Preferred Bat: Black Smith Finish Louisville Slugger M356 (More info on Game Used Bats)
Jim Thome
James Howard Thome
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 27, 1970 in Peoria, IL
High School: Limestone (Bartonville, IL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1991
    About biographical information

Standard Fielding

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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
1991 CLE AL 20 3B 27 27 242.1 80 12 60 8 6 .900 -2.1 -10.4 -2.1 -2.3 0.2 0 2.67 2.67 .957 2.79 2.33
1992 CLE AL 21 3B 40 37 308.0 93 21 61 11 3 .882 -1.4 -5.5 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 2.40 2.05 .954 2.78 2.40
1993 CLE AL 22 3B 47 45 381.0 121 29 86 6 10 .950 -2.7 -8.5 -2.7 -2.3 -0.4 0 2.72 2.45 .951 2.69 2.31
1994 CLE AL 23 3B 94 90 754.2 250 62 173 15 12 .940 -4.2 -6.7 -3.2 -5.2 2.0 -1 2.80 2.50 .948 2.64 2.34
1995 CLE AL 24 3B 134 128 1144.2 305 75 214 16 22 .948 0.3 0.3 0.3 -8.9 9.2 0 2.27 2.16 .952 2.61 2.19
1995 CLE AL 24 DH 1
1996 CLE AL 25 3B 150 144 1278.1 365 86 262 17 24 .953 -0.5 -0.5 -1.5 -0.2 -1.3 1 2.45 2.32 .956 2.57 2.18 MVP-15,SS
1996 CLE AL 25 DH 1 MVP-15,SS
1997 CLE AL 26 1B 145 140 1224.2 1338 1233 95 10 123 .993 -5.5 -5.4 -6.5 -4.4 -2.1 1 9.76 9.16 .992 7.35 6.90 AS,MVP-6
1998 CLE AL 27 1B 117 114 1015.2 1093 998 85 10 97 .991 -12.7 -15.0 -12.7 -7.3 -5.4 0 9.60 9.26 .992 8.86 8.30 AS,MVP-21
1998 CLE AL 27 DH 6 AS,MVP-21
1999 CLE AL 28 1B 111 109 953.2 1019 930 83 6 93 .994 -2.3 -2.9 -2.3 -5.2 2.9 0 9.56 9.13 .992 9.44 8.33 AS
1999 CLE AL 28 DH 36 AS
2000 CLE AL 29 1B 106 106 932.0 926 830 91 5 101 .995 5.8 7.5 5.8 3.8 2.0 0 8.89 8.69 .993 9.37 8.17
2000 CLE AL 29 DH 48
2001 CLE AL 30 1B 148 144 1280.2 1264 1176 78 10 105 .992 -8.6 -8.1 -8.6 -2.6 -6.0 0 8.81 8.47 .993 7.03 6.76 MVP-7
2001 CLE AL 30 DH 6 MVP-7
2002 CLE AL 31 1B 128 128 1109.1 1149 1064 75 10 118 .991 -8.4 -9.1 -8.4 -2.1 -6.4 0 9.24 8.90 .993 8.11 7.81 MVP-7
2002 CLE AL 31 DH 18 MVP-7
2003 PHI NL 32 1B 156 155 1361.2 1464 1373 86 5 132 .997 5.0 4.4 5.0 4.4 0.6 0 9.64 9.35 .993 6.61 6.41 MVP-4
2003 PHI NL 32 DH 2 MVP-4
2004 PHI NL 33 1B 134 134 1179.2 1181 1090 84 7 103 .994 3.1 3.2 3.1 1.6 1.5 0 8.96 8.76 .993 7.63 7.46 AS,MVP-19
2004 PHI NL 33 DH 6 AS,MVP-19
2005 PHI NL 34 1B 52 52 436.0 434 404 30 0 36 1.000 2.2 6.1 2.2 -0.8 3.0 0 8.96 8.35 .993 9.64 8.29
2005 PHI NL 34 DH 5
2006 CHW AL 35 DH 136 AS,MVP-12
2006 CHW AL 35 1B 3 3 20.0 21 21 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -24.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 9.45 7.00 .995 9.50 8.00 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHW AL 36 DH 123
2007 CHW AL 36 1B 1 1 8.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.75 6.00 1.000 9.34 7.90
2008 CHW AL 37 DH 139
2009 CHW AL 38 DH 98
11 Seasons 1B 1101 1086 9521.1 9895 9125 707 63 909 .994 -21.8 -2.7 -22.8 -13.0 -9.9 1 9.29 8.93 .993 8.00 7.47
14 Seasons DH 625
6 Seasons 3B 492 471 4109.0 1214 285 856 73 77 .940 -10.6 -3.1 -10.6 -20.3 9.7 0 2.50 2.32 .953 2.63 2.25
19 Seasons TOT 1593 1557 13630.1 11109 9410 1563 136 986 .988 -32.4 -2.9 -33.4 -33.3 -0.2 1 7.25 6.89 .976 6.38 5.86
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

