Larry Raines Baseball player

Lawrence Glenn Hope Raines (March 9, 1930 – January 28, 1978) was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for two seasons. He first played for the Chicago American Giants in Negro league baseball and also played professional baseball in Japan. In Japan he played for the Hankyu Braves. and along with Wally Yonamine won a batting title After this he entered the Majors for the Cleveland Indians and from 1957 to 1958 played in 103 career games.He is reportedly one of the only baseball players who played in the Minor Leagues, the Negro Leagues, Japanese Baseball, and Major League Baseball.

Personal facts

Birth dateMarch 09, 1930
Birth place
St. Albans West Virginia
Date of deathJanuary 28, 1978
Place of death
Lansing Michigan

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Baseball player

Career startApril 16, 1957
Career endSeptember 26, 1958
batting sideRight
former teams
Cleveland Indians
position
Third baseman
Shortstop
teams
Cleveland Indians
throwing sideRight

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