Jacques Doucet, Hall of Fame ‘Voice of the Expos,’ Dies
Summary
Jacques Doucet, a French-language baseball broadcaster known as the "Voice of the Expos," passed away at age 86. He called over 5,500 major league games for the Montreal Expos and was honored in multiple baseball halls of fame.Key Facts
- Jacques Doucet was born on March 8, 1940, in Montreal and started his journalism career with the Canadian Press.
- He began covering the Montreal Expos when the team was created in 1968 and became their full-time French play-by-play announcer in 1972.
- Doucet broadcasted Expos games for 33 seasons until the team left Montreal in 2004.
- He helped develop French baseball terms, making the sport more accessible to Quebec fans.
- After the Expos, he worked with the Quebec Capitales and then with TVA Sports calling Toronto Blue Jays games in French.
- Doucet was inducted into the Quebec Baseball Hall of Fame (2002), Montreal Expos Hall of Fame (2003), and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (2020).
- He revealed in 2024 that he was battling Alzheimer’s disease.
- The Toronto Blue Jays and MLB community publicly honored Doucet after his death.
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