Harold Baines
Harold Baines was born in Easton, Maryland, United States on March 15th, 1959 and is the Baseball Player. At the age of 65, Harold Baines biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 65 years old, Harold Baines has this physical status:
Harold Douglas Baines (born March 15, 1959) is an American former professional baseball right fielder and designated hitter (DH), who competed in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, and Cleveland Indians for 22 seasons (1980–2001).
Baines batted and threw left-handed.
He is perhaps best known for his three stints with the White Sox, for whom he also served as boss (2004–2015) before advancing to the role of team ambassador and spring training instructor.
Baines, a Maryland native, spent seven years with his hometown team, the Orioles, over three separate stints, ranked seventh in American League (AL) history (2,830) and tenth in runs batted (RBI) (1,628).
He is currently tied for seventh in AL history in grand slams (13), fourth in three-home runs (3), and tied for seventh in major league history in walk-off home runs (10).
In 31 career postseason games, Baines batted over.300 eight times and hit.324 on 31 attempts, the highest mark in five separate series. In 1984, Baines, a six-time All-Star, led the AL in slugging percentages.
He held the White Sox's career home runs from 1987 to 1990; Baines' eventual total of 221 runs remains the club's record for left-handed hitters, as well as his 585 extra base hits with the team.
His 1,652 games as a DH are a big league record, and he set the record for career home runs (236) before Edgar Martnez passed him in 2004.
Baines also led the major leagues in hits (1,688) before being surpassed by David Ortiz in 2013.
Baines was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Today's Game Era Committee as part of the Class of 2019.
Early years
In Easton, Maryland, Baines was born. He graduated from St. Michaels High School on Maryland's Eastern Shore in 1977, where he batted.532 and was named a high school All-American. In the 1977 amateur draft, the White Sox made Baines the first overall pick in the country's first overall selection. He received a $32,000 bonus, the first overall pick's lowest level. Bill Veeck, the White Sox's owner, had seen Baines playing Little League basketball years before, when they were 12 years old.
Personal life
Harold Baines Day has been commemorated in Baines' hometown of St. Michaels. He has also established the Harold Baines Scholarship Fund to assist deserving college-bound students.
Toni, Britni, Harold, Jr., and Courtney are four children married to Marla Henry Baines. Harold, Jr. attended McDaniel College, which is NCAA Division III in athletics and formerly known as Western Maryland College, which is located in Westminster, Maryland, and is located in Maryland. All attended St. Michaels Middle/High School, Baines' alma mater.
Because of her father's amyloidosis disease, Baines had to perform emergency surgery for both heart replacement and kidney transplantation in May 2021, the disease had to be treated a few years earlier. The surgeries were fruitful.
Professional career
On Opening Day 1980, Baines made his major league debut, starting as an outfielder with the Chicago White Sox. In 1982, he had 165 hits, 25 home runs and 105 RBI. In 1984, baseball writer Bill James called Baines his favorite opposing player to watch, saying, "He is gorgeous, absolutely complete. I've seen him drop down bunts that would melt in your mouth, come up the next time and execute a hit and run that comes straight off the chalkboard. I've seen him hit fastballs out of the yard on a line, and I've seen him get under a high curve and loft it just over the fence." Baines ended the longest game in major league history (eight hours and six minutes over 25 innings on successive evenings) with a walk-off home run against the Milwaukee Brewers' Chuck Porter on May 8, 1984; the bat he used is currently kept at the Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 1986, a succession of knee problems began which gradually ended his fielding career, forcing him to become a regular designated hitter. Despite the knee ailments and the resulting lack of speed, he remained a powerful hitter, picking up 166 hits in 1988.
Baines holds the record for the most seasons by a player between 100-RBI seasons, with 14 seasons between 113 RBIs for Chicago in 1985 and 103 for Baltimore and Cleveland in 1999.
Midway through the 1989 season, the Texas Rangers acquired Baines, along with Fred Manrique, from the White Sox in a much-derided trade which sent Wilson Álvarez, Scott Fletcher and Sammy Sosa to Chicago. After the trade, the White Sox retired Baines's #3 on August 20, 1989, a rare occurrence for a player who was still active in the major leagues (the number would be "un-retired" each time Baines returned to the White Sox, and he wore it as a coach).
In 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. In 1992 the Athletics returned to the playoffs, but lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS.
Prior to the 1993 season, 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. He returned to the White Sox as a free agent in 1996 but was traded back to Baltimore midway through the 1997 season; he helped the Orioles reach the playoffs, losing to the Cleveland Indians in the League Championship Series.
Baines represented the Orioles in the 1999 All Star Game before being traded to the Cleveland Indians later that year. Baines was signed again for a third stint with his hometown team prior to the 2000 season. Baines was traded by Baltimore with catcher Charles Johnson to Chicago in exchange for Miguel Felix, Juan Figueroa, Brook Fordyce and Jason Lakman on July 29, 2000.
His final contract with the White Sox was not renewed following the 2001 season, after his third stint with the team. He finished his career with 2,866 hits, 384 home runs and 1,628 RBIs. His career RBI total is 34th all-time (through 2019); 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 (through 2019).
Baines's fourth stint with the Chicago White Sox began when he was named bench coach in March 2004 under new manager Ozzie Guillén, his White Sox teammate, from 1985 to 1989 and in 1996–97. Baines served as the team’s interim manager for four games, from August 17–20, 2004, while Guillén was serving two consecutive two-game suspensions.
In 2005, as a coach for the White Sox, he earned a World Series ring when the White Sox won the 2005 World Series.