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Jim Thome

James Howard Thome

Positions: First Baseman, Designated Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 250 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
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Phillies/Twins/Dodgers 1991-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$3M (11), 1 yr/$1.25M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 19.042, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Pat Rooney SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #68. Yogi Berra… #69. Gary Sheffield… #70. Carlton Fisk… #71. JIM THOME… #72. Goose Goslin… #73. Manny Ramirez… #74. Roger Connor… 

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1991 20 CLE AL 27 104 98 7 25 4 2 1 9 1 1 5 16 .255 .298 .367 .665 83 36 4 1 0 0 1 5
1992 21 CLE AL 40 131 117 8 24 3 1 2 12 2 0 10 34 .205 .275 .299 .574 62 35 3 2 0 2 2 5
1993 22 CLE AL 47 192 154 28 41 11 0 7 22 2 1 29 36 .266 .385 .474 .859 131 73 3 4 0 5 1 5
1994 23 CLE AL 98 369 321 58 86 20 1 20 52 3 3 46 84 .268 .359 .523 .882 126 168 11 0 1 1 5 *5
1995 24 CLE AL 137 557 452 92 142 29 3 25 73 4 3 97 113 .314 .438 .558 .996 157 252 8 5 0 3 3 *5
1996 25 CLE AL 151 636 505 122 157 28 5 38 116 2 2 123 141 .311 .450 .612 1.062 167 309 13 6 0 2 8 *5 MVP-15,SS
1997 26 CLE AL 147 627 496 104 142 25 0 40 102 1 1 120 146 .286 .423 .579 1.001 156 287 9 3 0 8 9 *3 AS,MVP-6
1998 27 CLE AL 123 537 440 89 129 34 2 30 85 1 0 89 141 .293 .413 .584 .997 153 257 7 4 0 4 8 *3 AS,MVP-21
1999 28 CLE AL 146 629 494 101 137 27 2 33 108 0 0 127 171 .277 .426 .540 .967 141 267 6 4 0 4 13 *3 AS
2000 29 CLE AL 158 684 557 106 150 33 1 37 106 1 0 118 171 .269 .398 .531 .929 132 296 8 4 0 5 4 3
2001 30 CLE AL 156 644 526 101 153 26 1 49 124 0 1 111 185 .291 .416 .624 1.040 169 328 9 4 0 3 14 *3 MVP-7
2002 31 CLE AL 147 613 480 101 146 19 2 52 118 1 2 122 139 .304 .445 .677 1.122 198 325 5 5 0 6 18 *3 MVP-7
2003 32 PHI NL 159 698 578 111 154 30 3 47 131 0 3 111 182 .266 .385 .573 .958 154 331 5 4 0 5 11 *3 MVP-4
