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Jim Thome

James Howard Thome

Positions: First Baseman, Designated Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: August 27, 1970 in Peoria, IL
High School: Limestone Community HS (Bartonville, IL)
School: Illinois Central College (East Peoria, 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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Phillies/Twins/Orioles/... 1991-2012
2013 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 20.042, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Pat Rooney SFX [*]
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #70. Eddie Murray… #71. Goose Goslin… #72. Roberto Alomar… #73. JIM THOME… #74. Yogi Berra… #75. Lou Whitaker… #76. Sam Crawford… 

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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 63 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 .882 127 168 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/D
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/D 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/D AS,MVP-21
1999 28 CLE AL 146 629 494 101 137 27 2 33 108 0 0 127 171 .277 .426 .540 .967 142 267 6 4 0 4 13 *3D 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 3D
2001 30 CLE AL 156 644 526 101 153 26 1 49 124 0 1 111 185 .291 .416 .624 1.040 170 328 9 4 0 3 14 *3/D MVP-7
2002 31 CLE AL 147 613 480 101 146 19 2 52 118 1 2 122 139 .304 .445 .677 1.122 197 325 5 5 0 6 18 *3D 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/D 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/D 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/D
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 *D/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 *D/3
2008 37 CHW AL 149 602 503 93 123 28 0 34 90 1 0 91 147 .245 .362 .503 .865 124 253 17 4 0 4 9 *D
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 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 D
2009 38 LAD NL 17 17 17 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 .235 .235 .235 .471 28 4 0 0 0 0 0
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 D 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 .827 126 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 .869 144 34 1 0 0 0 1 D/5
2012 41 TOT MLB 58 186 163 17 41 7 0 8 25 0 0 22 61 .252 .344 .442 .786 112 72 6 1 0 0 3 D/3
2012 41 PHI NL 30 71 62 9 15 2 0 5 15 0 0 8 21 .242 .338 .516 .854 126 32 2 1 0 0 1 /D3
2012 41 BAL AL 28 115 101 8 26 5 0 3 10 0 0 14 40 .257 .348 .396 .744 103 40 4 0 0 0 2 D
22 Yrs 2543 10313 8422 1583 2328 451 26 612 1699 19 20 1747 2548 .276 .402 .554 .956 147 4667 165 69 1 74 173
162 Game Avg. 162 657 537 101 148 29 2 39 108 1 1 111 162 .276 .402 .554 .956 147 297 11 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
PHI (4 yrs) 391 1629 1341 243 348 67 4 101 281 0 5 268 406 .260 .384 .541 .925 139 726 22 9 0 11 42
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
MIN (2 yrs) 179 582 482 69 128 28 2 37 99 0 0 95 151 .266 .387 .562 .949 158 271 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 28 4 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 28 115 101 8 26 5 0 3 10 0 0 14 40 .257 .348 .396 .744 103 40 4 0 0 0 2
AL (19 yrs) 2135 8667 7064 1340 1976 384 22 511 1415 19 15 1479 2135 .280 .406 .557 .963 148 3937 143 60 1 63 131
NL (5 yrs) 408 1646 1358 243 352 67 4 101 284 0 5 268 413 .259 .382 .538 .920 137 730 22 9 0 11 42

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1991 20 CLE AL 27 104 -3 0 -0 -2 0 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .481 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $100,000 5
1992 21 CLE AL 40 131 -5 1 -0 -1 0 -6 -0.6 4 -1 -0.2 .484 .496 0.0 -0.1 0 $110,000 5
1993 22 CLE AL 47 192 6 2 0 -3 0 5 0.6 6 12 1.1 .511 .503 1.5 -0.2 15 $135,000 5
1994 23 CLE AL 98 369 14 -1 -2 -4 1 7 0.7 12 19 1.8 .507 .504 2.2 -0.3 23 $325,000 *5
1995 24 CLE AL 137 557 40 0 0 0 1 41 4.0 18 59 5.6 .528 .524 5.6 0.2 59 $825,000 *5/D
1996 25 CLE AL 151 636 60 -4 -1 -0 1 56 5.4 21 77 7.2 .533 .531 7.2 0.3 77 $1,600,000 *5/D MVP-15,SS
1997 26 CLE AL 147 627 47 -0 -1 -6 -9 32 3.3 20 52 5.1 .521 .519 5.7 -1.2 58 $2,625,000 *3 AS,MVP-6
1998 27 CLE AL 123 537 35 -1 -0 -13 -8 14 1.4 18 31 3.1 .510 .508 4.3 -1.9 44 $4,800,000 *3/D AS,MVP-21
1999 28 CLE AL 146 629 36 -1 2 -2 -10 24 2.3 20 44 4.2 .515 .514 4.5 -1.1 47 $8,225,000 *3D AS
2000 29 CLE AL 158 684 29 -0 1 6 -12 24 2.4 23 46 4.4 .514 .513 3.9 -0.4 41 $8,175,000 3D
2001 30 CLE AL 156 644 53 -2 -0 -9 -10 32 3.3 22 54 5.2 .520 .519 6.0 -1.7 63 $7,875,000 *3/D MVP-7
2002 31 CLE AL 147 613 70 -0 2 -8 -10 54 5.2 20 74 7.1 .535 .531 8.0 -1.7 82 $8,000,000 *3D MVP-7
2003 32 PHI NL 159 698 44 -4 2 -6 -10 27 2.6 19 46 4.5 .517 .516 5.1 -1.6 52 $11,166,667 *3/D MVP-4
2004 33 PHI NL 143 618 27 -3 0 -2 -9 13 1.3 17 30 2.9 .509 .508 3.1 -1.1 32 $12,166,667 *3/D AS,MVP-19
2005 34 PHI NL 59 242 -4 -3 1 4 -4 -6 -0.6 7 1 0.1 .490 .496 -0.3 0.0 -3 $13,166,667 3/D
2006 35 CHW AL 143 610 40 -1 2 0 -14 27 2.8 21 48 4.6 .518 .516 4.6 -1.2 48 $14,166,667 *D/3 AS,MVP-12
2007 36 CHW AL 130 536 30 -2 0 0 -12 16 1.7 18 34 3.3 .512 .510 3.3 -1.1 34 $14,833,333 *D/3
2008 37 CHW AL 149 602 14 -1 -2 0 -14 -4 -0.1 20 17 1.8 .498 .498 1.7 -1.2 17 $15,666,666 *D
2009 38 CHW AL 107 417 11 -4 1 0 -10 -2 -0.0 14 12 1.2 .498 .499 1.2 -0.9 13 $13,000,000 D
2009 38 LAD NL 17 17 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1
2010 39 MIN AL 108 340 32 -2 -1 0 -8 21 2.3 12 33 3.4 .520 .513 3.4 -0.7 33 $1,500,000 D MVP-18
2011 40 MIN AL 71 242 8 -1 -0 0 -6 0 0.1 8 8 0.8 .500 .500 0.9 -0.6 8 $3,000,000 D
2011 40 CLE AL 22 82 4 0 0 0 -2 2 0.2 3 5 0.5 .510 .501 0.5 -0.2 5 D/5
2012 41 PHI NL 30 71 2 0 0 1 -1 2 0.3 2 4 0.4 .508 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $1,250,000 /D3
2012 41 BAL AL 28 115 -0 -0 -1 0 -3 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.1 .485 .497 0.0 -0.3 -0 D
22 Seasons 2543 10313 587 -28 3 -45 -147 370 37.5 333 703 67.8 .514 .509 72.7 -17.3 749 $142,711,667
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
CLE (13 yrs) 1399 5805 385 -7 1 -42 -57 280 27.8 191 471 45.0 .519 .512 49.5 -8.5 513 $42,795,000
PHI (4 yrs) 391 1629 70 -9 3 -3 -24 37 3.6 45 81 7.9 .509 .506 8.2 -2.7 84 $37,750,001
CHW (4 yrs) 529 2165 95 -8 1 0 -50 38 4.3 74 111 10.9 .507 .506 10.8 -4.5 111 $57,666,666
MIN (2 yrs) 179 582 39 -3 -1 0 -14 22 2.4 20 41 4.2 .512 .507 4.3 -1.3 41 $4,500,000
LAD (1 yr) 17 17 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .491 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1
BAL (1 yr) 28 115 -0 -0 -1 0 -3 -4 -0.4 4 -0 -0.1 .485 .497 0.0 -0.3 -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
2012 41 BAL AL ALWC TEX W 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
2012 41 BAL AL ALDS NYY L 3 12 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs (17 Series) 71 267 232 35 49 2 1 17 37 0 0 30 73 .211 .312 .448 .760 104 3 4 1 0 1
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 ALWC 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .333 .833 1 0 0 0 0 0
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
9 ALDS 35 143 127 17 23 1 0 8 18 0 0 13 44 .181 .268 .378 .646 48 0 2 1 0 1
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
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
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

