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The Rangers had placed Baines on waivers on August 1st and no team bothered to claim him to block a potential trade. The acquisition of Baines and Willie McGee in separate deals gave the A's eight former All-Stars in their lineup. White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf was reportedly so enraged that GM Larry Himes allowed a division rival to acquire Baines that he decided not to renew Himes's contract. In Game 2 of the ALCS against the Boston Red Sox, Baines had 3 RBI to lead the A's to a 4-1 victory, on their way to an eventual series sweep. The DH rule was only in effect for two games during the World Series and Baines was a non-factor as the A's were swept by the Cincinnati Reds. White Sox owner Bill Veeck lived ten miles away from Baines and originally scouted him when he was a 12-year-old Little Leaguer.
He re-signed to play with the Orioles in 1998 and moved into a platoon with fellow All-Stars Eric Davis and Joe Carter. Limited to less than 300 at-bats, Baines failed to hit 10 homers in a season for the first time, but still hit an even .300. Baines had productive years for the Athletics in 1991 and 1992, helping the 1992 team win their division. In Game 1 of the ALCS against the Toronto Blue Jays, his 9th-inning homer off Jack Morris gave the A's a 5-4 victory. However, the A's lost the series, and then decided to dismantle the club. Baines was subsequently traded to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league pitchers Bobby Chouinard and Allen Plaster.
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XwOBA is formulated using exit velocity, launch angle and, on certain types of batted balls, Sprint Speed. A range-based metric of skill that shows how many outs a player has saved over his peers. How far, in feet, a runner is ranging off the bag at the time of a pitcher's first movement or pitch release.
The owner of the White Sox at the time, Bill Veeck, had spotted Baines playing Little League ball years before at the age of 12. Harold Baines tours Hall of Fame during Orientation Visit Harold Baines made his first visit to Cooperstown as a Hall of Famer on Jan. 29, 2019. Baines’ blast ends longest game in AL history Harold Baines helped end an epic battle on May 9, 1984, when he homered in the 25th inning of a game between the White Sox and the Brewers. White Sox retire Baines’ No. 3 Harold Baines' No. 3 was retired by the White Sox on Aug. 20, 1989, while he was still an active player with the Rangers. Baines began his professional baseball career as the No. 1 pick in the 1977 amateur draft by the Chicago White Sox. As the story goes, future Hall of Fame owner Bill Veeck first saw Baines at a Little League game when he was 12, then followed his career until he was eligible for the draft.
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On August 27, 1999, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians for minor league pitcher Juan Aracena and a player to be named later. On December 9, 1999, Baines returned for a third stint with the Orioles, signing a one-year, $2 million contract. He was traded back to the White Sox with catcher Charles Johnson in exchange for Miguel Felix, Juan Figueroa, Brook Fordyce and Jason Lakman on July 29, 2000. On August 29, 1990, Baines was traded to the Oakland Athletics for minor league pitchers Scott Chiamparino and Joe Bitker, and he helped them reach the postseason only to be swept by the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series.
For a pitcher it is the average of his softest 50% of batted balls allowed. Over the following five seasons, Baines was named to three All-Star teams while averaging 22 homers and 97 RBI. He led the White Sox to the 1983 American League West title – the Sox’s first postseason appearance since 1959. Baines finished his 22-year big league career with a .289 batting average, 384 home runs and 1,628 RBI. On the 753rd pitch, Baines ended the longest game in American League history with a home run into the center field bullpen, giving the White Sox a 7-6, 25-inning win over the Brewers on May 9, 1984. In a battle of future Hall of Famers, Baines walked off Ferguson Jenkins on July 26, 1980 during a 4-3 victory over the Rangers at Comiskey Park.
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With runners on second and third and two outs, Billy Ripken drove in Young with a single off DeLeón to bring the Orioles to within one run. Baltimore tied the game on back-to-back walks to Cal Ripken Jr. and Eddie Murray, which chased DeLeón from the game. Scott Nielsen came in from the bullpen and gave up singles to Larry Sheets and Ray Knight, accounting for three more runs, before Terry Kennedy flied out. All five runs they scored were charged to DeLeón and were unearned because of Guillén’s error, which would have ended the inning had he made the play cleanly. Batting third and starting as the designated hitter, Baines struck out but reached base on a throwing error by Orioles catcher Terry Kennedy in his first plate appearance.
