Put me also in the camp wondering why Raines got in. To me, nothing about his career screams "great". He had a nice, long productive career but great?
OBP? 135th all-time.
2600 hits in 23 seasons - 110 a year. Not great.
No power.
Career OPS+ of 123. Not great.
Terrible defense even by the low standards of LF.
How many great seasons did he have? 3? Maybe less. His best season was 1987 when he hit .330 with 18 HRs and an OPS of .955, 6th in the NL.
Honestly, his whole case is "he stole a lot of bases!" He finished with 808, 5th all-time. And that's nice and all - except we know that stolen bases aren't all that important.
So what are we left with? A terrible defensive LF who stole a lot of bases, got on base at a decent (but not great) rate and had little power.
That sure doesn't sound like a HOFer to me.
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