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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 27 25 242.1 80 12 60 8 6 .900 -2 -10 2.67 2.67 .955 2.79 2.79
1992 CLE AL 21 3B 40 37 20 308.0 93 21 61 11 3 .882 -1 -5 2.40 2.05 .950 2.78 2.77
1993 CLE AL 22 3B 47 45 25 381.0 121 29 86 6 10 .950 -3 -9 2.72 2.45 .951 2.69 2.66
1994 CLE AL 23 3B 94 90 56 754.2 250 62 173 15 12 .940 -4 -7 2.80 2.50 .948 2.64 2.62
1995 CLE AL 24 3B 134 128 119 1144.2 305 75 214 16 22 .948 0 0 2.27 2.16 .952 2.61 2.58
1995 CLE AL 24 DH 1 1
1996 CLE AL 25 3B 150 144 122 1278.1 365 86 262 17 24 .953 -0 -0 2.45 2.32 .956 2.56 2.55 MVP-15,SS
1996 CLE AL 25 DH 1 1 MVP-15,SS
1997 CLE AL 26 1B 145 140 132 1224.2 1338 1233 95 10 123 .993 -6 -5 9.76 9.16 .992 9.31 9.23 AS,MVP-6
1998 CLE AL 27 1B 117 114 105 1015.2 1093 998 85 10 97 .991 -13 -15 9.60 9.26 .992 9.43 9.33 AS,MVP-21
1998 CLE AL 27 DH 6 6 AS,MVP-21
1999 CLE AL 28 1B 111 109 100 953.2 1019 930 83 6 93 .994 -2 -3 9.56 9.13 .992 9.50 9.35 AS
1999 CLE AL 28 DH 34 34 AS
2000 CLE AL 29 1B 107 106 100 932.0 930 834 91 5 101 .995 6 7 8.93 8.64 .993 9.37 9.26
2000 CLE AL 29 DH 48 48
2001 CLE AL 30 1B 148 144 138 1280.2 1265 1177 78 10 105 .992 -9 -8 8.82 8.48 .993 9.39 9.31 MVP-7
2001 CLE AL 30 DH 6 5 MVP-7
2002 CLE AL 31 1B 128 128 121 1109.1 1148 1063 75 10 118 .991 -8 -9 9.23 8.89 .993 9.33 9.23 MVP-7
2002 CLE AL 31 DH 18 18 MVP-7
2003 PHI NL 32 1B 156 155 147 1361.2 1463 1372 86 5 132 .997 5 -6 4 -5 9.64 9.35 .993 9.60 9.51 MVP-4
2003 PHI NL 32 DH 2 2 MVP-4
2004 PHI NL 33 1B 134 134 123 1179.2 1182 1091 84 7 103 .994 3 -2 3 -2 8.96 8.77 .993 9.51 9.44 AS,MVP-19
2004 PHI NL 33 DH 6 6 AS,MVP-19
2005 PHI NL 34 1B 52 52 42 436.0 435 405 30 0 36 1.000 2 4 6 11 8.98 8.37 .993 9.65 9.52
2005 PHI NL 34 DH 5 5
2006 CHW AL 35 DH 136 136 AS,MVP-12
2006 CHW AL 35 1B 3 3 0 20.0 21 21 0 0 1 1.000 -0 0 -24 0 9.45 7.00 .994 9.54 9.40 AS,MVP-12
2007 CHW AL 36 DH 123 123
2007 CHW AL 36 1B 1 1 1 8.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 6.75 6.00 .995 9.34 9.30
2008 CHW AL 37 DH 140 139
2009 CHW AL 38 DH 99 98
2010 MIN AL 39 DH 79 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 0.00 2.60
2012 TOT MLB 41 DH 36 35
2012 PHI NL 41 DH 9 9
2012 PHI NL 41 1B 4 4 2 27.0 38 35 2 1 4 .974 1 1 52 44 12.33 9.25 .992 9.30 9.18
2012 BAL AL 41 DH 27 26
12 Seasons 1B 1106 1090 1011 9548.1 9938 9165 709 64 913 .994 -21 -3 -3 -1 9.31 8.93 .993 9.44 9.35
7 Seasons 3B 493 471 367 4109.0 1214 285 856 73 77 .940 -11 0 -3 2.50 2.31 .952 2.63 2.61
22 Seasons TOT 1599 1561 1378 13657.1 11152 9450 1565 137 990 .988 -31 -3 -3 -1 7.26 6.89 .988 7.39 7.27
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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 (195th)