2004 33 PHI NL 143 618 508 97 139 28 1 42 105 0 2 104 144 .274 .396 .581 .977 144 295 10 2 0 4 26 *3 AS,MVP-19
2005 34 PHI NL 59 242 193 26 40 7 0 7 30 0 0 45 59 .207 .360 .352 .712 85 68 5 2 0 2 4 3
2006 35 CHW AL 143 610 490 108 141 26 0 42 109 0 0 107 147 .288 .416 .598 1.014 155 293 4 6 0 7 12 /3 AS,MVP-12
2007 36 CHW AL 130 536 432 79 119 19 0 35 96 0 1 95 134 .275 .410 .563 .973 150 243 10 6 0 3 11 /3
2008 37 CHW AL 149 602 503 93 123 28 0 34 90 1 0 91 147 .245 .362 .503 .865 123 253 17 4 0 4 9
2009 38 TOT MLB 124 434 362 55 90 15 0 23 77 0 0 69 123 .249 .366 .481 .847 117 174 8 0 0 3 3 D
2009 38 LAD NL 17 17 17 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .235 .235 .235 .471 27 4 0 0 0 0 0
2009 38 CHW AL 107 417 345 55 86 15 0 23 74 0 0 69 116 .249 .372 .493 .864 121 170 8 0 0 3 3
2010 39 MIN AL 108 340 276 48 78 16 2 25 59 0 0 60 82 .283 .412 .627 1.039 182 173 8 2 0 2 4 MVP-18
2011 40 TOT AL 93 324 277 32 71 16 0 15 50 0 0 46 92 .256 .361 .477 .838 131 132 6 0 0 1 4 D/5
2011 40 MIN AL 71 242 206 21 50 12 0 12 40 0 0 35 69 .243 .351 .476 .827 127 98 5 0 0 1 3 D
2011 40 CLE AL 22 82 71 11 21 4 0 3 10 0 0 11 23 .296 .390 .479 .869 142 34 1 0 0 0 1 D/5
21 Seasons 2485 10127 8259 1566 2287 444 26 604 1674 19 20 1725 2487 .277 .403 .556 .959 147 4595 159 68 1 74 170
162 Game Avg. 162 660 538 102 149 29 2 39 109 1 1 112 162 .277 .403 .556 .959 147 300 10 4 0 5 11
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 1399 5805 4711 928 1353 263 20 337 937 18 14 1008 1400 .287 .414 .566 .980 152 2667 87 42 1 43 87
CHW (4 yrs) 529 2165 1770 335 469 88 0 134 369 1 1 362 544 .265 .391 .542 .933 138 959 39 16 0 17 35
PHI (3 yrs) 361 1558 1279 234 333 65 4 96 266 0 5 260 385 .260 .386 .543 .928 139 694 20 8 0 11 41
MIN (2 yrs) 179 582 482 69 128 28 2 37 99 0 0 95 151 .266 .387 .562 .949 159 271 13 2 0 3 7
LAD (1 yr) 17 17 17 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .235 .235 .235 .471 27 4 0 0 0 0 0
AL (18 yrs) 2107 8552 6963 1332 1950 379 22 508 1405 19 15 1465 2095 .280 .406 .560 .966 149 3897 139 60 1 63 129
NL (4 yrs) 378 1575 1296 234 337 65 4 96 269 0 5 260 392 .260 .384 .539 .923 138 698 20 8 0 11 41

