Raymond J. Nemec (June 19, 1929 - April 17, 2015) was a prominent American baseball historian and researcher. He was a founding member of the Society for American Baseball Research.

He won the 2012 Henry Chadwick Award.^[1] A statistical researcher, he was "a pioneer in compiling and correcting the lifetime records of professional players at all levels."^[2] He was considered "the foremost authority on minor league players," having compiled statistics of over 100,000 players.^[3][4]