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Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Tim Raines

Tim Raines was elected to the Hall of Fame in his 10th year of eligibility, 2017, with 86.0% of the vote.

Five highlights of Tim Raines's career:

Tim Raines was named to seven All-Star games. He started two of them, 1982 and 1983, in left field. He was named All-Star game MVP in 1987. In that game, Raines went 3-for-3 and drove in the only two runs of the game with a two-run triple in the top of the 13th inning.

Raines received MVP votes seven times with three top-10 finishes. His high finish was fifth in 1983.

Raines led the National League in batting average and on-base percentage once apiece (both in 1986), in doubles once (in 1984), in runs scored twice (in 1983 and 1987), and in stolen bases four times (1981 - 1984). He led the National League in times on base three times, in 1983, 1984, and 1986

Tim Raines was teammates with his son, Tim Raines, Jr., on the 2001 Baltimore Orioles. The Raines' played together in four games, including two games in which Tim Sr. played left field and Tim Jr. played center field.

Tim Raines is one of only four players in major-league history to steal a base in each of four different decades: the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s in Raines's case. The other three players to do this were Ted Williams (1930s - 1960s), Rickey Henderson (1970s - 2000s), and Omar Vizquel (1980s - 2010s).

The first two tables below present Tim Raines's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1979	MON	19	6	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2
1980	MON	20	15	0.4	1.0	-0.5	-0.6
1981	MON	21	88	13.7	11.0	3.0	1.8
1982	MON	22	156	20.6	19.5	1.9	0.0
1983	MON	23	156	26.0	19.7	7.0	4.9
1984	MON	24	160	24.1	20.3	4.9	2.8
1985	MON	25	150	22.2	18.7	4.1	2.2
1986	MON	26	151	21.1	18.7	3.0	1.1
1987	MON	27	139	21.8	16.2	6.3	4.5
1988	MON	28	109	15.1	13.2	2.3	1.0
1989	MON	29	145	18.9	16.7	2.8	1.1
1990	MON	30	130	17.2	15.5	2.1	0.6
1991	CHA	31	155	17.5	17.9	0.6	-1.1
1992	CHA	32	144	20.2	15.7	5.6	3.9
1993	CHA	33	115	15.1	12.0	4.0	2.7
1994	CHA	34	100	13.3	10.9	3.2	2.0
1995	CHA	35	133	14.6	15.9	-0.3	-1.9
1996	NYA	36	59	6.8	5.8	1.4	0.7
1997	NYA	37	74	8.5	7.1	2.0	1.2
1998	NYA	38	109	9.0	7.1	2.6	1.7
1999	OAK	39	58	3.8	4.9	-0.8	-1.2
2000	-	40	-	-	-	-	-
+– 2001		41	51	3.4	3.2	0.5	0.1
	BAL		4	0.3	0.7	-0.3	-0.4
	MON		47	3.1	2.5	0.8	0.5
2002	FLO	42	97	1.7	2.3	-0.2	-0.4
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,500	315.4	273.3	56.1	27.3
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			34	3.7	4.1	-0.2	-0.6
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,534	319.1	277.3	55.9	26.7

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1979	MON	19	6	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.2
1980	MON	20	15	0.6	0.8	-0.1	-0.2
1981	MON	21	88	13.8	10.9	3.4	2.2
1982	MON	22	156	20.2	19.8	1.2	-0.7
1983	MON	23	156	25.8	19.9	6.5	4.4
1984	MON	24	160	24.7	19.6	6.1	4.0
1985	MON	25	150	23.0	17.9	5.8	3.8
1986	MON	26	151	21.8	18.0	4.4	2.5
1987	MON	27	139	21.6	16.5	5.6	3.8
1988	MON	28	109	15.2	13.1	2.5	1.1
1989	MON	29	145	19.2	16.4	3.3	1.6
1990	MON	30	130	17.3	15.4	2.4	0.9
1991	CHA	31	155	17.9	17.5	1.4	-0.3
1992	CHA	32	144	20.0	15.9	5.2	3.5
1993	CHA	33	115	14.7	12.4	3.1	1.8
1994	CHA	34	100	12.3	11.9	1.2	-0.0
1995	CHA	35	133	15.2	15.3	0.9	-0.7
1996	NYA	36	59	6.6	6.0	1.0	0.4
1997	NYA	37	74	8.2	7.5	1.3	0.5
1998	NYA	38	109	8.4	7.7	1.3	0.4
1999	OAK	39	58	4.4	4.3	0.4	-0.0
2000	-	40	-	-	-	-	-
+– 2001		41	51	3.6	3.1	0.7	0.4
	BAL		4	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.1
	MON		47	3.0	2.6	0.6	0.3
2002	FLO	42	97	1.9	2.1	0.2	-0.1
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,500	316.5	272.2	58.2	29.4
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			34	3.6	4.2	-0.4	-0.8
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,534	320.0	276.4	57.7	28.6

What are Tim Raines's Hall-of-Fame credentials? Easy. He was a brilliant baserunner - 808 career stolen bases (5th-most all-time) at an 84.7% success rate - and he was one of the best players in baseball in his prime, which roughly corresponded to the seasons between MLB's two major strikes in 1981 and 1994.

