Matt Raleigh among inductees to Binghamton Baseball Shrine
Matt Raleigh will be among three to join the Binghamton Baseball Shrine on Saturday at Mirabito Stadium.
Raleigh is joined in the Class of 2023 by Brian Daubach and Tom Morgan. A ceremony is to take place before Binghamton’s Eastern League game against Reading scheduled for a 6:07 p.m. start.
A look at the honorees:
** Raleigh hit an Eastern League-leading 37 home runs and drove in 74 runs across 122 games with the 1997 Binghamton Mets. The Swanson, Vermont, native played in 169 games for Binghamton over two seasons (’97-’98) as part of a nine-season professional career. He is owner and operator of Raleigh Baseball Institute in Endwell and coach of Maine-Endwell’s varsity baseball team.
** Daubach spent the 1996 season with the Binghamton Mets before an eight-year major league career. In ’96, he hit .296 with 22 home runs and had 76 RBI. Daubach played for four teams in his MLB career (Miami Marlins, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and New York Mets). He earned a World Series ring as a member of the 2004 Red Sox. Daubach serves as the hitting coach for the Rochester Red Wings, Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.
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** Morgan joined the Binghamton Triplets in 1950 at age 19. In his second professional season, the right-handed pitcher from Southern California earned 17 wins and shared the Eastern League lead with 21 complete games and five shutouts. He won World Series championships with the Yankees in 1951 and 1952. Morgan sacrificed more than a year of playing time during the prime of his career to serve in the military during the Korean War, preventing him from capturing another ring with the 1953 Yankees. He also played for the Los Angeles Angels from 1961–63 as part of a 12-year major league career.
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Spectators are encouraged to be seated by 5:40 p.m. for a ceremony to be overseen by master of ceremonies Roger Neel.
The Binghamton Baseball Shrine started in 1993 and has enshrined 81 members.
This article originally appeared on Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin: Matt Raleigh, Brian Daubach, Tom Morgan to be enshrined
