Tuesday, Feb. 19 10:41am ET
Marlins sign OF Tim Raines to minor league deal
MIAMI (Ticker) -- Outfielder Tim Raines, who came out of
retirement and played with his son last year, signed a minor
league contract with the Florida Marlins on Monday.
Raines, 42, hit .308 with four RBI in 47 games with the Montreal
Expos last season before signing with the Baltimore Orioles. He
played four games with Baltimore, including two games where he
started in left field alongside his son Tim Raines Jr.
A seven-time All-Star, Raines has a career .295 batting average
with 169 home runs, 973 RBI and 1,562 runs in 2,404 career
games. He ranks fifth on the all-time stolen bases list with
808.
Raines retired before the 2000 season after he had signed a
minor league contract with the New York Yankees, the team he
helped win the World Series in 1996 and 1998. He spent 1999
with the Oakland Athletics and missed the final two months of
that season while recovering from lupus.
Originally selected by the Montreal Expos in the fifth round of
the 1977 draft, Raines played there from 1979-90. Last season,
he rejoined Montreal and played under current Marlins manager
Jeff Torborg.
Raines led the National League in runs scored in 1983 and 1987
and won the batting title with a .334 average in 1986. He hit
.300 or better six times, including four straight seasons from
1984-87. He also led the National League in stolen bases in
each of his first four full seasons (1981-84)
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