Doucet was elected there in 2020, but was unable to attend the ceremony due to the coronavirus pandemic. He described in French more than 5,500 major league baseball games over four decades.
In 2004, he was the recipient of the Jack-Graney Award, presented annually by the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame to a member of the media, in addition to being a finalist for the Hall of Fame’s Ford-C.-Frick Award. in Cooperstown in 2020.
baseball canadien. Malgré le prix Jack-Graney reçu en 2004, je ne pouvais, en toute honnêteté, dire que j’étais un membre à part entière du Temple. Cette nouvelle, avec la médaille d’honneur de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, sont les deux plus grands honneurs que j’ai reçus","text":"Je suis profondément honoré d’être admis au Temple de la renommée du baseball canadien. Malgré le prix Jack-Graney reçu en 2004, je ne pouvais, en toute honnêteté, dire que j’étais un membre à part entière du Temple. Cette nouvelle, avec la médaille d’honneur de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, sont les deux plus grands honneurs que j’ai reçus"}}">I am deeply honored to be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Despite the Jack-Graney Prize 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
he said in a statement Wednesday morning.
Doucet will notably be inducted along with former Montreal Expos pitcher Denis Boucher.
After four minor league campaigns, he made his first major league start with the Toronto Blue Jays on April 12, 1991. The 54-year-old Quebecer then wandered around for a few seasons before being traded to the Exhibitions in 1993.
He made his first start with the Montreal team on September 6, 1993 at the Olympic Stadium before participating in 10 other meetings in 1994. In total, Boucher pitched for 10 professional seasons and accumulated 87 victories, while posting an average of points deserved 3.99 in 263 games.
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After his playing career, Boucher joined the Canadian team as a pitching coach in 2003. In this capacity, he participated in the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. , the four World Baseball 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 role with the New York Yankees from 2009 to present.
The Quebecers will be accompanied in this vintage by the former right-handed pitcher of the Athletics of Oakland Rich Harden, the former right fielder of the Toronto Blue Jays Jesse Barfield and the former first baseman of the Blue Jays John Olerud. Alongside them, veteran Baseball Manitoba coach and manager Joe Wiwchar will also be recognized.
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said Jeremy Diamond, Chairman of the Board of the Temple.
This cohort will be inducted in a ceremony on the Temple grounds in St. Marys, Ont., on June 17.
