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Jim Thome
James Howard Thome

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.

Debut September 4, 1991

Born August 27, 1970 in Peoria, IL

Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1989. (All Transactions)

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Preferred Bat: Black Smith Finish Louisville Slugger M356 (More info on Game Used Bats)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1991 20 CLE AL  27   98    7   25   4  2   1    9   1  1   5  16  .255  .298  .367   83   36   0   0   1   1   4
 1992 21 CLE AL  40  117    8   24   3  1   2   12   2  0  10  34  .205  .275  .299   62   35   0   2   2   2   3
 1993 22 CLE AL  47  154   28   41  11  0   7   22   2  1  29  36  .266  .385  .474  131   73   0   5   1   4   3
 1994 23 CLE AL  98  321   58   86  20  1  20   52   3  3  46  84  .268  .359  .523  126  168   1   1   5   0  11
 1995 24 CLE AL 137  452   92  142  29  3  25   73   4  3  97 113  .314  .438  .558  157  252   0   3   3   5   8
 1996 25 CLE AL 151  505  122  157  28  5  38  116   2  2 123 141  .311  .450  .612  167  309   0   2   8   6  13 SS,MVP-15
 1997 26 CLE AL 147  496  104  142  25  0  40  102   1  1 120 146  .286  .423  .579  156  287   0   8   9   3   9 MVP-6,AS
 1998 27 CLE AL 123  440   89  129  34  2  30   85   1  0  89 141  .293  .413  .584  153  257   0   4   8   4   7 MVP-21,AS
 1999 28 CLE AL 146  494  101  137  27  2  33  108   0  0 127 171  .277  .426  .540  141  267   0   4  13   4   6 AS
 2000 29 CLE AL 158  557  106  150  33  1  37  106   1  0 118 171  .269  .398  .531  132  296   0   5   4   4   8
 2001 30 CLE AL 156  526  101  153  26  1  49  124   0  1 111 185  .291  .416  .624  170  328   0   3  14   4   9 MVP-7
 2002 31 CLE AL 147  480  101  146  19  2  52  118   1  2 122 139  .304  .445  .677  197  325   0   6  18   5   5 MVP-7
 2003 32 PHI NL 159  578  111  154  30  3  47  131   0  3 111 182  .266  .385  .573  154  331   0   5  11   4   5 MVP-4
 2004 33 PHI NL 143  508   97  139  28  1  42  105   0  2 104 144  .274  .396  .581  144  295   0   4  26   2  10 MVP-19,AS
 2005 34 PHI NL  59  193   26   40   7  0   7   30   0  0  45  59  .207  .360  .352   85   68   0   2   4   2   5
 2006 35 CHW AL 143  490  108  141  26  0  42  109   0  0 107 147  .288  .416  .598  155  293   0   7  12   6   4 MVP-12,AS
 2007 36 CHW AL 130  432   79  119  19  0  35   96   0  1  95 134  .275  .410  .563  150  243   0   3  11   6  10
 2008 37 CHW AL 149  503   93  123  28  0  34   90   1  0  91 147  .245  .362  .503  123  253   0   4   9   4  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 18 Seasons         7344      2048     24     1488     20    2190  .279  .406  .560  148        1  68 159  66 137
               2160      1431      397    541       19   1550                            4116
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        551  107  154  30  2  41  112   1  2 116 164  .279  .406  .560  148  309   0   5  12   5  10
 Career High    159  578  122  157  34  5  52  131   4  3 127 185  .314  .450  .677  197  331   1   8  26   6  17
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1991 20 CLE AL  104   78    9   3.1    98| .255  .261| .298  .330| .367  .397| .665  .727|  83  .333  -2.8  -0.3  50%
 1992 21 CLE AL  131   98   10   2.7    93| .205  .258| .275  .327| .299  .383| .574  .710|  62  .296  -6.1  -0.6 100%
 1993 22 CLE AL  192  122   31   6.8   103| .266  .267| .385  .337| .474  .408| .859  .745| 131  .652   8.7   0.8  66%
 1994 23 CLE AL  369  251   58   6.2   111| .268  .271| .359  .343| .523  .432| .882  .776| 126  .566  12.0   1.1  50%
 1995 24 CLE AL  557  324  118   9.7   110| .314  .272| .438  .345| .558  .429| .996  .774| 157  .757  43.1   3.9  57%
 1996 25 CLE AL  636  365  146  10.7   115| .311  .276| .450  .349| .612  .443|1.062  .792| 167  .767  57.9   5.1  50%
