Marv
Foley
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 29, 1953 in Usa, KY, STANFORD
 
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 24 BOS AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7
1979 25 BOS AL     4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7
1980 26 BOS AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 6 7 7
1981 27 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 5 5 7 7 7
1982 28 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1983 29 BOS AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 2 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
1984 30 BOS AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
1985 31 BOS AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
1986 32 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 2 3 3 6 6 6 5 6 6
1987 33 DET AL $ 350,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 7 7
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
1978 24 A   137 490 56 120 11 1 25 71 0 1 76 51 .245 .346 .424 .771 76.5  
1979 25 AA   4 16 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 .125 .263 .313 .576 1.6  
    A   133 466 55 120 11 2 22 84 0 1 85 38 .258 .372 .431 .803 79.5  
1980 26 AAA   45 90 12 27 2 0 4 18 0 0 3 13 .300 .323 .456 .778 12.7  
    AA   80 282 33 95 11 0 12 50 1 0 31 19 .337 .403 .504 .906 54.0  
1981 27 BOS AL 38 136 20 37 5 0 2 16 0 0 12 10 .272 .331 .353 .684 15.5 2.6
    AAA   63 103 11 27 2 1 4 13 0 0 12 9 .262 .339 .417 .757 15.0  
1982 28 BOS AL 22 77 7 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 6 9 .182 .241 .247 .488 3.6 0.0
    AAA   93 153 26 52 1 0 11 29 1 0 24 16 .340 .429 .562 .991 35.2  
1983 29 BOS AL 126 406 36 100 3 0 8 42 0 1 34 61 .246 .304 .313 .617 39.3 3.4
1984 30 BOS AL 9 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .136 .174 .136 .310 -0.3 0.0
    AAA   75 178 22 50 4 0 9 31 1 1 32 27 .281 .390 .455 .846 32.8  
1985 31 BOS AL 95 315 36 92 5 2 9 34 0 0 19 57 .292 .334 .406 .741 41.1 7.5
1986 32 DET AL 96 214 19 46 3 1 3 15 0 0 14 41 .215 .262 .280 .542 14.2 0.0
1987 33 DET AL 26 69 7 13 1 0 6 15 0 0 10 10 .188 .300 .464 .764 9.9 1.4
    AAA   11 48 4 8 0 0 2 7 0 0 5 10 .167 .245 .292 .537 3.7  
1988 34 AAA   117 330 34 86 10 0 16 64 1 0 29 66 .261 .320 .436 .757 46.9  
7 Years Sim 412 1239 126 305 19 3 29 125 0 1 96 193 .246 .301 .337 .638 123.2 14.9
6 Years AAA 404 902 109 250 19 1 46 162 3 1 105 141 .277 .354 .453 .807 146.3  
2 Years AA 84 298 34 97 11 0 13 52 1 0 34 20 .326 .399 .493 .892 55.6  
2 Years A 270 956 111 240 22 3 47 155 0 2 161 89 .251 .360 .428 .788 156.0  
10 Years Minors 758 2156 254 587 52 4 106 369 4 3 300 250 .272 .362 .448 .810 357.9  
162 Game Average 487 49 119 7 1 11 49 0 0 37 75 .246 .301 .337 .638 48.4  
Career Highs 126 406 36 100 5 2 9 42 0 1 34 61 .292 .334 .464 .764 41.1  
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   1017 102 251 12 3 20 92 0 1 75 158 .247 .298 .324 .622 100.2
vs LH   222 24 54 7 0 9 33 0 0 21 35 .243 .314 .396 .711 28.0
Home 196 577 68 150 15 0 17 62 0 1 55 99 .260 .324 .374 .699 71.7
Away 216 662 58 155 4 3 12 63 0 0 41 94 .234 .280 .304 .584 56.5
RISP   313 0 73 3 0 6 94 0 0 29 50 .233 .297 .300 .597 29.6
Pinch Hitting   59 3 14 1 0 0 7 0 0 8 12 .237 .328 .254 .583 5.6
Close/Late   168 9 37 3 0 2 10 0 0 18 28 .220 .296 .274 .570 14.6
Mar/Apr 79 228 18 53 5 1 4 17 0 0 23 34 .232 .306 .316 .621 22.9
May 67 200 18 50 2 1 4 20 0 0 14 36 .250 .299 .330 .629 20.1
June 67 191 18 49 1 0 4 25 0 0 19 34 .257 .322 .325 .647 21.3
July 52 169 21 43 2 1 5 20 0 0 4 26 .254 .270 .367 .637 16.4
August 71 216 28 60 4 0 9 29 0 1 16 35 .278 .329 .421 .750 29.5
Sep/Oct 76 235 23 50 5 0 3 14 0 0 20 28 .213 .276 .272 .549 18.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1981 27 BOS AL C 37 36 315.0 144 17 7 1 .958 4.60 45 12 .267 2 1.3
1982 28 BOS AL C 18 16 148.7 67 7 2 0 .974 4.48 15 2 .133 2 0.5
1983 29 BOS AL C 123 118 1063.0 600 55 6 1 .991 5.55 102 35 .343 11 5.7
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 30 BOS AL C 8 5 46.0 26 2 0 0 1.000 5.48 3 2 .667 0 0.2
1985 31 BOS AL C 94 93 788.0 443 41 8 1 .984 5.53 89 28 .315 4 3.3
    RF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 32 DET AL C 33 30 268.3 149 10 2 1 .988 5.33 24 4 .167 1 1.3
    RF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 33 DET AL C 21 21 184.7 127 6 1 0 .993 6.48 18 4 .222 2 1.1
  C 334 319 2813.7 1556 138 26 4 .985 5.42 296 87 .294 22 13.4
  RF 3 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   340 319 2822.6 1559 138 27 4 .984 5.41 296 87 .294 22 13.4
Career Highs   124 118 1064.0 600 55 8 1 1.000 6.48 102 35 .667 11  
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 81st overall pick, by Boston (A) in 1978
Had first career hit on 7/31/1981, off Gary Ryerson (NYA)
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/1981, off Paul Moskau (TAM)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Minnesota on 4/20/1982
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 8/2/1983
Injured on 6/11/1984 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Traded from Boston (A) to Detroit on 2/7/1986 (Going to DET: C Marv Foley. Going to BOS: 1B Kevin Bell)
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/11/1987 with a Broken Foot, out for 7-8 weeks
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Released by Detroit on 10/3/1988