With the Orioles going nowhere and Baines hitting .322 with 24 homers through 107 games, he was again traded to a contender, the Cleveland Indians, for minor leaguers Juan Aracena and Jimmy Hamilton. He finished the year with 103 RBI, becoming the second 40-year-old in history to drive in more than 100 . The Indians lost in the ALDS to the Red Sox, but Baines hit .357 in 4 games with a homer. Baines hit .309 and recorded a career-high 113 RBI in 1985, finished 9th in the MVP voting, and was selected to the All-Star team for the first time. He singled against old teammate La Marr Hoyt in his one plate appearance (Baines would also be selected as an All-Star in 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1999).
At the end of the year, Baines was named to the White Sox Team of the Century. Having helped the Sox win their division, Baines was re-signed for the 2001 season, but he had finally reached the end of the line, hitting just .131 in 32 games before severely pulling his hip flexor on June 14th. He returned from the disabled list to make one final appearance as a pinch hitter on September 27th and received a standing ovation from the Comiskey Park fans before striking out.
In addition to the notes above, the author consulted baseball-reference.com, retrosheet.org, and SABR.org. With the game out of reach, the only question was whether Lamp would record his first shutout since blanking the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 23, 1980 at Wrigley Field during his days with the Chicago Cubs. Hebner led off the ninth with a single, but was erased on a double play. Lamp added his exclamation point to the victory by punching out Lance Parrish to end the game in two hours and 16 minutes. On July 20, 2008, the White Sox unveiled a bronze statue of Baines at U.S.
Baines homered in the World Series against the Reds, but Cincinnati swept Oakland. Baines’ home run might have come late, but it was timely enough to allow Seaver to pull off the rare double. It also allowed Baines to redeem himself after coming into the at-bat 1-for-9 in the game.
One of the most durable, consistent and respected hitters of his era, Baines batted over .300 eight times and hit .324 in 31 career postseason games, topping the .350 mark in five separate series. Upon his retirement he ranked seventh in AL history in games played and tenth in RBI . Noted as well for his power hitting in clutch situations, he was tied for seventh in AL history in grand slams , fourth in three-home-run games , and tied for seventh in major league history in walk-off home runs . He went on to serve as a coach with the White Sox from 2004 to 2015 before moving into a role of team ambassador and spring training instructor. Baines was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Today's Game Era Committee as part of the Class of 2019. It was back to free agency after the 1999 season for hired gun Baines, and - no surprise - he ended up signing for a third go-round with the Orioles.
Harold Baines was durable and ranked seventh in American League history in games played upon his retirement. After putting out the fire in the bottom of the third, Habyan was perfect against the White Sox the rest of the game, not allowing a baserunner from the fourth inning on. Baltimore capped off its scoring with two solo home runs off the bat of center fielder Ken Gerhart, one in the fifth inning off Nielsen, and one in the ninth off Bob James. The final score was 10-5 Baltimore, with the win going to Habyan in relief and DeLeón taking the loss.
Phil Niekro and Frank Robinson were the only other active players to have had their uniform numbers retired. In 2007, he received 5.3% of the Hall of Fame vote, just enough to stay on the ballot. Other than the two players elected to the Hall in their first year, Baines and Mark McGwire were the only two new names who got enough votes to stay on the ballot. He survived the cut again in 2010 with 6.1% of the vote, which would be his peak total, but fell below the threshold in 2011. In 2017, he was placed on the Veterans Committee ballot looking at players and executives from "Today's Game" era, and after getting less than 5 votes, was again on their ballot in 2019. This time, he was elected, receiving 12 of 16 votes, joining Lee Smith who was a unanimous selection.
Baines enjoyed a breakout season in 1982, ending up with 25 home runs and 105 RBIs. In August 2009, the Orioles announced that Baines would be inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame as the 46th member. In his seven seasons with the Orioles, he batted .301 with 107 home runs and 378 RBI as their designated hitter.
His career RBI total is 34th all-time ; prior to his induction, he had the ninth-highest RBI count among retired players not elected in the Hall of Fame; his hit total ranks 46th all-time . On January 14, 1993, Baines was traded by the A's to the Baltimore Orioles for minor league pitchers Bobby Chouinard and Allen Plaster. Baines batted .313, .294 and .299 over his first three seasons with Baltimore. On December 11, 1995, Baines returned to the White Sox as a free agent.
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