A six-time All-Star, Baines led the AL in slugging percentage in . He held the White Sox team record for career home runs from until Carlton Fisk passed him in ; Baines’s eventual total of 221 remains the club record for left-handed hitters, as do his 981 RBI, and 585 extra base hits with the team. His 1,643 games as a DH were a big league record until David Ortiz broke that record in . He held the mark for career home runs as a DH (236) until Edgar Martínez passed him in . Baines also led the major leagues in hits as a DH (1,688) until the mark was surpassed by Ortiz in . Baines was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Today's Game Era Committee as part of the Class of 2019.