 1997 26 CLE AL  627  372  131   9.4   112| .286  .275| .423  .345| .579  .434|1.002  .779| 156  .751  46.6   4.3  50%
 1998 27 CLE AL  537  322  113   9.4   112| .293  .275| .413  .344| .584  .438| .997  .782| 153  .746  38.6   3.5 100%
 1999 28 CLE AL  629  367  125   9.0   117| .277  .280| .426  .353| .540  .448| .966  .801| 141  .721  36.9   3.3   0%
 2000 29 CLE AL  684  420  127   8.1   116| .269  .277| .398  .351| .531  .446| .929  .797| 132  .667  31.4   2.8 100%
 2001 30 CLE AL  644  386  143   9.9   107| .291  .267| .416  .334| .624  .429|1.040  .763| 170  .774  57.1   5.3   0%
 2002 31 CLE AL  613  347  155  11.9   103| .304  .261| .445  .328| .677  .420|1.122  .747| 197  .834  73.3   6.8  33%
 2003 32 PHI NL  698  437  135   8.3   103| .266  .260| .385  .331| .573  .417| .958  .748| 154  .720  48.0   4.5   0%
 2004 33 PHI NL  618  385  120   8.4   115| .274  .275| .396  .348| .581  .446| .977  .794| 144  .717  35.8   3.3   0%
 2005 34 PHI NL  242  160   27   4.5   112| .207  .274| .360  .345| .352  .437| .712  .782|  85  .469  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 2006 35 CHW AL  610  360  132   9.8   114| .288  .280| .416  .345| .598  .445|1.014  .791| 155  .759  44.8   4.1   0%
 2007 36 CHW AL  536  327  104   8.5   110| .275  .276| .410  .344| .563  .431| .973  .775| 150  .721  34.7   3.2   0%
 2008 37 CHW AL  602  401   93   6.2   110| .245  .274| .362  .343| .503  .430| .865  .773| 123  .601  17.6   1.7 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 18 Seasons     9029 5522 1777   8.6   111| .279  .272| .406  .343| .560  .433| .966  .776| 148  .719 574.5  52.5  48%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / 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 ------+
1991 20 CLE AL 3B 27 12 60 8 6 .900 .955 2.67 2.33 2.67 2.79 27 242.3 1992 21 CLE AL 3B 40 21 61 11 3 .882 .950 2.05 2.40 2.40 2.78 37 308.0 1993 22 CLE AL 3B 47 29 86 6 10 .950 .951 2.45 2.31 2.72 2.69 45 381.0 1994 23 CLE AL 3B 94 62 173 15 12 .940 .948 2.50 2.34 2.80 2.64 90 754.7 1995 24 CLE AL 3B 134 75 214 16 22 .948 .952 2.16 2.19 2.27 2.61 128 1144.7 DH 1 1996 25 CLE AL 3B 150 86 262 17 24 .953 .956 2.32 2.18 2.45 2.56 144 1278.3 DH 1 1997 26 CLE AL 1B 145 1233 95 10 123 .993 .992 9.16 6.90 9.76 7.35 140 1224.7 AS 1998 27 CLE AL 1B 117 998 85 10 97 .991 .992 9.26 8.30 9.60 8.86 114 1015.7 AS DH 6 AS 1999 28 CLE AL 1B 111 930 83 6 93 .994 .992 9.13 8.33 9.56 9.44 109 953.7 AS DH 36 AS 2000 29 CLE AL 1B 106 830 91 5 101 .995 .993 8.69 8.17 8.98 9.37 105 923.0 DH 48 2001 30 CLE AL 1B 148 1176 78 10 105 .992 .993 8.47 6.76 8.81 7.03 144 1280.7 DH 6 2002 31 CLE AL 1B 128 1064 75 10 118 .991 .993 8.90 7.81 9.24 8.11 128 1109.3 DH 18 2003 32 PHI NL 1B 156 1373 86 5 132 .997 .993 9.35 6.41 9.64 6.61 155 1361.7 DH 2 2004 33 PHI NL 1B 134 1090 84 7 103 .994 .993 8.76 7.46 8.96 7.63 134 1179.7 AS DH 6 AS 2005 34 PHI NL 1B 52 404 30 0 36 1.000 .993 8.35 8.29 8.96 9.64 52 436.0 DH 5 2006 35 CHW AL DH 136 AS 1B 3 21 0 0 1 1.000 .995 7.00 8.00 9.45 9.50 3 20.0 AS 2007 36 CHW AL DH 123 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 6.00 7.90 6.75 9.34 1 8.0 2008 37 CHW AL DH 139
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 26 CLE AL 1B 145 1233 95 10 123 .993 .992 9.16 6.90 9.76 7.35 140 1224.7 1998 27 CLE AL 1B 117 998 85 10 97 .991 .992 9.26 8.30 9.60 8.86 114 1015.7 1999 28 CLE AL 1B 111 930 83 6 93 .994 .992 9.13 8.33 9.56 9.44 109 953.7 2000 29 CLE AL 1B 106 830 91 5 101 .995 .993 8.69 8.17 8.98 9.37 105 923.0 2001 30 CLE AL 1B 148 1176 78 10 105 .992 .993 8.47 6.76 8.81 7.03 144 1280.7 2002 31 CLE AL 1B 128 1064 75 10 118 .991 .993 8.90 7.81 9.24 8.11 128 1109.3 2003 32 PHI NL 1B 156 1373 86 5 132 .997 .993 9.35 6.41 9.64 6.61 155 1361.7 2004 33 PHI NL 1B 134 1090 84 7 103 .994 .993 8.76 7.46 8.96 7.63 134 1179.7 2005 34 PHI NL 1B 