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Tony Fossas
Emilio Antonio (Morejon) Fossas (The Mechanic)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 187 lb.
School University of South Florida

Debut May 15, 1988
  vs. KCR 2.7 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game May 14, 1999
Born September 23, 1957 in Havana, Cuba

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1979. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1988 30 TEX AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   1  0    5.7   11    3    3   0    2    0   0   1    28   0   0  4.76  4.09   86 2.294
 1989 31 MIL AL   2   2  51   0   0   0  16  1   61.0   57   27   24   3   22   42   1   1   256   7   3  3.54  3.85  109 1.295
 1990 32 MIL AL   2   3  32   0   0   0   9  0   29.3   44   23   21   5   10   24   0   0   146   2   0  6.44  3.88   60 1.841
 1991 33 BOS AL   3   2  64   0   0   0  18  1   57.0   49   27   22   3   28   29   3   2   244   9   0  3.47  4.31  124 1.351
 1992 34 BOS AL   1   2  60   0   0   0  17  2   29.7   31    9    8   1   14   19   1   0   129   3   0  2.43  4.23  174 1.517
 1993 35 BOS AL   1   1  71   0   0   0  19  0   40.0   38   28   23   4   15   39   2   1   175   4   1  5.18  4.64   90 1.325
 1994 36 BOS AL   2   0  44   0   0   0  14  1   34.0   35   18   18   6   15   31   1   1   151   1   0  4.76  5.05  106 1.471
 1995 37 STL NL   3   0  58   0   0   0  20  0   36.7   28    6    6   1   10   40   1   1   145   3   0  1.47  4.18  284 1.036
 1996 38 STL NL   0   4  65   0   0   0  11  2   47.0   43   19   14   7   21   36   0   3   209   3   0  2.68  4.22  158 1.362
 1997 39 STL NL   2   7  71   0   0   0  14  0   51.7   62   32   22   7   26   41   1   0   239   3   0  3.83  4.17  109 1.703
 1998 40 TOT      1   3  41   0   0   0  10  0   22.7   30   15   15   1   16   23   0   1   110   0   0  5.96  4.63   78 2.029
         TOT AL   1   3  33   0   0   0   9  0   18.7   22   11   11   1   10   17   0   1    84   0   0  5.30  4.68   88 1.714
         SEA AL   0   3  23   0   0   0   8  0   11.3   19   11   11   1    6   10   0   0    55   0   0  8.74  4.61   53 2.206
         CHC NL   0   0   8   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    8    4    4   0    6    6   0   0    26   0   0  9.00  4.36   48 3.500
         TEX AL   1   0  10   0   0   0   1  0    7.3    3    0    0   0    4    7   0   1    29   0   0  0.00  4.79  inf 0.955
 1999 41 NYY AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   0  0    1.0    6    4    4   1    1    0   0   0    10   1   0 36.00  4.73   13 7.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .415  17  24 567   0   0   0 149  7  415.7  434  211  180  39  180  324  10  11  1842  36   4  3.90  4.27  110 1.477
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     2   2  68   0   0   0  17  0   49.7   52   25   21   4   21   38   1   1   220   4   0  3.90  4.27  110 1.477
 Career High      3   7  71   0   0   0  20  2   61.0   62   32   24   7   28   42   3   3   256   9   3  2.68  4.64  158 1.295
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1996 38 STL NL  65    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     567    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     71    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1996 38 STL NL    1    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .270| .000  .339| .000  .422| .000  .761|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons        1    2    0   0.0   107| .000  .270| .000  .339| .000  .422| .000  .761|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1988 30 TEX AL P 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 3.16 1.74 0 5.7 1989 31 MIL AL P 51 1 12 2 0 .867 .963 0.25 0.66 1.92 1.87 0 61.0 1990 32 MIL AL P 32 1 4 3 0 .625 .962 0.16 0.59 1.54 1.78 0 29.3 1991 33 BOS AL P 64 6 12 2 2 .900 .957 0.28 0.58 2.84 1.80 0 57.0 1992 34 BOS AL P 60 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.56 2.42 1.73 0 29.7 1993 35 BOS AL P 71 1 6 1 0 .875 .959 0.10 0.56 1.57 1.80 0 40.0 1994 36 BOS AL P 44 0 5 2 0 .714 .962 0.11 0.52 1.32 1.72 0 34.0 1995 37 STL NL P 58 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 0.07 0.51 0.98 1.84 0 36.7 1996 38 STL NL P 65 2 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.52 1.91 1.84 0 47.0 1997 39 STL NL P 71 2 16 0 1 1.000 .952 0.25 0.52 3.13 1.85 0 51.7 1998 40 TOT P 41 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.15 