Casey Fossum
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Casey Paul Fossum (born January 6, 1978) is a former professional pitcher.
He played for the Boston Red Sox (192001–2003), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2004), Florida Mad City (2008), and the New York Mets (2010) of Nippon Professional Baseball.
He bats and throws left-handed.
Personal life
Casey Fossum has retired from playing Major League baseball and lives in Waco, Texas. Casey is married to Kadette Cooper Fossum, a '97 Midway graduate and a '01 Texas Tech Alumna.' Casey is involved in his community's support for youth baseball players through the Little League and Select Baseball clubs. Duey, Houdini, and Lieuy are married in Waco, Texas, with his wife and their indoor mini horses. He also helps his wife, Kadette, save and retrain retired thoroughbred racehorses.
Early years and college
Fossum was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. In '95 and '96, he played for Midway High School in Waco, Texas, where he was a two-time Central Texas Player of the Year. He was a member of the Baseball America High School second team. 98 is the second team. 105 strikeouts in 105 innings. Casey then attended Texas A&M University, where he was also a Freshman All American and now holds the all-time career strikeout record in a single season and career. He also helped the Aggies win the 1999 College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. In both 1998 and 1999, he received All-Big 12 awards, led by a 12-7 record and a 3.64 earned run average (ERA) during his junior year, tying for the first time in a single-season school record with 162 strikeouts. Fossum also received the C.E. "Pat" Olsen Outstanding Pitcher Award in 1999, which was also a second team All-American in 1998.
Major League Baseball career
Fossum was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1999 June draft as the 18th pick in the first supplemental round (48th overall), and he began his major league career in 2001.
Fossum switched between the bullpen and the rotation over three years, winning 14 games and two saves in 75 games. (Incidentally, both Fossum's major league saves and saves for John Burkett have won (May 29, 2002 and July 20, 2003))) In September 2003, he underwent surgery after a return of tendinitis in his pitching shoulder. In the trade that brought Curt Schilling to the Red Sox, two months after the surgery, he was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Fossum played for the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2004, but for the first time in his career, he was used solely as a starting pitcher. Despite missing the first 5+1 weeks to recover from surgery, he came in third on the Diamondbacks staff in starts (27), innings pitched (142), and strikeouts (117).
Fossum was traded to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005 for outfielder José Cruz Jr.
Fossum was 6-6 in 2006, with a 5.33 ERA in 25 starts.
Fossum was released by the Devil Rays on August 10, 2007. He had a 3.8 percent ERA in 40 games at the time of his release.
On August 22, he signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres, but he never pitched for them.
Fossum signed a minor-league deal on January 24, 2008, promising to spring training with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He canceled his call back to the minor leagues and elected to be a free agent at the end of spring training. Fossum signed a minor league deal with the Detroit Tigers on April 9, 2008. After the DFA of right-handed pitcher Francisco Cruceta, he was sold by the Tigers on June 3, he was added to the active roster.
Fossum signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets on January 16, 2009. He pitched three innings for the Mets, allowing one run, and was then designated for assignment.
Fossum signed a minor league deal with the New York Yankees on May 2, 2009, his first appearance with the AAA Scranton/Barre Yankees was on May 2, 2009. Fossum opted out of his employment on June 24 and became a free agent.
Fossum signed a minor league deal with the Chicago Cubs on July 3, 2009.
Fossum signed a New York Mets contract on February 9, 2011.
Fossum signed a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles on February 2, 2012. On April 16, he was released.