Harold Baines

Hall of Fame

Right Field

1980—2001

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#76

Player Detail

Harold Douglas
GIVEN NAME
Baines
SURNAME
March 15, 1959, in Easton, MD
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1980—2001
Playing Career
Played from 21-42
PLAYING AGE
Chicago White Sox
Oakland A's
Baltimore Orioles
Texas Rangers
Cleveland Indians
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Chicago White Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
NONE
World Series titles
NONE
NICKNAME
3
UNIFORM NUMBER
#3 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-2 / 175
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Left
BATTED / THREW
April 10, 1980
Major League Debut
September 27, 2001
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— White Sox ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Harold Baines?

Sweet-swinging DH who played for White Sox a gazillion times, enough to coax his pals into voting him into the Hall of Fame.
Baines was first scouted by White Sox owner Bill Veeck when Harold was 12 years old playing in Little League.
  • Harold Baines Scouting Report

65

HITTING

65

POWER

30

RUNNING

30

FIELDING

40

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2830
2866
384
1628
.289
6 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
29.9
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.820
.767
107.4

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.289
.356
.465

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Kirk Gibson
Jesse Barfield
Chili Davis

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.290
.361
.468

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Carlton Fisk
Frank Thomas
Julio Franco
Cal Ripken Jr.
Robin Ventura
Rickey Henderson
Kenny Lofton
Manny Ramirez
Tom Seaver
Mike Mussina
Tony La Russa

Harold Baines Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Baines
536
155
70
26
3
21
88
57
78
2
249
213
.289
.356
.465
820
AVG RF
534
143
76
27
3
18
55
100
10
230
201
.267
.336
.431
.767

Harold Baines Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
76
6 (DH)
NR
71
38
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
55
99
NR
NR
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Harold Baines PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
38.7
21.2
15.1
10.5
2.21
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Harold Baines
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
312.9
149.7
108.8
71.4
17.9
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Harold Baines
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF