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Jim Thome | Major Leaguer 1991-2008

Full Name: James Howard Thome
Born: August 27,1970 in Peoria, Illinois
Height: 6-4 Weight: 220 Bats: Left Throws: Right
High School: Limestone Community (Bartonville,IL)
College: Illinois Central College

Baseball Lists: Home Run Leaders by State, Province or Country ... Home Run Derby Participants ... Walk-Off Grand Slams

Debut: September 4,1991

Drafted: Selected by Cleveland Indians in 13rd Round (331st overall) of 1989 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 18,1989] - signed [Oct 28,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Dec 6,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Phillies. [Nov 25,2005] - Traded by Phillies to White Sox for Aaron Rowand, Dan Haigwood and a player to be named later.

Disabled List: [May 3,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Injury unknown) [May 21,2005] - Activated [Jul 1,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right elbow tendinitis ) [Aug 29,2005] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Apr 29,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Muscle strain in right rib cage) [May 20,2007] -

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1989	GCL Indns	GCL	18	Cle	Rk	ss-3b		55	186	22	44	5	3	0	22	6	4	21	33	1	1	3	2		.237	.314	.296	610	--
1990	Burlington	App	19	Cle	Rk	3b		34	118	31	44	7	1	12	34	6	3	27	18	4	3	0	0		.373	.503	.754	1257	--
	Kinston	Caro	19	Cle	A+	3b		33	117	19	36	4	1	4	16	4	1	24	26	1	0	0	1		.308	.427	.462	889	--
1991	Canton/Akr	East	20	Cle	AA	3b		84	294	47	99	20	2	5	45	8	2	44	58	4	4	0	3		.337	.426	.469	895	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	20	Cle	AAA	3b		41	151	20	43	7	3	2	28	0	0	12	29	0	0	0	3		.285	.331	.411	742	--
	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	3b	7	27	98	7	25	4	2	1	9	1	1	5	16	1	1	0	0	4	.255	.298	.367	665	54%
1992	Canton/Akr	East	21	Cle	AA	3b		30	107	16	36	9	2	1	14	0	2	24	30	1	3	0	0		.336	.462	.486	948	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	21	Cle	AAA	3b		12	48	11	15	4	1	2	14	0	0	6	16	1	1	0	0		.313	.400	.563	963	--
	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	3b	8	40	117	8	24	3	1	2	12	2	0	10	34	2	2	0	2	3	.205	.275	.299	574	49%
1993	Charlotte	IL	22	Cle	AAA	3b		115	410	85	136	21	4	25	102	1	3	76	94	7	8	0	4		.332	.441	.585	1026	--
	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	3b	7	47	154	28	41	11	0	7	22	2	1	29	36	4	1	0	5	3	.266	.385	.474	859	43%
1994	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	3b	8	98	321	58	86	20	1	20	52	3	3	46	84	0	5	1	1	11	.268	.359	.523	882	51%
1995	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	3b	6	137	452	92	142	29	3	25	73	4	3	97	113	5	3	0	3	8	.314	.438	.558	996	45%
1996	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	3b	3	151	505	122	157	28	5	38	116	2	2	123	141	6	8	0	2	13	.311	.450	.612	1062	49%
1997	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	1b	3	147	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	1	1	120	146	3	9	0	8	9	.286	.423	.579	1002	--
1998	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	1b	4	123	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	1	0	89	141	4	8	0	4	7	.293	.413	.584	997	41%
1999	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	1b-dh		146	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	0	0	127	171	4	13	0	4	6	.277	.426	.540	966	--
2000	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	1b-dh	5	158	557	106	150	33	1	37	106	1	0	118	171	4	4	0	5	8	.269	.398	.531	929	51%
2001	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	1b	5	156	526	101	153	26	1	49	124	0	1	111	185	4	14	0	3	9	.291	.416	.624	1040	47%
2002	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	1b	4	147	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	1	2	122	139	5	18	0	6	5	.304	.445	.677	1122	48%
2003	Philadelph	NL	32	Phi	MLB	1b	3,4	159	578	111	154	30	3	47	131	0	3	111	182	4	11	0	5	5	.266	.385	.573	958	45%
2004	Philadelph	NL	33	Phi	MLB	1b	4	143	508	97	139	28	1	42	105	0	2	104	144	2	26	0	4	10	.274	.396	.581	977	40%
2005	Clearwater	FSL	34	Phi	A+			5	12	2	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.556	.583	1139	--
	Philadelph	NL	34	Phi	MLB	1b	4,5	59	193	26	40	7	0	7	30	0	0	45	59	2	4	0	2	5	.207	.360	.352	712	51%
2006	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	dh	3	143	490	108	141	26	0	42	109	0	0	107	147	6	12	0	7	4	.288	.416	.598	1014	37%
2007	Charlotte	IL	36	Chw	AAA			5	14	2	3	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	3	0	2	0	0	1	.214	.450	.286	736	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	1b	3	130	432	79	119	19	0	35	96	0	1	95	134	6	11	0	3	10	.275	.410	.563	973	44%
2008	Chi Wh-Sox	MLB	37	Chw	MLB			92	302	54	78	21	0	18	53	1	0	58	87	4	0	0	2	0	.258	.383	.507	890	--

