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Ray Fosse
Raymond Earl Fosse

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 215 lb.

Debut September 8, 1967
  vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1979
Born April 4, 1947 in Marion, IL

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1967 20 CLE AL   7   16    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .063  .063  .063  -63    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1968 21 CLE AL   1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1969 22 CLE AL  37  116   11   20   3  0   2    9   1  0   8  29  .172  .230  .250   33   29   0   1   1   1   3
 1970 23 CLE AL 120  450   62  138  17  1  18   61   1  5  39  55  .307  .361  .469  124  211   4   3   5   1   9 MVP-23,AS
 1971 24 CLE AL 133  486   53  134  21  1  12   62   4  1  36  62  .276  .329  .397   98  193   0   3   6   4  15 AS
 1972 25 CLE AL 134  457   42  110  20  1  10   41   5  1  45  46  .241  .312  .354   95  162   1   2  15   3  18
 1973 26 OAK AL 143  492   37  126  23  2   7   52   2  2  25  62  .256  .291  .354   85  174   9   5   4   1  10
 1974 27 OAK AL  69  204   20   40   8  3   4   23   1  1  11  31  .196  .241  .324   66   66   2   3   1   2   6
 1975 28 OAK AL  82  136   14   19   3  2   0   12   0  1   8  19  .140  .192  .191   10   26   1   1   0   1   5
 1976 29 CLE AL  90  276   26   83   9  1   2   30   1  2  20  20  .301  .347  .362  110  100   3   1   1   0   8
 1977 30 TOT AL  89  272   28   75  10  1   6   32   0  6   9  28  .276  .305  .386   91  105   8   1   2   3   7
         CLE AL  78  238   25   63   7  1   6   27   0  5   7  26  .265  .293  .378   85   90   8   1   2   3   5
         SEA AL  11   34    3   12   3  0   0    5   0  1   2   2  .353  .389  .441  128   15   0   0   0   0   2
 1979 32 MIL AL  19   52    6   12   3  1   0    2   0  0   2   6  .231  .286  .327   66   17   0   0   0   2   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     924 2957  299  758 117 13  61  324  15 19 203 363  .256  .306  .367   90 1084  28  20  35  18  82
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        518   52  133  21  2  11   57   3  3  36  64  .256  .306  .367   90  190   5   4   6   3  14
 Career High    143  492   62  138  23  3  18   62   5  6  45  62  .307  .361  .469  124  211   9   5  15   4  18
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1967 20 CLE AL   16   15    0   0.0    86| .063  .245| .063  .315| .063  .368| .126  .683| -63  .000  -3.3  -0.4   0%
 1968 21 CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1969 22 CLE AL  126  100    7   1.9    97| .172  .258| .230  .335| .250  .389| .480  .724|  33  .187 -10.9  -1.1 100%
 1970 23 CLE AL  497  333   74   6.0   101| .307  .262| .361  .337| .469  .400| .830  .738| 124  .646  14.0   1.4  16%
 1971 24 CLE AL  529  371   61   4.4    99| .276  .265| .329  .339| .397  .393| .726  .732|  98  .542  -2.0  -0.2  80%
 1972 25 CLE AL  508  369   48   3.5    86| .241  .251| .312  .320| .354  .362| .666  .682|  95  .483  -2.7  -0.3  83%
 1973 26 OAK AL  532  392   49   3.4    89| .256  .254| .291  .322| .354  .373| .645  .695|  85  .384 -10.0  -1.0  50%
 1974 27 OAK AL  222  176   15   2.3    84| .196  .251| .241  .315| .324  .361| .565  .676|  66  .254  -9.3  -1.0  50%
 1975 28 OAK AL  147  125    4   0.9    91| .140  .256| .192  .325| .191  .376| .383  .701|  10  .050 -16.6  -1.7   0%
