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Casey Fossum
Casey Paul Fossum (the Blade)

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 160 lb.
School Texas A&M University

Debut July 28, 2001

Born January 6, 1978 in Cherry Hill, NJ

Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (48th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2001 23 BOS AL   3   2  13   7   0   0   3  0   44.3   44   26   24   4   20   26   6   1   197   1   1  4.87  4.53   93 1.444
 2002 24 BOS AL   5   4  43  12   0   0  13  1  106.7  113   56   41  12   30  101   4   3   461   0   0  3.46  4.56  132 1.341
 2003 25 BOS AL   6   5  19  14   0   0   2  1   79.0   82   55   48   9   34   63   4   4   346   0   0  5.47  4.67   85 1.468
 2004 26 ARI NL   4  15  27  27   0   0   0  0  142.0  171  111  105  31   63  117  10   4   652   5   2  6.65  4.62   69 1.648
 2005 27 TBD AL   8  12  36  25   0   0   1  0  162.7  170  100   89  21   60  128  18   8   725   3   1  4.92  4.36   89 1.414
 2006 28 TBD AL   6   6  25  25   0   0   0  0  130.0  136   89   77  18   63   88  12   4   594   3   1  5.33  4.61   86 1.531
 2007 29 TBD AL   5   8  40  10   0   0   7  0   76.0  109   71   65  15   27   53   6   3   364   1   0  7.70  4.52   59 1.789
 2008 30 DET AL   3   1  31   0   0   0   9  0   41.3   44   26   26   4   18   28   3   1   179   1   0  5.66  4.40   78 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .430  40  53 234 120   0   0  35  2  782.0  869  534  475 114  315  604  63  28  3518  14   5  5.47  4.53   83 1.514
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  10  44  23   0   0   6  0  150.0  166  102   91  21   60  116  12   5   675   2   0  5.47  4.53   83 1.514
 Career High      8  15  43  27   0   0  13  1  162.7  171  111  105  31   63  128  18   8   725   5   2  3.46  4.67  132 1.341

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 26 ARI NL  27   42    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  16  .095  .116  .095  -45    4   3   0   0   0   1
 2005 27 TBD AL  36    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2006 28 TBD AL  25    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      114   46    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  16  .087  .106  .087  -50    4   4   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         65    4    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  23  .087  .106  .087  -50    6   6   0   0   0   1
 Career High     36   42    3    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  16                           4   3   0   0   0   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 26 ARI NL   46   42    1   0.6   115| .095  .275| .116  .348| .095  .446| .211  .794| -45  .022  -9.5  -0.9   0%
 2005 27 TBD AL    3    3    0   0.0   104| .000  .267| .000  .330| .000  .424| .000  .753|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2006 28 TBD AL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .274| .000  .338| .000  .436| .000  .774|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        51   47    1   0.6   115| .087  .275| .106  .347| .087  .445| .193  .792| -50  .018 -10.7  -1.1   0%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2001 23 BOS AL P 13 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.49 0.81 1.75 7 44.3 2002 24 BOS AL P 43 8 5 0 2 1.000 .956 0.30 0.48 1.10 1.69 12 106.7 2003 25 BOS AL P 19 1 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.47 0.49 1.03 1.73 14 79.0 2004 26 ARI NL P 27 4 20 0 1 1.000 .964 0.89 0.47 1.52 1.84 27 142.0 2005 27 TBD AL P 36 11 16 1 2 .964 .954 0.75 0.46 1.49 1.69 25 162.7 2006 28 TBD AL P 25 6 21 1 0 .964 .957 1.08 0.41 1.87 1.56 25 130.0 2007 29 TBD AL P 40 4 15 0 0 1.000 .955 0.47 0.42 2.25 1.60 10 76.0 2008 30 DET AL P 31 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.19 0.42 1.31 1.59 0 41.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2001 23 BOS AL P 13 3 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.31 0.49 0.81 1.75 7 44.3 2002 24 BOS AL P 43 8 5 0 2 1.000 .956 0.30 0.48 1.10 1.69 12 106.7 2003 25 BOS AL P 19 1 8 0 0 1.000 .957 0.47 0.49 1.03 1.73 14 79.0 2004 26 ARI NL P 27 4 20 0 1 1.000 .964 0.89 0.47 1.52 1.84 27 142.0 2005 27 TBD AL P 36 11 16 1 2 .964 .954 0.75 0.46 1.49 1.69 25 162.7 2006 28 TBD AL P 25 6 21 1 0 .964 .957 1.08 0.41 1.87 1.56 25 130.0 2007 29 TBD AL P 40 4 15 0 0 1.000 .955 0.47 0.42 2.25 1.60 10 76.0 2008 30 DET AL P 31 1 5 0 0 1.000 .952 0.19 0.42 1.31 1.59 0 41.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 234 38 91 2 5 .985 .957 0.55 0.45 1.48 1.69 120 782.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 234 38 91 2 5 .985 .957 0.55 0.45 1.48 1.69 120 782
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Strikeouts/9IP
2005 AL-7.08-8

Home Runs Allow.
2004 NL-31-6

Losses
2004 NL-15-2

Earned Runs Allow.
2004 NL-105-7

Wild Pitches
2005 AL-8-10

Hit Batsmen
2005 AL-18-1
2006 AL-12-4

HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1899) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
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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Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 7th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (48th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1999.

November 28, 2003: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Michael Goss (minors), Brandon Lyon, and Jorge de la Rosa to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Curt Schilling.

February 6, 2005: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jose Cruz and cash.

August 10, 2007: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2002Boston Red Sox$215,000
2003Boston Red Sox$324,500
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$345,000
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$950,000
2006Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,025,000
2007Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,725,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,584,500

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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