Ray Daviault

Who is Ray Daviault?

Raymond Joseph Robert Daviault is a retired Canadian professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher, a native of Montreal, Quebec, had an 11-season 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 tall and weighed 175 pounds.

Daviault had been selected by the Mets with the 18th pick in the 1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft, even though he had yet to pitch a single inning in the Majors. 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, he 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. Entering the game in the eighth inning with the Mets down, 3–2, he walked Dick Groat, threw a wild pitch, retired Bob Skinner on a ground ball, then uncorked a second wild pitch to score Groat and increase the Pirate lead to 4–2.