He of Expos, White Sox, and Yankees fame. His resume shows that he deserves the strongest possible consideration for the Hall of Fame. He was picked for 7 All-Star games. He won one Silver Slugger as well as the 1987 All-Start MVP.
Tim Raines the Base-Stealer: He will always be known for what he did on the bases. He led the league in stolen bases 4 times, and was in the top ten 7 other times. He is fifth all time in steals with 808. He stole those bases at a success rate of 84.7% while Ricky Henderson and Lou Brock (also in the 800 steal club) stole bases at the rates of 80.8% and 75.3%.
He was no slouch with the bat. His wOBA was a respectable .374. His career OPS is .810. The OPS+, adjusted for park and league for his career was 123. This puts him somewhere between Rickey(127) and Lou (109). He had 14 years in a row with over 100 hits and a lifetime OBP of .385. He was the ideal leadoff hitter (2nd to Rickey of course). Raines led the league in runs scored twice and scored 1571 runs in his career.
Time Raines is a winner. His fWPA of 50.39 shows he improved his teams likelihood of winning a ball game. He was dependable. He has the 5th most defensive games, 4th most putouts and assists in LF in baseball. Individual OF positions were not recorded until 1954, he has the 36 most games in the OF in all baseball history.
Of the 20 LF already in the Hall of Fame*, Raines has a higher bWAR than 13 of them. Of the 60 OF in the Hall, he has a higher bWAR than 35 of them. He is also the 35 OF by fWAR All-Time and that list includes Bonds, Griffey and Rose. He has a higher fWAR great than Gwynn, Winfield and Sosa. He deserves the company of Greatness.
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