Jim Thome

Positions: First Baseman, Designated Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 250lb (193cm, 113kg)

Born: August 27, 1970 in Peoria, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from Illinois Central College (East Peoria, IL).

High School: Limestone Community HS (Bartonville, IL)

School: Illinois Central College (East Peoria, IL)

Debut: September 4, 1991 (Age 21-008d, 16,034th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 2012 (Age 42-037d)
vs. TBR 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2018. (Voted by BBWAA on 379/422 ballots)
View Jim Thome's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1992 season

Agents: Pat Rooney SFX

Full Name: James Howard Thome

Pronunciation: \TOE-mee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

73.1

8422

2328

612

.276

1583

RBI

1699

OBP

.402

SLG

.554

OPS

.956

OPS+

147

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	CLE	@	OAK	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
2	2	Apr 3	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	44	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 4	CLE	@	ANA	L,6-8	GF	9	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
4	4	Apr 5	CLE	@	ANA	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
5	5	Apr 6	CLE	@	ANA	W,10-8	CG	40	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
6	6	Apr 7	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
7	7	Apr 8	CLE	@	SEA	L,8-14	CG	46	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
8	8	Apr 9	CLE	@	SEA	L,1-11	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
9	9	Apr 11	CLE		ANA	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
10	10	Apr 13	CLE		ANA	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
11	11	Apr 14	CLE		SEA	L,1-6	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
12	12	Apr 15	CLE		SEA	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
13	14 (1)	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
14	15	Apr 18	CLE		MIL	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
15	16	Apr 19	CLE		MIL	W,11-6	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
16	17	Apr 20	CLE		MIL	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
17	19 (1)	Apr 23	CLE		BOS	W,11-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
18	20	Apr 24	CLE	@	MIL	W,6-3	CG	43	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
19	21	Apr 25	CLE	@	MIL	W,11-4	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
20	22	Apr 26	CLE	@	MIL	L,8-9	CG	43	8.2	7	1	0	8	2	1B
21	23	Apr 27	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	8	0	0	8	2	1B
22	24	Apr 29	CLE		OAK	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
23	25	Apr 30	CLE		OAK	L,9-11	CG	49	10.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	26	May 1	CLE		OAK	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
25	27	May 3	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
26	28	May 4	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
27	29	May 6	CLE		TEX	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	15	1	0	16	1	1B
28	30	May 7	CLE		TOR	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
29	31	May 8	CLE		TOR	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
30	32	May 9	CLE	@	DET	W,5-0	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
31	33	May 10	CLE	@	DET	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
32	34	May 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-11	CG	44	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
33	35	May 12	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-4	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
34	37 (1)	May 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	13	0	1	14	1	1B
35	38	May 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
36	39	May 17	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
37	40	May 18	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
38	41	May 20	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
39	42	May 21	CLE		KCR	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
40	43	May 22	CLE		KCR	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	44	May 23	CLE		BAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
42	45	May 24	CLE		BAL	L,3-8	GS	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
43	46	May 25	CLE		BAL	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
44	47	May 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
45	48	May 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
46	49	May 28	CLE	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
47	50	May 30	CLE	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
48	51	May 31	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-8	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	52	Jun 3	CLE		CHW	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
50	53	Jun 4	CLE		CHW	L,4-9	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
51	54	Jun 5	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	49	11.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
52	55	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	16	0	0	16	2	1B
53	56	Jun 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
54	57	Jun 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-12	CG	45	8.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
55	58	Jun 10	CLE		MIL	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
56	59	Jun 11	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	15	0	0	15	0	1B
57	60	Jun 12	CLE		MIL	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	1B
58	61	Jun 14 (1)	CLE	@	STL	W,8-3	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
59	62	Jun 14 (2)	CLE	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
60	63	Jun 15	CLE	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	17	2	0	19	1	1B
61	64	Jun 16	CLE		CIN	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	8	4	1	13	0	1B
62	65	Jun 17	CLE		CIN	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
63	66	Jun 18	CLE		CIN	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
64	67	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
65	68	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,13-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
66	70 (1)	Jun 23	CLE		MIN	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
67	71	Jun 24	CLE		MIN	W,10-5	GS	34	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	72	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
