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Frank Thomas
Frank Edward Thomas (Big Hurt)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 257 lb.
School Auburn University

Debut August 2, 1990

Born May 27, 1968 in Columbus, GA

Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989. (All Transactions)

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Preferred Bat: Black Rawlings 576B. (More info on Game Used Bats)

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        I still wish Frank and the Sox had never parted ways. But with 500 homers and back-to-back MVPs, and without a whisper of juicing, his HOF credentials are complete.

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 22 CHW AL  60  191   39   63  11  3   7   31   0  1  44  54  .330  .454  .529  177  101   0   3   0   2   5
 1991 23 CHW AL 158  559  104  178  31  2  32  109   1  2 138 112  .318  .453  .553  180  309   0   2  13   1  20 SS,MVP-3
 1992 24 CHW AL 160  573  108  185  46  2  24  115   6  3 122  88  .323  .439  .536  174  307   0  11   6   5  19 MVP-8
 1993 25 CHW AL 153  549  106  174  36  0  41  128   4  2 112  54  .317  .426  .607  177  333   0  13  23   2  10 SS,MVP-1,AS
 1994 26 CHW AL 113  399  106  141  34  1  38  101   2  3 109  61  .353  .487  .729  211  291   0   7  12   2  15 SS,MVP-1,AS
 1995 27 CHW AL 145  493  102  152  27  0  40  111   3  2 136  74  .308  .454  .606  179  299   0  12  29   6  14 MVP-8,AS
 1996 28 CHW AL 141  527  110  184  26  0  40  134   1  1 109  70  .349  .459  .626  178  330   0   8  26   5  25 MVP-8,AS
 1997 29 CHW AL 146  530  110  184  35  0  35  125   1  1 109  69  .347  .456  .611  181  324   0   7   9   3  15 MVP-3,AS
 1998 30 CHW AL 160  585  109  155  35  2  29  109   7  0 110  93  .265  .381  .480  125  281   0  11   2   6  14
 1999 31 CHW AL 135  486   74  148  36  0  15   77   3  3  87  66  .305  .414  .471  125  229   0   8  13   9  14
 2000 32 CHW AL 159  582  115  191  44  0  43  143   1  3 112  94  .328  .436  .625  163  364   0   8  18   5  13 SS,MVP-2
 2001 33 CHW AL  20   68    8   15   3  0   4   10   0  0  10  12  .221  .316  .441   94   30   0   1   2   0   0
 2002 34 CHW AL 148  523   77  132  29  1  28   92   3  0  88 115  .252  .361  .472  118  247   0  10   2   7  10
 2003 35 CHW AL 153  546   87  146  35  0  42  105   0  0 100 115  .267  .390  .562  146  307   0   4   4  12  11 MVP-15
 2004 36 CHW AL  74  240   53   65  16  0  18   49   0  2  64  57  .271  .434  .563  156  135   0   1   3   6   2
 2005 37 CHW AL  34  105   19   23   3  0  12   26   0  0  16  31  .219  .315  .590  131   62   0   3   0   0   2
 2006 38 OAK AL 137  466   77  126  11  0  39  114   0  0  81  81  .270  .381  .545  140  254   0   6   3   6  13 MVP-4
 2007 39 TOR AL 155  531   63  147  30  0  26   95   0  0  81  94  .277  .377  .480  125  255   0   5   3   7  14 MVP-23
 2008 40 TOT AL  31  108   13   23   3  1   3   17   0  0  22  21  .213  .351  .343   97   37   0   0   0   1   4
         TOR AL  16   60    7   10   1  0   3   11   0  0  11  13  .167  .306  .333   78   20   0   0   0   1   3
         OAK AL  15   48    6   13   2  1   0    6   0  0  11   8  .271  .407  .354  121   17   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 19 Seasons         8061      2432     12     1691     23    1361  .302  .420  .558  157        0 120 168  85 220
               2282      1480      491    516       32   1650                            4495
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        572  105  173  35  1  37  120   2  2 117  97  .302  .420  .558  157  319   0   9  12   6  16
 Career High    160  585  115  191  46  3  43  143   7  3 138 115  .353  .487  .729  211  364   0  13  29  12  25
