Former Somerset Patriots OF Tim Raines Makes Baseball Hall Of Fame

January 18, 2017 Somerset Patriots

Bridgewater, NJ- Former Somerset Patriots outfielder Tim Raines will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the class of 2017. He enters the Hall of Fame alongside Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez with 86% of the voting.

Raines, who had a 23-year Major League Baseball career, played for the Somerset Patriots during the 2000 season while attempting to make the United States Olympic Baseball Team that ultimately went on to win the gold medal. Somerset was Raines’ first time playing baseball after being diagnosed with lupus in the summer of 1999.

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