Frank
Thomas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 240
 
Born: May 27, 1968
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Silver Slugger Award 2003   
Most Valuable Player 2003   
All-Star Selections 2001    2002    2003   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 33 CHA AL $ 4,963,500 10 7 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 15 9 11 14 6 9 6 5 6
2002 34 CHA AL $ 12,600,000 10 7 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 15 9 11 14 6 9 6 5 6
2003 35 CHA AL $ 12,600,000 10 7 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 15 9 11 14 6 9 6 5 6
2004 36 MIN AL $ 12,600,000 10 7 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 15 9 11 14 6 9 6 5 6
2005 37 MIN AL $ 9,600,000 9 6 7 8 6 7 0 0 0 13 7 9 13 6 8 6 5 5
2006 38 MIN AL $ 9,600,000 9 5 6 7 6 6 0 0 0 12 6 8 12 5 7 5 4 4
2007 39 STL NL $ 1,750,000 7 3 4 5 3 4 0 0 0 9 3 5 11 4 6 4 3 3
2008 40 SFN NL $ 500,000 5 1 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 2 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 500,000 5 1 2 4 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 9 2 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 12,600,000 10 7 8 9 8 8 0 0 0 15 9 11 14 6 9 6 5 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2001 33 CHA AL 148 553 107 186 46 0 41 130 2 0 103 83 .336 .443 .642 1.085 138.4 30.0
2002 34 CHA AL 159 580 120 183 39 0 36 122 1 0 112 96 .316 .427 .569 .996 135.4 29.6
2003 35 CHA AL 159 588 125 216 50 0 41 154 10 2 111 84 .367 .468 .662 1.129 159.7 39.9
2004 36 MIN AL 153 563 109 167 47 0 35 125 6 2 92 83 .297 .397 .567 .964 122.2 22.0
2005 37 MIN AL 157 577 110 177 44 0 32 116 11 0 93 87 .307 .406 .549 .956 126.5 24.1
2006 38 MIN AL 157 584 94 158 40 0 21 80 0 0 89 91 .271 .371 .447 .818 95.8 16.0
2007 39 STL NL 106 238 38 67 13 0 15 45 0 0 46 40 .282 .400 .525 .925 46.9 9.0
2008 40 SFN NL 85 115 14 19 1 0 3 16 0 0 17 27 .165 .273 .252 .525 7.8 0.0
8 Years Sim 1124 3798 717 1173 280 0 224 788 30 4 663 591 .309 .414 .560 .973 832.6 170.7
162 Game Average 547 103 169 40 0 32 113 4 0 95 85 .309 .414 .560 .973 120.0  
Career Highs 159 588 125 216 50 0 41 154 11 2 112 96 .367 .468 .662 1.129 159.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2809 489 811 204 0 144 556 14 3 363 458 .289 .374 .515 .889 518.9
vs LH   989 228 362 76 0 80 232 5 1 300 133 .366 .513 .686 1.198 315.3
Home 558 1874 351 580 143 0 109 382 9 3 323 300 .309 .414 .560 .974 410.2
Away 566 1924 366 593 137 0 115 406 10 1 340 291 .308 .413 .559 .972 424.0
RISP   1083 0 339 80 0 72 553 0 0 228 171 .313 .425 .586 1.012 260.9
Pinch Hitting   91 16 18 4 0 5 17 0 0 17 21 .198 .324 .407 .731 13.4
Close/Late   359 51 106 32 0 17 65 0 0 86 64 .295 .431 .526 .958 81.0
Mar/Apr 159 573 105 194 44 0 37 129 2 1 89 95 .339 .428 .609 1.037 135.4
May 199 653 118 187 45 0 37 125 1 2 120 88 .286 .399 .525 .925 133.8
June 193 661 137 218 55 0 49 153 3 1 118 100 .330 .432 .635 1.067 165.0
July 176 600 109 166 39 0 30 109 7 0 108 101 .277 .393 .492 .885 116.1
August 203 675 141 223 49 0 40 151 4 0 122 96 .330 .435 .581 1.016 158.7
