Ray Fosse

Fosse\'s career was marked by injuries. He made his Major League debut in Cleveland late in the 1967 season, but spent 1968 in the minor leagues. Returning to the Indians in 1970, he platooned alongside Duke Sims. In the first half of 1970 he posted a .313 batting average with 16 home runs and 45 runs batted in. He hit in 23 consecutive games beginning June 9, the longest American League hitting streak since 1961, and was chosen as a reserve for the 1970 All-Star Game by Earl Weaver, the American League manager.\n', '

Arguably, Fosse is best known for a violent collision with Pete Rose at home plate during the last play of the 1970 All-Star Game. Initial x-rays revealed no fractures or other damage, but a re-examination the following year found that Fosse had sustained a fractured and separated shoulder, which healed incorrectly, causing chronic pain that never entirely resolved. Rose…