 1976 29 CLE AL  300  207   33   4.3    84| .301  .254| .347  .318| .362  .358| .709  .675| 110  .535   3.4   0.4  33%
 1977 30 TOT AL  293  219   29   3.6    97| .276  .262| .305  .325| .386  .399| .691  .724|  91  .380  -4.2  -0.4   0%
         CLE AL  257  194   24   3.3    96| .265  .262| .293  .325| .378  .398| .671  .723|  85  .351  -5.6  -0.5   0%
         SEA AL   36   25    5   5.4    99| .353  .265| .389  .329| .441  .403| .830  .732| 128  .566   1.4   0.1   0%
 1979 32 MIL AL   56   41    5   3.2   102| .231  .270| .286  .334| .327  .408| .613  .743|  66  .336  -2.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons     3226 2348  325   3.7    93| .256  .257| .306  .327| .367  .380| .673  .707|  90  .450 -44.2  -4.6  44%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1967 20 CLE AL   C    7     46    7    0    0 1.000  .989  7.57  6.16 10.08  7.21    5   47.3   2   1    3   4
 1968 21 CLE AL   C    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  6.00  4.50  6.75    0    2.0   0   0    0   0
 1969 22 CLE AL   C   37    237   18    6    2  .977  .987  6.89  5.59  7.78  6.65   32  295.0   7  13   36  14
 1970 23 CLE AL   C  120    854   70   10    7  .989  .988  7.70  5.82  7.81  6.65  120 1064.7  17  43   40  48 GG,AS
 1971 24 CLE AL   C  126    748   73   10   16  .988  .988  6.52  5.63  7.02  6.37  119 1052.0  13  52   56  38 GG,AS
                 1B    4     19    0    0    6 1.000  .990  4.75  8.10  4.62  9.58    5   37.0                  AS
 1972 25 CLE AL   C  124    713   70   12    9  .985  .985  6.31  5.66  6.49  6.48  121 1086.0  12  39   53  31
                 1B    3     27    1    0    3 1.000  .989  9.33  8.03 12.00  9.77    2   21.0                 
 1973 26 OAK AL   C  141    713   63   10    5  .987  .985  5.50  5.29  5.82  6.05  137 1200.7   5  46   41  52
                 DH    2
 1974 27 OAK AL   C   68    299   28    9    6  .973  .983  4.81  5.01  5.56  5.89   64  529.7   3   4   35  19
                 DH    1
 1975 28 OAK AL   C   82    250   15    5    1  .981  .983  3.23  5.04  5.89  6.00   41  404.7   2   6   35  13
                 1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  3.00  8.30 13.50  9.90    0    2.0                 
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.70                                         
 1976 29 CLE AL   C   85    483   42    7    9  .987  .981  6.18  4.90  6.89  5.75   78  686.0   4  19   67  30
                 1B    3     10    1    0    1 1.000  .991  3.67  8.87  7.62  9.83    1   13.0                 
                 DH    1
 1977 30 TOT AL   C   85    455   49    9    5  .982  .986  5.93  5.06  6.87  6.01   74  660.3   5  27   69  35
         TOT AL  DH    3
         CLE AL   C   77    426   48    8    4  .983  .986  6.16  5.06  7.07  6.01   67  603.3   4  25   67  35
                 1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.80  4.50  9.90    0    2.0                 
                 DH    1
         SEA AL   C    8     29    1    1    1  .968  .987  3.75  5.06  4.74  6.02    7   57.0   1   2    2   0
                 DH    2
 1979 32 MIL AL   C   13     32    3    0    1 1.000  .983  2.69  4.69  5.31  5.46    5   59.3   0   0    2   2
                 DH    5
                 1B    1      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  9.00  8.80 10.12 10.12    1    8.0                 

