Tony Fossas

Who is Tony Fossas?

Emilio Antonio "Tony" Fossas Morejon is a former left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher during the late 1980s and 1990s.

He was signed as a 12th round pick by the Texas Rangers during the 1979 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. The previous year he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins, but decided not to sign with the team, instead finishing his college studies and collegiate career at University of South Florida – Tampa.

After nearly becoming a career minor leaguer, at the age of 31 he received a promotion to the Majors in 1988 with the Rangers, who released him during the offseason.

Although he only pitched 5⅔ innings that initial year, Fossas eventually became an entrenched yeoman setup pitcher with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1989 to 1990, the Boston Red Sox from 1991 to 1994, and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1995 to 1997.

Fossas' greatest success came as a left-handed specialist reliever, or LOOGY, a pitcher who was brought in expressly to face one or two particularly dangerous left-handed batters. For example, against the hall of famers, Brett and Griffey, Fossas held them to only 6 hits in 42 at bats, which is a 0.143 batting average.