Ray Fosse

Full Name: Raymond Earl Fosse	Primary Position: C
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/215	First Game: September 8, 1967
Birthdate: April 4, 1947	Final Game: September 30, 1979
Birthplace: Marion, Illinois	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Ray Fosse (Raymond Earl Fosse) was born on April 4, 1947 in Marion, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 1967 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1970, his rookie year, he hit .307 with 18 home runs and 61 RBI. Fosse played for the Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Ray Fosse's best season was 1970, when he slugged 18 home runs, hit for a .307 average and knocked in 61 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1967	CLE	A	7	16	0	1	0	0	.063	.063	.063	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
1968	CLE	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	CLE	A	37	116	11	20	2	9	.172	.230	.250	3	0	8	29	1	0	1	1	3
1970	CLE	A	120	450	62	138	18	61	.307	.361	.469	17	1	39	55	1	4	1	5	9
1971	CLE	A	133	486	53	134	12	62	.276	.329	.397	21	1	36	62	4	0	4	6	15
1972	CLE	A	134	457	42	110	10	41	.241	.312	.354	20	1	45	46	3	1	5	15	18
1973	OAK	A	143	492	37	126	7	52	.256	.291	.354	23	2	25	62	1	9	2	4	10
1974	OAK	A	69	204	20	40	4	23	.196	.241	.324	8	3	11	31	2	2	1	1	6
1975	OAK	A	82	136	14	19	0	12	.140	.192	.191	3	2	8	19	1	1	0	0	5
1976	CLE	A	90	276	26	83	2	30	.301	.347	.362	9	1	20	20	0	3	1	1	8
1977	SEA	A	11	34	3	12	0	5	.353	.389	.441	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
1977	CLE	A	78	238	25	63	6	27	.265	.293	.378	7	1	7	26	3	8	0	2	5
1977	TOT	A	89	272	28	75	6	32	.276	.305	.386	10	1	9	28	3	8	0	2	7
1979	MIL	A	19	52	6	12	0	2	.231	.286	.327	3	1	2	6	2	0	0	0	1
Total			924	2957	299	758	61	324	.256	.306	.367	117	13	203	363	18	28	15	35	82

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	CLE	A	C	7	5	47.1	46	7	0	0	2	3	4	0	1.000
1968	CLE	A	C	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1969	CLE	A	C	37	32	295	237	18	6	2	7	36	14	0	.977
1970	CLE	A	C	120	120	1064.2	854	70	10	7	17	40	48	3	.989
1971	CLE	A	C	125	119	1052	748	73	10	16	13	56	38	2	.988
1971	CLE	A	1B	5	5	37	19	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	CLE	A	1B	4	2	21	27	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1972	CLE	A	C	125	121	1086	713	70	12	9	12	53	31	9	.985
1973	OAK	A	C	141	137	1200.2	713	63	10	5	5	41	52	1	.987
1973	OAK	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	OAK	A	C	68	64	529.2	299	28	9	6	3	35	19	0	.973
1974	OAK	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	OAK	A	C	82	41	404.2	250	15	5	1	2	35	13	0	.981
1975	OAK	A	1B	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	CLE	A	1B	3	1	13	10	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000
1976	CLE	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	CLE	A	C	85	78	686	483	42	7	9	4	67	30	0	.987
1977	SEA	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	SEA	A	C	8	7	57	29	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	.968
1977	CLE	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1977	CLE	A	1B	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1977	CLE	A	C	77	67	603.1	426	48	8	4	4	67	35	0	.983
1977	TOT	A	C	85	74	660.1	455	49	9	5	5	69	35	0	.982
1977	TOT	A	DH	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	MIL	A	1B	1	1	8	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1979	MIL	A	C	13	5	59.1	32	3	0	1	0	2	2	0	1.000
1979	MIL	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			DH	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	15	9	83	69	2	0	10	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			C	889	796	7087.2	4831	438	78	61	70	437	286	15	.985

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 8, 1965).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Jack Heidemann to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Dave Duncan and George Hendrick (March 24, 1973).
Sold by Oakland Athletics to Cleveland Indians (December 9, 1975).
Traded by Cleveland Indians to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Bill Laxton and cash (September 9, 1977).
Granted free agency (October 20, 1977).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (December 31, 1977).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (April 3, 1980).