Tony Fossas

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: September 23, 1957 in La Habana, Cuba cu

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 9th round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) and the Texas Rangers in the 12th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Florida (Tampa, FL).

High School: St. Mary's HS (Brookline, MA)

School: University of South Florida (Tampa, FL)

Debut: May 15, 1988 (Age 30-235d, 15,466th in major league history)
vs. KCR 2.2 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 14, 1999 (Age 41-233d)
vs. CHW 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: Emilio Antonio Fossas

Nicknames: The Mechanic

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

3.90

567

415.2

324

WHIP

1.477

Summary of 39 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 0 tying, 4 go ahead

5 Tms
STL	15
BOS	14
MIL	8
NYY	1
SEA	1

Platoon
vs RHB	28
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Away	26
Home	13

Outs
1	14
2	14
0	11

19 Opps
DET	6
NYY	3
KCR	3
PIT	3
CHW	3
MIN	2
SFG	2
TEX	2
SDP	2
SEA	2
BAL	2
TOR	2
COL	1
OAK	1
CHC	1
CIN	1
CAL	1
LAD	1
MON	1

36 Batters
Mickey Tettleton	2
Jeff King	2
Mel Hall	2
Jeff Reed	1
Tony Gwynn	1
Danny Bautista	1
Magglio Ordóñez	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Bernie Williams	1
Turner Ward	1
Alan Trammell	1
Jeffrey Leonard	1
Sammy Sosa	1
Wally Joyner	1
Matt Williams	1
Shane Andrews	1
Robin Ventura	1
Roberto Alomar	1
Shane Halter	1
Ron Karkovice	1
Juan González	1
Scott Brosius	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Billy Ashley	1
John Shelby	1
Larry Sutton	1
Chet Lemon	1
Ken Griffey Jr.	1
Kevin Young	1
Devon White	1
Julio Franco	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Barry Bonds	1
Joe Oliver	1
Cecil Fielder	1
Steve Finley	1

20 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	5
County Stad (MIL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	4
Tiger Stad (DET)	4
KauffmanStad (KAN)	3
Qualcomm St (SAN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
7	15
9	8
8	6
89	5
78	5

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	8
5	8
2	6
6	5
4	5
3	5
7+	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	33
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	20
1--	10
1-3	4
123	3
12-	1
-2-	1

69 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	20
1 on	11
2 on	5
3 on	3
Any on	19

Inning
4	1
5	1
6	2
7	7
8	20
9	8

4-6	4
7-end	35

RelScore
+4..	12
+3	1
+2	3
+1	6
Tied	3
-1	1
-2	1
-3	6
-4..	6

Ahead	22
Tied	3
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	8
1-2	7
2-2	7
3-2	5
1-0	3
1-1	3
0-1	3
2-0	2
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	7
CF	6
RF	6
3B	6
C	4
PH	3
LF	3
2B	2
DH	1
SS	1

