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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	OAK		MIN	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
2	2	Apr 7	OAK		MIN	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
3	3	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	4	Apr 11	OAK	@	CHW	W,12-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
5	5	Apr 12	OAK	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
6	6	Apr 13	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
7	7	Apr 14	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
8	8	Apr 17	OAK	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	9	Apr 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	35	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
10	10	Apr 19	OAK	@	KCR	L,8-16	GS	38	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
11	11	Apr 20	OAK		CAL	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	14	Apr 23	OAK		CAL	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	15	Apr 24	OAK		CLE	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
16	16	Apr 25	OAK		CLE	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	17	Apr 26	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
18	18	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	54	12.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
19	19	Apr 28	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	20	Apr 29	OAK		BAL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	21	May 1	OAK	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
22	22	May 2	OAK	@	MIL	W,7-3	CG	41	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
23	23	May 4	OAK	@	CLE	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
24	24	May 5	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
25	25	May 6 (1)	OAK	@	CLE	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
26	26	May 6 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
27	27	May 7	OAK	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
28	28	May 9	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
29	29	May 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,17-2	GS	23	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
30	30	May 11	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
31	31	May 12	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	32	May 13	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	33	May 14	OAK		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	34	May 15	OAK		CHW	L,5-6	CG	49	12.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
35	35	May 16	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
36	36	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
37	37	May 18	OAK		KCR	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
38	38	May 19	OAK		KCR	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	39	May 20	OAK		KCR	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	40	May 21	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
41	41	May 22	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	42	May 23	OAK		TEX	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
43	43	May 25	OAK	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	50	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
44	44	May 26	OAK	@	DET	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	45	May 28	OAK	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
46	46	May 29	OAK	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	27	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
47	47	May 30	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
48	48	May 31	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	49	Jun 1	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
50	50	Jun 2	OAK	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	52 (1)	Jun 4	OAK		MIL	L,0-2	GS	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
52	53	Jun 5	OAK		MIL	L,4-5	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
53	54	Jun 6	OAK		MIL	W,11-1	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	56 (1)	Jun 9	OAK		DET	W,4-0	GF	19	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
55	57	Jun 10	OAK		DET	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
56	59 (1)	Jun 13	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	61 (1)	Jun 15	OAK		BOS	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
58	63 (1)	Jun 17	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	GS	29	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
59	64	Jun 18	OAK	@	KCR	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
60	65	Jun 19	OAK	@	KCR	W,11-6	GS	23	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
61	67 (1)	Jun 21	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
62	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-1	GS	21	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	69	Jun 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,14-3	GS	19	5.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
64	70	Jun 24 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
65	74 (3)	Jun 27	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	C
66	75	Jun 28	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	76	Jun 29	OAK		CHW	L,3-4	GS	28	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
68	77	Jun 30	OAK		CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
69	78	Jul 1 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
70	80 (1)	Jul 2	OAK		CAL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
71	81	Jul 3	OAK		CAL	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
72	82	Jul 4	OAK		CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	C
73	83	Jul 6 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
74	85 (1)	Jul 7	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
75	86	Jul 8	OAK	@	BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
76	87	Jul 10	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-7	CG	36	8.1	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	88	Jul 11	OAK	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
78	89	Jul 12	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
79	90	Jul 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	91	Jul 14	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
81	92	Jul 15	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
82	93	Jul 16	OAK		BAL	L,5-7	CG	43	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
83	94	Jul 17	OAK		BAL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	95	Jul 18	OAK		BAL	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
85	96	Jul 20	OAK		CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
86	97	Jul 21	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
87	98	Jul 22	OAK		CLE	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	99	Jul 26 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
89	101 (1)	Jul 27	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
90	102	Jul 28	OAK		TEX	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
91	103	Jul 29 (1)	OAK		TEX	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
92	104	Jul 29 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,7-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
93	105	Jul 30	OAK		TEX	L,0-6	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
94	106	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	CG	45	11.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	107	Aug 1	OAK		MIN	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
96	108	Aug 2	OAK		MIN	L,3-6	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
97	109	Aug 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
98	110	Aug 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
99	111	Aug 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-2	GS	32	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
100	112	Aug 7 (1)	OAK	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
101	114 (1)	Aug 8	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
102	115	Aug 10	OAK	@	NYY	L,9-10	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
103	116	Aug 11	OAK	@	NYY	W,7-3	GF	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
104	117	Aug 12	OAK	@	NYY	W,13-12	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
105	119 (1)	Aug 14	OAK	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
106	120	Aug 16	OAK	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
107	121	Aug 17	OAK		MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
108	123 (1)	Aug 19	OAK		MIL	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
109	124	Aug 20	OAK		DET	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
110	125	Aug 21	OAK		DET	L,4-6	GS	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
111	127 (1)	Aug 24	OAK		NYY	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
112	128	Aug 25	OAK		NYY	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
113	129	Aug 26	OAK		NYY	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
114	131 (1)	Aug 28	OAK		BOS	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
115	132	Aug 29	OAK		BOS	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
116	133	Aug 31	OAK	@	KCR	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
117	134	Sep 1	OAK	@	KCR	L,9-10	GS	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
118	135	Sep 2	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	32	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	137 (1)	Sep 4	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
120	138	Sep 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,11-8	CG	42	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
121	139	Sep 6	OAK	@	CAL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
122	141 (1)	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	40	8.2	6	0	1	7	0	C
123	142	Sep 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
124	143	Sep 10	OAK		KCR	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
125	144	Sep 11	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
126	145	Sep 12	OAK		KCR	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
127	147 (1)	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
128	148	Sep 16	OAK		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
129	149	Sep 17	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
130	150	Sep 18	OAK		CAL	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
131	151	Sep 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
132	152	Sep 20 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	5	2	0	7	0	C
133	153	Sep 20 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
134	154	Sep 21	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
135	155	Sep 22	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-3	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
136	156	Sep 23	OAK	@	CHW	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
137	157	Sep 24	OAK		MIN	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
138	159 (1)	Sep 26	OAK		MIN	L,1-4	GS	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
139	160	Sep 28	OAK		CHW	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
140	161	Sep 29	OAK		CHW	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
141	162	Sep 30	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	CG	38	10.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
							141gm		1200.2	713	63	10	786	5