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)

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

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1989	18	-1.2	Indians	GULF	Rk	CLE	55	213	186	22	44	5	3	0	22	6	4	21	33	.237	.314	.296	.610	55		1	3	2	1
1990	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A+	CLE	67	292	235	50	80	11	2	16	50	10	4	51	44	.340	.466	.609	1.074	143		5	0	1	3
1990	19	-3.2	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	33	143	117	19	36	4	1	4	16	4	1	24	26	.308	.427	.462	.888	54		1	0	1	0
1990	19	-0.5	Burlington	APPY	Rk	CLE	34	149	118	31	44	7	1	12	34	6	3	27	18	.373	.503	.754	1.258	89		4	0	0	3
1991	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	125	511	445	67	142	27	5	7	73	8	2	56	87	.319	.395	.449	.845	200	11	4	0	6	4
1991	20	-5.8	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	41	166	151	20	43	7	3	2	28	0	0	12	29	.285	.331	.411	.742	62	4	0	0	3	0
1991	20	-3.7	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	84	345	294	47	99	20	2	5	45	8	2	44	58	.337	.426	.469	.896	138	7	4	0	3	4
1991	20	-8.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	27	104	98	7	25	4	2	1	9	1	1	5	16	.255	.298	.367	.665	36	4	1	0	0	1
1992	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	42	187	155	27	51	13	3	3	28	0	2	30	46	.329	.444	.510	.954	79	3	2	0	0	4
1992	21	-5.5	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	12	55	48	11	15	4	1	2	14	0	0	6	16	.313	.400	.563	.963	27	0	1	0	0	1
1992	21	-2.7	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	30	132	107	16	36	9	2	1	14	0	2	24	30	.336	.462	.486	.948	52	3	1	0	0	3
1992	21	-7.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	40	131	117	8	24	3	1	2	12	2	0	10	34	.205	.275	.299	.574	35	3	2	0	2	2
1993	22	-4.0	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CLE	115	497	410	85	136	21	4	25	102	1	3	76	94	.332	.441	.585	1.026	240	9	7	0	4	8
1993	22	-6.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	47	192	154	28	41	11	0	7	22	2	1	29	36	.266	.385	.474	.859	73	3	4	0	5	1
1994	23	-6.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	98	369	321	58	86	20	1	20	52	3	3	46	84	.268	.359	.523	.882	168	11	0	1	1	5
1995	24	-5.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	137	557	452	92	142	29	3	25	73	4	3	97	113	.314	.438	.558	.996	252	8	5	0	3	3
1996	25	-3.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	151	636	505	122	157	28	5	38	116	2	2	123	141	.311	.450	.612	1.062	309	13	6	0	2	8
1997	26	-3.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	147	627	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	1	1	120	146	.286	.423	.579	1.001	287	9	3	0	8	9
1998	27	-2.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	123	537	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	1	0	89	141	.293	.413	.584	.998	257	7	4	0	4	8
1999	28	-0.9	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	146	629	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	0	0	127	171	.277	.426	.541	.967	267	6	4	0	4	13
2000	29	-0.1	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	158	684	557	106	150	33	1	37	106	1	0	118	171	.269	.398	.531	.929	296	8	4	0	5	4
2001	30	1.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	156	644	526	101	153	26	1	49	124	0	1	111	185	.291	.416	.624	1.040	328	9	4	0	3	14
2002	31	2.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	147	613	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	1	2	122	139	.304	.445	.677	1.123	325	5	5	0	6	18
2003	32	2.5	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	159	698	578	111	154	30	3	47	131	0	3	111	182	.266	.385	.573	.958	331	5	4	0	5	11
2004	33	3.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	143	618	508	97	139	28	1	42	105	0	2	104	144	.274	.396	.581	.977	295	10	2	0	4	26
2005	34	11.0	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	5	18	12	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	1	.333	.556	.583	1.139	7	0	0	0	0	0
2005	34	4.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	59	242	193	26	40	7	0	7	30	0	0	45	59	.207	.360	.352	.712	68	5	2	0	2	4
2006	35	5.9	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	143	610	490	108	141	26	0	42	109	0	0	107	147	.288	.416	.598	1.014	293	4	6	0	7	12
2007	36	8.6	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CHW	5	20	14	2	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	3	.214	.450	.286	.736	4	1	0	0	0	2
2007	36	6.8	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	130	536	432	79	119	19	0	35	96	0	1	95	134	.276	.410	.563	.973	243	10	6	0	3	11
2008	37	8.1	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	149	602	503	93	123	28	0	34	90	1	0	91	147	.245	.362	.503	.865	253	17	4	0	4	9
2009	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	LAD	124	434	362	55	90	15	0	23	77	0	0	69	123	.249	.366	.481	.847	174	8	0	0	3	3
2009	38	9.0	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	107	417	345	55	86	15	0	23	74	0	0	69	116	.249	.372	.493	.865	170	8	0	0	3	3
2009	38	9.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	17	17	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	.235	.235	.235	.471	4	0	0	0	0	0
2010	39	10.0	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	108	340	276	48	78	16	2	25	59	0	0	60	82	.283	.412	.627	1.039	173	8	2	0	2	4
2011	40		2 Teams	AL	Maj	CLE-MIN	93	324	277	32	71	16	0	15	50	0	0	46	92	.256	.361	.477	.838	132	6	0	0	1	4
2011	40	11.3	MIN	AL	Maj	MIN	71	242	206	21	50	12	0	12	40	0	0	35	69	.243	.351	.476	.827	98	5	0	0	1	3
2011	40	11.3	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	22	82	71	11	21	4	0	3	10	0	0	11	23	.296	.390	.479	.869	34	1	0	0	0	1
2012	41		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	BAL	58	186	163	17	41	7	0	8	25	0	0	22	61	.252	.344	.442	.786	72	6	1	0	0	3
2012	41	18.2	Clearwater	FLOR	A+	PHI	3	13	10	3	5	2	0	0	4	0	0	3	2	.500	.615	.700	1.315	7	0	0	0	0	0
2012	41	12.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	28	115	101	8	26	5	0	3	10	0	0	14	40	.257	.348	.396	.744	40	4	0	0	0	2
2012	41	12.6	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	30	71	62	9	15	2	0	5	15	0	0	8	21	.242	.338	.516	.854	32	2	1	0	0	1
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (22 seasons)					Majors		2543	10313	8422	1583	2328	451	26	612	1699	19	20	1747	2548	.276	.402	.554	.956	4667	165	69	1	74	173
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		417	1751	1467	258	465	80	17	52	287	25	15	249	310	.317	.419	.501	.920	735	24	19	3	13	22
All Levels (24 Seasons)							2960	12064	9889	1841	2793	531	43	664	1986	44	35	1996	2858	.282	.404	.546	.951	5402	189	88	4	87	195

AAA (4 seasons)					Minors		173	738	623	118	197	33	8	29	149	1	3	100	142	.316	.413	.535	.948	333	14	8	0	7	11
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		114	477	401	63	135	29	4	6	59	8	4	68	88	.337	.436	.474	.910	190	10	5	0	3	7
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		41	174	139	24	45	6	1	5	23	4	1	33	29	.324	.454	.489	.943	68		1	0	1	0
Rk (2 seasons)					Minors		89	362	304	53	88	12	4	12	56	12	7	48	51	.290	.393	.474	.867	144		5	3	2	4