Jim Thome

Full Name: James Howard Thome	Primary Position: 1B,3B,DH
Height/Weight: 6'3"/255	First Game: September 4, 1991
Birthdate: August 27, 1970	MLB Experience: 17 years
Birthplace: Peoria, Illinois
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
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[edit] Biography

Jim Thome (James Howard Thome) was born on August 27, 1970 in Peoria, Illinois. He made his Major League debut on September 4, 1991 for the Cleveland Indians. In 1993, his rookie year, he hit .266 with 7 home runs and 22 RBI. Thome played for the Cleveland Indians, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 16 year career.

Most people believe that Jim Thome's best season was 2003, when he slugged 47 home runs and knocked in 131 runs.

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1991	CLE	A	27	98	7	25	1	9	.255	.298	.367	4	2	5	16	1	0	1	1	4
1992	CLE	A	40	117	8	24	2	12	.205	.275	.299	3	1	10	34	2	0	2	2	3
1993	CLE	A	47	154	28	41	7	22	.266	.385	.474	11	0	29	36	4	0	2	1	3
1994	CLE	A	98	321	58	86	20	52	.268	.359	.523	20	1	46	84	0	1	3	5	11
1995	CLE	A	137	452	92	142	25	73	.314	.438	.558	29	3	97	113	5	0	4	3	8
1996	CLE	A	151	505	122	157	38	116	.311	.450	.612	28	5	123	141	6	0	2	8	13
1997	CLE	A	147	496	104	142	40	102	.286	.423	.579	25	0	120	146	3	0	1	9	9
1998	CLE	A	123	440	89	129	30	85	.293	.413	.584	34	2	89	141	4	0	1	8	7
1999	CLE	A	146	494	101	137	33	108	.277	.426	.540	27	2	127	171	4	0	0	13	6
2000	CLE	A	158	557	106	150	37	106	.269	.398	.531	33	1	118	171	4	0	1	4	8
2001	CLE	A	156	526	101	153	49	124	.291	.416	.624	26	1	111	185	4	0	0	14	9
2002	CLE	A	147	480	101	146	52	118	.304	.445	.677	19	2	122	139	5	0	1	18	5
2003	PHI	N	159	578	111	154	47	131	.266	.385	.573	30	3	111	182	4	0	0	11	5
2004	PHI	N	143	508	97	139	42	105	.274	.396	.581	28	1	104	144	2	0	0	26	10
2005	PHI	N	59	193	26	40	7	30	.207	.360	.352	7	0	45	59	2	0	0	4	5
2006	CHW	A	143	490	108	141	42	109	.288	.416	.598	26	0	107	147	6	0	0	12	4
2007	CHW	A	130	432	79	119	35	96	.275	.410	.563	19	0	95	134	6	0	0	11	10
Total	NL		361	1279	234	333	96	266	.260	.386	.543	65	4	260	385	8	0	0	41	20
Total	AL		1650	5562	1104	1592	411	1132	.286	?	?	304	20	1299	1658	54	1	18	109	100
Total			2011	6841	1338	1925	507	1398	.281	.409	.565	369	24	1459	2043	62	1	18	150	120

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1991	CLE	A	3B	27	27	242.1	12	60	8	6	0	.900
1992	CLE	A	3B	40	37	308	21	61	11	3	1	.882
1993	CLE	A	3B	47	45	381	29	86	6	10	0	.950
1994	CLE	A	3B	94	90	754.2	62	173	15	12	0	.940
1995	CLE	A	3B	134	128	1144.2	75	214	16	22	0	.948
1995	CLE	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CLE	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1996	CLE	A	3B	150	144	1278.1	86	262	17	24	0	.953
1997	CLE	A	1B	145	140	1224.2	1233	95	10	123	0	.993
1998	CLE	A	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	CLE	A	1B	117	114	1015.2	998	85	10	97	0	.991
1999	CLE	A	1B	111	109	953.2	930	83	6	93	0	.994
1999	CLE	A	DH	34	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	CLE	A	1B	107	106	932	830	91	5	101	0	.995
2000	CLE	A	DH	48	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	CLE	A	DH	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	CLE	A	1B	148	144	1280.2	1176	78	10	105	0	.992
2002	CLE	A	DH	18	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	CLE	A	1B	128	128	1109.1	1064	75	10	118	0	.991
2003	PHI	N	1B	156	155	1361.2	1373	86	5	132	0	.997
2003	PHI	N	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	PHI	N	1B	134	134	1179.2	1090	84	7	103	0	.994
2004	PHI	N	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	PHI	N	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2005	PHI	N	1B	52	52	436	404	30	0	36	0	1.000
2006	CHI	A	DH	136	136	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	CHI	A	1B	3	3	20	21	0	0	1	0	1.000
2007	CHI	A	1B	1	1	8	6	0	0	0	0	1.000
2007	CHI	A	DH	123	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	1102	1086	9521.1	9125	707	63	909	0	.994
Total			3B	492	471	4109	285	856	73	77	1	.940
Total			DH	386	385	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 18, 1989).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 6, 2002).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with cash to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Aaron Rowand, Daniel Haigwood and a player to be named later (November 25, 2005); Philadelphia Phillies received Gio Gonzalez (December 8, 2005).

[edit] Trivia

In a 2007 poll of 464 Major League Baseball players, he was voted the 2nd most friendly player in a tie with Mike Sweeney.
After hitting a home run, the scoreboard will often display "THOME RUN" to distinguish his home runs from other players' home runs.
On September 16, 2007, on "Jim Thome Bobblehead Day" at U.S. Cellular Field, Thome hit his 500th career home run, becoming the 23rd player in baseball history to accomplish the feat
- His 500th career home run was a walk off winner; he is the only player to accomplish that feat.
- Thome rounded the bases pointing upward in homage to his late mother, who passed away from breast cancer in January 2005.
He is one of only six players to be named Player of the Month in each league (Vladimir Guerrero, Fred McGriff, Mark McGwire, Gaylord Perry, and Dave Winfield are the others).

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