William Louis Raimondi (December 1, 1912 – October 18, 2010) was an American professional baseball catcher.

After a standout baseball career at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California, Raimondi signed with the Oaks of the PCL.

He tried out with the Cincinnati Reds for the 1936 season, but an arm injury prevented him from playing in Major League Baseball (MLB).

Raimondi returned to the Oaks in 1937, and declined further opportunities from MLB clubs to stay close to home.

A year after winning the PCL championship with the 1948 Oaks under Casey Stengel, Chuck Dressen traded Raimondi to Sacramento, where he became a player-coach during the 1950 season.

After his playing career, Raimondi served as a scout for the Chicago Cubs organization and managed the Magic Valley Cowboys for part of the 1956 season.

[3] Raimondi began playing baseball as an outfielder when he attended Thompkins Grammar School at the age of 12.

[21] The AL's New York Yankees had a working arrangement with the Oaks for the 1935 season, giving them an option on Oakland's players.

The Yankees exercised their option on Raimondi after the 1935 season,[22] and then conditionally sold him and George McQuinn to the NL's Cincinnati Reds for $25,000 ($555,583 in current dollar terms).

[23][24] He went to spring training with the Reds, who also had Ernie Lombardi, Gilly Campbell, and Hank Erickson as catchers.

[40] Raimondi also played as a right fielder during the 1942 season when Fred Tauby left the team to join the United States Navy.

[43] The Oaks finished the season in fifth place,[44] and they hired Casey Stengel to succeed Raimondi as manager.

The NL's Chicago Cubs tried to acquire Raimondi to serve as their third catcher before the 1947 season, but he decided that it was not worth it for him to move his family.

[48] However, he broke his wrist when he collided with the first baseman of the San Diego Padres during a mid-September game, ending his season.

The team was known as the "Nine Old Men", as Lombardi was 40, Raimondi, Cookie Lavagetto, Floyd Speer, and Nick Etten were 35, Jack Salveson and Les Scarsella were 34, Dario Lodigiani was 32, and Mel Duezabou was 30.

[50][51] In 1949, Charlie Dressen succeeded Stengel as the Oaks' manager, and Don Padgett was brought in to catch alongside Raimondi.

[54] He had the second-best fielding percentage among PCL catchers in 1949, trailing only Mike Sandlock of the Hollywood Stars.

[72] In July, the Cubs named him the manager of the Magic Valley Cowboys of the Class C Pioneer League, following Al Zarilla's resignation.

[77] In 1947, the Oakland City Council approved a resolution renaming Bayview Park after Ernie Raimondi, who was killed in action in World War II.