The first table, then, shows the top 10 players in baserunning wins over non-pitcher average among all players for whom I have calculated Player won-lost records.

Baserunning
		eWins	eLosses	eWOPA
1	Rickey Henderson	55.7	38.5	17.0
2	Tim Raines Sr.	35.8	21.5	13.7
3	Willie Wilson	28.6	16.6	12.0
4	Bert Campaneris	37.3	25.0	11.7
5	Davey Lopes	24.8	15.0	9.3
6	Paul Molitor	31.3	22.0	9.3
7	Joe L. Morgan	36.7	27.0	8.7
8	Luis Aparicio	31.3	21.9	8.6
9	Vince Coleman	27.9	18.8	8.5
10	Willie Davis	25.4	17.4	7.3

Positional Average excludes pitcher offense

And the next table shows the top 25 players in eWins over positional average and replacement level from 1982 through 1993.

		eWins over Positional Average Top 25 Players						eWins over Replacement Level Top 25 Players
	Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL		Player	eWins	eLosses	eWOPA	eWORL
1	Rickey Henderson	249.1	189.8	52.4	73.5	1	Rickey Henderson	249.1	189.8	52.4	73.5
2	Cal Ripken	264.6	232.5	47.4	71.0	2	Cal Ripken	264.6	232.5	47.4	71.0
3	Roger Clemens	142.9	98.5	46.1	62.1	3	Roger Clemens	142.9	98.5	46.1	62.1
4	Barry Bonds	175.4	129.8	37.2	51.7	4	Ryne Sandberg	249.9	215.3	35.5	57.5
5	Lou Whitaker	219.5	191.0	35.6	55.2	5	Lou Whitaker	219.5	191.0	35.6	55.2
6	Ryne Sandberg	249.9	215.3	35.5	57.5	6	Wade Boggs	224.1	189.8	33.2	53.0
7	Alan Trammell	199.7	176.5	35.0	53.0	7	Alan Trammell	199.7	176.5	35.0	53.0
8	Wade Boggs	224.1	189.8	33.2	53.0	8	Barry Bonds	175.4	129.8	37.2	51.7
9	Mike Schmidt	150.5	114.8	31.0	43.6	9	Ozzie Smith	233.2	214.5	28.4	49.7
10	Darryl Strawberry	191.0	150.3	30.6	46.8	10	Tim Raines Sr.	241.3	202.6	26.5	47.7
11	Bret Saberhagen	114.7	86.8	30.1	43.4	11	Robin Yount	231.2	205.7	25.8	46.9
12	Ozzie Smith	233.2	214.5	28.4	49.7	12	Darryl Strawberry	191.0	150.3	30.6	46.8
13	Dwight Gooden	138.6	121.6	27.7	43.1	13	Dale Murphy	223.1	188.2	24.1	43.6
14	Tim Raines Sr.	241.3	202.6	26.5	47.7	14	Mike Schmidt	150.5	114.8	31.0	43.6
15	Orel Hershiser	126.3	109.0	26.2	40.3	15	Paul Molitor	192.2	163.8	24.8	43.5
16	Robin Yount	231.2	205.7	25.8	46.9	16	Bret Saberhagen	114.7	86.8	30.1	43.4
17	Jack Clark	158.6	123.9	25.1	39.4	17	Dwight Gooden	138.6	121.6	27.7	43.1
18	Paul Molitor	192.2	163.8	24.8	43.5	18	Orel Hershiser	126.3	109.0	26.2	40.3
19	Dale Murphy	223.1	188.2	24.1	43.6	19	Jack Clark	158.6	123.9	25.1	39.4
20	Will Clark	142.9	108.4	22.3	34.3	20	Dwight Evans	185.2	157.1	21.4	38.5
21	Eric Davis	142.2	114.4	22.1	34.4	21	Eddie Murray	220.6	186.4	17.9	37.5
22	Dwight Evans	185.2	157.1	21.4	38.5	22	George Brett	182.9	157.7	19.5	37.2
23	Greg Maddux	110.6	97.9	21.2	33.8	23	Frank Viola	169.1	158.1	15.9	37.0
24	Fred McGriff	120.3	91.4	20.6	30.9	24	Dave Stieb	135.7	117.5	20.0	36.7
25	Barry Larkin	129.1	113.2	20.6	32.1	25	Andy Van Slyke	181.4	153.8	19.9	35.9

Put them together and you have a Hall-of-Famer. I'm glad the BBWAA agreed before he fell off the ballot.

Article last updated: October 1, 2019

All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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