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 22 CHW AL  240  137   49   9.6    93| .330  .257| .454  .325| .529  .384| .983  .709| 177  .806  23.2   2.3   0%
 1991 23 CHW AL  700  405  145   9.6    95| .318  .258| .453  .326| .553  .391|1.006  .718| 180  .798  69.8   6.8  33%
 1992 24 CHW AL  711  421  142   9.1    93| .323  .258| .439  .327| .536  .383| .975  .710| 174  .790  66.2   6.5  66%
 1993 25 CHW AL  676  400  149  10.0   101| .317  .264| .426  .335| .607  .404|1.033  .739| 177  .791  66.1   6.2  66%
 1994 26 CHW AL  517  283  145  13.7   111| .353  .271| .487  .343| .729  .432|1.216  .776| 211  .849  74.6   6.6  40%
 1995 27 CHW AL  647  369  144  10.4   106| .308  .266| .454  .339| .606  .419|1.060  .758| 179  .780  67.8   6.1  60%
 1996 28 CHW AL  649  377  150  10.7   111| .349  .271| .459  .343| .626  .435|1.085  .778| 178  .765  69.6   6.1  50%
 1997 29 CHW AL  649  369  153  11.1   105| .347  .266| .456  .335| .611  .421|1.067  .757| 181  .802  70.3   6.4  50%
 1998 30 CHW AL  712  455  116   6.8   108| .265  .269| .381  .338| .480  .429| .861  .766| 125  .621  26.4   2.4 100%
 1999 31 CHW AL  590  363   99   7.2   115| .305  .276| .414  .349| .471  .442| .885  .791| 125  .632  24.5   2.2  50%
 2000 32 CHW AL  707  415  163  10.5   117| .328  .279| .436  .352| .625  .448|1.061  .800| 163  .764  62.2   5.5  25%
 2001 33 CHW AL   79   54   10   5.0   110| .221  .272| .316  .339| .441  .436| .757  .776|  94  .491  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2002 34 CHW AL  628  411   96   6.2   107| .252  .267| .361  .334| .472  .429| .833  .763| 118  .605  16.6   1.6 100%
 2003 35 CHW AL  662  415  126   8.1   109| .267  .270| .390  .337| .562  .432| .952  .769| 146  .706  39.8   3.7   0%
 2004 36 CHW AL  311  180   64   9.5   111| .271  .273| .434  .341| .563  .438| .997  .779| 156  .753  23.7   2.2   0%
 2005 37 CHW AL  124   87   20   6.1   108| .219  .272| .315  .335| .590  .431| .905  .766| 131  .602   4.4   0.4   0%
 2006 38 OAK AL  559  359  100   7.4   108| .270  .272| .381  .336| .545  .432| .926  .768| 140  .656  28.8   2.6   0%
 2007 39 TOR AL  624  403   99   6.6   107| .277  .271| .377  .338| .480  .424| .857  .762| 125  .617  21.4   2.0   0%
 2008 40 TOT AL  131   89   14   4.2    93| .213  .253| .351  .324| .343  .387| .694  .710|  97  .468   0.3   0.0   0%
         TOR AL   72   53    6   3.0    96| .167  .257| .306  .328| .333  .392| .639  .720|  78  .326  -1.8  -0.2   0%
         OAK AL   59   36    8   5.9    90| .271  .249| .407  .318| .354  .380| .761  .698| 121  .624   2.1   0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 19 Seasons     9916 5992 1984   8.8   106| .302  .268| .420  .337| .558  .422| .978  .759| 157  .735 755.0  69.5  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 22 CHW AL 1B 51 428 26 5 53 .989 .992 8.90 8.36 9.72 9.63 51 420.3 DH 8 1991 23 CHW AL DH 101 1B 56 459 27 2 43 .996 .992 8.68 8.30 9.18 9.75 56 476.7 1992 24 CHW AL 1B 158 1428 92 13 112 .992 .993 9.62 6.33 9.73 6.40 157 1406.0 DH 2 1993 25 CHW AL 1B 150 1222 83 15 128 .989 .993 8.70 6.67 9.03 6.92 149 1300.7 AS DH 4 AS 1994 26 CHW AL 1B 99 735 45 7 74 .991 .992 7.88 8.49 8.10 9.57 99 867.0 AS DH 13 AS 1995 27 CHW AL 1B 90 738 34 7 67 .991 .993 8.58 8.32 9.00 9.61 89 772.3 AS DH 54 AS 1996 28 CHW AL 1B 139 1098 85 9 111 .992 .992 8.51 7.19 8.64 7.30 139 1232.0 AS 1997 29 CHW AL 1B 97 739 49 11 70 .986 .992 8.12 8.04 8.62 9.31 97 822.7 AS DH 49 AS 1998 30 CHW AL DH 146 1B 14 116 6 2 12 .984 .992 8.71 8.30 9.63 9.43 14 114.0 1999 31 CHW AL DH 83 1B 49 385 18 4 40 .990 .992 8.22 8.33 8.61 9.50 50 421.3 2000 32 CHW AL DH 127 1B 30 267 15 1 38 .996 .993 9.40 8.17 9.83 