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1991 20 CLE AL 104 -3 0 0 0 -2 0 4 -1 -0.2 1 0.1 -0.3 $100,000 5
1992 21 CLE AL 131 -6 1 1 0 -1 0 5 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $110,000 5
1993 22 CLE AL 192 8 2 -1 0 -3 0 7 13 1.3 16 1.6 -0.3 $135,000 5
1994 23 CLE AL 369 12 -1 1 -2 -4 1 13 20 1.9 24 2.3 -0.4 $325,000 *5
1995 24 CLE AL 557 44 0 -3 0 0 1 19 61 5.9 61 6.0 -0.1 $825,000 *5
1996 25 CLE AL 636 59 -5 1 -1 -0 1 21 75 7.1 76 7.2 -0.1 $1,600,000 *5 MVP-15,SS
1997 26 CLE AL 627 43 0 2 -1 -6 -9 21 50 4.9 56 5.5 -0.6 $2,625,000 *3 AS,MVP-6
1998 27 CLE AL 537 34 -1 0 0 -13 -8 17 29 2.8 42 4.1 -1.3 $4,800,000 *3 AS,MVP-21
1999 28 CLE AL 629 40 -2 1 2 -2 -11 21 49 4.6 51 4.9 -0.3 $8,225,000 *3 AS
2000 29 CLE AL 684 28 -1 0 1 6 -12 22 44 4.2 38 3.6 0.6 $8,175,000 3
2001 30 CLE AL 644 59 -1 0 0 -9 -10 22 61 6.0 70 6.9 -0.9 $7,875,000 *3 MVP-7
2002 31 CLE AL 613 75 0 2 2 -8 -10 21 82 8.1 90 9.0 -0.9 $8,000,000 *3 MVP-7
2003 32 PHI NL 698 46 -4 1 2 5 -10 18 58 5.9 53 5.3 0.6 $11,166,667 *3 MVP-4
2004 33 PHI NL 618 32 -3 -3 0 3 -9 16 36 3.7 33 3.3 0.4 $12,166,667 *3 AS,MVP-19
2005 34 PHI NL 242 -3 -3 0 1 2 -4 7 0 0.0 -2 -0.2 0.2 $13,166,667 3
2006 35 CHW AL 610 42 -2 -1 2 -0 -14 20 47 4.6 47 4.7 -0.1 $14,166,667 /3 AS,MVP-12
2007 36 CHW AL 536 32 -2 -2 0 0 -12 18 34 3.4 34 3.4 0.0 $14,833,333 /3
2008 37 CHW AL 602 16 -1 -3 -3 0 -14 21 16 1.6 16 1.6 0.0 $15,666,666
2009 38 CHW AL 417 12 -4 0 1 0 -10 15 14 1.3 14 1.3 0.0 $13,000,000
2009 38 LAD NL 17 -2 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
2010 39 MIN AL 340 32 -2 -0 -1 0 -8 12 33 3.2 33 3.2 0.0 $1,500,000 MVP-18
2011 40 MIN AL 242 8 -1 0 -1 0 -6 8 9 0.9 9 0.9 0.0 $3,000,000 D
2011 40 CLE AL 82 4 0 -0 0 0 -2 3 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ D/5
21 Seasons 10127 613 -29 -5 3 -32 -146 330 733 71.4 766 75.1 -3.7 $141,461,667
Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 5805 398 -8 4 1 -42 -59 196 488 47.0 531 51.8 -4.8 $42,795,000
CHW (4 yrs) 2165 102 -9 -6 -0 -0 -50 74 111 10.9 111 11.0 -0.1 $57,666,666
PHI (3 yrs) 1558 75 -10 -2 3 10 -23 41 94 9.6 84 8.4 1.2 $36,500,001
MIN (2 yrs) 582 40 -3 -0 -1 0 -14 20 42 4.1 42 4.1 0.0 $4,500,000
LAD (1 yr) 17 -2 0 -0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 24 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 3 14 13 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 .154 .214 .385 .599 5 0 0 0 0 0
1995 24 CLE AL ALCS SEA W 5 17 15 2 4 0 0 2 5 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .667 1.020 10 1 0 0 0 0
1995 24 CLE AL WS ATL L 6 21 19 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 5 .211 .286 .421 .707 8 0 0 0 0 0
1996 25 CLE AL ALDS BAL L 4 12 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .300 .417 .300 .717 3 0 1 0 0 0
1997 26 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 4 16 15 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 0 0 1 0 0
1997 26 CLE AL ALCS BAL W 6 19 14 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 .071 .316 .071 .387 1 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 CLE AL WS FLA L 7 33 28 8 8 0 1 2 4 0 0 5 7 .286 .394 .571 .965 16 2 0 0 0 0
1998 27 CLE AL ALDS BOS W 4 17 15 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 5 .133 .235 .533 .769 8 0 0 0 0 1
