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.

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1975 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	8 (7)	Apr 16	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
2	10 (1)	Apr 19	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
3	11	Apr 20 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	12	Apr 20 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,5-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
5	13	Apr 21	OAK		TEX	W,11-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
6	14	Apr 22	OAK		TEX	L,1-2	GS	31	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
7	15	Apr 23	OAK		KCR	W,3-2		7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
8	18 (2)	Apr 26	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
9	19	Apr 27 (1)	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
10	20	Apr 27 (2)	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-9	GS	32	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	21	May 2	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
12	22	May 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-4	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
13	25 (2)	May 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-1	GS	28	7.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
14	29 (3)	May 11	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
15	30	May 12	OAK		BOS	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
16	32 (1)	May 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-2	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
17	33	May 17	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-1	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
18	34	May 18	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-9	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
19	36 (1)	May 20	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-7	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
20	38 (1)	May 23	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-0	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
21	41 (2)	May 25 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
22	43 (1)	May 27	OAK		BAL	W,4-2		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
23	45 (1)	May 30	OAK		CLE	W,6-2	GS	25	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
24	46	May 31	OAK		CLE	L,1-4	GF	25	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	47	Jun 1	OAK		CLE	W,6-3	GS	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	49 (1)	Jun 3	OAK		MIL	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
27	50	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	W,11-3	GF	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	51	Jun 6	OAK		DET	L,2-11	GF	12	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
29	54 (2)	Jun 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GF	22	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	57 (2)	Jun 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,7-9	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
31	62 (4)	Jun 17 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-7	GF	24	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	64 (1)	Jun 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS	22	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
33	68 (3)	Jun 22 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
34	69	Jun 23	OAK		MIN	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
35	71 (1)	Jun 25	OAK		MIN	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	72	Jun 27	OAK	@	CAL	W,12-4	GS	23	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
37	73	Jun 28	OAK	@	CAL	W,10-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
38	74	Jun 29	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-1	GS	31	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	76 (1)	Jul 1	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-1	GS	31	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	77	Jul 2	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	C
41	78	Jul 3	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
42	79	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
43	81 (1)	Jul 6	OAK		CAL	L,0-2	GS	25	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
44	82	Jul 7	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
45	83	Jul 8	OAK		CLE	W,15-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
46	85 (1)	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,0-4	GS	34	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
47	90 (4)	Jul 19 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
48	93 (2)	Jul 21	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
49	98 (4)	Jul 25	OAK		CHW	W,8-6	GS	30	7.0	2	1	0	3	1	C
50	101 (2)	Jul 27 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	102	Jul 28	OAK		TEX	W,12-6	GS	28	6.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
52	103	Jul 29	OAK		TEX	L,1-6	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
53	104	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	105	Aug 1	OAK	@	KCR	L,0-6	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
55	106	Aug 2	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	GS	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
56	108 (1)	Aug 4	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-12	GS	33	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	110 (1)	Aug 5 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-15	CG	47	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	112 (1)	Aug 7	OAK	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
59	113	Aug 8	OAK		BOS	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	114	Aug 9	OAK		BOS	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	115	Aug 10	OAK		BOS	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	116	Aug 11	OAK		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
63	117	Aug 12	OAK		NYY	L,2-7	GS	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	128 (10)	Aug 23 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	W,9-3	GF	26	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
65	131 (2)	Aug 27	OAK	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
66	135 (3)	Aug 31	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	137 (1)	Sep 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	140 (2)	Sep 7 (1)	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	141	Sep 7 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,7-3	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
70	142	Sep 8	OAK		KCR	W,8-2	GF	10	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
71	143	Sep 9	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
72	145 (1)	Sep 12 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,11-4	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	150 (4)	Sep 16 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
74	152 (1)	Sep 18	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-6		3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
75	153	Sep 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
76	154	Sep 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,16-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
77	155	Sep 21	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
78	158 (2)	Sep 24	OAK		CHW	W,13-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
79	159	Sep 25	OAK		CHW	L,2-8	GS	45	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C 1B
80	160	Sep 26	OAK		CAL	W,4-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	161	Sep 27	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
82	162	Sep 28	OAK		CAL	W,5-0	GF	9	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
							84gm		406.2	253	15	5	273	1