Jim Thome

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 250 lb

BornAugust 27, 1970 · Peoria, IL, USA

MLB debutSeptember 4, 1991

Final gameOctober 3, 2012

Seasons22 (1991–2012)

Cleveland Indians 1991–2002; Philadelphia Phillies 2003–2005; Chicago White Sox 2006–2009; Los Angeles Dodgers 2009; Minnesota Twins 2010; Cleveland Indians 2011; Minnesota Twins 2011; Baltimore Orioles 2012; Philadelphia Phillies 2012

Percentile snapshot

2008 season — qualified batters

149

51.7

602

40.1

503

25.2

71.4

123

14.3

33.3

91.2

RBI

68.7

91.2

147

5.4

10.2

84.4

.245

9.5

OBP

.362

63.3

SLG

.503

74.1

OPS

.865

68.7

wRC+

123.2

66.7

OPS+

123.9

67.3

wOBA

.376

sWAR

2.2

40.8

of 148 qualified 2008 batters (min 505 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

145.6

97.6

OPS+

146.2

97.3

sWAR

74.3

99.7

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1991	27	104	98	7	25	4	2	1	9	5	16	1	1	.255	.298	.367	.665	79.6	82.9	.300	0.1
1992	40	131	117	8	24	3	1	2	12	10	34	2	0	.205	.275	.299	.574	57.1	62.6	.264	-0.1
1993	47	192	154	28	41	11	0	7	22	29	36	2	1	.266	.385	.474	.859	132.0	130.5	.386	1.5
1994	98	369	321	58	86	20	1	20	52	46	84	3	3	.268	.359	.523	.882	125.7	128.3	.381	2.5
1995	137	557	452	92	142	29	3	25	73	97	113	4	3	.314	.438	.558	.996	160.6	158.3	.439	6.2
1996	151	636	505	122	157	28	5	38	116	123	141	2	2	.311	.450	.612	1.062	166.8	167.8	.456	7.5
1997	147	627	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	120	146	1	1	.286	.423	.579	1.001	156.4	156.4	.430	5.2
1998	123	537	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	89	141	1	0	.293	.413	.584	.997	153.3	154.1	.425	4.3
1999	146	629	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	127	171	0	0	.277	.426	.540	.967	141.6	141.5	.418	4.0
2000	158	684	557	106	150	33	1	37	106	118	171	1	0	.269	.398	.531	.929	131.9	130.6	.404	3.7
2001	156	644	526	101	153	26	1	49	124	111	185	0	1	.291	.416	.624	1.040	165.3	167.3	.436	6.0
2002	147	613	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	122	139	1	2	.304	.445	.677	1.122	188.1	194.5	.463	7.3
2003	159	698	578	111	154	30	3	47	131	111	182	0	3	.266	.385	.573	.958	143.7	143.8	.409	4.8
2004	143	618	508	97	139	28	1	42	105	104	144	0	2	.274	.396	.581	.977	143.4	148.4	.407	4.0
2005	59	242	193	26	40	7	0	7	30	45	59	0	0	.207	.360	.352	.712	90.0	85.9	.328	0.0
2006	143	610	490	108	141	26	0	42	109	107	147	0	0	.288	.416	.598	1.014	154.4	155.9	.427	4.7
2007	130	536	432	79	119	19	0	35	96	95	134	0	1	.275	.410	.563	.973	149.3	150.2	.419	3.6
2008	149	602	503	93	123	28	0	34	90	91	147	1	0	.245	.362	.503	.865	123.2	123.9	.376	2.2
2009	124	434	362	55	90	15	0	23	77	69	123	0	0	.249	.366	.481	.847	119.2	117.5	.370	1.4
2010	108	340	276	48	78	16	2	25	59	60	82	0	0	.283	.412	.627	1.039	180.2	179.7	.443	3.5
2011	93	324	277	32	71	16	0	15	50	46	92	0	0	.256	.361	.477	.838	131.0	130.0	.366	1.4
2012	58	186	163	17	41	7	0	8	25	22	61	0	0	.252	.344	.442	.786	111.9	111.9	.342	0.4

Career totals

2,543

51st-most career G

10,313

66th-most career PA

8,422

113th-most career AB

1,583

51st-most career R

2,328

147th-most career H

451

109th-most career 2B

612

8th-most career HR

RBI

1,699

28th-most career RBI

1,747

7th-most career BB

2,548

2nd-most career SO

.2764

OBP

.4019

61st-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.5541

27th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.9560

24th-highest career OPS

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
2000-06-27	CLE @ KC Gameday	4	3	4	2	2	4	1	12
2001-07-06	STL @ CLE Gameday	5	3	3	0	3	6	0	12
1994-07-22	CWS @ CLE Gameday	4	3	3	0	3	3	0	12
2001-06-02	CLE @ NYY Gameday	5	3	4	1	2	2	0	11
1996-08-18	DET @ CLE Gameday	5	3	4	0	2	6	0	10

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 2018 (BBWAA)

1× Silver Slugger5× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.