Bill Foxen
[edit] Biography
Born on May 31, 1879 in Tenafly, New Jersey, Bill Foxen (William Aloysius Foxen) played for the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 4 year career. Foxen broke into the bigs on May 5, 1908 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 1.95 ERA in 147.1 innings pitched in 1908, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bill Foxen's best season was 1908, when he posted a 1.95 ERA and struck out 52 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1908
| PHI
| N
| 22
| 16
| 7
| 7
| 1.95
| 52
| 45
| 32
| 10
| 2
| 0
| 147.1
| 126
| 2
| 53
| 0
| 8
| 8
|
| 1909
| PHI
| N
| 18
| 7
| 3
| 7
| 3.35
| 37
| 40
| 31
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 83.1
| 65
| 0
| 32
| 0
| 7
| 4
|
| 1910
| PHI
| N
| 16
| 9
| 5
| 5
| 2.55
| 33
| 30
| 22
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 77.2
| 73
| 2
| 40
| 0
| 2
| 3
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 2
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 1910
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 9
| 5
| 5
| 2.94
| 35
| 35
| 27
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 82.2
| 80
| 2
| 43
| 0
| 3
| 3
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 2.08
| 6
| 6
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 12
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 61
| 33
| 16
| 20
| 2.56
| 130
| 126
| 93
| 20
| 3
| 0
| 326.1
| 283
| 4
| 140
| 0
| 18
| 15
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1908
| PHI
| N
| P
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 51
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1909
| PHI
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 43
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .961
|
| 1910
| PHI
| N
| P
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 29
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1910
| TOT
| N
| P
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 30
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| P
| 3
| 1
| 12.2
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 61
| 1
| 12.2
| 18
| 130
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| .955
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1908
| PHI
| N
| 22
| 53
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .094
| .143
| .094
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1909
| PHI
| N
| 18
| 24
| 3
| 5
| 1
| 4
| .208
| .345
| .458
| 3
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| PHI
| N
| 16
| 23
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .174
| .208
| .174
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| CHI
| N
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1910
| TOT
| N
| 18
| 25
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .160
| .192
| .160
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1911
| CHI
| N
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .400
| .500
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 61
| 106
| 4
| 15
| 1
| 6
| .142
| .216
| .208
| 4
| 0
| 9
| 12
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Fred Luderus (July 29, 1910).
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