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Jean Claude Marc Raymond
Atlanta Braves
Pitcher
Born: May 7, 1937, St. Jean, Canada
Signed: Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent before 1955 season
Major League Teams: Chicago White Sox 1959; Milwaukee Braves 1961-63; Houston Colt .45s 1964; Houston Astros 1965-67; Atlanta Braves 1967-69; Montreal Expos 1969-71
Claude Raymond earned the distinction of becoming the first major league player born in Quebec to be selected to the All-Star Game, a feat he accomplished in 1966 with the Astros. An effective reliever for most of his career, Raymond recorded 82 career saves, hitting his career best 23 in 1970 with the Expos. Over 12 seasons, Raymond went 46-53 with a 3.66 ERA in 449 games, with all but 7 of those games in relief.
Following his retirement, Raymond stayed with the Expos as their French language radio analyst (1973-84) and later television analyst (1985-01). He was a coach for the team during its final three years in Montreal from 2002 to 2004. Raymond was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.
Some text for this post originally appeared on my 1965 Topps blog.
Building the Set / Card #394
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
The Card / Braves Team Set / Accuracy Index +5
1969 Season
Raymond began the season in the Braves' bullpen, appearing in 33 games and pitching 48 innings. On August 19th, seemingly without a place on the first place Braves' pitching staff, Raymond was sold to the last place, expansion Expos. Raymond became the first native of Quebec to pitch for the new Canadian team, and even though he went from the pennant race to the basement, he was thrilled to join his home-town club. For the entire season, Raymond was 3-4 with a 4.89 ERA in 48 appearances and 70 innings pitched. He recorded one save each with the Braves and Expos.
Other Notable Baseball Cards
First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #519
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1963-71
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-CR
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 47 in the Beckett online database as of 11/10/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times. I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.
Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders. I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500. This card was the 102nd of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost less than a dollar.
Raymond wore #36 in his parts of three seasons in Atlanta. The photo looks to be taken at the same time as the photo used for his 1968 Topps card. I like the imagery of Raymond "joining the Braves' wigwam" in the write-up on the back of the card. His 54 appearances in 1957 came as a member of the Class A Jacksonville Braves in the South Atlantic League.
Accuracy Index: Raymond's card earns a +5. We're on a surprising run of accurate, +5 scores, which I'm assuming is going to become more prevalent as I move in to collecting higher numbered cards.
1969 Season
Raymond began the season in the Braves' bullpen, appearing in 33 games and pitching 48 innings. On August 19th, seemingly without a place on the first place Braves' pitching staff, Raymond was sold to the last place, expansion Expos. Raymond became the first native of Quebec to pitch for the new Canadian team, and even though he went from the pennant race to the basement, he was thrilled to join his home-town club. For the entire season, Raymond was 3-4 with a 4.89 ERA in 48 appearances and 70 innings pitched. He recorded one save each with the Braves and Expos.
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First Mainstream Card: 1963 Topps #519
Topps Flagship Set Appearances (9): 1963-71
Most Recent Mainstream Card: 2020 Topps Heritage Real One Autographs #ROA-CR
Total Non-Parallel Baseball Cards: 47 in the Beckett online database as of 11/10/24.
Sources:
Baseball Reference / SABR / Wikipedia
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