9.37 30 258.3 2001 33 CHW AL DH 16 1B 3 20 1 1 2 .955 .995 7.00 8.27 9.59 9.41 3 19.7 2002 34 CHW AL DH 140 1B 4 38 4 2 5 .955 .993 10.50 8.03 12.19 9.32 4 31.0 2003 35 CHW AL DH 124 1B 27 206 9 1 19 .995 .993 7.96 8.29 9.26 9.55 27 209.0 2004 36 CHW AL DH 65 1B 4 31 3 0 2 1.000 .994 8.50 8.00 9.47 9.31 4 32.3 2005 37 CHW AL DH 28 2006 38 OAK AL DH 135 2007 39 TOR AL DH 147 2008 40 TOT AL DH 30 TOR AL DH 16 OAK AL DH 14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 22 CHW AL 1B 51 428 26 5 53 .989 .992 8.90 8.36 9.72 9.63 51 420.3 1991 23 CHW AL 1B 56 459 27 2 43 .996 .992 8.68 8.30 9.18 9.75 56 476.7 1992 24 CHW AL 1B 158 1428 92 13 112 .992 .993 9.62 6.33 9.73 6.40 157 1406.0 1993 25 CHW AL 1B 150 1222 83 15 128 .989 .993 8.70 6.67 9.03 6.92 149 1300.7 1994 26 CHW AL 1B 99 735 45 7 74 .991 .992 7.88 8.49 8.10 9.57 99 867.0 1995 27 CHW AL 1B 90 738 34 7 67 .991 .993 8.58 8.32 9.00 9.61 89 772.3 1996 28 CHW AL 1B 139 1098 85 9 111 .992 .992 8.51 7.19 8.64 7.30 139 1232.0 1997 29 CHW AL 1B 97 739 49 11 70 .986 .992 8.12 8.04 8.62 9.31 97 822.7 1998 30 CHW AL 1B 14 116 6 2 12 .984 .992 8.71 8.30 9.63 9.43 14 114.0 1999 31 CHW AL 1B 49 385 18 4 40 .990 .992 8.22 8.33 8.61 9.50 50 421.3 2000 32 CHW AL 1B 30 267 15 1 38 .996 .993 9.40 8.17 9.83 9.37 30 258.3 2001 33 CHW AL 1B 3 20 1 1 2 .955 .995 7.00 8.27 9.59 9.41 3 19.7 2002 34 CHW AL 1B 4 38 4 2 5 .955 .993 10.50 8.03 12.19 9.32 4 31.0 2003 35 CHW AL 1B 27 206 9 1 19 .995 .993 7.96 8.29 9.26 9.55 27 209.0 2004 36 CHW AL 1B 4 31 3 0 2 1.000 .994 8.50 8.00 9.47 9.31 4 32.3 1990 22 CHW AL DH 8 1991 23 CHW AL DH 101 1992 24 CHW AL DH 2 1993 25 CHW AL DH 4 1994 26 CHW AL DH 13 1995 27 CHW AL DH 54 1997 29 CHW AL DH 49 1998 30 CHW AL DH 146 1999 31 CHW AL DH 83 2000 32 CHW AL DH 127 2001 33 CHW AL DH 16 2002 34 CHW AL DH 140 2003 35 CHW AL DH 124 2004 36 CHW AL DH 65 2005 37 CHW AL DH 28 2006 38 OAK AL DH 135 2007 39 TOR AL DH 147 2008 40 TOT AL DH 30 TOR AL DH 16 OAK AL DH 14
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 1272 Games not counted in Overall Total below 1B* 971 7910 497 80 776 .991 .993 8.66 7.56 9.03 8.27 969 8383.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 971 7910 497 80 776 .991 .993 8.66 7.56 9.03 8.27 969 8383
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1993   ALCS  CHW TOR     L   6  17   2   6  0  0  1   3  10   5  .353  .593  .529   0  0   0   0   0 
 2000   ALDS  CHW SEA     L   3   9   0   0  0  0  0   0   4   0  .000  .308  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2006   ALDS  OAK MIN     W   3  10   3   5  1  0  2   2   2   1  .500  .583 1.200   0  0             
        ALCS  OAK DET     L   4  13   0   0  0  0  0   0   2   4  .000  .133  .000   0  0             
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   6  19   3   5  1  0  2   2   6   1  .263  .440  .632   0  0   0   0   0 
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2  10  30   2   6  0  0  1   3  12   9  .200  .429  .300   0  0   0   0   0 
  4 Postseason Series   1-3  16  49   5  11  1  0  3   5  18  10  .224  .433  .429   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   CHW AL       1   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1994   CHW AL   *   2   1   2  0  0  0   1   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1995   CHW AL   *   2   1   1  0  0  1   2   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1996   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1997   CHW AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 3/5      2   5   2   4  0  0  1   3   1   0   0  0   0   0   0  .800  .833 1.400 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1993 *
1994 (1B)
1995 (1B)
1996
1997

