Timothy Raines Sr. (born September 16, 1959), nicknamed “Rock”, is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He played as a left fielder in Major League Baseball for six teams from 1979 to 2002 and was best known for his 13 seasons with the Montreal Expos. A seven-time All-Star, four-time stolen base champion, and National League batting champion, Raines is regarded as one of the best leadoff hitters and baserunners in baseball history. In 2013, Raines began working in the Toronto Blue Jays organization as a roving outfield and baserunning instructor. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.
Tim Raines Net Worth is $12 Million
Net Worth: $12 Million
Date of Birth: Sep 16, 1959 (63 years old)
Place of Birth: Sanford
Gender: Male
Profession: Baseball player, Coach
Nationality: United States of America
What is Tim Raines’s Net Worth?
Tim Raines is a former American professional Baseball player who has a net worth of $12 million. During his baseball career, Tim Raines earned $35 million in salary. His highest-paid season was 1995 when he earned $3.7 million from the Chicago White Sox.
Tim Raines is best known for his 13 seasons playing with the MLB’s Montreal Expos from 1979 to 1990. After that, he played with the Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Florida Marlins before retiring in 2002. Since retiring from playing, Raines has served as a coach for many teams, including the White Sox and various minor league teams. In 2017 Raines was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his 10th ballot.
Early life
Raines was born in Sanford, Florida, to Ned and Florence Raines. He attended Seminole High School in Sanford. Raines was one of seven children. Two of his brothers, Levi and Ned III, played minor league baseball. As a baseball player at Seminole, Raines stole home plate ten times. He also rushed for 1,000 yards in eight football games and set two school track and field records that lasted for several years. Raines reportedly received over 100 scholarship offers to play college football.
Career
Montreal Expos
The Montreal Expos selected Raines in the fifth round of the 1977 Major League Baseball draft. After debuting with six games as a pinch runner in 1979, he played briefly as a second baseman for the Expos in 1980 but soon switched to playing the outfield, and rapidly became a fan favorite due to his aggressiveness on the basepaths. In his strike-interrupted 1981 rookie season, he batted .304 and set a then Major League Baseball rookie record with 71 stolen bases, breaking the previous mark of 56 steals set by Gene Richards in 1977. Raines was caught stealing for the first time in 1981, after having begun his career with a then major league record 27 consecutive successful stolen bases. Raines was the runner-up for the National League’s Rookie of the Year Award in 1981, which was won by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela.
Raines’ performance dipped in 1982, as he hit .277 with a .353 on-base percentage. At the end of the season, Raines entered treatment for substance abuse, having spent an estimated $40,000 that year on cocaine. To avoid leaving the drug in his locker, Raines carried it in his hip pocket, and slid headfirst when running the bases. He used cocaine before games, in his car, after games, and on some occasions between innings in the clubhouse. Raines would later testify at the Pittsburgh drug trials in September 1985.
In 1983, Raines stole a career high of 90 bases, the second-highest total in franchise history, and scored 133 runs, a franchise record. He was named Expos Player of the Year in 1983, 1985, and 1986. In each season from 1981 to 1986, Raines stole at least 70 bases. He had a career-high .334 batting average in 1986, winning the National League Batting Championship. Raines maintained a consistently high on-base percentage during this period and a rising slugging percentage, reaching a career peak of .429 in 1987. Although he never won a Gold Glove Award, Raines was an excellent defensive player who led the National League with 21 assists in 1983 and, with 4 double plays, tied for the league lead in double plays by an outfielder in 1985.
Raines became a free agent on November 12, 1986 but in spite of his league-leading play no team made a serious attempt to sign him (in a period when Major League Baseball owners colluded to keep salaries down). On May 1, 1987, hours after being permitted to negotiate again with Montreal, Raines signed a new deal with the Expos for $5 million over three years and a $900,000 signing bonus. In his first game back, on May 2, facing the Mets, although Raines had not participated in spring training or any other competitive preparation for the season, he hit the first pitch he saw off the right-field wall for a triple. Raines finished the game with four hits in five at-bats, three runs, one walk, a stolen base, and a game-winning grand slam in the 10th inning. Even without having played in April, Raines led the Expos in runs, walks, times on base, runs created, and stolen bases, in addition to batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage. He also garnered MVP honors in the All-Star Game as he delivered a game-winning triple in the 13th inning. Raines would, in 1992, be one of dozens of players retroactively awarded collusion damages, receiving over $865,000.
Chicago White Sox
Raines was traded to the Chicago White Sox in late 1990. In his first season with the team, he batted only .268 but posted an on-base percentage of .359. Raines saw improvement in 1992 with a .294 batting average and a .380 on-base percentage. His best season with the White Sox was in 1993, when he hit .306 and 16 home runs despite missing many games due to injury. The White Sox ended up winning the AL Western Division title en route to an ALCS loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
New York Yankees
In late 1995, Raines was traded to the New York Yankees. His first season with the team saw a dream of his come true, as the Yankees won the World Series. Raines would win another World Series with the team in 1998, his third and final year as a Yankee. That season, he stole his 800th career base.
Oakland Athletics
As a free agent, Raines signed with the Oakland Athletics in early 1999. He would only play briefly with the team, as he was diagnosed with lupus in late July and spent the rest of the year undergoing treatment and recovery.
Return to the Expos
Raines returned to his original team, the Expos, for the 2001 season. He saw limited playing time that year, but batted .308 with a .433 on-base percentage. Due to a shoulder injury, he underwent surgery at the end of May, and after that spent time with the Expos’ Triple-A team the Ottawa Lynx. Raines returned to the majors in August.
Baltimore Orioles
At the end of the 2001 season, Raines was traded to the Baltimore Orioles, for which his son played. Consequently, they became the second father-and-son team ever to play for the same MLB team at the same time, following Ken Griffeys Sr. and Jr.
Florida Marlins
Raines spent his final season as an MLB player with the Florida Marlins in 2002.
Coaching Career
Raines had his first coaching gig in 2003 as manager of the Expos’ affiliate team the Brevard County Manatees. He was promoted to the Expos the following year. After that, Raines coached for the White Sox from late 2004 to late 2006. In 2007, he served as the hitting coach for the minor-league Harrisburg Senators, and from 2009 to 2012 managed the Newark Bears. Raines subsequently became a minor league coach for the Toronto Blue Jays organization in 2013.
Tim Raines Earnings
- Florida Marlins (2001-02)$350 Thousand
- Montreal Expos (2000-01)$350 Thousand
- Oakland Athletics (1998-99)$600 Thousand
- New York Yankees (1997-98)$1.3 Million
- New York Yankees (1996-97)$1.7 Million
- New York Yankees (1995-96)$2.1 Million
- Chicago White Sox (1994-95)$3.7 Million
- Chicago White Sox (1993-94)$3.7 Million
- Chicago White Sox (1992-93)$3.5 Million
- Chicago White Sox (1991-92)$3.5 Million
- Chicago White Sox (1990-91)$3.5 Million
- Montreal Expos (1989-90)$2.1 Million
- Montreal Expos (1988-89)$2.1 Million
- Montreal Expos (1987-88)$1.7 Million
- Montreal Expos (1986-87)$1.7 Million
- Montreal Expos (1985-86)$1.5 Million
- Montreal Expos (1984-85)$1.2 Million
- Montreal Expos (1983-84)$790 Thousand
- Montreal Expos (1982-83)$250 Thousand
- Montreal Expos (1981-82)$200 Thousand
- Montreal Expos (1980-81)$35 Thousand
- Total Earnings$35.7 Million
