Casey Fossum
Casey Paul Fossum (the Blade)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: January 6, 1978 in Cherry Hill, NJ
High School: Midway (Waco, TX)
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (48th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed July 19, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 2001
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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
2001 BOS AL 23 P 13 7 44.1 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.81 0.31 .950 1.75 0.49
2002 BOS AL 24 P 43 12 106.2 13 8 5 0 2 1.000 1.10 0.30 .954 1.69 0.48
2003 BOS AL 25 P 19 14 79.0 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.47 .956 1.73 0.49
2004 ARI NL 26 P 27 27 142.0 24 4 20 0 1 1.000 1.52 0.89 .962 1.84 0.47
2005 TBD AL 27 P 36 25 162.2 28 11 16 1 2 .964 1.49 0.75 .954 1.69 0.46
2006 TBD AL 28 P 25 25 130.0 28 6 21 1 0 .964 1.87 1.08 .957 1.56 0.41
2007 TBD AL 29 P 40 10 76.0 19 4 15 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.48 .953 1.60 0.42
2008 DET AL 30 P 31 0 41.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.31 0.19 .950 1.59 0.42
2009 NYM NL 31 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.43
9 Seasons P 237 120 786.0 131 38 91 2 5 .985 1.48 0.54 .956 1.69 0.45
9 Seasons TOT 237 120 786.0 131 38 91 2 5 .985 1.48 0.54 .940 1.69 0.45

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
2001 BOS AL 23 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 24 43 0 4 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BOS AL 25 20 1 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 ARI NL 26 29 25 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
2005 TBD AL 27 36 2 2 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 TBD AL 28 25 1 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 TBD AL 29 40 0 5 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 DET AL 30 31 0 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 NYM NL 31 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 240 29 46 237 237 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
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%
2001 BOS AL 23 203 74% 32% 2 100% 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 24 477 72% 26% 6 83% 0 2 1 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 50%
2003 BOS AL 25 362 72% 23% 6 100% 0 1 1 0 8 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ARI NL 26 679 72% 28% 18 89% 1 4 0 4 20 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
2005 TBD AL 27 745 72% 26% 20 90% 1 11 2 8 16 12 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
2006 TBD AL 28 613 73% 32% 22 91% 0 6 0 3 21 19 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2007 TBD AL 29 373 77% 32% 17 88% 1 4 0 3 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2008 DET AL 30 184 73% 32% 4 75% 0 1 0 1 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
2009 NYM NL 31 21 67% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3657 73% 28% 95 89% 3 32 5 21 90 67 6 2 0 1 1 0 5 3 4 1 17 88%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 89% 81%

* 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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