these were achieved prior to 1898, when the definition of a steal was altered, and these early steals are not officially recognized. Raines's career stolen base percentage (84.7%) was the highest in major league history for players with 300 or more attempts, until he was surpassed by Carlos Beltrán with an 86.4% success rate. (Note that caught stealing data is incomplete prior to the 1951 season.) Raines set an American League records of 40 consecutive successful steal attempts between July 1993 and August 1995 (the record was broken by Ichiro Suzuki in May 2007, when he completed 45 consecutive steals). Among switch hitters, Raines ranks sixth in career hits (2,605), fourth in runs (1,571), walks (1,330) and times on base (3,977), fifth in plate appearances (10,359), seventh in singles (1,892), doubles (430), total bases (3,771) and at bats (8,872), eighth in triples (113) and tenth in extra base hits (713). He held the Expos/Washington Nationals franchise records for career runs (947) until May 22, 2021, when Ryan Zimmerman scored his 948th run for the franchise. Raines holds the Nationals/Expos franchise records for steals (635), singles (1,163), triples (82) and walks (793), and was the seventh player whose career began after 1945 to retire with over 1,500 runs and 100 triples. His 1,966 games in left field ranked seventh in major league history when he retired. From 1983 to 1987, Total Baseball rated him as one of the National League's five best players each season. He is also listed as the 40th greatest non-pitcher in major-league history according to Bill James's win shares formula, one place ahead of Mark McGwire. League leading statistics Reference: Baseball-Reference.com Leader and Record Board Index Led the National League in batting average in 1986 (.334), the third switch hitter to win the NL batting title Led the National League in on-base percentage in 1986 (.413) Led the major leagues in stolen bases in 1981 (71) and 1984 (75) Led the National League in stolen bases in 1982 (78) and 1983 (90) Led the major leagues in runs scored in 1983 (133) and 1987 (123) Led the National League for times on base in 1983 (282), 1984 (281), and 1986 (274) Led the National League in outfield assists in 1983 (21) Tied for the National League lead in double plays by an outfielder in 1985 (4) Expos records Reference: Montreal Expos Batting Leaders from baseball-reference.com Single-season record