The Yankees caught Tim Raines at the end of career from 1996-1998. Those years should ring a bell with fans of the Yankees, and Raines’s contribution to those championship teams cannot be overlooked Denied a World Series ring with The Montreal Expos and Chicago White Sox, Tim Raines took full advantage of the opportunity in 1996, the year the Yankees began “The Run.”
This chart, provided by the Wall Street Journal, demonstrates the long road that Raines has traveled over the past eight years.
The Raines Came Falling Today
Since 1977, the players elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA who fared the worst their first time on the ballot.