Awards
1993-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1993-AL-MVP
1994-AL-MVP

Silver Sluggers
1991-AL--DH
1993-AL--1B
1994-AL--1B
2000-AL--DH
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-AL-3-0.46
1992-AL-8-0.28
1993-AL-1-1.00
1994-AL-1-0.95
1995-AL-8-0.22
1996-AL-8-0.22
1997-AL-3-0.44
2000-AL-2-0.73
2003-AL-15-0.05
2006-AL-4-0.44
2007-AL-23-0.00
Car-12-4.79 shares

Batting Average
1991 AL-.318-9
1992 AL-.323-3
1993 AL-.317-6
1994 AL-.353-3
1996 AL-.349-2
1997 AL-.347-1
2000 AL-.328-9
Act-.302-19

On-base %
1991 AL-.453-1
1992 AL-.439-1
1993 AL-.426-4
1994 AL-.487-1
1995 AL-.454-2
1996 AL-.459-3
1997 AL-.456-1
2000 AL-.436-4
Act-.420-4
Car-.420-20

Slugging %
1991 AL-.553-4
1992 AL-.536-3
1993 AL-.607-3
1994 AL-.729-1
1995 AL-.606-4
1996 AL-.626-6
1997 AL-.611-2
2000 AL-.625-4
2003 AL-.562-6
2006 AL-.545-10
Act-.558-9
Car-.558-22

