Monster Card Monday: 1963 Claude Raymond

raymondHere an old one from the archive that Tom Zuppa sent in.  It’s Claude Raymond from the 1963 set.  From the looks of it, this is from the original set too. 

In 6 plate appearances, 5’ 10” reliever Raymond (DX*) doubled twice.  In addition, he drove in a run and he walked once. 

Season Totals
Split G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG
1963 Totals 45 6 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 .500 .667 1.000
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/28/2017.

You don’t want to see Raymond’s 1963 card batting with a runner on third.  It has a total of twelve sixes.  To replicate the one walk, he has six 14s. 

Note: the 12 was placed on the 42 in 1963 (one of my least favorite locations for it back when they moved it around, in my opinion).  That moved the last six to 61. 

Raymond hit four doubles in a span of five years which is pretty high for someone who was a reliever (he did start five games in 1965).  Unfortunately the 1966 season which I am replaying, he hit a very pitcher-esque .111. 

thanks, Tom! 

Thomas Nelshoppen

I am an IT consultant by day and an APBA media mogul by night. My passions are baseball (specifically Illini baseball), photography and of course, APBA. I have been fortunate to be part of the basic game Illowa APBA League since 1980 as well as a frequent participant of the Chicagoland APBA Tournament. I am slogging through a 1966 NL replay and hope to finish before I die.

One Comment:

  1. “Note: the 12 was placed on the 42 in 1963 (one of my least favorite locations for it back when they moved it around, in my opinion). That moved the last six to 61. ”

    The card show the 12 on 43, not 42.

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