It is Tim Raines 7th time on the Hall of Fame ballot, so 6 times the BBWAA have gotten it wrong. At least his numbers are going up. His first time he had 24.3%, last year he was on 52.2% of the ballots.
Raines is one of my all-time favorite players. He was the second best lead off hitter of his era, likely the second best lead off hitter of all-time. Unfortunately, he played at the same time as Ricky Henderson.
Tim played for 23 seasons, the first 13 were with the Expos. He played 2502 games, scored 1571 runs., had 2605 hits, 808 stolen bases and a .294/.385/.425 line. He scored over 100 runs in 6 seasons and led the league in stolen bases 4 times. Tim was second in ROY voting in 1981, made 7 All-Star teams and had 1 Silver Slugger.
He is 51st career in runs scored, 35th in walks and 5th in stolen bases. But, maybe you had to watch him play to see just how good he was. He was one of those guys that could change a game just by getting to first.
I hope that, someday, he will be the 3rd player to go into the Hall of Fame wearing a Expos cap. One of the reasons writers give for leaving him off the ballot is that he used cocaine early in his career. Cocaine, of course, wasn't a performance enhancing drug. It was, for a bit , the drug of choice for folks that could afford it.
Raines was a minor league base running and outfield coach for the Jays this past year, I wouldn't mind seeing him get a job on the major league coaching staff.
Year | Age | Tm | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | IBB | Pos | Awards | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1979 | 19 | MON | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
1980 | 20 | MON | 15 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 3 | .050 | .269 | .050 | .319 | 0 | /47 | |
1981 | 21 | MON | 88 | 313 | 61 | 95 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 71 | 11 | 45 | 31 | .304 | .391 | .438 | .829 | 5 | *7/4 | AS,MVP-19,RoY-2 |
1982 | 22 | MON | 156 | 647 | 90 | 179 | 32 | 8 | 4 | 43 | 78 | 16 | 75 | 83 | .277 | .353 | .369 | .723 | 9 | *74 | AS |
1983 | 23 | MON | 156 | 615 | 133 | 183 | 32 | 8 | 11 | 71 | 90 | 14 | 97 | 70 | .298 | .393 | .429 | .822 | 9 | *7/489 | AS,MVP-5 |
1984 | 24 | MON | 160 | 622 | 106 | 192 | 38 | 9 | 8 | 60 | 75 | 10 | 87 | 69 | .309 | .393 | .437 | .830 | 7 | *8/4 | AS,MVP-11 |
1985 | 25 | MON | 150 | 575 | 115 | 184 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 41 | 70 | 9 | 81 | 60 | .320 | .405 | .475 | .880 | 13 | *7 | AS,MVP-12 |
1986 | 26 | MON | 151 | 580 | 91 | 194 | 35 | 10 | 9 | 62 | 70 | 9 | 78 | 60 | .334 | .413 | .476 | .889 | 9 | *7 | AS,MVP-6,SS |
1987 | 27 | MON | 139 | 530 | 123 | 175 | 34 | 8 | 18 | 68 | 50 | 5 | 90 | 52 | .330 | .429 | .526 | .955 | 26 | *7 | AS,MVP-7 |
1988 | 28 | MON | 109 | 429 | 66 | 116 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 48 | 33 | 7 | 53 | 44 | .270 | .350 | .431 | .782 | 14 | 7 | |
1989 | 29 | MON | 145 | 517 | 76 | 148 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 60 | 41 | 9 | 93 | 48 | .286 | .395 | .418 | .813 | 18 | *7 | MVP-17 |
1990 | 30 | MON | 130 | 457 | 65 | 131 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 62 | 49 | 16 | 70 | 43 | .287 | .379 | .392 | .771 | 8 | *7 | |
1991 | 31 | CHW | 155 | 609 | 102 | 163 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 50 | 51 | 15 | 83 | 68 | .268 | .359 | .345 | .703 | 9 | *7D/89 | |
1992 | 32 | CHW | 144 | 551 | 102 | 162 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 45 | 6 | 81 | 48 | .294 | .380 | .405 | .784 | 4 | *7D/8 | |
1993 | 33 | CHW | 115 | 415 | 75 | 127 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 54 | 21 | 7 | 64 | 35 | .306 | .401 | .480 | .880 | 4 | *7 | |
1994 | 34 | CHW | 101 | 384 | 80 | 102 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 52 | 13 | 0 | 61 | 43 | .266 | .365 | .409 | .774 | 3 | *7 | |
1995 | 35 | CHW | 133 | 502 | 81 | 143 | 25 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 13 | 2 | 70 | 52 | .285 | .374 | .422 | .796 | 3 | *7D/9 | |
1996 | 36 | NYY | 59 | 201 | 45 | 57 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 34 | 29 | .284 | .383 | .468 | .851 | 1 | 7/D | |
1997 | 37 | NYY | 74 | 271 | 56 | 87 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 41 | 34 | .321 | .403 | .454 | .856 | 0 | 7D | |
1998 | 38 | NYY | 109 | 321 | 53 | 93 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 55 | 49 | .290 | .395 | .383 | .778 | 1 | D7 | |
1999 | 39 | OAK | 58 | 135 | 20 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 17 | .215 | .337 | .341 | .678 | 1 | 7/D8 | |
2001 | 41 | TOT | 51 | 89 | 14 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 | .303 | .413 | .449 | .862 | 0 | 7/D | |
2001 | 41 | MON | 47 | 78 | 13 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | .308 | .433 | .436 | .869 | 0 | 7 | |
2001 | 41 | BAL | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .250 | .545 | .795 | 0 | /7D | |
2002 | 42 | FLA | 98 | 89 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 19 | .191 | .351 | .258 | .609 | 4 | 7/D | |
23 Yrs | 2502 | 8872 | 1571 | 2605 | 430 | 113 | 170 | 980 | 808 | 146 | 1330 | 966 | .294 | .385 | .425 | .810 | 148 |