1998 27 CLE AL ALCS NYY L 6 25 23 4 7 0 0 4 8 0 0 1 8 .304 .360 .826 1.186 19 0 1 0 0 0
1999 28 CLE AL ALDS BOS L 5 21 17 7 6 0 0 4 10 0 0 4 5 .353 .476 1.059 1.535 18 0 0 0 0 0
2001 30 CLE AL ALDS SEA L 5 21 19 2 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 8 .158 .238 .316 .554 6 0 0 0 0 0
2008 37 CHW AL ALDS TBR L 4 17 16 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .125 .176 .188 .364 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 38 LAD NL NLDS STL W 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0
2009 38 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2010 39 MIN AL ALDS NYY L 3 13 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .100 .308 .100 .408 1 0 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons (15 Series) 67 251 217 35 47 2 1 17 37 0 0 29 68 .217 .320 .470 .790 102 3 4 1 0 1
1 NLDS 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 1 0 0 0
8 ALDS 32 131 115 17 22 1 0 8 18 0 0 13 40 .191 .285 .409 .693 47 0 2 1 0 1
3 ALCS 17 61 52 9 12 0 0 6 13 0 0 8 15 .231 .344 .577 .921 30 1 1 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 13 54 47 9 12 1 1 3 6 0 0 7 12 .255 .352 .511 .862 24 2 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1991 CLE AL 20 3B 27 80 12 60 8 6 .900 -2 2.67 .955 2.79
1992 CLE AL 21 3B 40 93 21 61 11 3 .882 -1 2.05 .950 2.77
1993 CLE AL 22 3B 47 121 29 86 6 10 .950 -3 2.45 .951 2.66
1994 CLE AL 23 3B 94 250 62 173 15 12 .940 -4 2.50 .948 2.62
1995 CLE AL 24 3B 134 305 75 214 16 22 .948 0 2.16 .952 2.58
1995 CLE AL 24 DH 1 1
1996 CLE AL 25 3B 150 365 86 262 17 24 .953 -0 2.32 .956 2.55 MVP-15,SS
1996 CLE AL 25 DH 1 1 MVP-15,SS
1997 CLE AL 26 1B 145 1338 1233 95 10 123 .993 -6 9.16 .992 9.23 AS,MVP-6
1998 CLE AL 27 1B 117 1093 998 85 10 97 .991 -13 9.26 .992 9.33 AS,MVP-21
1998 CLE AL 27 DH 6 6 AS,MVP-21
1999 CLE AL 28 1B 111 1019 930 83 6 93 .994 -2 9.13 .992 9.35 AS
1999 CLE AL 28 DH 34 34 AS
2000 CLE AL 29 1B 107 930 834 91 5 101 .995 6 8.64 .993 9.26
2000 CLE AL 29 DH 48 48
2001 CLE AL 30 1B 148 1265 1177 78 10 105 .992 -9 8.48 .993 9.31 MVP-7
2001 CLE AL 30 DH 5 5 MVP-7
2002 CLE AL 31 1B 128 1148 1063 75 10 118 .991 -8 8.89 .993 9.23 MVP-7
2002 CLE AL 31 DH 18 18 MVP-7
2003 PHI NL 32 1B 156 1463 1372 86 5 132 .997 5 -8 9.35 .993 9.51 MVP-4
2003 PHI NL 32 DH 2 2 MVP-4
2004 PHI NL 33 1B 134 1182 1091 84 7 103 .994 3 -4 8.77 .993 9.44 AS,MVP-19
2004 PHI NL 33 DH 6 6 AS,MVP-19
2005 PHI NL 34 1B 52 435 405 30 0 36 1.000 2 1 8.37 .993 9.52
2005 PHI NL 34 DH 5 5
2006 CHW AL 35 1B 3 21 21 0 0 1 1.000 -0 0 7.00 .994 9.40 AS,MVP-12
2006 CHW AL 35 DH 136 136 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHW AL 36 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6.00 .995 9.30
2007 CHW AL 36 DH 123 123
2008 CHW AL 37 DH 139 139
2009 CHW AL 38 DH 98 98
2010 MIN AL 39 DH 78 78 MVP-18
2011 TOT AL 40 DH 78 78
2011 MIN AL 40 DH 59 59
2011 CLE AL 40 DH 19 19
2011 CLE AL 40 3B 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60
11 Seasons 1B 1102 9900 9130 707 63 909 .994 -22 -11 8.93 .993 9.35
7 Seasons 3B 493 0 0 0.0 1214 285 856 73 77 .940 -11 0 2.31 .952 2.61
21 Seasons TOT 1595 0 0 0.0 11114 9415 1563 136 986 .988 -32 -11 6.88 .988 7.26
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1997 *
1998 (1B)
1999 (1B)
2004 *
2006 *

