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Frank Thomas
Frank Edward Thomas (Big Hurt)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 257 lb.

Born: May 27, 1968 in Columbus, GA
High School: Columbus (Columbus, GA)
School: Auburn University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1990
Final Game: August 29, 2008
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 CHW AL 22 1B 51 51 420.1 459 428 26 5 53 .989 -2.2 -6.3 -2.2 -4.7 2.5 0 9.72 8.90 .992 9.63 8.36
1990 CHW AL 22 DH 8
1991 CHW AL 23 DH 101 MVP-3,SS
1991 CHW AL 23 1B 56 56 476.2 488 459 27 2 43 .996 -3.5 -8.8 -2.5 -1.9 -0.6 -1 9.18 8.68 .992 9.75 8.30 MVP-3,SS
1992 CHW AL 24 1B 158 157 1406.0 1533 1428 92 13 112 .992 -8.0 -6.8 -7.0 -3.4 -3.6 -1 9.73 9.62 .993 6.40 6.33 MVP-8
1992 CHW AL 24 DH 2 MVP-8
1993 CHW AL 25 1B 150 149 1300.2 1320 1222 83 15 128 .989 -7.6 -7.0 -7.6 -8.5 0.9 0 9.03 8.70 .993 6.92 6.67 AS,MVP-1,SS
1993 CHW AL 25 DH 4 AS,MVP-1,SS
1994 CHW AL 26 1B 99 99 867.0 787 735 45 7 74 .991 -8.1 -11.2 -8.1 -8.7 0.6 0 8.10 7.88 .992 9.57 8.49 AS,MVP-1,SS
1994 CHW AL 26 DH 13 AS,MVP-1,SS
1995 CHW AL 27 1B 90 89 772.1 779 738 34 7 67 .991 -11.7 -18.2 -11.7 -8.1 -3.6 0 9.00 8.58 .993 9.61 8.32 AS,MVP-8
1995 CHW AL 27 DH 54 AS,MVP-8
1996 CHW AL 28 1B 139 139 1232.0 1192 1098 85 9 111 .992 -11.0 -10.7 -10.0 -7.8 -2.2 -1 8.64 8.51 .992 7.30 7.19 AS,MVP-8
1997 CHW AL 29 1B 97 97 822.2 799 739 49 11 70 .986 -3.5 -5.1 -2.5 1.3 -3.8 -1 8.62 8.12 .992 9.31 8.04 AS,MVP-3
1997 CHW AL 29 DH 49 AS,MVP-3
1998 CHW AL 30 DH 146
1998 CHW AL 30 1B 14 14 114.0 124 116 6 2 12 .984 -1.5 -15.8 -1.5 -2.6 1.1 0 9.63 8.71 .992 9.43 8.30
1999 CHW AL 31 DH 83
1999 CHW AL 31 1B 49 50 421.1 407 385 18 4 40 .990 -6.2 -17.7 -6.2 -2.4 -3.8 0 8.61 8.22 .992 9.50 8.33
2000 CHW AL 32 DH 127 MVP-2,SS
2000 CHW AL 32 1B 30 30 258.1 283 267 15 1 38 .996 -1.5 -7.0 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 9.82 9.40 .993 9.37 8.17 MVP-2,SS
2001 CHW AL 33 DH 16
2001 CHW AL 33 1B 3 3 19.2 22 20 1 1 2 .955 -0.5 -30.5 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 0 9.61 7.00 .995 9.43 8.27
2002 CHW AL 34 DH 140
2002 CHW AL 34 1B 4 4 31.0 44 38 4 2 5 .955 0.5 19.4 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 12.19 10.50 .993 9.32 8.02
2003 CHW AL 35 DH 124 MVP-15
2003 CHW AL 35 1B 27 27 209.0 216 206 9 1 19 .995 -0.6 -3.4 -0.6 -1.4 0.8 0 9.26 7.96 .993 9.55 8.29 MVP-15
2004 CHW AL 36 DH 65
2004 CHW AL 36 1B 4 4 32.1 34 31 3 0 2 1.000 0.9 33.4 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 9.46 8.50 .994 9.30 8.00
2005 CHW AL 37 DH 28
2006 OAK AL 38 DH 135 MVP-4
2007 TOR AL 39 DH 147 MVP-23
2008 TOT AL 40 DH 69
2008 TOR AL 40 DH 16
2008 OAK AL 40 DH 53
18 Seasons DH 1311
15 Seasons 1B 971 969 8383.1 8487 7910 497 80 776 .991 -64.5 -9.2 -60.5 -48.2 -12.3 -4 9.03 8.66 .993 8.27 7.56
19 Seasons TOT 971 969 8383.1 8487 7910 497 80 776 .991 -64.5 -9.2 -60.5 -48.2 -12.3 -4 9.03 8.66 .983 8.27 7.56
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 CHW AL 22 60 59 60 51 0 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 0
1991 CHW AL 23 158 157 158 56 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 101 1 0
1992 CHW AL 24 160 159 160 158 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1993 CHW AL 25 153 153 153 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
1994 CHW AL 26 113 112 113 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