Silver Sluggers
1996 AL (3B)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1995 AL  5.6 (9th)
1996 AL  7.2 (6th)
2002 AL  7.1 (2nd)
Active  67.8 (5th)
Career  67.8 (87th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1995 AL  5.6 (7th)
1996 AL  7.2 (4th)
1997 AL  5.1 (9th)
2001 AL  5.2 (10th)
2002 AL  7.1 (2nd)
Active  67.8 (5th)
Career  67.8 (57th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1995 AL  5.6 (6th)
1996 AL  7.2 (3rd)
1997 AL  5.7 (6th)
2001 AL  6.0 (6th)
2002 AL  8.0 (2nd)
2003 NL  5.1 (8th)
Active  72.7 (6th)
Career  72.7 (42nd)

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  .402 (8th)
Career  .402 (53rd)

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  .554 (6th)
Career  .554 (24th)

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  .956 (5th)
Career  .956 (19th)

Games Played s c a p y
2003 NL  159 (7th)
Active  2,543 (3rd)
Career  2,543 (45th)

At Bats s c a p y
Active  8,422 (6th)
Career  8,422 (102nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
2003 NL  698 (7th)
Active  10,313 (6th)
Career  10,313 (61st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1996 AL  122 (7th)
2003 NL  111 (5th)
2006 AL  108 (7th)
Active  1,583 (5th)
Career  1,583 (50th)

Hits s c a p y
Active  2,328 (12th)
Career  2,328 (134th)

Total Bases s c a p y
2001 AL  328 (5th)
2002 AL  325 (8th)
2003 NL  331 (5th)
Active  4,667 (5th)
Career  4,667 (37th)

Doubles s c a p y
Active  451 (16th)
Career  451 (96th)

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  612 (2nd)
Career  612 (7th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
2001 AL  124 (5th)
2002 AL  118 (7th)
2003 NL  131 (3rd)
Active  1,699 (3rd)
Career  1,699 (24th)

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  1,747 (1st)
Career  1,747 (7th)

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  2,548 (1st)
Career  2,548 (2nd)

Singles s c a p y
Active  1,239 (24th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1995 AL  157 (5th)
1996 AL  167 (4th)
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 (6th)
Career  147 (47th)

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  1,991 (3rd)
Career  1,991 (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)
2010 AL  33 (10th)
Active  635 (3rd)
Career  635 (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)
2010 AL  3.2 (10th)
Active  58.3 (3rd)
Career  58.3 (24th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  76 (6th)
2002 AL  73 (9th)
2003 NL  80 (3rd)
Active  1,089 (3rd)
Career  1,089 (20th)

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  4,144 (4th)
Career  4,144 (37th)

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  .713 (7th)
Career  .713 (58th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
Active  69 (38th)
Career  69 (221st)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
Active  74 (13th)
Career  74 (119th)

