Ray Fosse
Raymond Earl Fosse
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 4, 1947 in Marion, IL
High School: Marion (Marion, IL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1967
Final Game: September 30, 1979
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1967 CLE AL 20 C 7 5 47.1 53 46 7 0 0 1.000 1.0 25.4 1 10.08 7.57 .989 7.21 6.16 2 1 3 4 57%
1968 CLE AL 21 C 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 6.75 6.00 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 22 C 37 32 295.0 261 237 18 6 2 .977 -5.0 -20.3 -5 7.78 6.89 .987 6.65 5.59 7 13 36 14 28%
1970 CLE AL 23 C 120 120 1064.2 934 854 70 10 7 .989 6.0 6.8 6 7.81 7.70 .988 6.65 5.82 17 43 40 48 55% AS,MVP-23,GG
1971 CLE AL 24 C 126 119 1052.0 831 748 73 10 16 .988 -4.0 -4.6 -4 7.02 6.52 .988 6.37 5.63 13 52 56 38 40% AS,GG
1971 CLE AL 24 1B 4 5 37.0 19 19 0 0 6 1.000 -0.6 -19.5 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 0 4.62 4.75 .989 9.58 8.10 AS,GG
1972 CLE AL 25 C 124 121 1086.0 795 713 70 12 9 .985 -2.0 -2.2 -2 6.49 6.31 .985 6.48 5.66 12 39 53 31 37%
1972 CLE AL 25 1B 3 2 21.0 28 27 1 0 3 1.000 -0.4 -22.9 -0.4 -0.6 0.2 0 12.00 9.33 .989 9.77 8.03
1973 OAK AL 26 C 141 137 1200.2 786 713 63 10 5 .987 10.0 10.0 10 5.82 5.50 .985 6.05 5.29 5 46 41 52 56%
1973 OAK AL 26 DH 2
1974 OAK AL 27 C 68 64 529.2 336 299 28 9 6 .973 0.0 0.0 0 5.56 4.81 .983 5.89 5.01 3 4 35 19 35%
1974 OAK AL 27 DH 1
1975 OAK AL 28 C 82 41 404.2 270 250 15 5 1 .981 -3.0 -8.9 -3 5.89 3.23 .983 6.00 5.04 2 6 35 13 27%
1975 OAK AL 28 1B 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 13.50 3.00 1.000 9.90 8.30
1975 OAK AL 28 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
1976 CLE AL 29 C 85 78 686.0 532 483 42 7 9 .987 -2.0 -3.5 -2 6.89 6.18 .981 5.75 4.90 4 19 67 30 31%
1976 CLE AL 29 1B 3 1 13.0 11 10 1 0 1 1.000 0.2 18.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0 7.62 3.67 .991 9.83 8.87
1976 CLE AL 29 DH 1
1977 TOT AL 30 C 85 74 660.1 513 455 49 9 5 .982 -5.0 -9.1 -5 6.87 5.93 .986 6.01 5.06 5 27 69 35 34%
1977 TOT AL 30 DH 3
1977 CLE AL 30 C 77 67 603.1 482 426 48 8 4 .983 -4.0 -8.0 -4 7.07 6.16 .986 6.01 5.06 4 25 67 35 34%
1977 CLE AL 30 1B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -60.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 4.50 1.00 1.000 9.90 8.80
1977 CLE AL 30 DH 1
1977 SEA AL 30 C 8 7 57.0 31 29 1 1 1 .968 -1.0 -21.1 -1 4.74 3.75 .987 6.02 5.06 1 2 2 0 0%
1977 SEA AL 30 DH 2
1979 MIL AL 32 C 13 5 59.1 35 32 3 0 1 1.000 1.0 20.2 1 5.31 2.69 .983 5.46 4.69 0 0 2 2 50%
1979 MIL AL 32 DH 5
1979 MIL AL 32 1B 1 1 8.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 45.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 10.12 9.00 .989 10.12 8.80
12 Seasons C 889 796 7087.2 5347 4831 438 78 61 .985 -3.0 -0.5 -3 6.69 5.93 .986 6.23 5.37 70 250 437 286 40%
6 Seasons 1B 13 9 83.0 71 69 2 0 10 1.000 -0.8 -11.6 -0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0 7.70 5.46 .990 9.74 8.38
5 Seasons DH 12
1 Season 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4.70
12 Seasons TOT 903 805 7170.2 5418 4900 440 78 71 .986 -3.8 -0.6 -0.8 -0.8 -0.1 0 -3 6.70 5.91 .971 6.27 5.41 70 250 437 286 40%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards

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
1967 CLE AL 20 7 5 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 CLE AL 21 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 22 37 32 37 37 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1970 CLE AL 23 120 120 120 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 CLE AL 24 133 124 133 133 0 126 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1972 CLE AL 25 134 123 134 134 0 124 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1973 OAK AL 26 143 139 143 141 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
1974 OAK AL 27 69 64 69 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 OAK AL 28 82 41 82 82 0 82 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 CLE AL 29 90 79 90 87 0 85 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1977 CLE AL 30 78 68 78 77 0 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1977 SEA AL 30 11 9 11 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1979 MIL AL 32 19 11 19 14 0 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0
12 Seasons 924 815 924 909 0 889 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 32 1
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1967 CLE AL 20 214 3.23 4.37 5 100% 0 1 47 3 1 1 42 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 CLE AL 21 8 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 22 1338 3.75 4.18 25 92% 0 0 235 21 0 3 211 18 2 0 0 2 6 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 0 2 100%
1970 CLE AL 23 4789 3.99 4.28 67 96% 3 0 859 43 8 21 786 70 13 1 0 3 10 1 6 3 0 7 1 2 3 9 89%
1971 CLE AL 24 4791 4.32 4.70 70 97% 0 1 739 43 12 20 664 73 28 0 0 3 10 1 2 7 1 16 0 6 8 15 93%
1972 CLE AL 25 4671 2.94 3.30 57 93% 0 1 712 26 4 34 648 68 21 3 0 2 12 0 4 8 2 9 0 2 3 9 100%
1973 OAK AL 26 5122 3.37 3.81 54 94% 0 0 711 41 1 10 659 61 9 0 0 2 10 0 4 6 0 8 0 0 0 7 100%
1974 OAK AL 27 2218 2.53 2.96 19 84% 1 0 300 8 3 7 282 28 7 0 1 1 9 0 4 5 1 6 0 1 1 4 75%
1975 OAK AL 28 1741 2.96 3.29 17 94% 1 0 251 13 0 6 232 15 3 0 0 0 5 0 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0%
1976 CLE AL 29 3000 3.35 3.66 31 100% 0 0 482 21 4 13 443 42 9 1 0 1 7 1 2 4 0 9 0 2 2 4 100%
1977 CLE AL 30 2717 4.16 4.65 27 100% 0 0 422 16 1 10 395 49 10 1 0 2 8 0 1 7 0 4 0 0 1 4 100%
1977 SEA AL 30 261 4.89 5.05 6 83% 0 0 29 4 0 1 24 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1979 MIL AL 32 282 5.46 7.43 3 100% 0 0 32 3 1 1 27 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
12 Seasons 31152 3.56 3.96 381 95% 5 3 4820 242 35 127 4414 433 105 6 1 16 78 3 28 47 5 65 1 14 19 56 93%
MLB Averages 3.62 4.10 95% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1967 CLE AL 20 2 1 68 3 4 4 57% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 5 0.86 0.73
1968 CLE AL 21 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 CLE AL 22 7 13 486 36 14 11 28% 31 13 4 1 1 0 0 0 70 19 1.11 1.43
1970 CLE AL 23 17 43 1762 40 48 40 55% 37 38 3 5 0 5 3 0 141 63 1.26 1.29
1971 CLE AL 24 13 52 1780 56 38 33 40% 53 31 3 4 0 3 2 0 163 46 1.19 1.26
1972 CLE AL 25 12 39 1621 53 31 29 37% 49 26 3 1 1 4 9 0 130 46 1.38 1.13
1973 OAK AL 26 7 46 1726 41 52 45 56% 36 46 5 5 0 1 1 0 121 58 1.27 1.19
1974 OAK AL 27 3 4 792 35 19 17 35% 32 18 2 0 1 1 0 0 53 21 1.64 1.31
1975 OAK AL 28 2 6 617 35 13 11 27% 33 12 2 0 0 1 0 0 55 14 1.05 1.32
1976 CLE AL 29 3 19 1066 67 30 25 31% 65 28 2 1 0 1 0 0 103 35 1.32 1.22
1977 CLE AL 30 4 25 938 67 35 34 34% 65 27 2 4 0 4 0 0 129 39 1.35 1.34
1977 SEA AL 30 1 2 100 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.74
1979 MIL AL 32 0 0 113 2 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1.79 1.46
12 Seasons 71 250 11070 437 286 251 40% 406 245 28 21 3 20 15 0 982 348 1.29 1.25
MLB Averages 36% 1.29 1.25

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1971 CLE AL 24 177 60% 74% 18% 6 100% 0 28 3 25 0 1 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 1 100%
1972 CLE AL 25 87 55% 86% 32% 9 89% 0 32 3 29 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 28 11 55% 100% 27% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 29 61 31% 61% 20% 4 100% 0 10 2 8 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE AL 30 9 22% 67% 11% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MIL AL 32 37 19% 78% 24% 3 100% 0 9 0 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 382 49% 76% 22% 22 95% 0 83 8 75 0 9 5 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 0 9 1 1 0 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 60% 78% 27% 94% 88%

* 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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