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.

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1998 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Mar 31	CLE	@	SEA	W,10-9	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
2	2	Apr 1	CLE	@	SEA	W,9-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
3	3	Apr 3	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 4	CLE	@	ANA	W,11-0	CG	33	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 5	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
6	6	Apr 6 susp	CLE	@	OAK	W,6-5	GS	38	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
7	8 (1)	Apr 10	CLE		ANA	W,8-5	CG	46	10.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	9	Apr 11	CLE		ANA	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
9	10	Apr 12	CLE		ANA	L,1-12	CG	49	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
10	11	Apr 13	CLE		SEA	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
11	12	Apr 14	CLE		SEA	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
12	14 (1)	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
13	15	Apr 18	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	13	2	0	15	2	1B
14	16	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
15	17	Apr 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	49	10.2	9	1	0	10	2	1B
16	18	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	W,14-6	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
17	19	Apr 22	CLE		CHW	L,7-14	CG	47	9.0	9	2	2	13	2	1B
18	20	Apr 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
19	21	Apr 24	CLE		BOS	L,5-7	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
20	22	Apr 25	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
21	23	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
22	24	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
23	25	Apr 29	CLE		OAK	L,4-11	CG	51	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
24	26	Apr 30	CLE		OAK	L,2-5	CG	42	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	27	May 1	CLE		TBD	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
26	28	May 2	CLE		TBD	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
27	29	May 3	CLE		TBD	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
28	30	May 5	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
29	31	May 6	CLE		BAL	W,14-5	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	3	1B
30	32	May 7	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
31	33	May 8	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
32	34	May 9	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
33	35	May 10	CLE	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
34	36	May 11	CLE	@	TBD	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
35	37	May 12	CLE	@	TBD	L,5-6	CG	54	13.1	20	3	0	23	3	1B
36	38	May 13	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-8	CG	38	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
37	39	May 14	CLE	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
38	40	May 15	CLE		TEX	W,3-2	CG	52	14.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
39	41	May 16	CLE		TEX	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
40	42	May 17	CLE		TEX	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
41	43	May 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,16-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
42	44	May 20	CLE	@	KCR	W,14-5	CG	41	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
43	45	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
44	46	May 22	CLE		TOR	W,9-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
45	47	May 23	CLE		TOR	L,2-7	CG	45	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
46	48	May 24	CLE		TOR	L,0-5	CG	42	9.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
47	49	May 25	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	35	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
48	50	May 26	CLE		DET	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
49	51	May 28	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
50	52	May 29	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-3	CG	33	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
51	53	May 30	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
52	54	May 31	CLE	@	TOR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	6	2	1	9	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	55	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
54	56	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
55	57	Jun 3	CLE	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
56	58	Jun 4	CLE	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
57	59	Jun 5	CLE	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
58	60	Jun 6	CLE	@	CIN	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
59	61	Jun 7	CLE	@	CIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
60	62	Jun 8	CLE		PIT	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
61	63	Jun 9	CLE		PIT	L,4-7	CG	45	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
62	64	Jun 10	CLE		PIT	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
63	65	Jun 14	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
64	66	Jun 15	CLE		KCR	L,6-7	GS	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
65	67	Jun 16	CLE		KCR	W,9-1	CG	33	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
66	68	Jun 17	CLE		KCR	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
67	69	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
68	70	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
69	71	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	9	0	2	11	0	1B
70	72	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	W,11-0	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
71	73	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
72	74	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
73	75	Jun 24	CLE		STL	W,14-3	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
74	76	Jun 25	CLE		STL	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
75	77	Jun 26	CLE		HOU	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
76	78	Jun 27	CLE		HOU	L,5-9	CG	52	11.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
77	80 (1)	Jun 30	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	81	Jul 1	CLE	@	MIL	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
79	82	Jul 2	CLE	@	MIL	W,7-2	CG	44	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
80	83	Jul 3	CLE	@	KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	2	0	13	1	1B
81	84	Jul 4	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
82	85	Jul 5	CLE	@	KCR	W,12-3	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
83	86	Jul 9	CLE		MIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
84	87	Jul 10	CLE		MIN	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	9	3	0	12	1	1B
85	88	Jul 11	CLE		MIN	W,12-2	GS	26	7.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
86	89	Jul 12	CLE		MIN	L,6-11	CG	48	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
87	90	Jul 13	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	14	1	0	15	2	1B
88	91	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GS	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
89	92	Jul 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
90	93	Jul 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-15	CG	47	8.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
91	94	Jul 17	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
92	95	Jul 18	CLE	@	CHW	W,15-9	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
93	96	Jul 19	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-8	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
94	97	Jul 20	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
95	98	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,7-10	CG	48	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
96	99	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,4-2	CG	35	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	1B
97	100	Jul 22	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
98	101	Jul 23	CLE		DET	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
99	102	Jul 24	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	38	11.0	11	2	0	13	3	1B
100	103	Jul 25	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
101	104	Jul 26	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
102	106 (1)	Jul 29	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
103	107	Jul 30	CLE	@	SEA	W,9-8	CG	79	17.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
104	108	Jul 31	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-12	GS	39	7.0	5	2	0	7	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	109	Aug 1	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
106	110	Aug 2	CLE	@	OAK	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
107	111	Aug 3	CLE	@	ANA	L,4-11	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
108	112	Aug 4	CLE	@	ANA	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
109	113	Aug 5	CLE	@	ANA	W,6-5	GS	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
110	114	Aug 7	CLE	@	TBD	W,5-1	GS	23	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	152 (37)	Sep 18	CLE		KCR	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
112	154 (1)	Sep 20	CLE		KCR	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
113	156 (1)	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	41	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
114	158 (1)	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-8	CG	36	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
115	159	Sep 24	CLE	@	MIN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
116	160	Sep 25	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	6	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	DH 1B
117	161	Sep 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,9-5	GS	35	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
							117gm		1015.2	998	85	10	1093	97