Awards (yr lg award)
2002 ML Roberto Clemente Award
2004 ML Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
2006 AL Comeback Player of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1996 AL (15, 2%)
1997 AL (6, 23%)
1998 AL (21, 0%)
2001 AL (7, 27%)
2002 AL (7, 18%)
2003 NL (4, 45%)
2004 NL (19, 2%)
2006 AL (12, 4%)
2010 AL (18, 1%)
1.22 Career Shares (191st)

Silver Sluggers
1996 AL (3B)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1995 AL  5.9 (9th)
1996 AL  7.1 (6th)
2001 AL  6.0 (9th)
2002 AL  8.1 (2nd)
Active  71.4 (4th)
Career  71.4 (78th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1995 AL  5.9 (7th)
1996 AL  7.1 (4th)
2001 AL  6.0 (8th)
2002 AL  8.1 (2nd)
2006 AL  4.6 (10th)
Active  71.4 (4th)
Career  71.4 (52nd)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1995 AL  6.0 (6th)
1996 AL  7.2 (4th)
1997 AL  5.5 (5th)
2001 AL  6.9 (5th)
2002 AL  9.0 (1st)
2003 NL  5.3 (10th)
Active  75.1 (6th)
Career  75.1 (43rd)

Batting Average s c a p y
1995 AL  .314 (10th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1995 AL  .438 (3rd)
1996 AL  .450 (4th)
1997 AL  .423 (3rd)
1998 AL  .413 (3rd)
1999 AL  .426 (6th)
2001 AL  .416 (3rd)
2002 AL  .445 (2nd)
2004 NL  .396 (10th)
2006 AL  .416 (5th)
2007 AL  .410 (6th)
Active  .403 (7th)
Career  .403 (50th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1995 AL  .558 (10th)
1996 AL  .612 (8th)
1997 AL  .579 (5th)
1998 AL  .584 (8th)
2001 AL  .624 (2nd)
2002 AL  .677 (1st)
2003 NL  .573 (7th)
2004 NL  .581 (7th)
2006 AL  .598 (5th)
2007 AL  .563 (5th)
Active  .556 (6th)
Career  .556 (22nd)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1995 AL  .996 (6th)
1996 AL  1.062 (3rd)
1997 AL  1.001 (5th)
1998 AL  .997 (2nd)
2001 AL  1.040 (2nd)
2002 AL  1.122 (1st)
2003 NL  .958 (7th)
2004 NL  .977 (9th)
2006 AL  1.014 (4th)
2007 AL  .973 (5th)
Active  .959 (4th)
Career  .959 (17th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  159 (7th)
Active  2,485 (3rd)
Career  2,485 (56th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  8,259 (8th)
Career  8,259 (113th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2003 NL  698 (7th)
Active  10,127 (7th)
Career  10,127 (72nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1996 AL  122 (7th)
2003 NL  111 (5th)
2006 AL  108 (7th)
Active  1,566 (4th)
Career  1,566 (52nd)

Hits s c a p y
Active  2,287 (14th)
Career  2,287 (147th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2001 AL  328 (5th)
2002 AL  325 (8th)
2003 NL  331 (5th)
Active  4,595 (3rd)
Career  4,595 (37th)

Doubles s c a p y
Active  444 (16th)
Career  444 (101st)

Home Runs s c a p y
1997 AL  40 (4th)
2000 AL  37 (10th)
2001 AL  49 (2nd)
2002 AL  52 (2nd)
2003 NL  47 (1st)
2004 NL  42 (5th)
2006 AL  42 (3rd)
2007 AL  35 (3rd)
2008 AL  34 (4th)
Active  604 (2nd)
Career  604 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 AL  124 (5th)
2002 AL  118 (7th)
2003 NL  131 (3rd)
Active  1,674 (3rd)
Career  1,674 (26th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1995 AL  97 (5th)
1996 AL  123 (2nd)
1997 AL  120 (1st)
1998 AL  89 (5th)
1999 AL  127 (1st)
2000 AL  118 (3rd)
2001 AL  111 (2nd)
2002 AL  122 (1st)
2003 NL  111 (2nd)
2004 NL  104 (8th)
2006 AL  107 (3rd)
2007 AL  95 (7th)
2008 AL  91 (6th)
Active  1,725 (1st)
Career  1,725 (8th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1995 AL  113 (9th)
1996 AL  141 (7th)
1997 AL  146 (4th)
1998 AL  141 (4th)
1999 AL  171 (1st)
2000 AL  171 (2nd)
2001 AL  185 (1st)
2002 AL  139 (5th)
2003 NL  182 (1st)
2004 NL  144 (9th)
2006 AL  147 (6th)
2007 AL  134 (9th)
2008 AL  147 (3rd)
Active  2,487 (1st)
Career  2,487 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1,213 (23rd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1995 AL  157 (5th)
1996 AL  167 (3rd)
1997 AL  156 (5th)
1998 AL  153 (4th)
2001 AL  170 (2nd)
2002 AL  197 (1st)
2003 NL  154 (6th)
2006 AL  155 (4th)
2007 AL  150 (6th)
Active  147 (4th)
Career  147 (41st)

