1976 33 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   6 6 6 5 4 5 7 6 6 10 9 10 7 6 6
1977 34 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   5 5 6 5 4 5 6 5 6 10 8 9 6 5 5
1978 35 CLN NL $ 2,000,111   5 5 5 4 3 3 5 4 4 9 7 8 5 4 4
1979 36 DET AL $ 2,000,111   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 7 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 7 5 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 8 7 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
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
1966 23 AAA   137 486 88 134 23 2 26 89 9 8 100 78 .276 .399 .492 .891 96.8  
1967 24 AAA   133 454 88 119 24 5 15 72 10 4 107 59 .262 .403 .436 .839 86.3  
1968 25 TAM AL 105 347 60 109 22 1 14 48 22 7 53 44 .314 .406 .504 .911 66.5 18.2
    AAA   54 191 30 49 4 1 8 32 4 3 38 26 .257 .380 .414 .794 32.5  
1969 26 TAM AL 150 536 68 134 28 5 12 74 23 12 91 65 .250 .355 .388 .744 72.4 14.5
1970 27 TAM AL 153 563 75 139 32 1 17 72 23 12 92 67 .247 .355 .398 .753 81.3 14.0
1971 28 TAM AL 94 277 47 75 12 3 6 34 14 8 61 27 .271 .398 .401 .799 49.6 10.6
    AAA   31 114 25 42 9 1 9 45 2 1 28 17 .368 .493 .702 1.195 34.6  
1972 29 TAM AL 158 567 93 161 27 5 10 70 32 6 83 61 .284 .374 .402 .777 90.6 18.1
1973 30 TAM AL 155 558 84 133 18 5 13 72 22 13 95 79 .238 .350 .358 .708 74.2 10.2
1974 31 TAM AL 145 507 83 138 22 0 11 79 18 3 90 51 .272 .383 .381 .763 76.6 12.0
1975 32 TAM AL 150 517 86 141 26 5 14 96 16 14 85 61 .273 .376 .424 .800 78.4 14.7
1977 34 TAM AL 153 500 63 119 25 1 5 41 4 2 71 94 .238 .334 .322 .656 51.9 5.7
1978 35 CLN NL 103 287 35 78 14 1 2 31 0 0 33 62 .272 .348 .348 .696 35.6 6.3
1979 36 DET AL 17 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .091 .000 .091 -0.5 0.0
11 Years Sim 1383 4669 695 1227 226 27 104 617 174 77 755 613 .263 .366 .390 .755 676.5 124.3
4 Years AAA 355 1245 231 344 60 9 58 238 25 16 273 180 .276 .405 .479 .884 250.3  
162 Game Average 546 81 143 26 3 12 72 20 9 88 71 .263 .366 .390 .755 79.2  
Career Highs 158 567 93 161 32 5 17 96 32 14 95 94 .314 .406 .504 .911 90.6  
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   3104 450 776 140 19 69 396 120 53 485 415 .250 .352 .374 .726 440.0
vs LH   1565 245 451 86 8 35 221 54 24 270 198 .288 .392 .420 .813 268.5
Home 678 2264 353 609 97 11 45 300 92 36 372 317 .269 .373 .381 .755 346.7
Away 705 2405 342 618 129 16 59 317 82 41 383 296 .257 .358 .398 .756 361.8
RISP   1152 0 327 64 5 25 475 0 0 209 144 .284 .386 .413 .799 195.6
Pinch Hitting   52 10 11 3 0 2 10 1 0 16 7 .212 .397 .385 .782 9.7
Close/Late   600 86 163 28 3 16 77 0 0 113 93 .272 .387 .408 .795 100.8
Mar/Apr 212 694 97 181 35 4 23 96 30 12 127 85 .261 .376 .422 .798 117.5
May 231 757 119 185 34 4 10 80 31 10 132 118 .244 .356 .339 .695 103.9
June 250 856 127 207 30 4 19 111 19 23 141 108 .242 .350 .353 .703 111.8
July 248 836 126 235 50 5 20 123 30 15 134 95 .281 .379 .425 .804 138.5
August 229 789 112 216 40 3 14 95 32 11 106 113 .274 .360 .385 .745 114.9
Sep/Oct 211 737 114 203 37 7 18 112 32 6 115 94 .275 .374 .418 .792 122.0
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
1968 25 TAM AL 3B 93 92 793.7 50 205 8 15 .970 2.89   1.9
    SS 4 2 20.7 3 6 0 1 1.000 3.92   0.0
    LF 4 0 7.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1969 26 TAM AL 3B 139 137 1240.7 61 273 23 21 .936 2.42   3.4
    SS 7 4 42.7 10 13 1 3 .958 4.85   0.2
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1970 27 TAM AL 3B 149 149 1349.7 74 336 25 34 .943 2.73   4.3
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1971 28 TAM AL 3B 46 41 386.7 17 92 16 3 .872 2.54   0.9
    SS 15 2 47.0 7 14 2 4 .913 4.02   0.1
    RF 5 4 39.7 5 0 1 0 .833 1.13   0.1
    LF 4 3 29.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1972 29 TAM AL 3B 150 149 1281.0 77 297 22 26 .944 2.63   4.7
    SS 3 0 7.7 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.87   0.1
    LF 3 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1973 30 TAM AL 3B 145 138 1249.7 79 325 29 30 .933 2.91   5.1
    SS 8 0 17.7 7 8 0 3 1.000 7.64   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38   0.0
1974 31 TAM AL 3B 142 142 1247.0 100 299 30 32 .930 2.88   4.2
    SS 1 1 6.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 TAM AL 3B 142 142 1276.0 80 329 15 33 .965 2.88   5.4
    CF 3 3 25.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.1
    SS 3 0 8.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.0
    RF 2 0 7.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.46    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 34 TAM AL 3B 110 104 906.3 75 224 23 27 .929 2.97   3.8
    SS 43 43 359.3 61 151 4 24 .981 5.31   2.5
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1978 35 CLN NL 3B 48 42 370.0 20 124 12 6 .923 3.50   1.7
    SS 57 36 364.3 50 168 2 33 .991 5.39   1.9
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50    
1979 36 DET AL 2B 4 1 16.0 6 4 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
    3B 6 0 12.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    SS 5 0 8.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.1
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  3B 1170 1136 10112.6 634 2506 203 227 .939 2.79   35.4
  SS 146 88 882.0 138 376 9 68 .983 5.25   5.1
  RF 14 4 65.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.52   0.2
  LF 20 3 56.3 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.08   0.1
  CF 4 3 27.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.95   0.1
  2B 4 1 16.0 6 4 0 0 1.000 5.63   0.1
Career Totals   1358 1235 11159.6 807 2887 213 295 .945 2.98   41.0
Career Highs   157 149 1356.7 137 375 30 51 1.000 4.43    
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
1972 29 TAM AL 5 22 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .273 .333 .273 .606
1973 30 TAM AL 10 40 6 8 1 0 2 4 3 2 7 5 .200 .319 .375 .694
1974 31 TAM AL 4 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 1 .231 .524 .231 .755
1975 32 TAM AL 11 32 4 6 0 0 1 5 2 0 9 6 .188 .366 .281 .647
1977 34 TAM AL 7 22 3 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 6 .182 .217 .318 .536
1978 35 CLN NL 4 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 .182 .357 .182 .539
Career Post-Season Batting 41 140 21 29 1 0 4 12 5 3 30 26 .207 .347 .300 .647
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
1972-2-158
Runs
1972-7-93
Doubles
1970-7-32
Triples
1969-8-5
1972-8-5
Stolen Bases
1972-8-32
Caught Stealing
1970-9-12
1973-8-13
1975-10-14
Walks
1969-6-91
1970-6-92
1973-8-95
1974-9-90
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 18    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Tampa Bay in 1966
Had first career hit on 6/1/1968, off Danny Coombs (STL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/1/1968, off Jim Archer (STL)
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,417,143 through salary arbitration
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,857,143 through salary arbitration
10/14/1973: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $3,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/5/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $2,000,111 per year
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Detroit on 4/3/1979 (Going to CLN: P Gene Pentz. Going to DET: P Dennis Leonard, 3B Joe Foy)