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.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 10	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
2	2	Apr 13	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	21 (18)	May 8	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
4	22	May 9	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
5	29 (6)	May 18	CLE		NYY	L,6-11	GS	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
6	30	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	31	May 21	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	34 (2)	May 23 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	GS	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	41 (6)	May 31 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
10	42	May 31 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	GS	20	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	45 (2)	Jun 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	41	10.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
12	46	Jun 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
13	47	Jun 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
14	51 (3)	Jun 11	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	54 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
16	59 (4)	Jun 20	CLE		KCR	W,11-8	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
18	62 (1)	Jun 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
19	64 (1)	Jun 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-5	GS	29	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
20	66 (1)	Jun 27 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
21	67	Jun 27 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
22	69 (1)	Jun 29	CLE		MIL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	84 (14)	Jul 19 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
24	86 (1)	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	L,4-7	GS	32	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
25	87	Jul 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-2	GF	22	6.2	2	1	0	3	0	C
26	88	Jul 22	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
27	89	Jul 23	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
28	90	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
29	91	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
30	92	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	C
31	93	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
32	94	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
33	95	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	11	3	0	14	1	C
34	96	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
35	97	Jul 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	GF	17	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	1B
36	98	Jul 31 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
37	99	Jul 31 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	47	11.1	8	0	0	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	100	Aug 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	40	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
39	101	Aug 2	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
40	103 (1)	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
41	104	Aug 5	CLE		BAL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
42	105	Aug 6	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	107 (1)	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	C 1B
44	108	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-15	GF	28	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH C
45	109	Aug 9	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	110	Aug 11	CLE		CHW	W,4-3	GS	17	4.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
47	111	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	112	Aug 13	CLE		TEX	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	15	1	0	16	0	C
49	113	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	10.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
50	114	Aug 15 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,6-4	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
51	116 (1)	Aug 16	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
52	117	Aug 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
53	118	Aug 18	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
54	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
55	120	Aug 20	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	121	Aug 21	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	122	Aug 22	CLE	@	TEX	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
58	123	Aug 23	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
59	124	Aug 24	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	125	Aug 25	CLE		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
61	126	Aug 27	CLE		MIN	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
62	127	Aug 28	CLE		MIN	W,4-3	CG	67	17.0	15	2	0	17	0	C
63	128	Aug 29	CLE		MIN	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
64	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	42	10.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	130	Sep 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
66	131	Sep 3	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	132	Sep 4 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	133	Sep 4 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
69	134	Sep 5	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH C
70	135	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	8.1	7	0	0	7	0	C
71	136	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	C
72	138 (1)	Sep 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
73	139	Sep 9	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
75	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	143 (1)	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
77	144	Sep 14	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	GS	31	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
78	145	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
79	147 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
80	148	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,5-4	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
81	149	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	CG	48	13.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
82	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
83	151	Sep 22	CLE	@	DET	W,3-0	GS	14	4.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
84	155 (3)	Sep 28 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
85	156	Sep 29	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
86	157	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	C
87	158	Oct 2 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
							88gm		698.2	493	43	7	543	10