Tim Raines

Hall of Fame

Left Field

1979—2002

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Player LeveL
Superstar
Top 100 Rank
#86
Left Field RANK
#7

Player Detail

Timothy
GIVEN NAME
Raines
SURNAME
September 16, 1959, in Sanford, FL
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1979—2002
Playing Career
Played from 19-42
PLAYING AGE
Montreal Expos
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Oakland A's
Baltimore Orioles
Florida Marlins
Teams Played For
Left Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Montreal Expos
PRIMARY TEAM
1996, 1998
World Series titles
Rock
NICKNAME
30
UNIFORM NUMBER
#1 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-8 / 160
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
September 11, 1979
Major League Debut
September 29, 2002
FINAL GAME
— MEMBER OF THE Hall of Fame —
— Top 50 Left Fielder —
— Expos ALL-TIME TEAM —

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WHO IS Tim Raines?

Fast, switch-hitting leadoff man for Expos and several other teams. Only Rickey Handerson was a better leadoff batter.
Raines’s career stolen base percentage (84.7%) was the highest in major league history for players with 300 or more attempts when he retired.
  • Tim Raines Scouting Report

60

HITTING

40

POWER

80

RUNNING

60

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
2502
2605
170
980
.294
7 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
55.0
55.9

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

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.810
.763
106.6

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

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.294
.385
.425

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Rickey Henderson
Lonnie Smith
Gary Redus

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
.299
.394
.432

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
Gary Carter
Frank Thomas
Ray Durham
Derek Jeter
Larry Parrish
Warren Cromartie
Andre Dawson
Vlad Guerrero
Steve Rogers
Josh Beckett
Dick Williams

Tim Raines 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
Raines
514
151
91
25
7
10
57
77
56
47
218
230
.294
.385
.425
810
AVG LF
532
144
76
26
4
15
56
92
17
224
204
.270
.342
.421
.763

Tim Raines Rankings

AT Left Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
7
11
8
10
12
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Left Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
7
12
11
18
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Tim Raines PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
69.4
40.7
32.3
20.3
4.49
68.6
43.2
31.4
22.4
4.81
BLUE = Tim Raines
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
383.8
212.6
161.1
101.7
24.8
368.7
208.0
151.6
101.2
26.4
BLUE = Tim Raines
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME LF