Sep/Oct 194 636 107 185 48 0 31 121 2 0 106 111 .291 .392 .513 .905 125.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2001 33 CHA AL LF 2 2 18.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2002 34 CHA AL 1B 2 0 5.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 14.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2004 36 MIN AL 1B 26 25 230.0 242 15 5 26 .981 10.06 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 2 1 16.0 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2005 37 MIN AL 1B 155 155 1367.7 1543 96 8 154 .995 10.79 0 0 .000 0 4.1
2006 38 MIN AL 1B 8 8 68.0 82 3 2 8 .977 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2007 39 STL NL 2B 10 9 79.7 13 19 2 6 .941 3.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 13 5 54.3 65 3 0 4 1.000 11.26 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 7 5 53.0 51 1 1 0 .981 8.83 11 0 .000 18 0.0
    RF 1 0 6.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 40 SFN NL 1B 38 16 175.3 191 15 3 22 .986 10.57 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 242 209 1900.3 2131 132 18 214 .992 10.72 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  2B 10 9 79.7 13 19 2 6 .941 3.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  C 7 5 53.0 51 1 1 0 .981 8.83 11 0 .000 18 0.0
  3B 3 1 20.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 2 2 18.0 3 0 1 0 .750 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 1 0 6.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   265 226 2077.0 2198 156 23 220 .990 10.20 11 0 .000 18 5.5
Career Highs   155 155 1367.7 1543 96 8 154 1.000 14.40 11 0 .000 18  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2004 36 MIN AL 4 13 2 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 5 3 .154 .389 .385 .774
2005 37 MIN AL 3 12 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .417 .417 .583 1.000
2006 38 MIN AL 8 29 6 8 2 0 3 5 0 0 4 2 .276 .364 .655 1.019
Career Post-Season Batting 15 54 10 15 4 0 4 8 0 0 9 6 .278 .381 .574 .955
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2001-1-.336
2002-6-.316
2003-1-.367
CAR-13-.309
On-Base Pct
2001-3-.443
2002-5-.427
2003-1-.468
2004-8-.397
2005-10-.406
CAR-4-.414
Slugging Pct
2001-2-.642
2002-5-.569
2003-1-.662
2004-3-.567
2005-6-.549
CAR-6-.560
OPS
2001-2-1.085
2002-5-.996
2003-1-1.129
2004-4-.964
2005-7-.956
CAR-5-.973
XR
2001-4-138.4
2002-4-135.4
2003-2-159.7
2004-10-122.2
2005-6-126.5
Runs
2002-10-120
2003-10-125
Hits
2001-10-186
2003-3-216
Total Bases
2001-5-355
2002-10-330
2003-3-389
2005-10-317
Doubles
2001-4-46
2003-5-50
2004-5-47
2005-4-44
2006-7-40
Homeruns
2001-4-41
2003-5-41
2005-9-32
RBIs
2001-4-130
2003-3-154
2004-9-125
2005-9-116
Walks
2001-8-103
2002-5-112
2003-6-111
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 20)
   Gray Ink Test: 83    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 54)
 
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  1. Scott Melson (950)
  2. Jeff Bagwell (921)
  3. Carlos Ramirez (883)
  4. Timothy Barela (879)
  5. Leif Hoffman (873)
  6. Lewis Grandy (861)
  7. Jim Thome (855)
  8. Victor Soto (849)
  9. Tony Clark (848)
  10. Ramon Lopez (831)
History
Had 500th career homerun on 4/9/2005, off Mark Applewhite (DET)
Had 500th career homerun on 4/12/2005, off Dan Perez (TEX)
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland on 4/4/2007 to a 1-year deal worth $1,750,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Chicago (A) on 4/10/2007
Traded from Cleveland to St. Louis on 7/31/2007 (Going to CLE: P S. Sensabaugh. Going to STL: 1B F. Thomas)