Major League Totals - 18 Season(s)								2103	7143	1392	2003	390	24	525	1451	19	20	1517	2130	66	150	1	66	120	.280	.408	.562	970	46%
Minor League Totals - 7 Season(s)								414	1457	255	460	78	17	52	283	25	15	246	308	19	22	3	13		.316	.418	.500	918	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1995	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	Div	3	13	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.385	599	--
	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	Ch	5	15	2	4	0	0	2	5	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.353	.667	1020	--
	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	Ws	6	19	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.286	.421	707	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	Div	4	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.300	664	--
1997	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	Div	4	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	--
	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	Ch	6	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.316	.071	387	--
	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	Ws	7	28	8	8	0	1	2	4	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.394	.571	965	--
1998	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	Div	4	15	2	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.235	.533	768	--
	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	Ch	6	23	4	7	0	0	4	8	0	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	.304	.333	.826	1159	--
1999	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	Div	5	17	7	6	0	0	4	10	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.353	.476	1.059	1535	--
2001	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	Div	5	19	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.316	554	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)						55	188	32	43	1	1	17	36	0	0	25	61	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.319	.516	835	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1989	GCL Indns	GCL	18	Cle	Rk	3B	17			14	29	7	50	2	-	-	-	.860	--
1989	GCL Indns	GCL	18	Cle	Rk	SS	40			51	115	14	180	16	-	-	-	.922	--

1990	Burlington	App	19	Cle	Rk	3B	33			28	79	11	118	6	-	-	-	.907	--
1990	Kinston	Caro	19	Cle	A+	3B	33			10	66	8	84	5	-	-	-	.905	--

1991	Canton/Akr	East	20	Cle	AA	3B	82			41	167	17	225	11	-	-	-	.924	--
1991	Colo Spr	PCL	20	Cle	AAA	3B	40			28	84	6	118	5	-	-	-	.949	--
1991	Cleveland	AL	20	Cle	MLB	3B	27			12	60	8	80	6	-	-	-	.900	--

1992	Canton/Akr	East	21	Cle	AA	3B	23			11	35	4	50	3	-	-	-	.920	--
1992	Colo Spr	PCL	21	Cle	AAA	3B	11			9	20	8	37	3	-	-	-	.784	--
1992	Cleveland	AL	21	Cle	MLB	3B	40			21	61	11	93	3	-	-	-	.882	--

1993	Charlotte	IL	22	Cle	AAA	3B	114			67	226	15	308	18	-	-	-	.951	--
1993	Cleveland	AL	22	Cle	MLB	3B	47			29	86	6	121	10	-	-	-	.950	--

1994	Cleveland	AL	23	Cle	MLB	3B	94			62	173	15	250	12	-	-	-	.940	--

1995	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	3B	134			75	214	16	305	22	-	-	-	.948	--
1995	Cleveland	AL	24	Cle	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

