MLB / Players

Paul Foytack

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 11 in · 175 lb
BornNovember 16, 1930 · Scranton, PA, USA
MLB debutApril 21, 1953
Final gameMay 7, 1964
Seasons11 (1953–1964)

Detroit Tigers 1953; Detroit Tigers 1955–1963; Los Angeles Angels 1963–1964

Percentile snapshot

1961 season — qualified pitchers

G
32
19.7
GS
20
3
W
11
31.8
L
10
60.6
SV
0
0
CG
6
12.1
SHO
0
0
H
152
93.9
ER
74
80.3
BB
56
72.7
SO
89
16.7
HR
27
18.2
IP
169.7
10.6
ERA
3.93
33.3
WHIP
1.226
78.8
K/9
4.72
42.4
FIP
4.55
10.6
FIP-
111.7
9.1
ERA+
103.7
40.9
sWAR
2.1
36.4

of 67 qualified 1961 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+
96.1
23
sWAR
11.7
88.6

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19536110000000100.000.000.000.000-133.4-100.0.000-0.7
19552211110100010200.091.091.091.182-70.7-50.2.085-0.4
1956439890711200723000.122.141.144.286-38.3-23.8.1363.5
1957387963414000541701.222.269.222.49131.335.4.2383.9
1958398875518200962010.240.296.267.56350.452.2.2684.1
195939938169100252000.111.172.123.296-26.6-18.8.1510.3
19602930254710043900.280.357.320.67788.983.6.324-1.3
1961326154412101211100.222.236.296.53333.241.1.2402.1
196229464246000521100.143.182.143.325-22.2-11.9.1580.8
19633523190400002500.211.286.211.49647.343.6.243-0.3
19642000000000000-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1953600000015129719.711.172.4836.525.57137.836.2-0.7
19552210100048293638449.75.261.6916.894.12106.373.8-0.4
195643331513116121110214218424256.03.591.3796.473.9796.4115.03.5
1957382714111811757410411819212.03.141.3165.013.98103.9121.93.9
1958393315131162198887713523230.03.441.1965.283.6190.4116.14.1
19593937141411122391246411034240.34.641.2614.124.21104.387.00.3
196028132112101086649381196.76.141.6243.544.62116.964.3-1.3
19613220111006015274568927169.73.931.2264.724.55111.7103.72.1
1962292110705114570866318143.74.391.6083.955.08125.392.50.8
196334856100864637441388.04.701.3984.504.64132.274.4-0.3
19642001000442122.315.432.5713.8615.32453.621.9-0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
314
PA
530
AB
461
R
34
H
82
2B
7
3B
0
HR
1
RBI
35
BB
25
SO
126
SB
1
BA
.1779
OBP
.2218
SLG
.1996
OPS
.4214

Pitching

G (P)
312
GS
193
W
86
L
87
SV
7
CG
63
SHO
7
IP
1,498
SO (P)
827
BB allowed
662
450th-most career BB allowed
ERA
4.140
WHIP
1.3638
K/9
4.97

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1956-05-30DET @ ATH Gameday533200505
1961-06-27CWS @ DET Gameday111001104
1958-09-14BOS @ DET Gameday412100103
1959-09-07DET @ CLE Gameday312100103
1958-06-29BOS @ DET Gameday212000202

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1956-07-28MIN @ DET Gameday9.07656152
1956-07-18DET @ NYY Gameday9.07445101
1956-09-22CLE @ DET Gameday9.0654591
1958-05-27BOS @ DET Gameday8.2322691
1956-08-06CLE @ DET Gameday9.0500380

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.