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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
2	2	Apr 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,19-9	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
3	3	Apr 11	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	42	9.1	9	3	0	12	0	C
4	4	Apr 13	CLE	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
5	5	Apr 16	CLE		BOS	L,4-8	GS	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
6	6	Apr 17 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
7	8 (1)	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
8	9	Apr 19	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	43	9.1	7	1	0	8	1	C
9	10	Apr 20	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
10	11	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	GS	30	6.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	19 (7)	May 1 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
12	26 (6)	May 10 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	27	May 11	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
14	28	May 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
15	31 (2)	May 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
16	32	May 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
17	36 (3)	May 24	CLE		SEA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
18	37	May 25	CLE		SEA	W,2-1	CG	41	12.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
19	39 (1)	May 28	CLE		OAK	L,1-5	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
20	40	May 29	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
21	41	May 30	CLE		CAL	W,1-0	CG	28	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
22	42	May 31	CLE		CAL	L,6-7	CG	48	10.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	43	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	36	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
24	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
25	45	Jun 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
27	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
28	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
29	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	50	Jun 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	51	Jun 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
32	53 (1)	Jun 13	CLE		TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	54	Jun 14	CLE		TEX	L,2-7	GS	24	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
34	55	Jun 15	CLE		TEX	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
35	56	Jun 17	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS	46	12.0	6	0	0	6	0	C 1B
36	59 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	CLE		DET	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
37	60	Jun 20	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-5	CG	46	11.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
38	62 (1)	Jun 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-5	CG	49	12.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	64 (1)	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
40	66 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
41	68 (1)	Jun 27	CLE		BAL	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	C
42	69	Jun 29 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,11-8	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
43	70	Jun 29 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-5	GF	6	1.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	72 (1)	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-12	CG	46	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
45	73	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	L,0-1	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
46	74	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	C
47	76 (1)	Jul 5	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
48	77	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	80 (2)	Jul 10	CLE		TOR	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
50	81	Jul 11	CLE		BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
51	83 (1)	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	L,7-9	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
52	84	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,4-7	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	85	Jul 15 (1)	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-8	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	90 (4)	Jul 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
55	91	Jul 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	93 (1)	Jul 24	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	94	Jul 25	CLE		TEX	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
58	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GS	43	10.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
59	96	Jul 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	GF	11	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	C
60	98 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	CG	61	14.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
61	99	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
62	100	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-9	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	101	Aug 2 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	103 (1)	Aug 3	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-7	GS	35	7.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
65	107 (3)	Aug 8	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	31	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
66	108	Aug 9	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	C
67	112 (3)	Aug 12 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
68	113	Aug 13	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
69	115 (1)	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
70	118 (2)	Aug 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	CG	33	9.0	7	3	1	11	0	C
71	120 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C
72	123 (2)	Aug 22 (1)	CLE	@	SEA	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	125 (1)	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
74	131 (5)	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
75	132	Aug 31	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	137 (4)	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
77	138	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
				Player went from Cleveland Indians to Seattle Mariners
78	147	Sep 13	SEA		MIL	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
79	148	Sep 14	SEA		MIL	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
80	149	Sep 16	SEA	@	KCR	W,4-1	GS	14	3.0	2	0	0	2	1	C
81	154 (4)	Sep 22	SEA		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
82	155	Sep 23	SEA		CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
83	156	Sep 24	SEA		CHW	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
84	157	Sep 25	SEA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
85	158	Sep 28	SEA	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
							86gm		662.1	456	49	9	514	5