How much is Tim Raines worth?
| Net Worth: | $14 Million |
|---|---|
| Profession: | Professional Baseball Coach |
| Date of Birth: | September 16, 1959 (age 62) |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Height: | 1.73 m |
About Tim Raines
At the age of 17, he was selected by the Montreal Expos in the fifth round of the 1977 amateur draft out of Sanford Seminole High School in Florida. In the low minors, he was a reliable player who stole bases (222 in four seasons) and hit between.280 and.290. At the age of 20, he made a breakthrough for Triple-A Denver, hitting.354 with six home runs, 64 RBI, and 77 stolen bases in 108 games. The Sporting News named him Minor League Player of the Year.
In both temporarily and in the major leagues, he played second base.
- Born: Sept. 16, 1959
- Hometown: Sanford, Fla.
- Height: 5-8
- Weight: 160 pounds
- Bats: Both
- Throws: Right
- Family: Wife Virginia (divorced), sons Tim Jr. and Andre; wife Shannon and twins born in 2010. Tim Jr. briefly played in the big leagues for the Baltimore Orioles in 2001, 2003 and 2004.
- Primary position: Left fielder
Career Highlights
One of the best leadoff hitters and base stealers in Major League Baseball history, with 2,605 hits, a.294 average, and a.385 on-base percentage in addition to 808 stolen bases, which ranks fifth all-time.
He was a seven-time All-Star and led the National League in stolen bases for four straight years (1981-84). He had the best success rate in the big leagues for a player with more than 300 tries at stealing bases (84.7%).
also won the 1986 batting championship (.334).
He has the sixth-most hits of any switch hitter in history. is the Expos/Nationals franchise record holder for runs, steals, singles, triples, and walks.
won World Series rings in 1996 and 1998 while playing with the New York Yankees.
Out of spring training in 1981, he made the Montreal roster and was named the team’s left fielder. concluded his debut season batting and had a record-setting 27 stolen base successes in the majors. 304 with 71 stolen bases, missing the rookie record by four. Due to a midseason baseball strike, he only participated in 88 games. finished behind Fernando Valenzuela in the race for National League Rookie of the Year.
after the 1982 season, entered rehab for drug abuse. infamously carried cocaine during that season’s games in his jersey pocket.
resurfaced in 1983, recording a career-high 133 runs scored and 90 bases stolen. sixth place in the NL MVP vote.
Silver Slugger winner and sixth-place vote-getter for MVP in 1986. He also won the league’s batting crown and had the highest on-base percentage.
was involved in the collusion incident prior to the 1987 season, which is why he didn’t get much interest as a free agent. got more than $865,000 in damages back in 1992.
scored 123 runs in 1987, which was the most in the NL, and hit.330 with a career-high 18 home runs. was the game’s MVP in 1987, and his game-winning triple in the 13th inning earned him the MVP award.
He was part of a White Sox team that won the AL West in 1993, hitting.306 with 16 home runs and 21 stolen bases while playing for the team that was traded to Chicago before the 1991 season in exchange for Ivan Calderon and Barry Jones. In the six-game ALCS loss to Toronto, he hit.444 with 12 hits in 27 at-bats.
He was a proficient base thief even in his 30s, going 40 consecutive times without being caught between July 1993 and August 1995. At the time, it was an AL record; Ichiro Suzuki later broke it (45).
Prior to the 1996 season, he was sent to the New York Yankees for a minor league player. played for the Yankees on a part-time basis, batting.284 with nine home runs in 59 games in 1996,.321 with four home runs in 71 games in 1997, and.290 with five home runs in 109 games in 1998.
In his later seasons, bounced about, and in 2000, he didn’t even play in the majors. He batted.215 in 58 games with the Oakland A’s in 1999,.309 in 47 games with the Expos in 2001,.273 in four games with the Orioles in 2001, and.191 in 98 games with the Florida Marlins in 2002 while he was 42 years old.
He is one of three active players with 1,500 runs as of 2013 who are not in the Hall of Fame. The other two were Rafael Palmeiro and Jeff Bagwell.
following retirement
received just 24% of the vote in 2008, and that number dropped to 22.6 in 2009, but his candidacy has substantially improved since then, garnering 52.2 percent of the vote in 2013. Through 2022, he will be a candidate for the Hall of Fame.
was hired as a coach by the Expos organization in 2003. From 2005 to 2006, he worked for the White Sox. He was the first base coach for the 2005 World Series champion White Sox. coached in 2012 after serving as the independent Newark Bears’ manager from 2009 to 2011. Recruited in 2013 by the Toronto Blue Jays to serve as a baserunning and outfield coach in the minor league.