1995 CHW AL 27 145 142 145 90 0 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 3 0
1996 CHW AL 28 141 139 141 139 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 CHW AL 29 146 146 146 97 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 0 0
1998 CHW AL 30 160 160 160 14 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0
1999 CHW AL 31 135 132 135 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 3 0
2000 CHW AL 32 159 157 159 30 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 2 0
2001 CHW AL 33 20 19 20 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 1 0
2002 CHW AL 34 148 143 148 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 139 5 0
2003 CHW AL 35 153 151 153 27 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 124 2 0
2004 CHW AL 36 74 69 74 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 5 0
2005 CHW AL 37 34 28 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 6 0
2006 OAK AL 38 137 135 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 2 0
2007 TOR AL 39 155 147 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 147 8 0
2008 OAK AL 40 55 53 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 2 0
2008 TOR AL 40 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0
19 Seasons 2322 2277 2322 972 0 0 972 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1308 45 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1990 CHW AL 22 1815 57% 77% 31% 99 92% 0 423 30 382 8 38 27 20 3 0 1 5 0 4 1 4 53 1 0 0 48 1 5 1 4 4 50%
1991 CHW AL 23 2124 61% 74% 31% 93 85% 0 459 23 424 12 33 27 20 6 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 43 0 0 0 41 0 2 2 0 4 75%
1992 CHW AL 24 6226 59% 78% 31% 337 87% 0 1428 105 1296 27 105 92 75 8 0 4 13 3 8 2 8 112 0 0 1 105 1 7 4 3 17 76%
1993 CHW AL 25 5763 56% 75% 30% 256 92% 2 1224 59 1130 31 103 83 64 10 1 5 15 5 5 5 8 128 1 1 1 120 3 8 1 6 18 72%
1994 CHW AL 26 3813 56% 74% 27% 162 92% 1 735 54 667 13 57 44 34 7 0 4 7 1 5 1 5 74 0 0 2 65 2 9 1 8 12 92%
1995 CHW AL 27 3634 57% 74% 29% 157 90% 2 739 52 670 16 65 33 22 3 1 3 7 1 4 2 4 67 0 0 2 59 2 8 4 4 7 86%
1996 CHW AL 28 5622 55% 74% 28% 237 94% 1 1102 58 1026 17 89 83 67 7 1 1 9 1 5 3 5 111 2 0 1 106 3 5 2 3 12 92%
1997 CHW AL 29 3778 57% 76% 29% 185 91% 1 741 43 686 11 84 47 41 2 0 3 11 3 6 2 7 70 0 0 1 63 1 7 3 4 7 57%
1998 CHW AL 30 564 59% 75% 26% 36 72% 0 115 12 100 3 8 7 3 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 12 0 0 0 10 0 2 0 2 3 100%
1999 CHW AL 31 1971 56% 77% 31% 71 85% 0 385 22 354 9 21 18 17 1 0 0 4 1 3 0 2 40 0 0 1 38 1 2 0 2 10 70%
2000 CHW AL 32 1151 57% 73% 28% 46 98% 0 268 13 250 5 21 15 11 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 38 0 0 0 33 0 5 3 2 2 100%
2001 CHW AL 33 90 71% 77% 32% 4 50% 0 20 1 19 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHW AL 34 131 55% 75% 31% 10 80% 0 42 2 40 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 3 33%
2003 CHW AL 35 863 45% 74% 32% 36 94% 0 206 11 191 4 15 9 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 19 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 CHW AL 36 135 55% 76% 29% 9 100% 0 31 2 29 0 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
15 Seasons 37680 57% 75% 29% 1738 90% 7 7918 487 7264 156 649 489 386 48 3 22 80 17 45 18 49 776 4 1 9 716 14 60 21 38 100 77%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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