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.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
3	3	Apr 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
4	4	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		BAL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
6	6	Apr 22	CLE		BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	9.1	6	0	1	7	0	C
10	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
11	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
12	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	66	16.0	10	2	1	13	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
15	15	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
16	16	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,12-0	GS	18	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	17	May 7	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	18	May 9	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	19	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
20	20	May 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
21	22 (1)	May 14	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
22	23	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
23	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
24	25	May 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	29	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	26	May 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
26	27	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
27	28	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
28	29	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
29	30	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	31	May 26	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	32	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
32	34 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
33	35	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	45	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
35	37	Jun 2	CLE		CAL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
36	38	Jun 3	CLE		CAL	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	39	Jun 4	CLE		CAL	W,6-4	CG	46	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
38	40	Jun 5	CLE		OAK	L,2-3	CG	38	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
39	41	Jun 6	CLE		OAK	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	46 (4)	Jun 13	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.2	9	1	0	10	0	C
41	47	Jun 14	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
42	48	Jun 15	CLE	@	CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
43	49	Jun 16	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
44	50	Jun 17	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
45	51	Jun 18	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
46	52	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
47	54 (1)	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	55	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	56	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
50	58 (1)	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
51	59	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	GS	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
52	60	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
53	61	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-5	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
54	62	Jun 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
55	63	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
56	64	Jul 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
57	65	Jul 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
58	67 (1)	Jul 4	CLE		TEX	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
59	68	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
60	70 (1)	Jul 7	CLE		KCR	L,3-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
61	71	Jul 8	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
62	73 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	C
63	74	Jul 10	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
64	75	Jul 11	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
65	76	Jul 12	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	77	Jul 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
67	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-0	CG	56	14.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
68	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
69	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	4	1	0	5	0	C
70	82 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	KCR	L,8-11	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
71	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
72	84	Jul 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
73	85	Jul 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
74	86	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
75	88 (1)	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
76	89	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	38	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	91 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
78	93 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
79	94	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	16	1	0	17	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	95	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
81	96	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	98 (1)	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
83	99	Aug 4	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
84	100	Aug 5	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
85	102 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
86	105 (2)	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
87	106	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
88	109 (2)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
89	110	Aug 15	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GS	42	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B C
90	111	Aug 16	CLE		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
91	112	Aug 17	CLE		CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
92	113	Aug 18	CLE		OAK	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	114	Aug 19	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
94	115	Aug 20	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
95	116	Aug 21	CLE		MIN	W,10-3	GS	24	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
96	117	Aug 22	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
97	118	Aug 23	CLE		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
98	119	Aug 25	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	45	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
99	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
100	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	45	11.2	8	1	0	9	0	C
101	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
102	123	Aug 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS	20	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
103	125 (1)	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
104	126	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
105	127	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	2	6	0	C
106	128	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	129	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
109	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
110	132	Sep 7	CLE		MIL	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
111	133	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	10	2	0	12	0	C
112	134	Sep 10 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	50	12.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
113	135	Sep 10 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
114	141 (5)	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
115	142	Sep 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
116	143	Sep 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
117	144	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
118	145	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-4	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH C
119	146	Sep 20	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
120	147	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
121	150 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	5	0	1	6	1	C
122	151	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
123	152	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
124	153	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	38	11.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
125	154	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
126	155	Oct 3 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
127	156	Oct 3 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	GS	17	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
							127gm		1107.0	740	71	12	823	12