Joe Foy
1966–1971 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Washington Senators (1961-71)
716G
.248AVG
.351OBP
.372SLG
More career statistics
615H
58HR
291RBI
99SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Caught stealing | 48 | 50 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 405 | 404 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 716 | 2,937 | 2,484 | 355 | 615 | 102 | 16 | 58 | 291 | 390 | 405 | 99 | 48 | 18 | 24 | 923 | .248 | .351 | .372 | .723 |
Streaks
11longest hitting streak · 1966-07-20 to 1966-07-31
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1970-07-19 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | Steal of Home | 1968-08-28 | 1 in 107 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1966-05-06 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 363 | 1486 | 316 | 33 | 163 | 226 | 209 | .258 | .365 | .407 |
| Away | 353 | 1451 | 299 | 25 | 128 | 164 | 195 | .237 | .319 | .337 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 86 | 349 | 63 | 4 | 32 | 50 | 43 | .216 | .324 | .325 |
| May | 154 | 635 | 124 | 7 | 49 | 99 | 87 | .239 | .351 | .345 |
| June | 125 | 530 | 115 | 12 | 49 | 58 | 79 | .249 | .326 | .380 |
| July | 121 | 510 | 119 | 20 | 64 | 54 | 76 | .269 | .339 | .451 |
| August | 129 | 531 | 112 | 10 | 57 | 75 | 72 | .249 | .352 | .371 |
| September | 101 | 382 | 82 | 5 | 40 | 54 | 47 | .257 | .356 | .335 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 71 | 297 | 64 | 3 | 21 | 37 | 49 | .247 | .340 | .317 |
| detroit-tigers | 67 | 269 | 44 | 6 | 24 | 34 | 45 | .194 | .290 | .322 |
| baltimore-orioles | 66 | 267 | 56 | 3 | 21 | 31 | 54 | .240 | .326 | .356 |
| california-angels | 63 | 257 | 54 | 7 | 32 | 36 | 33 | .255 | .350 | .410 |
| new-york-yankees | 62 | 276 | 60 | 5 | 28 | 31 | 32 | .251 | .330 | .372 |
| cleveland-guardians | 62 | 252 | 61 | 6 | 28 | 32 | 33 | .286 | .369 | .432 |
| chicago-white-sox | 59 | 241 | 52 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 32 | .251 | .344 | .411 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 58 | 228 | 55 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 27 | .282 | .351 | .446 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 |  Boston Red Sox | 151 | 554 | 145 | 15 | 63 | 2 | .262 | – | – |
| 1967 | Boston Red Sox | 130 | 446 | 112 | 16 | 49 | 8 | .251 | – | – |
| 1968 | Boston Red Sox | 150 | 515 | 116 | 10 | 60 | 26 | .225 | – | – |
| 1969 |  Kansas City Royals | 145 | 519 | 136 | 11 | 71 | 37 | .262 | – | – |
| 1970 |  New York Mets | 99 | 322 | 76 | 6 | 37 | 22 | .236 | – | – |
| 1971 |  Washington Senators (1961-71) | 41 | 128 | 30 | – | 11 | 4 | .234 | – | – |