Tim Raines was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday along with Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez. Raines was one of the best players in Denver when he played for the for Triple-A Denver Bears in 1980. The Bears were the minor league affiliate for the Montreal Expos.
In ’80 Raines won The American Association batting title with a .354 average and stole a league record 77 bases. He finished his major league career with 808 stolen bases, that’s fifth all time.