Raymond A. Bellino is a former minor league baseball player, manager and major league scout.

Playing career

Bellino played 15 years in the minors, in the Chicago Cubs

Chicago Cubs

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, New York Yankees

New York Yankees

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, Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 and Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 farm systems. He was a defensive wizard, however he was not a very formidable hitter, as he batted around .218 in 1,320 minor league games. His career high in batting average was .286, which he accomplished in 1952 with the Topeka Owls

Topeka Owls

The Topeka Owls were a Western Association baseball team based in Topeka, Kansas, USA that played from 1939 to 1942 and again from 1946 to 1954. They were affiliated with the St. Louis Browns from 1939 to 1940, the Chicago Cubs from 1951 to 1952 and the Chicago White Sox from 1953 to 1954....

. However, he played only 16 games that season.

Managing career

Bellino managed the Wisconsin Rapids Twins

Wisconsin Rapids Twins

The Wisconsin Rapids Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1963 to 1983. Affiliated with the Minnesota Twins, they played in the Midwest League and were located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin...

 of the Midwest League

Midwest League

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 from 1965 to 1967 and the GCL Expos

GCL Expos

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 of the Gulf Coast League

Gulf Coast League

The Gulf Coast League is a minor league baseball league which operates in Florida. It is a Rookie League, with a season running from mid-June to late August. The season is 60 games long and teams in the league are divided into three divisions, East, North and South...

 in 1977. He led the Wisconsin Rapids Twins to the Midwest League finals in 1967, however they lost that series.

Scouting career

Following his playing and managing career, Bellino scouted for the Twins and Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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. In 1981, as a Tigers scout, he won the A.B. "Turk" Karam Award, which recognizes the best scout each year. He later became the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 scouting supervisor. One major league player he signed is C.J. Nitkowski.

Family

Bellino has 5 children who were raised to love baseball just as much as he did. They travelled with him wherever baseball scouting and playing took him. His wife Anne Bellino past away in 2001 leaving everyone in tears. She was and still is as great a woman, mother, wife, grandmother, and friend as Ray ever will be. Bellino has 10 grandchildren and remains an active man in his current senior citizen community.