Ray Fosse

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: April 4, 1947 in Marion, IL us

Died: October 13, 2021 in Diablo, CA

Buried: Unknown Cemetery, Carefree, AZ

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th) of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Marion HS (Marion, IL).

High School: Marion HS (Marion, IL)

School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: September 8, 1967 (Age 20-157d, 12,627th in major league history)
vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1979 (Age 32-179d)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Raymond Earl Fosse

Nicknames: Marion Mule

Pronunciation: \FOSS-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

2957

758

.256

299

RBI

324

OBP

.306

SLG

.367

OPS

.673

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 61 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 16 go ahead

2 Tms
CLE	50
OAK	11

Platoon
vs RHP	36
vs LHP	25

Home/Road
Home	32
Away	29

Outs
1	24
2	19
0	18

14 Opps
CHW	8
BOS	7
TEX/WSA	7
BAL	7
MIL	7
NYY	6
DET	5
MIN	3
KCR	3
OAK	2
CLE	2
CAL	2
SEA	1
TOR	1

52 Pitchers
Mike Cuellar	3
Skip Lockwood	2
Fritz Peterson	2
Wilbur Wood	2
Catfish Hunter	2
Jim Slaton	2
John Cumberland	2
Jim Kaat	2
Dave Wickersham	1
Vicente Romo	1
Dick Drago	1
Ken Kravec	1
Mike Flanagan	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Jerry Johnson	1
Nelson Briles	1
Sonny Siebert	1
John Hiller	1
Ken Brett	1
Jim Palmer	1
Bill Lee	1
Cal Koonce	1
Tom Bradley	1
John O'Donoghue	1
Tommy John	1
Jim Hardin	1
Casey Cox	1
Rick Jones	1
Al Closter	1
Mike Garman	1
Bill Gogolewski	1
Blue Moon Odom	1
Joe Grzenda	1
Jackie Brown	1
Gary Peters	1
Steve Luebber	1
Andy Messersmith	1
Al Fitzmorris	1
Lew Krausse	1
Dave Rozema	1
Mickey Lolich	1
Jim Hannan	1
Jeff Byrd	1
Tom Timmermann	1
Stan Bahnsen	1
Joe Coleman	1
Jim Colborn	1
Ken Tatum	1
Jim Shellenback	1
Pat Dobson	1
Rich Hinton	1

11 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	29
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	5
County Stad (MIL)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	36
8	4
9	3
89	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	57
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	37
1--	8
1-3	5
-2-	3
-23	3
12-	2
123	2
--3	1

99 RBI
RISP	16
0 on	37
1 on	12
2 on	10
3 on	2
Any on	24

Inning
1	4
2	11
3	8
4	9
5	8
6	9
7	5
8	3
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	23
4-6	26
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	9
+1	8
Tied	15
-1	8
-2	3
-3	6
-4..	6

