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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
Schools: 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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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
2001 23 BOS AL 3 2 .600 4.87 13 7 3 0 0 0 44.1 44 26 24 4 20 1 26 6 1 1 197 93 1.444 8.9 0.8 4.1 5.3 1.30
2002 24 BOS AL 5 4 .556 3.46 43 12 13 0 0 1 106.2 113 56 41 12 30 0 101 4 0 3 461 132 1.341 9.5 1.0 2.5 8.5 3.37
2003 25 BOS AL 6 5 .545 5.47 19 14 2 0 0 1 79.0 82 55 48 9 34 0 63 4 0 4 346 85 1.468 9.3 1.0 3.9 7.2 1.85
2004 26 ARI NL 4 15 .211 6.65 27 27 0 0 0 0 142.0 171 111 105 31 63 5 117 10 2 4 652 69 1.648 10.8 2.0 4.0 7.4 1.86
2005 27 TBD AL 8 12 .400 4.92 36 25 1 0 0 0 162.2 170 100 89 21 60 3 128 18 1 8 725 89 1.414 9.4 1.2 3.3 7.1 2.13
2006 28 TBD AL 6 6 .500 5.33 25 25 0 0 0 0 130.0 136 89 77 18 63 3 88 12 1 4 594 86 1.531 9.4 1.2 4.4 6.1 1.40
2007 29 TBD AL 5 8 .385 7.70 40 10 7 0 0 0 76.0 109 71 65 15 27 1 53 6 0 3 364 59 1.789 12.9 1.8 3.2 6.3 1.96
2008 30 DET AL 3 1 .750 5.66 31 0 9 0 0 0 41.1 44 26 26 4 18 1 28 3 0 1 179 78 1.500 9.6 0.9 3.9 6.1 1.56
2009 31 NYM NL 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 19 187 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 6.8 0.75
9 Seasons 40 53 .430 5.45 237 120 35 0 0 2 786.0 873 535 476 114 319 14 607 63 5 28 3537 83 1.517 10.0 1.3 3.7 7.0 1.90
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .430 5.45 45 23 7 0 0 0 150 166 102 91 22 61 3 116 12 1 5 674 83 1.517 10.0 1.3 3.7 7.0 1.90
TBD (3 yrs) 19 26 .422 5.64 101 60 8 0 0 0 368.2 415 260 231 54 150 7 269 36 2 15 1683 79 1.533 10.1 1.3 3.7 6.6 1.79
BOS (3 yrs) 14 11 .560 4.42 75 33 18 0 0 2 230.0 239 137 113 25 84 1 190 14 1 8 1004 104 1.404 9.4 1.0 3.3 7.4 2.26
ARI (1 yr) 4 15 .211 6.65 27 27 0 0 0 0 142.0 171 111 105 31 63 5 117 10 2 4 652 69 1.648 10.8 2.0 4.0 7.4 1.86
NYM (1 yr) 0 0 2.25 3 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 19 187 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 6.8 0.75
DET (1 yr) 3 1 .750 5.66 31 0 9 0 0 0 41.1 44 26 26 4 18 1 28 3 0 1 179 78 1.500 9.6 0.9 3.9 6.1 1.56
AL (7 yrs) 36 38 .486 5.20 207 93 35 0 0 2 640.0 698 423 370 83 252 9 487 53 3 24 2866 87 1.484 9.8 1.2 3.5 6.8 1.93
NL (2 yrs) 4 15 .211 6.53 30 27 0 0 0 0 146.0 175 112 106 31 67 5 120 10 2 4 671 70 1.658 10.8 1.9 4.1 7.4 1.79

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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
2002 24 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 25 BOS AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 26 ARI NL 27 46 42 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .095 .116 .095 .212 -45 4 1 0 3 0 0 1
2005 27 TBD AL 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2006 28 TBD AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2007 29 TBD AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 DET AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 31 NYM NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 46 51 46 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .087 .106 .087 .193 -50 4 1 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 180 162 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 56 .087 .106 .087 .193 -50 14 4 0 14 0 0
TBD (3 yrs) 8 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
BOS (3 yrs) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 27 46 42 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .095 .116 .095 .212 -45 4 1 0 3 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 16 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 30 46 42 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .095 .116 .095 .212 -45 4 1 0 3 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--7.082--8th

Home Runs s c a p y
2004 NL--31--6th

Losses s c a p y
2004 NL--15--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
2004 NL--105--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2005 AL--8--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2005 AL--18--1st
2006 AL--12--4th
Active--63--40th
Career--63--212th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 7th round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (48th pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed July 19, 1999.

November 28, 2003: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Michael Goss (minors), Brandon Lyon and Jorge de la Rosa to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Curt Schilling.

February 6, 2005: Traded by the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Jose Cruz and cash.

August 9, 2007: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

August 22, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

January 24, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 28, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

April 8, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2008.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
2002Boston Red Sox$215,000
2003Boston Red Sox$324,500
2004Arizona Diamondbacks$345,000
2005Tampa Bay Devil Rays$950,000
2006Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,025,000
2007Tampa Bay Devil Rays$2,725,000
Career (may be incomplete)$6,584,500
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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