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Originally Posted by lukasberger
A bajillon people have already made this argument far more convincingly than I or his other partisans on this board could do. Just google Tim Raines Hall of Fame or something like that...
Bill James once said of Rickey Henderson "If you could split [Henderson] in two, you’d have two Hall of Famers". Raines is one of those Hall of Famers that would come from splitting Henderson in two.
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Raines is better than half a Henderson......
Back in the 80's, I always wanted Raines on my Strat teams more than Henderson because 1) He was a switch hitter and usually hit for a better average and 2) stole bases at a better rate........in their prime, Raines was at least Rickey's equal, I believe........
Both of them suffered from playing in tough parks on hitters.....