Ray Fosse
Raymond Earl Fosse
Born: April 4, 1947
Marion, IL USA
Deceased: 2021
Diablo, CA USA
Primary Position: C
All Position(s) Played: C, 1B, DH, PH, PR
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 215
Career: 1967-1979
Draft: Round 1 (1965 June Amateur Draft, Cleveland Indians)
School: Marion HS (IL)
Minor League Statistics
Ray Fosse compiled a career batting average of .256 with 61 home runs and 324 RBI in his 924-game career with the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers. He began playing during the 1967 season and last took the field during the 1979 campaign.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 7 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1968 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1969 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 37 | 126 | 116 | 11 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 29 | .172 | .230 | .250 | .480 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 120 | 497 | 450 | 62 | 138 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 61 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 55 | .307 | .361 | .469 | .830 | 211 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| 1971 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 133 | 529 | 486 | 53 | 134 | 21 | 1 | 12 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 62 | .276 | .329 | .397 | .726 | 193 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 1972 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 134 | 508 | 457 | 42 | 110 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 5 | 1 | 45 | 46 | .241 | .312 | .354 | .666 | 162 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 143 | 532 | 492 | 37 | 126 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 62 | .256 | .291 | .354 | .644 | 174 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 69 | 222 | 204 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 31 | .196 | .241 | .324 | .564 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 82 | 147 | 136 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 19 | .140 | .192 | .191 | .383 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 90 | 300 | 276 | 26 | 83 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 20 | .301 | .347 | .362 | .709 | 100 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 1977 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 78 | 257 | 238 | 25 | 63 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 26 | .265 | .293 | .378 | .671 | 90 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| 1977 | AL | Seattle Mariners | 11 | 36 | 34 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .353 | .389 | .441 | .830 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 19 | 56 | 52 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | .231 | .286 | .327 | .613 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 924 | 3226 | 2957 | 299 | 758 | 117 | 13 | 61 | 324 | 15 | 19 | 203 | 363 | .256 | .306 | .367 | .673 | 1084 | 82 | 18 | 28 | 20 | 35 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | WP | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 7 | 5 | 47.3 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.077 | 7.571 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 57.1 |
| 1968 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1969 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 37 | 32 | 295.0 | 237 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .977 | 7.780 | 6.892 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 14 | 28.0 |
| 1970 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 120 | 120 | 1065.0 | 854 | 70 | 10 | 7 | .989 | 7.808 | 7.700 | 17 | 0 | 40 | 48 | 54.5 |
| 1971 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 126 | 119 | 1052.0 | 748 | 73 | 10 | 16 | .988 | 7.024 | 6.516 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 38 | 40.4 |
| 1971 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 4 | 5 | 37.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 4.622 | 4.750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1972 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 124 | 121 | 1086.0 | 713 | 70 | 12 | 9 | .985 | 6.489 | 6.315 | 12 | 0 | 53 | 31 | 36.9 |
| 1972 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 3 | 2 | 21.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1.000 | 12.000 | 9.333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | C | 141 | 137 | 1200.7 | 713 | 63 | 10 | 5 | .987 | 5.817 | 5.504 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 52 | 55.9 |
| 1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | C | 68 | 64 | 529.7 | 299 | 28 | 9 | 6 | .973 | 5.556 | 4.809 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 19 | 35.2 |
| 1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | C | 82 | 41 | 404.7 | 250 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .981 | 5.894 | 3.232 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 27.1 |
| 1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | 2B | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1976 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 85 | 78 | 685.7 | 483 | 42 | 7 | 9 | .987 | 6.891 | 6.176 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 30 | 30.9 |
| 1976 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 3 | 1 | 13.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.615 | 3.667 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1977 | AL | Cleveland Indians | C | 77 | 67 | 603.3 | 426 | 48 | 8 | 4 | .983 | 7.071 | 6.156 | 4 | 0 | 67 | 35 | 34.3 |
| 1977 | AL | Seattle Mariners | C | 8 | 7 | 57.0 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .968 | 4.737 | 3.750 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 1977 | AL | Cleveland Indians | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1979 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | C | 13 | 5 | 59.3 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 5.309 | 2.692 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 |
| 1979 | AL | Milwaukee Brewers | 1B | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 9.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 903 | 805 | 7170.7 | 4900 | 440 | 78 | 71 | .986 | 6.702 | 5.914 | 70 | 14 | 437 | 286 | 39.6 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 5 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .091 | .214 | .182 | .396 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 7 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .158 | .200 | .211 | .411 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 4 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .333 | .385 | .667 | 1.051 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | 5 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .143 | .200 | .357 | .557 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22 | 66 | 58 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14 | .172 | .234 | .328 | .562 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | C | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.525 | 5.800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1973 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | C | 7 | 5 | 47.0 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 6.702 | 5.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | C | 4 | 4 | 36.0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.000 | 6.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1974 | AL | Oakland Athletics | WS | C | 5 | 5 | 40.0 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.300 | 5.600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1975 | AL | Oakland Athletics | ALCS | C | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 4.500 | 3.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 20 | 169.0 | 108 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 1.000 | 6.337 | 5.409 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Awards
1970 - AL Gold Glove C
1970 - AL TSN All-Star C
1971 - AL Gold Glove C
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