Casey Fossum

Full Name: Casey Paul Fossum	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/160	First Game: July 28, 2001
Birthdate: January 6, 1978	MLB Experience: 6 years
Birthplace: Cherry Hill, New Jersey	College: Texas A&M
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

Biography[]

Born on January 6, 1978 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Casey Fossum (Casey Paul Fossum) played for the Boston Red Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the course of his 7 year career. Fossum broke into the bigs on July 28, 2001 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.46 ERA in 106.2 innings pitched in 2002, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Casey Fossum's best season was 2002, when he posted a 3.46 ERA and struck out 101 batters.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	BAA
2001	BOS	13	7	3	2	0	44.1	44	26	24	4	20	26	4.87	1.44	.259
2002	BOS	43	12	5	4	1	106.2	113	56	41	12	30	101	3.46	1.34	.268
2003	BOS	19	14	6	5	1	79.0	82	55	48	9	34	63	5.47	1.47	.270
2004	ARI	27	27	4	15	0	142.0	171	111	105	31	63	117	6.65	1.65	.302
2005	TB	36	25	8	12	0	162.2	170	100	89	21	60	128	4.92	1.41	.266
2006	TB	25	25	6	6	0	130.0	136	89	77	18	63	88	5.33	1.53	.265
2007	TB	40	10	5	8	0	76.0	109	71	65	15	27	53	7.70	1.79	.339
Career		203	120	37	52	2	740.2	825	508	449	110	297	576	5.46	1.51	.281

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
2001	BOS	P	13	7	44	3	4	1	0	0	1.000
2002	BOS	P	43	12	106	8	13	5	0	2	1.000
2003	BOS	P	19	14	79	1	9	8	0	0	1.000
2004	ARI	P	27	27	142	4	24	20	0	1	1.000
2005	TB	P	36	25	162	11	28	16	1	2	.964
2006	TB	P	25	25	130	6	28	21	1	0	.964
2007	TB	P	40	10	76	4	19	15	0	0	1.000
Total		P	203	120	740	37	125	86	2	5	.984

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2001	BOS	13	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2002	BOS	43	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2003	BOS	20	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2004	ARI	29	42	3	4	1	16	.095	.116	.095	.212
2005	TB	2	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2006	TB	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2007	TB	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		113	46	3	4	1	16	.087	.106	.087	.193

Awards[]

Transactions[]

Selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 7th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1996).
Selected by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (48th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1999 - signed July 19, 1999).
Traded from the Boston Red Sox along with Brandon Lyon, Jorge de la Rosa, and Michael Goss to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Curt Schilling (November 28, 2003).
Traded from the Arizona Diamondbacks to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in exchange for Jose Cruz and cash (February 6, 2005).
Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (August 10, 2007).
Signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates (January 24, 2008).