Tealey Raymond

Frank C. Raymond
(Tealey)

• Born ~1882 in San Francisco, CA, USA

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Biographical Information

In its August 17, 1911, edition, the Seattle Star provided the following biography of Tealey Raymond, an infielder for the Seattle Giants of the Northwestern League:

Tealey Raymond was born in dear old Frisco, 29 years ago, and he played his first baseball in the same town around the sand lots. Like Charley Fullerton, Tealey began as soon as he was big enough to hold a bat. He played his first profesh game with a little bush team down in the little town of Albany, Or., but he didn't last long there - he was too big for the town. That was in 1904, and Dan Dugdale was then running the Portland team. Dug signed Tealsy to play short, so that it was Dug who gave him his real start in baseball. Tealey played outlaw ball for a couple of years after that, going first to Spokane and then to Everett, but the next two years he played in the Three-I League. He came to Seattle in 1909. Last year Raymond was married to Miss Emma O'Grady, and the couple are presently domiciled at 14 Yesler Way."

Raymond had a long career in West Coast minor leagues, as both a player and a manager.

In 1903, Raymond played for the Oakland Reliance, Los Angeles Angels and San Francisco Seals (a combined .224/?/.289 in 64 G between the latter two). The next year, he was with Stockton, San Jose, Los Angeles and the Portland Browns (.206/?/.230 in 97 G between the Angels and Browns). In 1905, he hit .231/?/.316 in 57 games for the Everett Smokestackers and also was with Presidio; his 8 triples for Everett (out of 10 extra-base hits) tied him for 5th in the Northwestern League. During 1906, he was with the San Francisco Orphans and hit .234 in 117 games for the Peoria Distillers to begin a stint in the Midwest. He remained with the Distillers in 1907 (.195 in 120 G) and 1908 (.223 in 136 G).

He hit .203/?/.224 as a starter for Seattle in 1909. He was with the Seattle Giants from 1910-1916, serving as your typical light-hitting shortstop: .189/?/.223 in 1910, .220/?/.256 in 1911, .233/?/.287 in 1912, .192/?/.226 in 1913, .204/?/.243 in 1914, .240/?/.277 in 1915 and .239 in 1916; he played at least 150 games the first six years and 120 the seventh. He also replaced Shad Barry as Seattle's manager partway through 1912 and led the team to the NWL title in 1915.

He hit .203 and slugged .234 for the 1917 Tacoma Tigers to end his playing career; he again was a player-manager. He later guided the 1920-1921 Yakima Indians, winning the 1921 Pacific Coast International League title. He managed Tacoma again in 1922.

Related Sites

• BR Minors manager page
• Source of the biography