(Cooperstown) Jacques Doucet is once again one of 10 finalists for the Ford C. Frick Award, given annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame to one of the most celebrated voices in America’s national pastime.
Doucet, 83, was called up to the Montreal Expos starting in 1969, the Montreal team’s first season in Major Baseball. After ensuring the description of approximately one game per week, one that covered the club’s activities during The press jumped behind the microphone full-time in 1972 until leaving the club in 2004.
He described more than 5,500 games during his glorious career, including Dennis Martinez’s perfect game on July 28, 1991.
Since 2012, Doucet has also described Toronto Blue Jays games for the television channel TVA Sports.
Doucet was inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame this summer after being elected in February 2020.
Other finalists for this year’s Ford C. Frick Award are writers Joe Buck, Joe Castiglione, Gary Cohen, Tom Hamilton, Ernie Johnson Sr., Ken Korach, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper and Dan Shulman.
The winner will be revealed on December 6th in Nashville during the Major Baseball Winter Conference. He will then be honored on July 20th as part of the festivities surrounding his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
