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    Raines -imo- belongs in the HOF.
    Just his "traditional stats" alone are good enough for me and him being a contemporary of Ricky Henderson has practically nothing to do with it as far as I'm concerned, Raines' stats stand by themselves...and they stand very tall----but, I'm not thrilled about the disclosure of him literally carrying illicit drugs on his person during games.
     
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    ...yeah, if not for Henderson, Raines may have been the greatest leadoff hitter of all time.
     
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    Same here. Raines had a great career, 1,571 Runs Scored, 907 RBI's, a Lifetime .385 OBP, 1,330 Walks, with an excellent Stolen Base Pctg, with incredible speed on the base paths, and in the OF; .....and totals 5th All Time for SB's.........

    No doubt the marks of a great Lead Off Hitter, and a damn good Outfielder with sound Glove-work, a helluva range factor on top of everything else.

    Interesting trend, Raines got 24.3% of HOF Votes in 2008, but got 55.0% last year.......hopefully his stock will rise, enough to get the Nod...
     
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    Also Rob if I can add to that, over 2,600 career hits, 294 career Average. And only Henderson had more 70+ stolen base seasons with 6, Ricky had 7. Raines however did it for 6 STRAIGHT seasons.
     
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    Quit impressive. Raines in His prime, I'd dare say was as good overall in every aspect, as about any other player(s). Montreal seemed like a Farm Club for all other Teams, from day one, to their departure from Quebec....
     
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