Happy Birthday, Claude Raymond

Nate Colbert 17 · May 7, 2015

Happy Birthday to former Houston Colt 45's and Astros pitcher Claude Raymond. He was nothing special on the mound, with a 46-43 lifetime record. His main claim to fame (for us vintage baseball cards nerds) is that, for some reason, he posed for both his 1966 & 1967 baseball card photos with his fly open.

gracecollector · May 7, 2015

Claude's two barndoor situations are one of the great mysteries of that time. Right up there with why Topps left Claude's fly open on that 1966 card, but corrected Don Landrum's open fly through airbrushing not once, but twice - creating 3 variations of his '66 card.

Open Fly / Shut Fly, button still showing

Shut Fly / button removed (final version)

homerun28aa · May 7, 2015

Never heard of this stuff, pretty interesting. Do any of these cards go for decent money because of the story?

gracecollector · May 7, 2015

homerun28aa said:
Never heard of this stuff, pretty interesting. Do any of these cards go for decent money because of the story?

The Landrum variations can command a premium, especially high-grade. Don Landrum partial button in PSA8 sold for $317.55 recently. The Raymond's aren't special.

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