0.51 2.39 1.75 0 22.6 TOT AL P 33 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.15 0.50 2.42 1.74 0 18.6 SEA AL P 23 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.50 3.19 1.75 0 11.3 CHC NL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.54 2.25 1.80 0 4.0 TEX AL P 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.10 0.50 1.23 1.73 0 7.3 1999 41 NYY AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.46 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1988 30 TEX AL P 5 1 1 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 0.68 3.16 1.74 0 5.7 1989 31 MIL AL P 51 1 12 2 0 .867 .963 0.25 0.66 1.92 1.87 0 61.0 1990 32 MIL AL P 32 1 4 3 0 .625 .962 0.16 0.59 1.54 1.78 0 29.3 1991 33 BOS AL P 64 6 12 2 2 .900 .957 0.28 0.58 2.84 1.80 0 57.0 1992 34 BOS AL P 60 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.13 0.56 2.42 1.73 0 29.7 1993 35 BOS AL P 71 1 6 1 0 .875 .959 0.10 0.56 1.57 1.80 0 40.0 1994 36 BOS AL P 44 0 5 2 0 .714 .962 0.11 0.52 1.32 1.72 0 34.0 1995 37 STL NL P 58 1 3 1 1 .800 .952 0.07 0.51 0.98 1.84 0 36.7 1996 38 STL NL P 65 2 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.15 0.52 1.91 1.84 0 47.0 1997 39 STL NL P 71 2 16 0 1 1.000 .952 0.25 0.52 3.13 1.85 0 51.7 1998 40 TOT P 41 3 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.15 0.51 2.39 1.75 0 22.6 TOT AL P 33 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.15 0.50 2.42 1.74 0 18.6 SEA AL P 23 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.17 0.50 3.19 1.75 0 11.3 CHC NL P 8 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.12 0.54 2.25 1.80 0 4.0 TEX AL P 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.10 0.50 1.23 1.73 0 7.3 1999 41 NYY AL P 5 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.46 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 567 20 76 11 5 .897 .957 0.17 0.55 2.08 1.81 0 415.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 567 20 76 11 5 .897 .957 0.17 0.55 2.08 1.81 0 416
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1996   NLCS  STL ATL     L   5   0   2.08  0  0  0  0   4.1   1   1   3   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1996   NLCS  STL ATL     L   5   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1993 AL-71-3

Oldest Player
1995 NL-37-7
1996 NL-38-10
1997 NL-39-8
1998 AL-40-7
1998 NL-40-4
1999 AL-41-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2555) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1979.

February 18, 1982: Released by the Texas Rangers.

March 11, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

April 7, 1982: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

May 3, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 1985: Granted Free Agency.

December 13, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 1, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 6, 1990: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

January 23, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December 11, 1992: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

January 18, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December 20, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

December 23, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 11, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

October 27, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 16, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.

June 10, 1998: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

June 19, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 4, 1998: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

August 19, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 19, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

March 24, 1999: Released by the Texas Rangers.

March 25, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

April 1, 1999: Released by the New York Yankees.

April 3, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Milwaukee Brewers$105,000
1991Boston Red Sox$165,000
1992Boston Red Sox$390,000
1993Boston Red Sox$475,000
1994Boston Red Sox$475,000
1995St. Louis Cardinals$275,000
1996St. Louis Cardinals$650,000
1997St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
1998Seattle Mariners$650,000
Texas Rangers$170,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,105,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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