Larry Raines
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Lawrence Glenn Hope Raines (March 9, 1930 – January 28, 1978) was a
Biography
Born in
Raines debuted professionally with the Chicago American Giants of the Negro American League, a premier team owned and managed by the legendary Rube Foster.[2][3] In 1952, he topped the East–West All-Star Game poll with a total of 24,583 votes and started at shortstop for the Western Division at Comiskey Park.[4]
In 1953, Raines traveled to Japan where he played two seasons for the
Afterwards, Raines returned in 1955 to the United States and agreed to sign a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians. Raines spent two years in the Cleveland minor league system before being promoted to the Indians in 1957. He was used sparingly in some ways, going up and down between the majors and the minors until 1958.[5]
Raines later played from 1959 through 1961 at Triple-A level for the Philadelphia Phillies, Cincinnati Reds and Minnesota Twins organizations. He returned to Hankyu for one more season in 1962, retiring after that.[5] In between, Raines played winterball in Venezuela for the Rapiños de Occidente club in its 1960-61 season.[8]
Raines died in 1978 in Lansing, Michigan, at the age of 47.[1]
See also
Sources
- ^ a b Major League Baseball statistics. Baseball Reference
- ^ a b Akin, William E. West Virginia baseball: a history, 1865-2000. McFarland & Company, Inc., 2006.
- ^ Moffi, Larry. Crossing the line: Black Major Leaguers, p. 170. Bison Books, 2006.
- ISBN 0-8038-2007-0
- ^ a b c d Minor and Japanese leagues statistics. Baseball Reference.
- ^ 1954 Japan Pacific League batting leaders. Baseball Reference
- ^ Fitts, Robert K. Remembering Japanese baseball: an oral history of the game (University of Nebraska Press, 2008), p. 172
- ISBN 980-6996-02-X
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet[permanent dead link], or SABR Biography Project