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1971 24 CLE AL  1B    4     19    0    0    6 1.000  .990  4.75  8.10  4.62  9.58    5   37.0                 
 1972 25 CLE AL  1B    3     27    1    0    3 1.000  .989  9.33  8.03 12.00  9.77    2   21.0                 
 1975 28 OAK AL  1B    1      3    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  3.00  8.30 13.50  9.90    0    2.0                 
 1976 29 CLE AL  1B    3     10    1    0    1 1.000  .991  3.67  8.87  7.62  9.83    1   13.0                 
 1977 30 CLE AL  1B    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  8.80  4.50  9.90    0    2.0                 
 1979 32 MIL AL  1B    1      9    0    0    0 1.000  .989  9.00  8.80 10.12 10.12    1    8.0                 

 1975 28 OAK AL  2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.70                                         

 1967 20 CLE AL   C    7     46    7    0    0 1.000  .989  7.57  6.16 10.08  7.21    5   47.3   2   1    3   4
 1968 21 CLE AL   C    1      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  6.00  4.50  6.75    0    2.0   0   0    0   0
 1969 22 CLE AL   C   37    237   18    6    2  .977  .987  6.89  5.59  7.78  6.65   32  295.0   7  13   36  14
 1970 23 CLE AL   C  120    854   70   10    7  .989  .988  7.70  5.82  7.81  6.65  120 1064.7  17  43   40  48
 1971 24 CLE AL   C  126    748   73   10   16  .988  .988  6.52  5.63  7.02  6.37  119 1052.0  13  52   56  38
 1972 25 CLE AL   C  124    713   70   12    9  .985  .985  6.31  5.66  6.49  6.48  121 1086.0  12  39   53  31
 1973 26 OAK AL   C  141    713   63   10    5  .987  .985  5.50  5.29  5.82  6.05  137 1200.7   5  46   41  52
 1974 27 OAK AL   C   68    299   28    9    6  .973  .983  4.81  5.01  5.56  5.89   64  529.7   3   4   35  19
 1975 28 OAK AL   C   82    250   15    5    1  .981  .983  3.23  5.04  5.89  6.00   41  404.7   2   6   35  13
 1976 29 CLE AL   C   85    483   42    7    9  .987  .981  6.18  4.90  6.89  5.75   78  686.0   4  19   67  30
 1977 30 TOT AL   C   85    455   49    9    5  .982  .986  5.93  5.06  6.87  6.01   74  660.3   5  27   69  35
         CLE AL   C   77    426   48    8    4  .983  .986  6.16  5.06  7.07  6.01   67  603.3   4  25   67  35
         SEA AL   C    8     29    1    1    1  .968  .987  3.75  5.06  4.74  6.02    7   57.0   1   2    2   0
 1979 32 MIL AL   C   13     32    3    0    1 1.000  .983  2.69  4.69  5.31  5.46    5   59.3   0   0    2   2

 1973 26 OAK AL  DH    2
 1974 27 OAK AL  DH    1
 1976 29 CLE AL  DH    1
 1977 30 TOT AL  DH    3
         CLE AL  DH    1
         SEA AL  DH    2
 1979 32 MIL AL  DH    5

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Position Total   C* 889   4831  438   78   61  .985  .986  5.93  5.37              796 7087.7  70 250  437 286
                 1B*  13     69    2    0   10 1.000  .990  5.46  8.38                9   83.0                 
                 DH   12   Games not counted in Overall Total below                             
                 2B    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  4.70                                         
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
 Overall Total       903   4900  440   78   71  .986  .986  5.91  5.41
An Important note about our fielding stats

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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1973   ALCS  OAK BAL     W   5  11   2   1  1  0  0   3   2   2  .091  .214  .182   0  0   1   1   0 
        WS    OAK NYM     W   7  19   0   3  1  0  0   0   1   4  .158  .200  .211   0  0   0   0   0 
 1974   ALCS  OAK BAL     W   4  12   1   4  1  0  1   3   1   2  .333  .385  .667   0  0   1   0   0 
        WS    OAK LAD     W   5  14   1   2  0  0  1   1   1   5  .143  .200  .357   0  0   0   0   0 
 1975   ALCS  OAK BOS     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  10  25   3   5  2  0  1   6   3   5  .200  .276  .400   0  0   2   1   0 
  2 World Series        2-0  12  33   1   5  1  0  1   1   2   9  .152  .200  .273   0  0   0   0   0 
  5 Postseason Series   4-1  22  58   4  10  3  0  2   7   5  14  .172  .234  .328   0  0   2   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1970   CLE AL       2   1   1  0  0  0   1   1   0   0  0   0   1   0           
 1971   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/2      0   2   1   1  0  0  0   1   1   0   0  0   0   1   0  .500  .500  .500 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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.

All-Star
1970 *
1971

Gold Gloves
1970-AL--C
1971-AL--C
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1970-AL-23-0.02
Car-1314-0.02 shares

Batting Average
1970 AL-**.307-7

Intentional Walks
1972 AL-15-4

Grounded into Double Plays
1972 AL-18-5

Youngest Player
1967 AL-20-8

          
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Gray Ink: Batting - 4 (1792) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3464) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 20.5 (756) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft.

March 24, 1973: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Jack Heidemann to the Oakland Athletics for Dave Duncan and George Hendrick.

December 9, 1975: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the Oakland Athletics.

September 9, 1977: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Seattle Mariners for Bill Laxton and cash.

October 20, 1977: Granted Free Agency.

December 31, 1977: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

April 3, 1980: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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