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Paul Foytack

Birthdate:

11/16/1930

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Scranton, PA, USA

Bats / Throws:

R / R

Baseball Historian Biography

A well-regarded starting pitcher, Paul Foytack was one of the mound standouts of the Detroit Tigers team from 1956 thru 1962. The right-handed fastball pitcher worked over 200 innings and won at least 14 games every year from 1956 thru 1959. In 1956 Paul Foytack posted the third highest strikeouts/per/innings ratio in the entire AL, 6.47. In 1959 he led the league with 37 starts. During his 9 and a half seasons with Detroit he completed 63 of 193 starts, including 7 shutouts. In 1962 he had a 10-7 record.

Traded to the Los Angeles Angels in June of 1963 Paul Foytack was the first pitcher and only pitcher throughout the 1900s to yield four consecutive homers, on July 31 1963 vs Cleveland on July 31 1963 in the second game of a double header.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1953	DET (AL)	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9.2	15	12	12	1	9	0	7	0	1	0	11.17
1955	DET (AL)	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	49.2	48	29	29	4	36	3	38	4	0	0	5.26
1956	DET (AL)	43	33	15	13	1	16	1	256.0	211	114	102	24	142	4	184	8	2	3	3.59
1957	DET (AL)	38	27	14	11	1	8	1	212.0	175	79	74	19	104	12	118	5	4	0	3.14
1958	DET (AL)	39	33	15	13	1	16	2	230.0	198	98	88	23	77	1	135	2	3	0	3.44
1959	DET (AL)	39	37	14	14	1	11	2	240.1	239	137	124	34	64	3	110	6	2	1	4.64
1960	DET (AL)	28	13	2	11	2	1	0	96.2	108	70	66	11	49	3	38	2	0	1	6.14
1961	DET (AL)	32	20	11	10	0	6	0	169.2	152	81	74	27	56	0	89	1	2	0	3.93
1962	DET (AL)	29	21	10	7	0	5	1	143.2	145	80	70	18	86	2	63	5	1	2	4.39
1963	DET (AL)	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	17.2	18	18	17	4	8	0	7	0	0	0	8.66
1963	LAA (AL)	25	8	5	5	0	0	0	70.1	68	35	29	9	29	6	37	1	0	1	3.71
1964	LAA (AL)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	4	4	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	15.43
12 years		312	193	86	87	7	63	7	1498.0	1381	757	689	176	662	35	827	34	15	8	4.14

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1953	DET (AL)	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1955	DET (AL)	22	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	.91	SLG
1956	DET (AL)	43	90	7	11	2	0	0	7	2	30	0	0	0	0	6	0	.122	.141	SLG
1957	DET (AL)	38	63	4	14	0	0	0	5	4	17	0	1	0	0	12	0	.222	.269	SLG
1958	DET (AL)	39	75	5	18	2	0	0	9	6	20	1	0	0	0	7	0	.240	.296	SLG
1959	DET (AL)	39	81	6	9	1	0	0	2	5	20	0	0	0	1	6	0	.111	.172	SLG
1960	DET (AL)	29	25	4	7	1	0	0	4	3	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	.280	.357	SLG
1961	DET (AL)	32	54	4	12	1	0	1	2	1	11	0	0	0	0	6	0	.222	.236	SLG
1962	DET (AL)	29	42	4	6	0	0	0	5	2	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	.143	.182	SLG
1963	LAA (AL)	26	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.267	.313	SLG
1963	DET (AL)	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.200	SLG
1964	LAA (AL)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
12 years		314	461	34	82	7	0	1	35	25	126	1	1	0	1	43	0	.178	.222	.SLG

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