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  173 (6th)
Career  173 (26th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
Active  165 (21st)
Career  165 (200th)

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  13.8 (2nd)
Career  13.8 (5th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Active  6,354 (6th)
Career  6,354 (103rd)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1995 AL  33.70 (10th)
1996 AL  52.14 (8th)
1997 AL  43.61 (7th)
1998 AL  39.34 (9th)
1999 AL  50.83 (6th)
2001 AL  56.17 (4th)
2002 AL  69.49 (1st)
2003 NL  55.37 (5th)
2006 AL  52.73 (4th)
2007 AL  46.37 (6th)
Active  652.50 (5th)
Career  652.50 (18th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1995 AL  4.0 (7th)
1996 AL  4.5 (4th)
1997 AL  3.7 (7th)
2001 AL  5.4 (4th)
2002 AL  6.3 (1st)
2003 NL  4.8 (6th)
2007 AL  2.9 (8th)
Active  51.3 (7th)
Career  51.3 (33rd)

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  3.9 (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  63.8 (4th)
Career  63.8 (13th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1995 AL  3.1 (10th)
1996 AL  4.6 (8th)
1997 AL  3.9 (8th)
1998 AL  3.5 (9th)
1999 AL  4.5 (6th)
2001 AL  5.2 (4th)
2002 AL  6.5 (1st)
2003 NL  5.4 (5th)
2006 AL  4.7 (4th)
2007 AL  4.2 (6th)
Active  59.7 (5th)
Career  59.7 (24th)

Putouts† s c a p y
1997 AL  1,233 (4th)
2003 NL  1,372 (2nd)
Active  9,450 (11th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
Active  137 (16th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  145 (5th)
2001 AL  148 (4th)
2003 NL  156 (4th)
Active  1,106 (11th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  1,233 (4th)
2003 NL  1,372 (2nd)
Active  9,165 (10th)

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  709 (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  64 (8th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1997 AL  123 (4th)
2002 AL  118 (3rd)
2003 NL  132 (2nd)
Active  913 (9th)
Career  913 (96th)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1995 AL  134 (3rd)
1996 AL  150 (3rd)
Active  493 (19th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1995 AL  214 (5th)
1996 AL  262 (2nd)
Active  856 (20th)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1994 AL  15 (4th)
1995 AL  16 (3rd)
1996 AL  17 (2nd)
Active  73 (13th)

Double Plays Turned as 3B s c a p y
1995 AL  22 (4th)
1996 AL  24 (5th)
Active  77 (23rd)

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)
Active  9.31 (13th)
Career  9.31 (92nd)

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 (16th)
Career  .994 (59th)

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)
2012 NL  born 1970-08-27 (3rd)

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 1945-1973, 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 (182), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 118 (171), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 156 (79), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 57 (46), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (10th), 67.8 career WAR/39.3 7yr-peak WAR/53.5 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Batters 
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  1. Sammy Sosa (862)
  2. Frank Thomas (854)
  3. Reggie Jackson (822) *
  4. Ken Griffey (821)
  5. Mickey Mantle (820) *
  6. Mike Schmidt (817) *
  7. Fred McGriff (813)
  8. Willie McCovey (812) *
  9. Manny Ramirez (810)
  10. Gary Sheffield (807)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Similar Batters through 41 
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  1. Reggie Jackson (822) *
  2. Willie McCovey (809) *
  3. Willie Stargell (764) *
  4. Jason Giambi (712)
  5. Ted Williams (698) *
  6. Tony Perez (683) *
  7. Dave Winfield (682) *
  8. Eddie Murray (680) *
  9. Harold Baines (671)
  10. Willie Mays (667) *
* - 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. Evan Longoria (928)  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 (928) * 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 (890)  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 (868) * 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
  19. Reggie Jackson (822) * 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/Other Sources
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$1,250,000contracts
2013 StatusSigned thru 2012, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$142,711,667
Disputed Salaries
*1998 - $4,825,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $50,000 earned bonus
*2001 - $8,175,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 -
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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