The Columbus Dispatch

Tim Raines

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Born Sept. 16, 1959, in Sanford, Florida. ... 5-foot-8, 160-pound OF, switch-hitter, threw right. ... played in 2,502 games in 23 seasons for Montreal Expos, Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles and Florida Marlins. ... batted .294 for his career and had a .385 on-base percentage. ... finished career with 2,605 hits, 1,571 runs, 1,330 walks, 170 homers, 980 RBI and 808 stolen bases, the fifth-highest total for stolen bases in major league history. ... stole 50 bases in his first 54 games in the majors and finished the strikeshor­tened 1981 season with 71 steals in 88 games. ... played for Yankees World Series champions in 1996 and 1998. ... retired in 2002.

... played 2,543 games in 21 seasons with the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, New York Yankees, Houston Astros and Washington Nationals. ... hit .296 with 2,844 hits, 572 doubles, 311 homers and 1,332 RBIs. ... won the 1999 AL MVP with Texas, hitting .332 with 116 runs scored, 35 home runs, 25 stolen bases and .558 slugging percentage. ... won a record 13 Gold Glove Awards. ... holds major league record for games caught (2,427) and putouts by a catcher (12,376). ... won a World Series with the Marlins in 2003. retired in 2011. July 1998 was named commission­er and served in that capacity for 22 years, the second-longest tenure behind Kennesaw Mountain Landis, baseball’s first commission­er, who died in office after serving 25 years. ... a players’ strike in August 1994 forced Selig to cancel the World Series, a first. ... retired in January 2015.

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