Jim Thome

Positions: First Baseman, Designated Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 250lb (193cm, 113kg)

Born: August 27, 1970 in Peoria, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois Central College (East Peoria, IL).

High School: Limestone Community HS (Bartonville, IL)

School: Illinois Central College (East Peoria, IL)

Debut: September 4, 1991 (Age 21-008d, 16,034th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2012 (Age 42-037d)
vs. TBR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2018. (Voted by BBWAA on 379/422 ballots)
View Jim Thome's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Pat Rooney SFX

Full Name: James Howard Thome

Pronunciation: \TOE-mee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

73.1

8422

2328

612

.276

1583

RBI

1699

OBP

.402

SLG

.554

OPS

.956

OPS+

147

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
2	2	Apr 3	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
3	3	Apr 5	CLE		TOR	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
4	4	Apr 6	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	GS	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 7	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
6	6	Apr 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-3	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
7	7	Apr 11	CLE	@	BAL	L,4-14	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
8	8	Apr 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
9	9	Apr 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,14-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
10	10	Apr 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	51	11.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
11	11	Apr 15	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-0	CG	37	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
12	12	Apr 16	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
13	13	Apr 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,8-9	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
14	14	Apr 19	CLE		BOS	W,9-4	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
15	15	Apr 20	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B
16	16	Apr 21	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	GS	34	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
17	17	Apr 22	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
18	18	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,9-8	GS	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
19	19	Apr 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
20	21 (1)	Apr 26	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
21	22	Apr 27	CLE	@	TOR	L,6-11	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
22	23	Apr 28	CLE	@	TOR	W,17-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
23	24	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	25	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
25	26	May 2 susp	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
26	27	May 3	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
27	28	May 4	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-5	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
28	29	May 5	CLE	@	SEA	W,2-0	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	30	May 6	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
30	32 (1)	May 8	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-3	GS	26	7.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
31	33	May 10	CLE	@	CAL	L,8-13	CG	43	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	34	May 11	CLE	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
33	35	May 12	CLE	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	36	May 14	CLE		DET	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
35	37	May 15	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
36	38	May 16	CLE		DET	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	39	May 17	CLE		TEX	W,12-10	GS	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
38	40	May 18	CLE		TEX	L,3-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
39	41	May 19	CLE		TEX	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
40	42	May 21	CLE		MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
41	43	May 22	CLE		MIL	L,8-10	CG	44	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
42	45 (1)	May 24	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
43	46	May 25	CLE	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
44	47	May 26	CLE	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
45	48	May 27	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	1	0	2	1	3B
46	50 (1)	May 29	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
47	51	May 30	CLE	@	MIL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
48	52	May 31	CLE	@	MIL	W,10-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	53	Jun 1	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
50	54	Jun 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-6	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	55	Jun 4	CLE		SEA	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
52	56	Jun 5	CLE		SEA	W,13-5	CG	44	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
53	57	Jun 6	CLE		SEA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	58	Jun 7	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
55	59	Jun 8	CLE		CAL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
56	60	Jun 9	CLE		CAL	L,6-8	CG	54	13.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
57	61	Jun 10	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
58	62	Jun 11	CLE		OAK	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
59	63	Jun 12	CLE		OAK	L,6-9	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	65 (1)	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
61	66	Jun 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	3B
62	67	Jun 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH 3B
63	68	Jun 18	CLE		BOS	W,9-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
64	69	Jun 19	CLE		BOS	W,11-4	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
65	70	Jun 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
66	71	Jun 21 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,7-8	GS	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
67	72	Jun 21 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	46	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
68	73	Jun 22	CLE		NYY	L,9-11	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	74	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
70	75	Jun 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
71	76	Jun 26	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-6	CG	61	14.1	1	3	0	4	0	3B
72	77	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,10-15	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
73	78	Jun 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	79	Jun 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH 3B
75	80	Jun 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	81	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
77	82	Jul 2	CLE		KCR	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
78	83	Jul 3	CLE		KCR	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
79	84	Jul 4	CLE		CHW	L,5-6	CG	47	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
80	85	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
81	86	Jul 6	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
82	87	Jul 7	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	88	Jul 11	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	89	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
85	90	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,19-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
86	91	Jul 14	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
87	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
88	94 (1)	Jul 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
89	95	Jul 18	CLE		MIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	96	Jul 19	CLE		MIN	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
91	97	Jul 20	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
92	98	Jul 21	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
93	99	Jul 22	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
94	100	Jul 23	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
95	101	Jul 24	CLE	@	TOR	W,10-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
96	102	Jul 25	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
97	103	Jul 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	0	4	1	5	0	3B
98	104	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-14	CG	43	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
99	105	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-3	CG	50	13.0	3	1	0	4	1	3B
100	106	Jul 30	CLE		TOR	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
101	107	Jul 31	CLE		TOR	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	108	Aug 1	CLE		TOR	L,3-5	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
103	109	Aug 2	CLE		BAL	W,11-1	GS	24	7.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
104	110	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	L,4-9	GF	18	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	PR 3B
105	111	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,14-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
106	112	Aug 5	CLE		BAL	L,10-13	CG	51	9.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
107	113	Aug 6	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
108	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	SEA	W,5-4	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
109	115	Aug 8	CLE	@	SEA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
110	116	Aug 9	CLE	@	OAK	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
111	117	Aug 10	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
112	118	Aug 11	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
113	120 (1)	Aug 13	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
114	121	Aug 14	CLE	@	CAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
115	122	Aug 16	CLE		DET	W,3-1	GS	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
116	123	Aug 17	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
117	124	Aug 18	CLE		DET	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
118	125	Aug 19	CLE		TEX	L,3-10	CG	47	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
119	126	Aug 20	CLE		TEX	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
120	127	Aug 21	CLE		TEX	L,8-10	CG	50	10.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
121	128	Aug 23	CLE		MIL	L,5-6	CG	44	11.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
122	129	Aug 24	CLE		MIL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
123	130	Aug 25	CLE		MIL	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
124	131	Aug 26	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
125	132	Aug 27	CLE	@	DET	W,12-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
126	133	Aug 28	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
127	134	Aug 30	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	135	Aug 31	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	136	Sep 1	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
130	137	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIL	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
131	139 (1)	Sep 4	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
132	140	Sep 8 (1)	CLE		SEA	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	141	Sep 8 (2)	CLE		SEA	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
134	142	Sep 9	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
135	143	Sep 10	CLE		CAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
136	145 (1)	Sep 12	CLE		CAL	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
137	146	Sep 14 (1)	CLE		OAK	W,9-2	GS	32	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
138	147	Sep 14 (2)	CLE		OAK	W,9-8	CG	43	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
139	148	Sep 15	CLE		OAK	L,9-10	CG	46	10.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
140	149	Sep 16	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
141	150	Sep 17	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
142	152 (1)	Sep 19	CLE		KCR	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
143	153	Sep 20	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
144	154	Sep 21	CLE		KCR	W,13-4	GS	37	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
145	155	Sep 22	CLE		KCR	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
146	156	Sep 23	CLE		MIN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
147	157	Sep 24	CLE		MIN	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
148	159 (1)	Sep 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
149	160	Sep 28	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
150	161	Sep 29	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-4	GS	26	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
							150gm		1278.1	86	262	17	365	24