OrderPos
4th	11
2nd	6
5th	5
3rd	4
7th	4
9th	3
8th	3
1st	2
6th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-06-04	Mel Hall	NYY	@	MIL	ahead 7-0	t 4	1	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	7	1%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); T. Brookens Scores; D. Mattingly Scores
2	2	2	1	1989-06-19	Gary Gaetti	MIN		MIL	behind 7-11	b 9	0	---	6,(1-2) SFFFBX	1	4	5	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	1989-08-30	Jeffrey Leonard	SEA	@	MIL	ahead 5-3	t 8	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	8%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Davis Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1990-04-28	Cecil Fielder	DET		MIL	ahead 9-5	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Williams Scores
5	5	2	2	1990-04-28	Chet Lemon	DET		MIL	ahead 11-5	b 8	1	---	6,(3-2) KBBBCX	1	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
6	6	3	1	1990-05-27	Wally Joyner	CAL		MIL	ahead 3-2	b 7	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	4	3	17%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hill Scores/unER; G. Disarcina Scores/unER; J. Ray Scores/unER; W. Joyner Scores/Team unER
7	7	4	1	1990-06-05	Mickey Tettleton	BAL	@	MIL	behind 1-6	t 8	1	1-3	5,(2-2) BSBSX	3	4	2	6%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); P. Bradley Scores; C. Ripken Scores
8	8	5	1	1990-07-31	Julio Franco	TEX	@	MIL	ahead 7-3	t 9	0	123	1,(0-0) X	4	2	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Buechele Scores; G. Pettis Scores/unER; J. Daugherty Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1991-05-24	John Shelby	DET		BOS	behind 7-10	b 8	2	1--	6,(3-2) .BBBCCX	2	9	PH	14%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Moseby Scores; J. Shelby Scores
10	10	2	1	1991-05-28	Mel Hall	NYY		BOS	behind 1-6	b 9	2	---	5,(2-2) BCCBX	1	4	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Hall Scores
11	11	3	1	1991-07-27 (1)	Robin Ventura	CHW	@	BOS	behind 5-8	t 7	2	---	5,(1-2) CCFBX	1	2	5	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Ventura Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1992-06-19	Juan González	TEX		BOS	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	8	4%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. González Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1993-06-15	Bernie Williams	NYY		BOS	ahead 8-7	b 8	0	---	5,(2-2) ...BCBFX	1	1	8	7%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1993-06-18	Devon White	TOR		BOS	ahead 7-2	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	3	2	1993-06-18	Roberto Alomar	TOR		BOS	ahead 8-2	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	0%	100%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Fly Ball)
16	16	4	1	1993-09-30	Mickey Tettleton	DET	@	BOS	ahead 5-4	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) ...BX	2	4	3	15%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Fryman Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1994-04-07	Danny Bautista	DET	@	BOS	behind 4-9	t 8	0	1--	2,(0-1) .CX	2	7	PH	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Tettleton Scores
18	18	2	1	1994-04-09	Ron Karkovice	CHW		BOS	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	---	4,(1-2) BSFX	1	8	2	8%	93%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
19	19	3	1	1994-05-03	Ken Griffey Jr.	SEA	@	BOS	behind 4-7	t 9	1	1--	3,(1-1) .BFX	2	3	9	6%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); B. Turang Scores
20	20	4	1	1994-06-06	Alan Trammell	DET		BOS	ahead 9-3	b 8	1	1--	4,(1-2) CFBX	2	5	6	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Fryman Scores
21	21	5	1	1994-07-16	Scott Brosius	OAK		BOS	ahead 8-0	b 8	2	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	8	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
22	22	6	1	1994-08-10	Kirby Puckett	MIN		BOS	ahead 14-7	b 7	2	1-3	5,(2-2) SBCBX	3	3	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); P. Meares Scores; S. Leius Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1995-07-14	Jeff King	PIT		STL	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	5	5	5%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1996-05-07	Barry Bonds	SFG	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	7	30%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball); S. Javier Scores
25	25	2	1	1996-05-18	Jeff Reed	COL		STL	behind 2-5	b 6	2	---	5,(2-2) .SBSBX	1	7	2	9%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	3	1	1996-06-04	Steve Finley	SDP		STL	behind 4-7	b 7	0	---	9,(3-2) ..CFBFFBBFX	1	2	8	9%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
27	27	4	1	1996-06-05	Tony Gwynn	SDP		STL	behind 3-4	b 9	2	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	3	9	80%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Gwynn Scores/unER; S. Finley Scores/unER; T. Gwynn Scores/unER
28	28	5	1	1996-06-09	Matt Williams	SFG		STL	ahead 7-0	b 8	1	1--	5,(1-2) CBFFX	2	4	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Bonds Scores
29	29	6	1	1996-07-01	Joe Oliver	CIN	@	STL	ahead 7-5	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	7	2	8%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
30	30	7	1	1996-09-14	Billy Ashley	LAD		STL	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	12-	4,(2-1) .BBCX	3	9	PH	10%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); T. Wallach Scores; G. Gagne Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1997-04-03	Shane Andrews	MON		STL	ahead 7-4	b 7	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	5	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball); F. Santangelo Scores
32	32	2	1	1997-07-04	Turner Ward	PIT	@	STL	behind 3-5	t 8	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	8	10%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Ward Scores
33	33	3	1	1997-07-05	Kevin Young	PIT	@	STL	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---	6,(2-2) CCBBFX	1	4	3	12%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Young Scores
34	34	4	1	1997-08-30	Jeff King	KCR		STL	ahead 14-3	b 5	1	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	5	3	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
35	35	5	2	1997-08-30	Shane Halter	KCR		STL	ahead 15-5	b 7	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
36	36	6	1	1997-09-01	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW	@	STL	tied 4-4	t 9	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	9	41%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
37	37	7	1	1997-09-17	Sammy Sosa	CHC		STL	behind 7-12	b 9	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BBBCFX	2	4	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Glanville Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1998-06-01	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL		SEA	tied 9-9	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	4	3	31%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1999-05-01	Larry Sutton	KCR		NYY	behind 0-8	b 8	1	123	7,(3-2) CSBFBBX	4	5	3	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Beltrán Scores; J. Damon Scores; M. Sweeney Scores