Runs Created s c a p y
1995 AL  118 (8th)
1996 AL  146 (8th)
1997 AL  131 (5th)
2001 AL  143 (3rd)
2002 AL  155 (1st)
2003 NL  135 (5th)
2006 AL  132 (5th)
Active  1,967 (3rd)
Career  1,967 (23rd)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1995 AL  43 (6th)
1996 AL  58 (4th)
1997 AL  47 (4th)
1998 AL  39 (10th)
2001 AL  57 (2nd)
2002 AL  73 (1st)
2003 NL  48 (5th)
2006 AL  45 (4th)
2007 AL  35 (7th)
Active  632 (3rd)
Career  632 (20th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1995 AL  3.9 (6th)
1996 AL  5.1 (4th)
1997 AL  4.3 (4th)
1998 AL  3.5 (10th)
2001 AL  5.3 (2nd)
2002 AL  6.8 (1st)
2003 NL  4.5 (5th)
2006 AL  4.1 (4th)
2007 AL  3.2 (7th)
Active  58.0 (3rd)
Career  58.0 (25th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  76 (6th)
2002 AL  73 (9th)
2003 NL  80 (3rd)
Active  1,074 (3rd)
Career  1,074 (22nd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1995 AL  244 (10th)
1996 AL  286 (7th)
1997 AL  265 (10th)
2001 AL  268 (8th)
2002 AL  273 (5th)
2003 NL  269 (9th)
Active  4,080 (4th)
Career  4,080 (39th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1995 AL  .757 (4th)
1996 AL  .767 (3rd)
1997 AL  .751 (3rd)
1998 AL  .746 (3rd)
1999 AL  .721 (7th)
2001 AL  .774 (2nd)
2002 AL  .834 (1st)
2003 NL  .720 (7th)
2004 NL  .717 (10th)
2006 AL  .759 (3rd)
2007 AL  .721 (6th)
Active  .715 (5th)
Career  .715 (55th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  68 (43rd)
Career  68 (224th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Active  74 (15th)
Career  74 (118th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 AL  13 (5th)
2001 AL  14 (5th)
2002 AL  18 (2nd)
2004 NL  26 (2nd)
2006 AL  12 (8th)
2007 AL  11 (8th)
2008 AL  9 (10th)
Active  170 (6th)
Career  170 (29th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Active  159 (26th)
Career  159 (225th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1994 AL  16.1 (10th)
1996 AL  13.3 (8th)
1997 AL  12.4 (2nd)
1998 AL  14.7 (8th)
2001 AL  10.7 (1st)
2002 AL  9.2 (1st)
2003 NL  12.3 (4th)
2004 NL  12.1 (3rd)
2006 AL  11.7 (3rd)
2007 AL  12.3 (3rd)
2008 AL  14.8 (5th)
Active  13.7 (2nd)
Career  13.7 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  6,226 (9th)
Career  6,226 (116th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1995 AL  32.70 (10th)
1996 AL  52.08 (8th)
1997 AL  43.59 (7th)
1998 AL  36.63 (10th)
1999 AL  49.18 (6th)
2001 AL  51.08 (4th)
2002 AL  66.77 (1st)
2003 NL  55.37 (5th)
2006 AL  52.73 (3rd)
2007 AL  44.77 (6th)
Active  626.57 (5th)
Career  626.57 (16th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1995 AL  4.0 (7th)
1996 AL  4.5 (4th)
1997 AL  3.7 (7th)
1999 AL  3.0 (10th)
2001 AL  5.4 (4th)
2002 AL  6.2 (1st)
2003 NL  4.8 (6th)
2007 AL  2.9 (8th)
Active  50.5 (7th)
Career  50.5 (32nd)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1995 AL  3.8 (7th)
1996 AL  5.2 (4th)
1997 AL  5.2 (3rd)
1998 AL  3.7 (8th)
1999 AL  3.8 (10th)
2001 AL  5.7 (3rd)
2002 AL  6.4 (1st)
2003 NL  5.6 (5th)
2006 AL  5.1 (2nd)
2007 AL  3.5 (6th)
2010 AL  3.4 (9th)
Active  63.5 (3rd)
Career  63.5 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1995 AL  3.0 (10th)
1996 AL  4.6 (8th)
1997 AL  3.9 (7th)
1998 AL  3.3 (10th)
1999 AL  4.3 (6th)
2001 AL  4.7 (4th)
2002 AL  6.3 (1st)
2003 NL  5.4 (5th)
2006 AL  4.7 (3rd)
2007 AL  4.1 (6th)
Active  57.3 (5th)
Career  57.3 (23rd)