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1991 CLE AL 20 27 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 CLE AL 21 40 37 40 40 0 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 CLE AL 22 47 45 47 47 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1994 CLE AL 23 98 90 98 94 0 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1995 CLE AL 24 137 129 137 134 0 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
1996 CLE AL 25 151 145 151 150 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1
1997 CLE AL 26 147 140 147 145 0 0 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1998 CLE AL 27 123 120 123 117 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
1999 CLE AL 28 146 143 146 111 0 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 3 0
2000 CLE AL 29 158 154 158 107 0 0 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 4 0
2001 CLE AL 30 156 149 156 148 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 0
2002 CLE AL 31 147 146 147 128 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 0
2003 PHI NL 32 159 157 159 156 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
2004 PHI NL 33 143 140 143 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
2005 PHI NL 34 59 57 59 52 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
2006 CHW AL 35 143 139 143 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 136 4 0
2007 CHW AL 36 130 124 130 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 6 0
2008 CHW AL 37 149 139 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 9 0
2009 CHW AL 38 107 98 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 9 0
2009 LAD NL 38 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
19 Seasons 2284 2179 2284 1594 0 0 1102 0 492 0 0 0 0 0 624 100 1
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*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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%
1997 CLE AL 26 5601 52% 74% 32% 266 93% 0 1234 52 1177 5 113 93 72 14 1 2 10 2 7 1 8 123 7 0 3 114 11 9 3 6 15 100%
1998 CLE AL 27 4563 50% 75% 32% 265 81% 2 1003 50 944 5 92 85 53 14 1 3 10 0 10 0 9 97 4 0 1 93 7 4 2 2 13 92%
1999 CLE AL 28 4341 53% 72% 30% 225 94% 0 929 58 855 16 74 83 65 12 3 4 6 0 6 0 3 93 2 1 0 85 6 8 1 7 11 64%
2000 CLE AL 29 4228 54% 71% 28% 202 97% 0 831 35 783 14 75 91 66 21 1 4 5 1 3 1 3 101 4 2 1 97 7 4 0 3 8 63%
2001 CLE AL 30 5835 58% 72% 29% 253 97% 0 1177 67 1080 31 107 78 66 5 0 2 10 3 5 2 6 105 2 2 0 100 5 5 0 5 12 83%
2002 CLE AL 31 5065 54% 74% 29% 232 96% 0 1106 60 1043 4 140 25 7 16 0 4 10 2 7 1 5 118 5 2 0 110 7 8 3 4 11 100%
2003 PHI NL 32 6053 60% 74% 32% 291 97% 0 1370 89 1267 16 112 86 73 8 0 3 5 2 2 1 2 132 3 0 1 130 5 1 1 0 19 100%
2004 PHI NL 33 5228 59% 75% 29% 253 94% 2 1091 71 1009 12 85 84 73 7 2 3 7 1 4 2 3 103 5 0 0 99 6 4 0 4 11 100%
2005 PHI NL 34 1927 53% 76% 30% 82 93% 1 404 18 384 2 32 30 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 36 0 0 1 32 2 4 0 4 6 50%
2006 CHW AL 35 83 67% 80% 36% 3 100% 0 21 2 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2007 CHW AL 36 41 73% 61% 22% 0 0 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 42965 55% 73% 30% 2072 93% 5 9172 502 8567 105 831 655 497 99 11 28 63 11 44 8 39 909 32 7 7 861 56 47 10 35 106 88%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 93% 84%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1991 CLE AL 20 1082 56% 82% 35% 86 79% 0 12 8 0 4 60 50 10 0 2 8 0 5 3 7 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 4 50%
1992 CLE AL 21 1383 59% 76% 29% 98 81% 0 21 17 0 4 61 47 12 2 2 11 0 6 5 8 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 6 100%
1993 CLE AL 22 1745 60% 77% 32% 122 84% 1 29 19 3 7 87 64 17 1 4 6 0 4 2 5 10 7 1 8 1 0 0 7 57%
1994 CLE AL 23 3433 50% 77% 36% 271 81% 4 62 44 7 11 173 133 37 1 6 15 0 7 8 13 12 11 1 12 0 0 0 19 37%
1995 CLE AL 24 5031 47% 75% 34% 318 84% 9 75 59 5 11 210 164 36 0 3 16 0 7 9 12 22 17 1 20 1 0 1 12 58%
1996 CLE AL 25 5699 48% 76% 34% 382 85% 6 86 65 6 15 262 198 56 3 8 17 0 9 8 15 24 21 2 23 1 0 1 19 47%
6 Seasons 18373 50% 76% 34% 1277 83% 20 285 212 21 52 853 656 168 7 25 73 0 38 35 60 77 65 5 72 3 0 2 67 52%
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 87% 64%

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Jim Thome    

Viewed 571,525 times through December 5, 2009.
Name and misspellings: James Howard james Jim jimmie jimmy Thome

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.