OPS
1991 AL-1.006-1
1992 AL-.975-1
1993 AL-1.033-2
1994 AL-1.217-1
1995 AL-1.061-3
1996 AL-1.085-2
1997 AL-1.067-1
2000 AL-1.061-4
2003 AL-.952-6
Act-.978-6
Car-.978-13

Games
1991 AL-158-10
1992 AL-160-4
1994 AL-113-7
1995 AL-145-1
1998 AL-160-9
2000 AL-159-5
Act-2282-7

At Bats
Act-8061-10

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1992 AL-711-6
1994 AL-517-5
1995 AL-647-5
1998 AL-712-4
2000 AL-707-8
Act-9916-6
Car-9916-76

Runs
1991 AL-104-8
1992 AL-108-2
1993 AL-106-10
1994 AL-106-1
1995 AL-102-9
1997 AL-110-7
2000 AL-115-7
Act-1480-6
Car-1480-68

Hits
1992 AL-185-5
1994 AL-141-4
1996 AL-184-10
1997 AL-184-7
2000 AL-191-9
Act-2432-7

Total Bases
1991 AL-309-8
1992 AL-307-4
1993 AL-333-3
1994 AL-291-3
1995 AL-299-6
1996 AL-330-8
1997 AL-324-4
2000 AL-364-3
Act-4495-4
Car-4495-38

Doubles
1992 AL-46-1
1994 AL-34-3
2000 AL-44-5
Act-491-5
Car-491-51

Home Runs
1991 AL-32-5
1993 AL-41-3
1994 AL-38-2
1995 AL-40-2
1996 AL-40-8
1997 AL-35-7
2000 AL-43-2
2003 AL-42-2
2006 AL-39-5
Act-516-5
Car-516-18

RBI
1991 AL-109-5
1992 AL-115-3
1993 AL-128-2
1994 AL-101-3
1995 AL-111-5
1996 AL-134-7
1997 AL-125-5
2000 AL-143-3
2006 AL-114-8
Act-1691-3
Car-1691-22

Bases on Balls
1991 AL-138-1
1992 AL-122-1
1993 AL-112-4
1994 AL-109-1
1995 AL-136-1
1996 AL-109-5
1997 AL-109-4
1998 AL-110-2
2000 AL-112-4
2002 AL-88-7
2003 AL-100-3
2008 AL-22-5
Act-1650-2
Car-1650-9

Strikeouts
Act-1361-14
Car-1361-75

Singles
Act-1413-14

Adjusted OPS+
1991 AL-180-1
1992 AL-174-2
1993 AL-177-2
1994 AL-211-1
1995 AL-179-2
1996 AL-178-2
1997 AL-181-1
2000 AL-163-4
2003 AL-146-6
2006 AL-140-9
Act-157-3
Car-157-19

Runs Created
1991 AL-145-1
1992 AL-142-1
1993 AL-149-2
1994 AL-145-1
1995 AL-144-2
1996 AL-150-4
1997 AL-153-1
2000 AL-163-3
2003 AL-126-6
Act-1984-2
Car-1984-19

Adjusted Batting Runs
1991 AL-70-1
1992 AL-66-1
1993 AL-66-2
1994 AL-75-1
1995 AL-68-2
1996 AL-70-1
1997 AL-70-1
2000 AL-62-4
2003 AL-40-6
Act-755-2
Car-755-15

Batting Wins
1991 AL-6.8-1
1992 AL-6.5-1
1993 AL-6.2-2
1994 AL-6.6-1
1995 AL-6.1-2
1996 AL-6.1-1
1997 AL-6.4-1
2000 AL-5.5-3
2003 AL-3.7-6
Act-69.5-2
Car-69.5-16

Extra-Base Hits
1991 AL-65-9
1992 AL-72-1
1993 AL-77-5
1994 AL-73-1
1995 AL-67-7
1997 AL-70-8
2000 AL-87-2
2003 AL-77-9
Act-1019-4
Car-1019-24