Putouts† s c a p y
1997 AL  1,233 (4th)
2003 NL  1,372 (2nd)
Active  9,415 (11th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
Active  136 (22nd)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  145 (5th)
2001 AL  148 (4th)
2003 NL  156 (4th)
Active  1,102 (9th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  1,233 (4th)
2003 NL  1,372 (2nd)
Active  9,130 (9th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  95 (5th)
1999 AL  83 (5th)
2000 AL  91 (2nd)
2003 NL  86 (5th)
Active  707 (9th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  10 (5th)
1998 AL  10 (5th)
2001 AL  10 (4th)
2002 AL  10 (2nd)
Active  63 (8th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1995 AL  134 (3rd)
1996 AL  150 (3rd)
Active  493 (22nd)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1995 AL  214 (5th)
1996 AL  262 (2nd)
Active  856 (21st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1994 AL  15 (4th)
1995 AL  16 (3rd)
1996 AL  17 (2nd)
Active  73 (17th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2000 AL  6 (3rd)
2003 NL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1997 AL  9.76 (4th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  9.16 (5th)
1998 AL  9.26 (3rd)
1999 AL  9.13 (5th)
2003 NL  9.35 (2nd)
Active  8.93 (10th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2003 NL  .997 (2nd)
Active  .994 (17th)
Career  .994 (57th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1994 AL  2.80 (4th)

Salary s c a p y
2005 NL  $13,166,667 (8th)
2006 AL  $14,166,667 (8th)
2007 AL  $14,833,333 (10th)
2008 AL  $15,666,666 (10th)

Oldest s c a p y
2010 AL  born 1970-08-27 (6th)
2011 AL  born 1970-08-27 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1991 AL  born 1970-08-27 (5th)
1992 AL  born 1970-08-27 (5th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 13 (181), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 118 (171), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 156 (78), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 57 (47), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Sammy Sosa (865)
  2. Frank Thomas (860)
  3. Mike Schmidt (831) *
  4. Mickey Mantle (831) *
  5. Willie McCovey (824) *
  6. Harmon Killebrew (822) *
  7. Fred McGriff (821)
  8. Manny Ramirez (817)
  9. Reggie Jackson (815) *
  10. Ken Griffey (805)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 40 
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  1. Frank Thomas (860)
  2. Reggie Jackson (824) *
  3. Fred McGriff (821)
  4. Ken Griffey (805)
  5. Gary Sheffield (803)
  6. Willie McCovey (794) *
  7. Willie Stargell (777) *
  8. Frank Robinson (766) *
  9. Rafael Palmeiro (762)
  10. Jason Giambi (721)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Edwin Encarnacion (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Chipper Jones (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chipper Jones (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Danny Tartabull (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chipper Jones (914)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Albert Belle (918)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Shawn Green (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ralph Kiner (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ralph Kiner (941) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ralph Kiner (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Carlos Delgado (888)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Carlos Delgado (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Carlos Delgado (889)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Carlos Delgado (884)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Carlos Delgado (877)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Mike Schmidt (869) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Frank Thomas (859)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Frank Thomas (860)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199120Cleveland Indians$100,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199221Cleveland Indians$110,0001994 Joint Exhibit 1
199322Cleveland Indians$135,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199423Cleveland Indians$325,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $25,000 signing bonus
199524Cleveland Indians$825,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $25,000 signing bonus
199625Cleveland Indians$1,600,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Incl. $25,000 signing bonus; $75K earned bonus
199726Cleveland Indians$2,625,0001997 AP survey
199827Cleveland Indians$4,800,000*
199928Cleveland Indians$8,225,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $50,000 earned bonus
200029Cleveland Indians$8,175,0002001 Joint Exhibit 1
200130Cleveland Indians$7,875,000*
200231Cleveland Indians$8,000,0004/3/02 AP
200332Philadelphia Phillies$11,166,6674/3/03 AP
200433Philadelphia Phillies$12,166,6674/7/04 AP
200534Philadelphia Phillies$13,166,667
200635Chicago White Sox$14,166,667
200736Chicago White Sox$14,833,333
200837Chicago White Sox$15,666,666
200938Chicago White Sox$13,000,000
201039Minnesota Twins$1,500,000
201140Minnesota Twins$3,000,000
201241Philadelphia Phillies$1,250,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$141,461,667Does not include future salaries
Disputed Salaries
*1998 - $4,825,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $50,000 earned bonus
*2001 - $8,175,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 -
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