1996	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	3B	150			86	262	17	365	24	-	-	-	.953	--
1996	Cleveland	AL	25	Cle	MLB	DH	1								-	-	-	---	--

1997	Cleveland	AL	26	Cle	MLB	1B	145			1233	95	10	1338	123	-	-	-	.993	--

1998	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	1B	117			998	85	10	1093	97	-	-	-	.991	--
1998	Cleveland	AL	27	Cle	MLB	DH	6								-	-	-	---	--

1999	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	1B	111			930	83	6	1019	93	-	-	-	.994	--
1999	Cleveland	AL	28	Cle	MLB	DH	36								-	-	-	---	--

2000	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	1B	106		923	830	91	5	926	101	-	-	-	.995	8.98
2000	Cleveland	AL	29	Cle	MLB	DH	48								-	-	-	---	--

2001	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	1B	148		1280.2	1176	78	10	1264	105	-	-	-	.992	8.81
2001	Cleveland	AL	30	Cle	MLB	DH	6								-	-	-	---	--

2002	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	1B	128		1109.1	1064	75	10	1149	118	-	-	-	.991	9.24
2002	Cleveland	AL	31	Cle	MLB	DH	18								-	-	-	---	--

2003	Philadelph	NL	32	Phi	MLB	1B	156	155	1361.2	1373	86	5	1464	132	-	-	-	.997	9.64
2003	Philadelph	NL	32	Phi	MLB	DH	2								-	-	-	---	--

2004	Philadelph	NL	33	Phi	MLB	1B	134	134	1179.2	1090	84	7	1181	103	-	-	-	.994	8.96
2004	Philadelph	NL	33	Phi	MLB	DH	6								-	-	-	---	--

2005	Philadelph	NL	34	Phi	MLB	1B	52	52	436	404	30	0	434	36	-	-	-	1.000	8.96
2005	Philadelph	NL	34	Phi	MLB	DH	5								-	-	-	---	--

2006	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	1B	3	3	20	21	0	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	9.45
2006	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	35	Chw	MLB	DH	136	136	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--

2007	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	1B	1	1	8	6	0	0	6	0	-	-	-	1.000	6.75

Awards

[1993] - International League Most Valuable Player, AAA Player of the Year, International League All-Star 3B, Triple-A All-Star 3B [1996] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #15), AL Silver Slugger Award (3B) [1997] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), Played in MLB All-Star Game [1998] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #21) [1999] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [2001] - Baseball America Second-Team Major League All-Star DH, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #7) [2002] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #7), Cleveland Indians Player of the Year, Baseball America First-Team Major League All-Star 1B, Roberto Clemente Award [2003] - Philadelphia Phillies Player of the Year, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #4), Baseball America First-Team Major League All-Star DH [2004] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #19), Philadelphia Phillies Player of the Year, Played in MLB All-Star Game [2006] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #12), Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1991	100,000		617,627	80
1992	110,000		798,185	71
1993	135,000		815,723	60
1994	325,000		914,157	45
1995	825,000		831,504	24
1996	1,600,000		835,262	19
1997	2,625,000		996,990	15
1998	4,800,000	72	1,054,037	7
1999	8,225,000	21	1,222,537	2
2000	8,175,000	26	1,369,505	3
2001	7,875,000	50	1,609,512	5
2002	8,000,000	52	1,654,088	5
2003	11,166,667	34	1,773,364	3
2004	12,166,667	28	1,716,303	3
2005	13,166,667	18	1,825,756	2
2006	14,166,667	16	1,937,004	2
2007	*14,833,333	12	2,923,340	2
2008	*15,666,666	17

Career:	$123,961,667	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Thome finished tied for 9th place (last) in the Home Run Derby at the 1997 All-Star Game. Finished in 2nd place at the Home Run Derby during the 1998 All-Star game weekend. Finished in 6th place in the Home Run Derby at the 2004 all-star game, finishing with 4 total home runs.

Notes: Played in 5 All-Star games during his career (1997-1999, 2004, 2006)