Ahead	23
Tied	15
Behind	23

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	61

OrderPos
4th	18
8th	15
6th	12
7th	11
3rd	2
5th	1
9th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	26
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-05-22	CLE		KCR	Dave Wickersham	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.037	97%		Home Run (Deep CF)
2	2	2	1	1969-09-18	CLE	@	DET	Mickey Lolich	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	-23	3	6	2	0.121	88%		Home Run; K. Harrelson Scores; T. Horton Scores
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1970-04-25	CLE		CHW	Tommy John	ahead 5-3	b 5	2	---	1	6	2	0.080	88%		Home Run
4	4	2	1	1970-05-21	CLE		BOS	Vicente Romo	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	123	4	5	2	0.161	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Uhlaender Scores; V. Pinson Scores; T. Horton Scores
5	5	3	1	1970-05-24 (2)	CLE		NYY	John Cumberland	ahead 3-1	b 4	2	---	1	7	2	0.083	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	4	2	1970-05-24 (2)	CLE		NYY	John Cumberland	ahead 5-2	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.041	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	1970-05-31	CLE	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	2	0.118	58%		Home Run
8	8	6	1	1970-06-02 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	Skip Lockwood	behind 4-5	t 4	1	---	1	6	2	0.134	47%		Home Run
9	9	7	1	1970-06-04	CLE	@	MIL	John O'Donoghue	ahead 5-2	t 6	2	1-3	3	6	2	0.098	97%		Home Run; T. Horton Scores; D. Sims Scores
10	10	8	1	1970-06-10	CLE		OAK	Blue Moon Odom	behind 2-5	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.091	27%		Home Run
11	11	9	1	1970-06-13	CLE		MIL	Lew Krausse	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---	1	4	2	0.105	44%		Home Run
12	12	10	1	1970-06-16	CLE		CAL	Andy Messersmith	ahead 2-1	b 3	2	--3	2	4	2	0.165	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Leon Scores
13	13	11	1	1970-06-18	CLE		WSA	Jim Hannan	behind 2-3	b 6	0	---	1	4	2	0.187	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	12	1	1970-07-02	CLE	@	BAL	Jim Hardin	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1-3	3	4	2	0.196	76%		Home Run (CF-RF); G. Nettles Scores; V. Pinson Scores
15	15	13	1	1970-07-03 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	Ken Brett	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	1-3	3	4	2	0.174	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Heidemann Scores; R. Foster Scores
16	16	14	1	1970-07-04	CLE	@	BOS	Sonny Siebert	behind 0-1	t 7	1	---	1	4	2	0.200	46%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	15	1	1970-07-07 (2)	CLE		WSA	Joe Grzenda	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	4	2	0.080	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	16	1	1970-07-09	CLE		WSA	Casey Cox	behind 0-4	b 4	1	-2-	2	4	2	0.125	27%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores
19	19	17	1	1970-08-05	CLE		NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 0-4	b 6	2	-23	3	4	2	0.220	32%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Rollins Scores; L. Brown Scores
20	20	18	1	1970-08-30	CLE		CAL	Ken Tatum	tied 7-7	b 5	0	---	1	4	2	0.148	71%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1971-04-10	CLE		BOS	Cal Koonce	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	2	0.194	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); V. Pinson Scores
22	22	2	1	1971-04-20	CLE	@	BOS	Gary Peters	behind 0-4	t 6	1	---	1	4	2	0.045	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	3	1	1971-06-05	CLE	@	MIN	Jim Kaat	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1-3	3	3	2	0.131	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores; E. Leon Scores
24	24	4	1	1971-06-10	CLE		CHW	Tom Bradley	ahead 3-0	b 2	2	12-	3	3	2	0.120	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Lamb Scores; G. Nettles Scores
25	25	5	1	1971-08-11	CLE	@	CHW	Rich Hinton	tied 2-2	t 12	1	---	1	6	2	0.392	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1971-08-24	CLE		MIL	Jim Slaton	behind 2-3	b 6	2	1-3	3	6	2	0.448	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Foster Scores; C. Chambliss Scores
27	27	7	1	1971-08-28	CLE		MIN	Steve Luebber	behind 2-6	b 3	1	123	4	6	2	0.286	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Foster Scores; G. Nettles Scores; C. Chambliss Scores
28	28	8	1	1971-09-04	CLE	@	BOS	Bill Lee	ahead 8-3	t 7	2	-23	3	6	2	0.022	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Nettles Scores; C. Chambliss Scores
29	29	9	1	1971-09-06 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	Pat Dobson	behind 1-2	t 4	0	---	1	6	2	0.140	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	10	1	1971-09-11	CLE		NYY	Al Closter	behind 4-10	b 9	0	1--	2	4	2	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Foster Scores
31	31	11	1	1971-09-16	CLE		BOS	Mike Garman	behind 1-4	b 4	1	12-	3	6	2	0.286	53%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Foster Scores; G. Nettles Scores
32	32	12	1	1971-09-24 (1)	CLE		BAL	Mike Cuellar	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1--	2	4	2	0.194	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Uhlaender Scores
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1972-04-22	CLE		BAL	Jim Palmer	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.127	65%		Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1972-05-14	CLE		TEX	Jim Shellenback	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	2	0.123	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	3	1	1972-06-21	CLE	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	2	0.121	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	4	1	1972-07-07	CLE		KCR	Dick Drago	behind 2-5	b 7	2	---	1	7	2	0.062	12%		Home Run (Deep CF)
37	37	5	1	1972-07-11	CLE		CHW	Stan Bahnsen	tied 0-0	b 2	1	-2-	2	7	2	0.188	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Johnson Scores
38	38	6	1	1972-07-12	CLE		CHW	Wilbur Wood	behind 0-3	b 2	0	---	1	4	2	0.093	30%		Home Run
39	39	7	1	1972-08-13 (2)	CLE	@	DET	Tom Timmermann	tied 1-1	t 5	0	1--	2	7	2	0.237	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores
40	40	8	2	1972-08-13 (2)	CLE	@	DET	John Hiller	ahead 6-1	t 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.016	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	9	1	1972-09-26	CLE	@	BAL	Mike Cuellar	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	2	0.123	75%		Home Run (LF-CF)
42	42	10	1	1972-10-01 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	1	4	2	0.171	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1973-05-10	OAK	@	TEX	Bill Gogolewski	ahead 5-1	t 5	0	1--	2	7	2	0.049	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Bando Scores
44	44	2	1	1973-05-14	OAK		CHW	Wilbur Wood	ahead 3-1	b 7	2	---	1	7	2	0.059	94%		Home Run
45	45	3	1	1973-07-12	OAK	@	MIL	Jim Slaton	tied 4-4	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.388	83%		Home Run
46	46	4	1	1973-07-13	OAK	@	MIL	Skip Lockwood	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.184	77%		Home Run; G. Tenace Scores
47	47	5	1	1973-07-14	OAK	@	MIL	Jim Colborn	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.032	7%		Home Run
48	48	6	1	1973-07-21	OAK		CLE	Jerry Johnson	ahead 4-2	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.036	97%		Home Run
49	49	7	1	1973-09-16	OAK		TEX	Jackie Brown	ahead 6-4	b 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.069	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1974-04-15	OAK		CHW	Jim Kaat	behind 0-3	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	0.187	39%		Home Run; G. Tenace Scores
51	51	2	1	1974-04-23	OAK	@	CLE	Gaylord Perry	behind 0-2	t 9	2	---	1	8	2	0.023	3%		Home Run
52	52	3	1	1974-04-27	OAK	@	BAL	Mike Cuellar	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	1--	2	8	2	0.137	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); G. Tenace Scores
53	53	4	1	1974-08-31	OAK	@	DET	Joe Coleman	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	8	2	0.106	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1976-08-23	CLE		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.134	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	2	1	1976-09-01	CLE	@	CHW	Ken Kravec	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	2	0.135	64%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
56	56	1	1	1977-04-19	CLE	@	BAL	Mike Flanagan	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.118	62%		Home Run (Deep CF)
57	57	2	1	1977-06-02	CLE	@	DET	Dave Rozema	behind 0-3	t 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.052	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
58	58	3	1	1977-06-03	CLE	@	SEA	Rick Jones	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.160	80%		Home Run (Deep LF); P. Dade Scores
59	59	4	1	1977-07-07	CLE	@	NYY	Catfish Hunter	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.114	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	5	1	1977-07-10	CLE		TOR	Jeff Byrd	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.111	40%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	6	1	1977-07-25	CLE		TEX	Nelson Briles	tied 3-3	b 7	1	---	1	9	2	0.227	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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