At one time or another I have owned all of these Bugs Raymond cards. A sad but true story.
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enlarge 29KB, 640x377 1 Bugs Raymond Born: February 24, 1882 Chicago, Illinois Died: September 7, 1912 (aged 30) Chicago, Illinois
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut September 23, 1904 for the Detroit Tigers Last MLB appearance June 16, 1911 for the New York Giants
Win-Loss Record 45-57 Strikeouts 401 Earned run average 2.49
Teams Detroit Tigers (1904) St. Louis Cardinals (1907-08) New York Giants (1909-11)
Led National League in losses with 25, 1908
enlarge 107KB, 640x462 2 Bugs Raymond This picture was taken in 1911
enlarge 96KB, 392x640 3 SGC 40 Played For Detroit Tigers (1904) St. Louis Cardinals (1907-1908) New York Giants (1909-1911)
enlarge 69KB, 342x640 4 SGC 40 Broke into the big leagues on September 23, 1904, with the Detroit Tigers
enlarge 73KB, 375x640 5 SGC 40 Acknowledged as one of the greatest spitball pitchers of his era. Drank himself out of the NL in 1911. A year later he was dead at the age of 30
enlarge 83KB, 378x640 6 SGC 10 Who knows what records he could have set with the proper treatment for alcoholism.
enlarge 99KB, 411x640 7 SGC 40 "What a terrific spitball pitcher he was," said teammate Rube Marquard
enlarge 69KB, 371x640 8 SGC 30 In spite of an uncontrollable addiction to alcohol, Raymond carved out a respectable big-league career, including one stellar season in 1909.
enlarge 82KB, 384x640 9 SGC 30 However, 6 weeks before the 1909 season ended, Raymond quit the Giants to tend bar hanging his uniform in the window to advertise his presence. Missing out on a chance to become a 20-game winner, he still won 18 games and finished with a 2.47 ERA.
enlarge 83KB, 387x640 10 PSA 2 1910 at Spring Training McGraw insisted on buying Bugs a suit of clothes, rather than trusting Bugs to do it himself. Bugs later returned the suit in exchange for a cheaper model and spent the seven dollars he saved on alcohol.
enlarge 83KB, 378x640 11 PSA 3 New York Giants mgr. John McGraw considered Bugs Raymond one of the greatest pitchers he ever managed-or tried to manage.
enlarge 96KB, 395x640 12 SGC 30 A fan threw a piece of brick at Bugs during a semi-pro game in August 1912, Bugs picked it up and threw it back into the stands and randomly hit Fred Cigranz of Chicago. Cigranz ran out on to the field and proceeded to kick and beat Raymond. Bugs was hospitalized for a short time, then released.
enlarge 85KB, 390x640 13 SGC 20 At midday on Sat., September 7, 1912, a maid entered Raymond's shabby room in the Hotel Veley and found him dead in his bed. The coroner found that he had died from a cerebral hemorrhage due to a fractured skull.
enlarge 90KB, 408x640 14 PSA 1 Police arrested Fred Cigranz, who admitted to beating up Bugs several days earlier. It should be noted...Raymond also had been in a brawl three weeks earlier and had been hit several times in the head with a baseball bat.