52 404 30 0 36 1.000 .993 8.35 8.29 8.96 9.64 52 436.0 2006 35 CHW AL 1B 3 21 0 0 1 1.000 .995 7.00 8.00 9.45 9.50 3 20.0 2007 36 CHW AL 1B 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 6.00 7.90 6.75 9.34 1 8.0 1991 20 CLE AL 3B 27 12 60 8 6 .900 .955 2.67 2.33 2.67 2.79 27 242.3 1992 21 CLE AL 3B 40 21 61 11 3 .882 .950 2.05 2.40 2.40 2.78 37 308.0 1993 22 CLE AL 3B 47 29 86 6 10 .950 .951 2.45 2.31 2.72 2.69 45 381.0 1994 23 CLE AL 3B 94 62 173 15 12 .940 .948 2.50 2.34 2.80 2.64 90 754.7 1995 24 CLE AL 3B 134 75 214 16 22 .948 .952 2.16 2.19 2.27 2.61 128 1144.7 1996 25 CLE AL 3B 150 86 262 17 24 .953 .956 2.32 2.18 2.45 2.56 144 1278.3 1995 24 CLE AL DH 1 1996 25 CLE AL DH 1 1998 27 CLE AL DH 6 1999 28 CLE AL DH 36 2000 29 CLE AL DH 48 2001 30 CLE AL DH 6 2002 31 CLE AL DH 18 2003 32 PHI NL DH 2 2004 33 PHI NL DH 6 2005 34 PHI NL DH 5 2006 35 CHW AL DH 136 2007 36 CHW AL DH 123 2008 37 CHW AL DH 139
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B*1101 9125 707 63 909 .994 .993 8.93 7.47 9.30 8.00 1085 9512.3 DH 527 Games not counted in Overall Total below 3B* 492 285 856 73 77 .940 .952 2.32 2.25 2.50 2.63 471 4109.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1593 9410 1563 136 986 .988 .988 6.89 5.86 7.25 6.38 1556 13621
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   3  13   1   2  0  0  1   3   1   6  .154  .214  .385   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE SEA     W   5  15   2   4  0  0  2   5   2   3  .267  .353  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE ATL     L   6  19   1   4  1  0  1   2   2   5  .211  .286  .421   0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   ALDS  CLE BAL     L   4  10   1   3  0  0  0   0   1   5  .300  .417  .300   0  0   0   0   1 
 1997   ALDS  CLE NYY     W   4  15   1   3  0  0  0   1   0   5  .200  .200  .200   0  0   1   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE BAL     W   6  14   3   1  0  0  0   0   5   4  .071  .316  .071   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CLE FLA     L   7  28   8   8  0  1  2   4   5   7  .286  .394  .571   0  0   0   0   0 
 1998   ALDS  CLE BOS     W   4  15   2   2  0  0  2   2   2   5  .133  .235  .533   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  CLE NYY     L   6  23   4   7  0  0  4   8   1   8  .304  .360  .826   0  0   0   0   1 
 1999   ALDS  CLE BOS     L   5  17   7   6  0  0  4  10   4   5  .353  .476 1.059   0  0   0   0   0 
 2001   ALDS  CLE SEA     L   5  19   2   3  0  0  1   1   2   8  .158  .238  .316   0  0   0   0   0 
 2008   ALDS  CHW TBR     L   4  16   1   2  1  0  0   1   1   3  .125  .176  .188   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  7 Lg Div Series       3-4  29 105  15  21  1  0  8  18  11  37  .200  .282  .438   0  0   1   0   1 
  3 Lg Champ Series     2-1  17  52   9  12  0  0  6  13   8  15  .231  .344  .577   0  0   0   0   1 
  2 World Series        0-2  13  47   9  12  1  1  3   6   7  12  .255  .352  .511   0  0   0   0   0 
 12 Postseason Series   5-7  59 204  33  45  2  1 17  37  26  64  .221  .315  .490   0  0   1   0   2 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1997   CLE AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1998   CLE AL   *   2   1   0  0  0  0   0   2   1   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 1999   CLE AL   *   2   1   1  0  0  0   1   1   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 1B 
 2004   PHI NL       2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1   0  0   0   0   0           
 2006   CHW AL       1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/5      2   8   2   1  0  0  0   1   3   2   0  0   0   0   0  .125  .364  .125 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
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
1997 *
1998 (1B)
1999 (1B)
2004 *
2006 *