69	74 (1)	Jun 29	CLE	@	NYY	L,10-11	CG	43	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
70	75	Jun 30	CLE	@	HOU	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76	Jul 1	CLE	@	HOU	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
72	78 (1)	Jul 4	CLE		KCR	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
73	79	Jul 5	CLE		KCR	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
74	80	Jul 6	CLE		KCR	W,8-7	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
75	81	Jul 10	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-8	CG	42	8.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
76	83 (1)	Jul 12	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
77	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	MIN	W,12-5	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
78	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
79	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,6-12	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
80	87	Jul 16	CLE	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
81	88	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
82	89	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,0-7	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
83	90	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
84	91	Jul 20	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	3	1B
85	93 (1)	Jul 22	CLE		SEA	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
86	94	Jul 23	CLE		SEA	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
87	96 (1)	Jul 25	CLE		OAK	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
88	97	Jul 26	CLE		OAK	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
89	98	Jul 27	CLE		OAK	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
90	99	Jul 28 (1)	CLE		ANA	L,0-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
91	100	Jul 28 (2)	CLE		ANA	L,7-10	CG	44	9.0	10	4	0	14	2	1B
92	102 (1)	Jul 30	CLE		ANA	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	103	Aug 1	CLE	@	TEX	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
94	104	Aug 2	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
95	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	TEX	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	8	1	0	9	1	1B
96	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
97	107	Aug 5	CLE	@	DET	L,4-6	CG	42	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
98	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
99	109	Aug 7	CLE	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
100	110	Aug 8	CLE		TEX	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
101	111	Aug 9 (1)	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
102	112	Aug 9 (2)	CLE		TEX	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
103	113	Aug 10	CLE		TEX	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	1B
104	114	Aug 12	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
105	115	Aug 13 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-13	CG	46	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
106	117 (1)	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
107	118	Aug 15	CLE		TOR	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	7	1	1	9	1	1B
108	119	Aug 16	CLE		TOR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
109	120	Aug 17	CLE		TOR	L,5-10	CG	46	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
110	121	Aug 18	CLE		TOR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
111	122	Aug 19	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
112	123	Aug 20	CLE	@	SEA	L,0-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PH 1B
113	124	Aug 21	CLE	@	SEA	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
114	125	Aug 22	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
115	126	Aug 23	CLE	@	OAK	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
116	127	Aug 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	2	1B
117	128	Aug 26	CLE	@	ANA	L,7-8	CG	40	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
118	130 (1)	Aug 29	CLE		CHC	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
119	131	Aug 30	CLE		CHC	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
120	132	Aug 31	CLE		CHC	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
121	135 (2)	Sep 3	CLE	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	2	1B
122	136	Sep 5	CLE		CHW	W,11-1	GS	26	7.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
123	137	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	W,9-7	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
124	138	Sep 7	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
125	139	Sep 8	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
126	140	Sep 9	CLE		BAL	L,3-9	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
127	141	Sep 11	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
128	142	Sep 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,9-0	CG	34	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
129	143	Sep 13	CLE	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	39	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
130	144	Sep 14	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
131	145	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
132	146	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
133	147	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
134	149 (1)	Sep 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
135	150	Sep 18	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
136	151	Sep 19 (1)	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
137	152	Sep 19 (2)	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
138	153	Sep 20	CLE	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	30	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
139	154	Sep 21	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-1	CG	38	8.2	7	1	0	8	1	1B
140	155	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	W,10-9	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
141	156	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	L,4-8	GS	24	5.0	5	2	0	7	3	1B
142	157	Sep 25	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	GS	22	5.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
143	159 (1)	Sep 27 (1)	CLE		MIN	W,10-6	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
144	160	Sep 27 (2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
145	161	Sep 28	CLE		MIN	L,1-5	GS	30	6.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
							145gm		1224.2	1233	95	10	1338	123