About Ray Daviault
Raymond Joseph Robert Daviault was a Canadian professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher, a native of Montreal, Quebec, had an 11-season (1953–63) professional career, but spent only part of one season in the Major Leagues, appearing in 36 games for the 1962 New York Mets, the first season in that expansion team's history. He stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg). In 1961, his ninth season in the minors, he had appeared in 58 games and 105 innings pitched for the Triple-A Tacoma Giants, fashioning a 10–9 record and an earned run average of 3.17. In 1962, Daviault broke spring training camp on the Mets' inaugural roster and made his MLB debut on April 13 at the Polo Grounds against the Pittsburgh Pirates — the first regular-season home game in Mets' history. That 1962 Mets team had a record of 40–120, still the modern-era record for most losses by a Major League Baseball team in a single season.
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