Raymond Herbert Keating (July 21, 1893 – December 28, 1963) was an American professional baseball pitcher.

The Barristers assigned him to the Hamilton Kolts of the Canadian League where he made his professional baseball debut.

[5] The New York Highlanders of the American League purchased Keating's contract from Lawrence for $5,000 ($157,862 in current dollar terms) during the season.

[6] After the New England League's season finished in early September, Keating reported to the Highlanders.

[5] He made his major league debut on September 12, 1912, as a relief pitcher, recording three strikeouts in one inning pitched.

[12] Ban Johnson, the president of the American League, outlawed the pitch, and said that anyone caught throwing it would be fined $100 ($3,042 in current dollar terms) and suspended for 30 days.

[16] The Yankees sold Keating and Sweeney to the Toledo Iron Men of the American Association after the 1916 season.

[28] Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis told him that he could be reinstated after the season if he paid a $200 fine ($3,556 in current dollar terms).

[32] Keating was reinstated, and Los Angeles sold his contractual rights to Sacramento Senators of the PCL for $3,000 ($52,121 in current dollar terms) before the 1925 season.

In July 1930, Sacramento traded Keating to the Portland Beavers for Mack Hillis and Roy Chesterfield.