It took Tim Raines 10 years on the ballot to get into the Hall of Fame, a wait that coincided with the widespread acceptance of modern-day analytics as a more efficient way of comparing players.
The old conventional wisdom was Raines was just a great base stealer and leadoff hitter in an era when stealing bases was not that uncommon.
But with respected baseball writers like Jonah Keri and Jay Jaffe advancing his cause via articles showing Raines' all-around offensive brilliance using metrics like JAWS (Jaffe WAR Score system), Raines managed to garner enough votes to get in this year, his final year of eligibility.