Times on Base
1991 AL-317-1
1992 AL-312-1
1993 AL-288-4
1994 AL-252-1
1995 AL-294-2
1996 AL-298-3
1997 AL-296-2
1998 AL-271-5
2000 AL-308-3
2003 AL-258-7
Act-4167-2
Car-4167-29

Offensive Win%
1991 AL-.798-1
1992 AL-.790-1
1993 AL-.791-2
1994 AL-.849-1
1995 AL-.780-2
1996 AL-.765-4
1997 AL-.802-1
2000 AL-.764-5
2003 AL-.706-7
Act-.735-5
Car-.735-38

Hit By Pitch
Act-85-25

Sac. Flies
1992 AL-11-4
1993 AL-13-2
1994 AL-7-7
1995 AL-12-1
1998 AL-11-3
1999 AL-8-10
2002 AL-10-4
Act-120-1
Car-120-5

Intentional Walks
1991 AL-13-6
1993 AL-23-3
1994 AL-12-5
1995 AL-29-1
1996 AL-26-1
1999 AL-13-5
2000 AL-18-2
Act-168-6
Car-168-27

Grounded into Double Plays
1991 AL-20-9
1992 AL-19-6
1994 AL-15-6
1996 AL-25-2
Act-220-3
Car-220-49

At Bats per Home Run
1991 AL-17.5-8
1993 AL-13.4-3
1994 AL-10.5-1
1995 AL-12.3-4
1996 AL-13.2-7
1997 AL-15.1-10
2000 AL-13.5-6
2003 AL-13.0-2
2006 AL-11.9-4
Act-15.6-10
Car-15.6-23

Outs
Act-5992-10

Salary
1995 AL-$7,150,000-5
1996 AL-$7,150,000-4
1997 AL-$7,150,000-7
1998 AL-$7,000,000-8

Oldest Player
2008 AL-40-6

 

Black Ink: Batting - 21 (98) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 202 (37) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 61.4 (24) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 194.0 (42) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  5. Mickey Mantle (833) *
  6. Ken Griffey (819)
  7. Jim Thome (811)
  8. Willie McCovey (808) *
  9. Jimmie Foxx (800) *
  10. Willie Stargell (799) *
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  1. Fred McGriff (859)
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  4. Willie McCovey (779) *
  5. Mike Schmidt (774) *
  6. Willie Stargell (772) *
  7. Ted Williams (770) *
  8. Eddie Murray (760) *
  9. Harmon Killebrew (750) *
  10. Frank Robinson (732) *
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  1. Hank Greenberg (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Don Hurst (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Will Clark (936)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hank Greenberg (934) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hank Greenberg (929) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hank Greenberg (924) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Hank Greenberg (907) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Manny Ramirez (906)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jeff Bagwell (904)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jeff Bagwell (905)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jeff Bagwell (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Jeff Bagwell (917)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jeff Bagwell (913)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jeff Bagwell (879)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Jeff Bagwell (884)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Fred McGriff (867)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Fred McGriff (859)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (7th pick) of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989.

October 31, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 8, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

January 31, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

October 15, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 17, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1991Chicago White Sox$120,000
1992Chicago White Sox$620,000
1993Chicago White Sox$1,115,000
1994Chicago White Sox$2,755,000
1995Chicago White Sox$7,150,000
1996Chicago White Sox$7,150,000
1997Chicago White Sox$7,150,000
1998Chicago White Sox$7,000,000
1999Chicago White Sox$7,000,000
2000Chicago White Sox$7,100,000
2001Chicago White Sox$9,927,000
2002Chicago White Sox$9,927,000
2003Chicago White Sox$5,000,000
2004Chicago White Sox$6,000,000
2005Chicago White Sox$8,000,000
2006Oakland Athletics$500,000
2007Toronto Blue Jays$5,560,000
Career (may be incomplete)$92,074,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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