James Benjamin "Tuffy" Gosewisch (born August 17, 1983), is an American former professional baseball catcher.

Prior to beginning his professional career, he played college baseball at Arizona State University.

He was named the Tempe Regional Most Valuable Player in the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, as the Sun Devils reached the 2005 College World Series.

[2] Gosewisch played for the United States national baseball team in the 2011 Pan American Games,[3][4] winning the silver medal.

[6] On July 31, 2012, the Toronto Blue Jays acquired Gosewisch from the Phillies and assigned him to the Triple–A Las Vegas 51s of the Pacific Coast League.

[9] Arizona optioned him back to Reno on August 26, and later recalled him on September 3 after major league rosters expanded to 40 players.

[citation needed] He spent the entire season with the Diamondbacks, appearing in 41 games and batting .225, with one home run and seven RBI.

[6] During spring training in 2016, Gosewisch batted only .132, while catcher Chris Herrmann, who the Diamondbacks had acquired in a trade in November 2015, hit .229.

[citation needed] He failed to make the major-league roster out of spring training in 2018,[18] and the Mariners released him,[18] on April 5, 2018.

[20] The Nationals assigned him to the Triple–A Syracuse Chiefs in the International League, for whom he batted .219/.310/.335 with three home runs and 25 RBI across 73 games.

[21] On December 7, 2018, Gosewisch signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers that included an invitation to spring training.

[22] He spent the 2019 season with the Triple–A San Antonio Missions, playing in 49 games and slashing .205/.299/.308 with three home runs and nine RBI.