Tony Fossas
Emilio Antonio (Morejon) Fossas (The Mechanic)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 23, 1957 in Havana, Cuba
High School: St. Mary's (Boston, MA)
School: University of South Florida
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 12th round of the 1979 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1988
Final Game: May 14, 1999
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1988 TEX AL 30 P 5 0 5.2 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.18 0.40 .950 1.75 0.68
1989 MIL AL 31 P 51 0 61.0 15 1 12 2 0 .867 1.92 0.25 .967 1.87 0.66
1990 MIL AL 32 P 32 0 29.1 8 1 4 3 0 .625 1.53 0.16 .975 1.78 0.59
1991 BOS AL 33 P 64 0 57.0 20 6 12 2 2 .900 2.84 0.28 .960 1.80 0.58
1992 BOS AL 34 P 60 0 29.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 2.43 0.13 .950 1.73 0.56
1993 BOS AL 35 P 71 0 40.0 8 1 6 1 0 .875 1.58 0.10 .962 1.80 0.56
1994 BOS AL 36 P 44 0 34.0 7 0 5 2 0 .714 1.32 0.11 .971 1.72 0.52
1995 STL NL 37 P 58 0 36.2 5 1 3 1 1 .800 0.98 0.07 .960 1.84 0.51
1996 STL NL 38 P 65 0 47.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.91 0.15 .950 1.84 0.52
1997 STL NL 39 P 71 0 51.2 18 2 16 0 1 1.000 3.14 0.25 .950 1.85 0.52
1998 TOT MLB 40 P 41 0 22.2 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.38 0.15 .967 1.75 0.51
1998 TOT AL 40 P 33 0 18.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 2.41 0.15 .960 1.74 0.50
1998 SEA AL 40 P 23 0 11.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.18 0.17 .950 1.75 0.50
1998 CHC NL 40 P 8 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.13 1.000 1.80 0.54
1998 TEX AL 40 P 10 0 7.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.10 1.000 1.72 0.50
1999 NYY AL 41 P 5 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.46
12 Seasons P 567 0 415.2 107 20 76 11 5 .897 2.08 0.17 .960 1.81 0.55
12 Seasons TOT 567 0 415.2 107 20 76 11 5 .897 2.08 0.17 .857 1.81 0.55

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1988 TEX AL 30 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 MIL AL 31 51 0 2 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 MIL AL 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 BOS AL 33 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 BOS AL 34 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BOS AL 35 71 0 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 BOS AL 36 44 0 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 STL NL 37 58 0 58 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 STL NL 38 65 0 65 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 STL NL 39 71 0 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 SEA AL 40 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 40 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHC NL 40 8 0 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 NYY AL 41 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 567 0 201 567 567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1988 TEX AL 30 30 93% 33% 2 50% 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0%
1989 MIL AL 31 267 76% 37% 15 87% 0 1 0 1 13 12 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 83%
1990 MIL AL 32 149 77% 38% 8 50% 0 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1991 BOS AL 33 252 76% 37% 14 93% 1 6 2 2 12 8 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 5 80%
1992 BOS AL 34 133 74% 32% 5 100% 0 2 0 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1993 BOS AL 35 181 69% 28% 8 63% 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 33%
1994 BOS AL 36 154 69% 29% 6 83% 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1995 STL NL 37 146 65% 26% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
1996 STL NL 38 213 73% 34% 9 89% 0 2 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1997 STL NL 39 252 73% 28% 19 84% 0 2 2 0 16 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 67%
1998 SEA AL 40 57 72% 33% 2 100% 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 40 31 65% 23% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CHC NL 40 28 57% 11% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1999 NYY AL 41 10 90% 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 1903 73% 32% 93 82% 1 20 4 14 76 58 4 11 1 3 7 4 5 3 5 0 27 67%
MLB Averages 76% 31% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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