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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1988 30 TEX AL 0 0 4.76 5 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 11 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28 86 2.294 17.5 0.0 3.2 0.0 0.00
1989 31 MIL AL 2 2 .500 3.54 51 0 16 0 0 1 61.0 57 27 24 3 22 7 42 1 3 1 256 109 1.295 8.4 0.4 3.2 6.2 1.91
1990 32 MIL AL 2 3 .400 6.44 32 0 9 0 0 0 29.1 44 23 21 5 10 2 24 0 0 0 146 60 1.841 13.5 1.5 3.1 7.4 2.40
1991 33 BOS AL 3 2 .600 3.47 64 0 18 0 0 1 57.0 49 27 22 3 28 9 29 3 0 2 244 124 1.351 7.7 0.5 4.4 4.6 1.04
1992 34 BOS AL 1 2 .333 2.43 60 0 17 0 0 2 29.2 31 9 8 1 14 3 19 1 0 0 129 174 1.517 9.4 0.3 4.2 5.8 1.36
1993 35 BOS AL 1 1 .500 5.18 71 0 19 0 0 0 40.0 38 28 23 4 15 4 39 2 1 1 175 90 1.325 8.6 0.9 3.4 8.8 2.60
1994 36 BOS AL 2 0 1.000 4.76 44 0 14 0 0 1 34.0 35 18 18 6 15 1 31 1 0 1 151 106 1.471 9.3 1.6 4.0 8.2 2.07
1995 37 STL NL 3 0 1.000 1.47 58 0 20 0 0 0 36.2 28 6 6 1 10 3 40 1 0 1 145 284 1.036 6.9 0.2 2.5 9.8 4.00
1996 38 STL NL 0 4 .000 2.68 65 0 11 0 0 2 47.0 43 19 14 7 21 3 36 0 0 3 209 158 1.362 8.2 1.3 4.0 6.9 1.71
1997 39 STL NL 2 7 .222 3.83 71 0 14 0 0 0 51.2 62 32 22 7 26 3 41 1 0 0 239 109 1.703 10.8 1.2 4.5 7.1 1.58
1998 40 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 5.96 41 0 10 0 0 0 22.2 30 15 15 1 16 0 23 0 0 1 110 78 2.029 11.9 0.4 6.4 9.1 1.44
1998 40 TOT AL 1 3 .250 5.30 33 0 9 0 0 0 18.2 22 11 11 1 10 0 17 0 0 1 84 88 1.714 10.6 0.5 4.8 8.2 1.70
1998 40 SEA AL 0 3 .000 8.74 23 0 8 0 0 0 11.1 19 11 11 1 6 0 10 0 0 0 55 53 2.206 15.1 0.8 4.8 7.9 1.67
1998 40 CHC NL 0 0 9.00 8 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 26 48 3.500 18.0 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
1998 40 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 0.00 10 0 1 0 0 0 7.1 3 0 0 0 4 0 7 0 0 1 29 0.955 3.7 0.0 4.9 8.6 1.75
1999 41 NYY AL 0 0 36.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 13 7.000 54.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
12 Seasons 17 24 .415 3.90 567 0 149 0 0 7 415.2 434 211 180 39 180 36 324 10 4 11 1842 110 1.477 9.4 0.8 3.9 7.0 1.80
162 Game Avg. 2 3 .415 3.90 68 0 18 0 0 1 50 52 25 22 5 22 4 39 1 0 1 221 110 1.477 9.4 0.8 3.9 7.0 1.80
BOS (4 yrs) 7 5 .583 3.98 239 0 68 0 0 4 160.2 153 82 71 14 72 17 118 7 1 4 699 114 1.400 8.6 0.8 4.0 6.6 1.64
STL (3 yrs) 5 11 .313 2.79 194 0 45 0 0 2 135.1 133 57 42 15 57 9 117 2 0 4 593 150 1.404 8.8 1.0 3.8 7.8 2.05
TEX (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 2.08 15 0 2 0 0 0 13.0 14 3 3 0 6 0 7 0 0 2 57 216 1.538 9.7 0.0 4.2 4.8 1.17
MIL (2 yrs) 4 5 .444 4.48 83 0 25 0 0 1 90.1 101 50 45 8 32 9 66 1 3 1 402 86 1.472 10.1 0.8 3.2 6.6 2.06
CHC (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 8 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 8 4 4 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 26 48 3.500 18.0 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 36.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 6 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10 13 7.000 54.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
SEA (1 yr) 0 3 .000 8.74 23 0 8 0 0 0 11.1 19 11 11 1 6 0 10 0 0 0 55 53 2.206 15.1 0.8 4.8 7.9 1.67
AL (9 yrs) 12 13 .480 4.36 365 0 103 0 0 5 276.1 293 150 134 24 117 27 201 8 4 7 1223 99 1.484 9.5 0.8 3.8 6.5 1.72
NL (4 yrs) 5 11 .313 2.97 202 0 46 0 0 2 139.1 141 61 46 15 63 9 123 2 0 4 619 141 1.464 9.1 1.0 4.1 7.9 1.95

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1996 38 STL NL NLCS L ATL 0 0 2.08 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 15 0.923 2.1 2.1 6.2 2.1 0.33
1 NLCS 0 0 2.08 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 15 0.923 2.1 2.1 6.2 2.1 0.33

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1989 31 MIL AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 37 STL NL 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 38 STL NL 65 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
1997 39 STL NL 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 40 CHC NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
14 Seasons 201 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
STL (3 yrs) 191 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 199 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1996 38 STL NL NLCS ATL L 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1993 AL  71 (3rd)
Career  567 (218th)

Oldest s c a p y
1995 NL  born 1957-09-23 (7th)
1996 NL  born 1957-09-23 (10th)
1997 NL  born 1957-09-23 (8th)
1998 NL  born 1957-09-23 (4th)
1998 AL  born 1957-09-23 (7th)
1999 AL  born 1957-09-23 (4th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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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, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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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