Tim Raines, nicknamed "Rock," is a former American professional baseball player. Raines hails from Sanford, Florida. Raines was a left fielder in Major League Baseball; he played for six teams from 1979 to 2002. Raines batted with both hands and threw with his right, and was listed at 5 ft. 8 in. and 160 lbs. Raines was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft, he made his debut in September 11, 1979. Raines was best known for his 13 seasons with the Montreal Expos.
Raines was regarded as one of the outstanding leadoff hitters and base runners in baseball’s history; Raines stole 70 bases in each of his first six full seasons from 1981 to 1986, leading in stolen bases each season from 1981 to 1984 in the National League. Raines has a career high of 90 steals in 1983. Raines also led the National League in runs scored for two times in 1983 and 1987. Raines won the 1986 National League batting title with an average of .334. Raines also had six full seasons with an on base percentage of above .390. Raines, who had 808 steals in his career, has the fourth-topmost total in major league history, behind Rickey Henderson, Lou Brock and Ty Cobb. Until 2008, Raines’ career stolen base percentage was 84.7%, was the highest in major league history for players who has 300 or more attempts and Raines was triumphant on 40 consecutive steal attempts between July 1993 and August 1995, that sets an American League record at the time. However, in May 2007, the record was stolen by Ichiro Suzuki after Suzuki completed 45 consecutive steals. Raines, who had 1,966 games in left field positioned seventh in major league history after he retired.
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