Jim Thome

1B/DH/3B · L/R · MLB · ACTIVE: 1991–2012 BORN: PEORIA, USA

All-Star ×5 Silver Slugger 1996 Hall of Fame

Career

2328 H · 612 HR · 1699 RBI · 19 SB

.276 AVG · .956 OPS · 2543 G

2012 Season

.242 AVG · 5 HR · 15 RBI · 0 SB

.338 OBP · .516 SLG · .854 OPS

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Jim Thome was a first baseman in MLB. Across 2543 career games, with a .276 batting average and 612 home runs. This page covers season stats, team history, salary history, and career profile.

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Season-by-Season Batting

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1991	CLE	27	98	7	25	4	2	1	9	1	5	16	.255	.298	.367	.665
1992	CLE	40	117	8	24	3	1	2	12	2	10	34	.205	.275	.299	.574
1993	CLE	47	154	28	41	11	0	7	22	2	29	36	.266	.385	.474	.859
1994	CLE	98	321	58	86	20	1	20	52	3	46	84	.268	.359	.523	.882
1995	CLE	137	452	92	142	29	3	25	73	4	97	113	.314	.438	.558	.996
1996	CLE	151	505	122	157	28	5	38	116	2	123	141	.311	.450	.612	1.062
1997	CLE	147	496	104	142	25	0	40	102	1	120	146	.286	.423	.579	1.001
1998	CLE	123	440	89	129	34	2	30	85	1	89	141	.293	.413	.584	.997
1999	CLE	146	494	101	137	27	2	33	108	0	127	171	.277	.426	.540	.967
2000	CLE	158	557	106	150	33	1	37	106	1	118	171	.269	.398	.531	.929
2001	CLE	156	526	101	153	26	1	49	124	0	111	185	.291	.416	.624	1.040
2002	CLE	147	480	101	146	19	2	52	118	1	122	139	.304	.445	.677	1.122
2003	PHI	159	578	111	154	30	3	47	131	0	111	182	.266	.385	.573	.958
2004	PHI	143	508	97	139	28	1	42	105	0	104	144	.274	.396	.581	.977
2005	PHI	59	193	26	40	7	0	7	30	0	45	59	.207	.360	.352	.712
2006	CWS	143	490	108	141	26	0	42	109	0	107	147	.288	.416	.598	1.014
2007	CWS	130	432	79	119	19	0	35	96	0	95	134	.275	.410	.563	.973
2008	CWS	149	503	93	123	28	0	34	90	1	91	147	.245	.362	.503	.865
2009	CWS	107	345	55	86	15	0	23	74	0	69	116	.249	.372	.493	.864
2009	LAD	17	17	0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	.235	.235	.235	.471
2010	MIN	108	276	48	78	16	2	25	59	0	60	82	.283	.412	.627	1.039
2011	CLE	22	71	11	21	4	0	3	10	0	11	23	.296	.390	.479	.869
2011	MIN	71	206	21	50	12	0	12	40	0	35	69	.243	.351	.476	.827
2012	BAL	28	101	8	26	5	0	3	10	0	14	40	.257	.348	.396	.744
2012	PHI	30	62	9	15	2	0	5	15	0	8	21	.242	.338	.516	.854
Career Totals	—	2543	8422	1583	2328	451	26	612	1699	19	1747	2548	.276	.402	.554	.956

Awards & Achievements

Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1): 2004
MLB Players Choice Man of the Year (2): 2001, 2004
Player of the Month (3): 2001, 2003, 2004
Player of the Week (8): 2001, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2011
Roberto Clemente Award (1): 2002
Silver Slugger (1): 1996
TSN All-Star (3): 1995, 1996, 2001
TSN Comeback Player of the Year (1): 2006

All-Star Selections

1997, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2006

Salary & Contract

Year	Salary
1991	$100,000
1992	$110,000
1993	$135,000
1994	$325,000
1995	$825,000
1996	$1,600,000
1997	$2,625,000
1998	$4,800,000
1999	$8,225,000
2000	$8,175,000
2001	$7,875,000
2002	$8,000,000
2003	$11,166,667
2004	$12,166,667
2005	$13,166,667
2006	$14,166,667
2007	$14,833,333
2008	$15,666,666
2009	$13,000,000
2010	$1,500,000
2011	$3,000,000
2012	$1,250,000

Career Total: $142,711,667 (22 seasons)

Average: $6,486,894

Salary data is available from 1985 onward.

TGN salary figures show base salary. Signing bonuses, accounting allocations, and luxury-tax values are listed separately where available.

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Data: Lahman Baseball Database (CC BY-SA 4.0), Cot's Baseball Contracts, Retrosheet.