Awards
2002-ML-Roberto Clemente Award
2004-ML-Lou Gehrig Memorial Award

Silver Sluggers
1996-AL--3B

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1996-AL-15-0.02
1997-AL-6-0.23
1998-AL-21-0.00
2001-AL-7-0.27
2002-AL-7-0.18
2003-NL-4-0.45
2004-NL-19-0.02
2006-AL-12-0.04
Car-188-1.21 shares

Batting Average
1995 AL-.314-10

On-base %
1995 AL-.438-3
1996 AL-.450-4
1997 AL-.423-3
1998 AL-.413-3
1999 AL-.426-6
2001 AL-.416-3
2002 AL-.445-2
2004 NL-.396-10
2006 AL-.416-5
2007 AL-.410-6
Act-.406-9
Car-.406-45

Slugging %
1995 AL-.558-10
1996 AL-.612-8
1997 AL-.579-5
1998 AL-.584-8
2001 AL-.624-2
2002 AL-.677-1
2003 NL-.573-7
2004 NL-.581-7
2006 AL-.598-5
2007 AL-.563-5
Act-.560-7
Car-.560-19

OPS
1995 AL-.996-6
1996 AL-1.062-3
1997 AL-1.001-5
1998 AL-.998-2
2001 AL-1.040-2
2002 AL-1.122-1
2003 NL-.958-7
2004 NL-.977-9
2006 AL-1.014-4
2007 AL-.973-5
Act-.966-8
Car-.966-18

Games
2003 NL-159-7
Act-2160-10

At Bats
Act-7344-18

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2003 NL-698-7
Act-9029-13

Runs
1996 AL-122-7
2003 NL-111-5
2006 AL-108-7
Act-1431-10
Car-1431-76

Hits
Act-2048-22

Total Bases
2001 AL-328-5
2002 AL-325-8
2003 NL-331-5
Act-4116-10
Car-4116-68

Doubles
Act-397-25

Home Runs
1997 AL-40-4
2000 AL-37-10
2001 AL-49-2
2002 AL-52-2
2003 NL-47-1
2004 NL-42-5
2006 AL-42-3
2007 AL-35-3
2008 AL-34-4
Act-541-5
Car-541-14

RBI
2001 AL-124-5
2002 AL-118-7
2003 NL-131-3
Act-1488-10
Car-1488-51

Bases on Balls
1995 AL-97-5
1996 AL-123-2
1997 AL-120-1
1998 AL-89-5
1999 AL-127-1
2000 AL-118-3
2001 AL-111-2
2002 AL-122-1
2003 NL-111-2
2004 NL-104-8
2006 AL-107-3
2007 AL-95-7
2008 AL-91-6
Act-1550-3
Car-1550-15

