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Jim
Thome		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 27, 1970 in Usa, IL, PEORIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Rookie Of The Year 1992   
Gold Glove Award 1992   
All-Star Selections 1996    2000   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1992 21 CHC NL 145 511 76 136 36 2 21 78 0 0 73 176 .266 .358 .468 .826 85.1 18.7
1993 22 CHC NL 155 544 76 129 34 3 31 90 0 0 75 187 .237 .333 .482 .815 88.2 13.9
1994 23 CHC NL 157 528 83 127 24 3 27 80 1 0 89 200 .241 .354 .451 .804 87.1 16.6
1995 24 CHC NL 156 512 94 142 39 3 30 111 1 0 114 179 .277 .408 .541 .949 110.1 26.6
1996 25 CHC NL 158 523 98 141 38 2 30 109 1 0 140 190 .270 .425 .522 .947 116.2 23.2
1997 26 CHC NL 158 505 95 110 24 1 27 72 0 0 141 191 .218 .395 .430 .825 94.2 16.2
1998 27 CHC NL 158 526 101 151 33 2 42 115 2 2 136 185 .287 .437 .597 1.034 135.2 26.7
1999 28 CHC NL 158 539 101 156 38 4 35 92 1 1 134 181 .289 .438 .570 1.007 128.7 22.7
2000 29 CHC NL 160 523 124 145 42 3 37 114 0 0 143 179 .277 .438 .581 1.019 130.0 23.0
2001 30 CHC NL 12 38 6 14 5 0 0 1 0 0 13 11 .368 .538 .500 1.038 10.2 2.4
  STL NL 148 499 94 117 33 1 32 86 0 0 122 188 .234 .391 .497 .888 100.2 16.2
  TOT   160 537 100 131 38 1 32 87 0 0 135 199 .244 .402 .497 .900 110.4 18.6
2002 31 STL NL 130 395 94 102 21 1 26 61 0 0 112 147 .258 .431 .514 .945 90.0 12.6
2003 32 STL NL 110 366 78 96 26 3 18 63 0 0 100 139 .262 .433 .497 .931 81.8 15.2
2004 33 STL NL 156 517 95 123 30 1 26 70 0 0 114 176 .238 .379 .451 .830 95.0 12.8
2005 34 CLE AL 138 473 78 108 36 3 15 76 0 0 105 181 .228 .372 .412 .784 78.0 10.2
14 Years Sim 2099 6999 1293 1797 459 32 397 1218 6 3 1611 2510 .257 .400 .502 .902 1429.9 257.1
162 Game Average 540 99 138 35 2 30 94 0 0 124 193 .257 .400 .502 .902 110.4  
Career Highs 160 544 124 156 42 4 42 115 2 2 143 200 .289 .438 .597 1.034 135.2  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1992 21 CHC NL 3B 139 135 1216.0 79 319 18 27 .957 2.95   2.6
1993 22 CHC NL 3B 153 147 1292.0 72 300 31 15 .923 2.59   2.6
1994 23 CHC NL 3B 150 148 1315.3 86 296 28 28 .932 2.61   3.4
    SS 1 0 3.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 5.41   0.0
1995 24 CHC NL 3B 151 145 1283.3 65 272 21 24 .941 2.36   2.6
1996 25 CHC NL 3B 152 151 1354.7 69 269 27 25 .926 2.25   2.2
1997 26 CHC NL 3B 154 154 1350.7 68 291 20 33 .947 2.39   6.8
    LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
1998 27 CHC NL 3B 157 155 1368.7 61 265 18 28 .948 2.14   6.2
1999 28 CHC NL 3B 155 155 1365.0 61 230 22 21 .930 1.92   4.4
2000 29 CHC NL 3B 155 152 1313.7 75 232 21 16 .936 2.10   4.1
2001 30 CHC NL 3B 12 12 103.8 5 20 2 2 .926 2.17   0.4
  STL NL 3B 147 145 1266.2 62 240 25 18 .924 2.15   4.1
  TOT   3B 159 157 1370.0 67 260 27 20 .924 2.15   4.5
2002 31 STL NL 3B 119 107 973.3 54 172 14 11 .942 2.09   1.8
    2B 2 2 23.0 3 6 0 3 1.000 3.52   0.0
2003 32 STL NL 3B 110 108 967.7 40 162 14 10 .935 1.88   2.4
2004 33 STL NL 3B 144 137 1244.3 56 232 19 25 .938 2.08   2.5
    2B 1 1 8.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2005 34 CLE AL 3B 137 126 1115.0 60 202 13 13 .953 2.11   3.3
  3B 2035 1977 17529.6 913 3502 293 296 .938 2.27   49.5
  2B 3 3 31.0 3 6 1 3 .900 2.61   0.0
  LF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.3 1 1 0 1 1.000 5.41   0.0
Career Totals   2040 1981 17573.0 918 3509 294 300 .938 2.27   49.6
Career Highs   159 157 1370.0 87 319 31 33 .957 2.95    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1997 26 CHC NL 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .000 .333 .000 .333
1998 27 CHC NL 3 8 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 .250 .500 1.000 1.500
1999 28 CHC NL 5 18 1 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 2 7 .167 .238 .389 .627
2000 29 CHC NL 4 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 8 .133 .235 .200 .435
Career Post-Season Batting 15 49 4 7 2 0 3 7 0 0 10 21 .143 .306 .367 .674
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1995-1-.408
1996-1-.425
1997-9-.395
1998-1-.437
1999-2-.438
2000-5-.438
2002-5-.431
2003-9-.417*
CAR-14-.400
 Slugging Pct
1995-6-.541
1998-3-.597
 OPS
1995-4-.949
1996-8-.947
1998-3-1.034
1999-8-1.007
2000-9-1.019
CAR-31-.902
 XR
1995-4-110.1
1996-6-116.2
1998-2-135.2
1999-10-128.7
2000-10-130.0
CAR-19-1429.9
 Games
2000-8-160
2001-7-160
 Runs
2000-10-124
CAR-25-1293
Total Bases
CAR-50-3511
 Doubles
CAR-45-459
 Homeruns
1993-10-31
1994-9-27
1998-5-42
2000-10-37
CAR-22-397
 RBIs
1995-5-111
CAR-45-1218
 Walks
1994-7-89
1995-3-114
1996-1-140
1997-1-141
1998-1-136
1999-2-134
2000-2-143
2001-1-135
2002-3-112
2003-10-100
2004-8-114
2005-4-105
CAR-3-1611
 Strikeouts
1992-6-176
1993-3-187
1994-4-200
1995-7-179
1996-5-190
1997-5-191
1998-6-185
1999-5-181
2000-7-179
2001-3-199
2004-8-176
2005-7-181
CAR-5-2510
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 55    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Edgar Martinez (894)
  2. Willie Greene (838)
  3. Jay Buhner (826)
  4. Darryl Strawberry (815)
  5. Clint Hurdle (812)
  6. Shawn Green (812)
  7. Dwight Evans (808)
  8. Jim Edmonds (803)
  9. Ray Lankford (796)
  10. Pete Incaviglia (796)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1991
Injured on 6/2/1991 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/16/1992, off Scott Sanderson (SFG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1992, off Don Robinson (LAD)
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1992, hitting .266 with 21 HR, 78 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Third Base in 1992
1/31/1995: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,250,000 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1995, hitting .347 with 9 HR, 24 RBI
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,257,143 through salary arbitration
Hit 3 homeruns against Las Vegas, driving in 7 runs on 4/22/1996
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 5/26/1996
Was selected to the 1996 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Atlanta on 7/25/1996
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $5,385,715 through salary arbitration
11/9/1997: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $12,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 5 runs on 4/3/1998
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 10/13/1998
Was selected to the 2000 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/2000, hitting .520 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Traded from Chicago (N) to St. Louis on 4/16/2001 (Going to STL: 3B Jim Thome. Going to CHC: RF Jeffrey Hammonds)
9/16/2001: Signed a contract extension with St. Louis, $14,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 6/11/2002 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 10/1/2002 with a Inflamed Achilles Tendon, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 9/13/2003 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 9/26/2003
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago (N) on 10/6/2003
Released by St. Louis on 2/7/2005
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 2/26/2005 to a 2-year deal worth $6,550,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against California on 5/2/2005
Injured on 7/5/2005 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 4 weeks
 
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