Ron Piché

Ronald Jacques Piché
(Monsieur Baseball)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

• Debut May 30, 1960
• Final Game September 26, 1966
• Born May 22, 1935 in Verdun, QC CAN
• Died February 3, 2011 in Montreal, QC CAN

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Biographical Information

Ron Piché spent one season as a Montreal Expos coach in 1976. He worked for many years for the Expos as a minor league pitching instructor and in community relations.

For three years with the Milwaukee Braves (1961-1963), Piché teamed with Claude Raymond, a fellow Québécois, as members of the Braves' bullpen.

Inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, he lost lost a lengthy battle with complications from cancer in early 2011. In 2013, the city of Montreal, QC honored him by naming a ballpark in his honor in the Verdun neighborhood where he was born, the "Stade Ron-Piché".

Related Sites

• Canadian Hall of Fame bio
• Obituary from La Presse (in French)