Ray Fosse

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 215lb (188cm, 97kg)

Born: April 4, 1947 in Marion, IL us

Died: October 13, 2021 in Diablo, CA

Buried: Unknown Cemetery, Carefree, AZ

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th) of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Marion HS (Marion, IL).

High School: Marion HS (Marion, IL)

School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)

Debut: September 8, 1967 (Age 20-157d, 12,627th in major league history)
vs. KCA 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1979 (Age 32-179d)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: Raymond Earl Fosse

Nicknames: Marion Mule

Pronunciation: \FOSS-ee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.8

2957

758

.256

299

RBI

324

OBP

.306

SLG

.367

OPS

.673

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1971 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	CLE	@	DET	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
3	3	Apr 10	CLE		BOS	W,11-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
5	5	Apr 14	CLE		BAL	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 15	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	49	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
7	7	Apr 17	CLE		WSA	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
8	8	Apr 18 (1)	CLE		WSA	L,0-4	CG	43	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
9	9	Apr 18 (2)	CLE		WSA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	56	13.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	13	Apr 23	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
14	14	Apr 24	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	15	Apr 25	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-6	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
16	16	Apr 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-8	CG	35	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
17	17	Apr 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
18	18	Apr 28	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	C
19	19	Apr 29	CLE	@	CAL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	20	Apr 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22 (1)	May 2 (1)	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	8	3	0	11	0	1B
22	23	May 2 (2)	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS	42	10.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B C
23	24	May 4	CLE		KCR	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	25	May 5	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
25	26	May 7	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	CG	44	11.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
26	27	May 8	CLE		CAL	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
27	28	May 9	CLE		CAL	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	29	May 11	CLE		OAK	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
29	30	May 12	CLE		OAK	L,1-8	CG	50	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
30	31	May 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
31	32	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
32	33	May 17	CLE	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
33	34	May 18	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	35	May 19	CLE		DET	L,1-12	GS	41	7.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
35	36	May 20	CLE		DET	L,3-5	CG	44	11.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
36	37	May 21	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
37	38	May 22	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	39	May 23 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
39	40	May 23 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
40	41	May 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
41	42	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-5	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
42	43	May 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
43	44	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
44	45	May 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	47	9.2	7	1	0	8	0	C
45	46	May 31	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	43	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48 (1)	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
47	49	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	23	5.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
48	50	Jun 5	CLE	@	MIN	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	51	Jun 6	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
50	52	Jun 8	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
51	53	Jun 9	CLE		CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	C
52	54	Jun 10	CLE		CHW	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
53	55	Jun 11	CLE		MIL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	56	Jun 12	CLE		MIL	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	C
55	57	Jun 13	CLE		MIL	W,11-0	GS	26	7.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
56	58	Jun 14	CLE		MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
57	59	Jun 15	CLE		MIN	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
58	60	Jun 16	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	61	Jun 17	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
60	62	Jun 18	CLE		DET	W,7-0	GS	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	65 (2)	Jun 20 susp	CLE		DET	W,8-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
62	69 (3)	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
63	70	Jun 25	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
64	71	Jun 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
65	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
66	73	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	74	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
68	75	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	GS	24	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
69	76	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
70	77	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	78	Jul 1	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
72	79	Jul 2	CLE		WSA	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	80	Jul 3	CLE		WSA	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
74	81	Jul 4	CLE		WSA	L,4-9	CG	43	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
75	82	Jul 5	CLE		WSA	L,6-15	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	103 (20)	Jul 28	CLE		CAL	L,1-5	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
77	104	Jul 29	CLE		CAL	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
78	105	Jul 30	CLE		OAK	W,4-1	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
79	106	Jul 31	CLE		OAK	L,1-9	CG	42	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	107	Aug 1 (1)	CLE		OAK	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	109 (1)	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
82	110	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	111	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	112	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSA	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
85	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
86	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSA	L,0-7	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
87	116 (1)	Aug 10	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
88	117	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	44	12.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
89	118	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
90	119	Aug 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
91	120	Aug 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
92	121	Aug 15	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	2	1	9	1	C
93	122	Aug 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-11	CG	44	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
94	124 (1)	Aug 18	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
95	125	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	L,1-9	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
96	126	Aug 21	CLE		CHW	W,9-4	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
97	127	Aug 22	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
98	128	Aug 24	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
99	129	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
100	130	Aug 26	CLE		MIL	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
101	131	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
102	132	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,9-8	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
103	133	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
104	134	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	136 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
106	137	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
107	138	Sep 3	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
108	139	Sep 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-9	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
109	140	Sep 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
110	141	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-10	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
111	143 (1)	Sep 7	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
112	144	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	L,8-10	CG	45	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
113	145	Sep 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
114	146	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
115	147	Sep 14 susp	CLE		WSA	L,6-8	GF	63	13.0	6	0	1	7	0	PH C
116	148	Sep 15	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	1	6	1	C
117	149	Sep 16	CLE		BOS	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
118	150	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
119	151	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
120	152	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
121	153	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	4	0	1	5	0	C
122	154	Sep 20	CLE	@	WSA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
123	155	Sep 21	CLE	@	WSA	L,1-9	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
124	156	Sep 22	CLE	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
125	157	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
126	159 (1)	Sep 25	CLE		BAL	L,4-6	CG	51	11.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
127	160	Sep 26	CLE		BAL	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
128	161	Sep 28	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
129	162	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
							130gm		1089.0	767	73	10	850	22