Strikeouts
1995 AL-113-9
1996 AL-141-7
1997 AL-146-4
1998 AL-141-4
1999 AL-171-1
2000 AL-171-2
2001 AL-185-1
2002 AL-139-5
2003 NL-182-1
2004 NL-144-9
2006 AL-147-6
2007 AL-134-9
2008 AL-147-3
Act-2190-2
Car-2190-3

Adjusted OPS+
1995 AL-157-5
1996 AL-167-3
1997 AL-156-5
1998 AL-153-4
2001 AL-170-2
2002 AL-197-1
2003 NL-154-6
2006 AL-155-4
2007 AL-150-6
Act-148-5
Car-148-38

Runs Created
1995 AL-118-8
1996 AL-146-8
1997 AL-131-5
2001 AL-143-3
2002 AL-155-1
2003 NL-135-5
2006 AL-132-5
Act-1777-7
Car-1777-37

Adjusted Batting Runs
1995 AL-43-6
1996 AL-58-4
1997 AL-47-4
1998 AL-39-10
2001 AL-57-2
2002 AL-73-1
2003 NL-48-5
2006 AL-45-4
2007 AL-35-7
Act-575-5
Car-575-25

Batting Wins
1995 AL-3.9-6
1996 AL-5.1-4
1997 AL-4.3-4
1998 AL-3.5-10
2001 AL-5.3-2
2002 AL-6.8-1
2003 NL-4.5-5
2006 AL-4.1-4
2007 AL-3.2-7
Act-52.5-5
Car-52.5-32

Extra-Base Hits
2001 AL-76-6
2002 AL-73-9
2003 NL-80-3
Act-962-10
Car-962-39

Times on Base
1995 AL-244-10
1996 AL-286-7
1997 AL-265-10
2001 AL-268-8
2002 AL-273-5
2003 NL-269-9
Act-3664-8
Car-3664-69

Offensive Win%
1995 AL-.757-4
1996 AL-.767-3
1997 AL-.751-3
1998 AL-.746-3
1999 AL-.721-7
2001 AL-.774-2
2002 AL-.834-1
2003 NL-.720-7
2004 NL-.717-10
2006 AL-.759-3
2007 AL-.721-6
Act-.719-8
Car-.719-53

Sac. Flies
Act-68-22

Intentional Walks
1999 AL-13-5
2001 AL-14-5
2002 AL-18-2
2004 NL-26-2
2006 AL-12-8
2007 AL-11-8
2008 AL-9-10
Act-159-8
Car-159-33

At Bats per Home Run
1994 AL-16.1-10
1996 AL-13.3-8
1997 AL-12.4-2
1998 AL-14.7-8
2001 AL-10.7-1
2002 AL-9.2-1
2003 NL-12.3-4
2004 NL-12.1-3
2006 AL-11.7-3
2007 AL-12.3-3
2008 AL-14.8-5
Act-13.6-2
Car-13.6-4

Outs
Act-5522-19

Salary
2005 NL-$13,166,667-8
2006 AL-$14,166,667-8
2007 AL-$14,833,333-9
2008 AL-$15,666,666-10

Youngest Player
1991 AL-20-5
1992 AL-21-5

       

Black Ink: Batting - 13 (178) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 118 (166) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 52.1 (63) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 145.5 (88) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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  5. Charlie Keller (916)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  9. Ralph Kiner (936) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ralph Kiner (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Carlos Delgado (908)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  14. Carlos Delgado (884)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Harmon Killebrew (875) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 18, 1989.

October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

December 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 25, 2005: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with cash to the Chicago White Sox for a player to be named later, Aaron Rowand, and Daniel Haigwood (minors). The Chicago White Sox sent Gio Gonzalez (minors) (December 8, 2005) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1991Cleveland Indians$100,000
1992Cleveland Indians$110,000
1993Cleveland Indians$135,000
1994Cleveland Indians$325,000
1995Cleveland Indians$825,000
1996Cleveland Indians$1,600,000
1997Cleveland Indians$2,625,000
1998Cleveland Indians$4,800,000
1999Cleveland Indians$8,225,000
2000Cleveland Indians$8,175,000
2001Cleveland Indians$7,875,000
2002Cleveland Indians$8,000,000
2003Philadelphia Phillies$11,166,667
2004Philadelphia Phillies$12,166,667
2005Philadelphia Phillies$13,166,667
2006Chicago White Sox$14,166,667
2007Chicago White Sox$14,833,333
2008Chicago White Sox$15,666,666
Career (may be incomplete)$123,961,667

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