Descriptor Jacques Doucet will finally be able to enter the Canadian Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame next summer.
Doucet had been elected to the 2020 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Doucet described major league baseball games in French for four decades. In all, he described over 5,500 Major League Baseball games during his career.
In 2004, he was the recipient of the Jack Graney Award, given annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to a member of the media, as well as being a finalist for the Cooperstown Hall of Fame’s 2020 Ford C. Frick Award.
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“I am deeply honored to be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Despite the Jack Graney Award received in 2004, I could not, in all honesty, say that I was a full member of the Temple. This news, along with the Medal of Honor from the National Assembly of Quebec, are the two highest honors I have received,” Doucet said in a statement on Wednesday morning.
Doucet will be inducted along with former Montreal Expos pitcher Denis Boucher.
BERNARD BRAULT PHOTO, PRESS ARCHIVES Denis Boucher
After four minor league campaigns, Boucher made his major league debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on April 12, 1991. The 54-year-old Quebecois struggled for a few seasons before being traded to the Expos in 1993.
He then debuted with the Montreal team on September 6, 1993 at the Olympic Stadium, before returning to make 10 more appearances with the Expos in 1994. In total, Boucher pitched for 10 professional seasons and amassed 87 wins, all posting an average of 3.99 race wins in 263 games.
“It is an incredible honor to be elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame,” said Boucher. I am very honored and proud to see my name listed among the best baseball players in the country. »
After his playing career, Boucher joined the Canadian national team as a pitching coach in 2003. He participated as a coach at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics, the four baseball World Classics, and the 2011 and 2015 Pan American Games , where Canada won gold medals.
He also became a scout for the Washington Nationals from 2004 to 2009, before serving in the same capacity with the New York Yankees from 2009 to the present.
The Quebecers will be joined by former Oakland Athletics right-hander Rich Harden, former Toronto Blue Jays right tackle Jesse Barfield and former Blue Jays first baseman John Olerud. Alongside them, veteran Baseball Manitoba coach and executive Joe Wiwchar will also be honored.
“Each of the nominees has made a significant impact on baseball in Canada in their own unique way,” said Jeremy Diamond, chairman of the Hall Board of Trustees. This group will be inducted at a ceremony to be held on the Temple grounds in St. Mary’s, Ontario, on June 17.
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