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Jim Thome

Hall-of-Famers as Seen Through Player Won-Lost Records: Jim Thome

Jim Thome was elected to the Hall of Fame in his 1st year of eligibility, 2018, with 89.8% of the vote.

Five highlights of Jim Thome's career: The first two tables below present Jim Thome's career as measured by Player won-lost records, in and out of context.

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
Value Decomposition
Season Team Age Games pWins pLosses pWORL pWOPA
1991CLE20
27
2.93.5-0.3-0.6
1992CLE21
40
3.04.2-0.8-1.1
1993CLE22
47
4.94.80.50.0
1994CLE23
98
11.08.93.22.2
1995CLE24
137
18.212.57.15.6
1996CLE25
151
20.414.17.86.2
1997CLE26
146
16.312.24.33.0
1998CLE27
123
13.910.73.62.3
1999CLE28
146
16.011.65.03.5
2000CLE29
158
16.212.83.92.3
2001CLE30
156
18.811.77.76.1
2002CLE31
147
19.413.17.05.3
2003PHI32
159
19.014.24.83.1
2004PHI33
142
16.012.93.21.7
2005PHI34
59
5.75.7-0.1-0.7
2006CHA35
143
15.810.46.64.9
2007CHA36
129
13.39.44.93.4
2008CHA37
149
13.212.32.00.3
38
124
10.38.13.21.9
2010MIN39
108
8.36.22.91.9
40
93
7.06.31.40.5
41
58
4.34.00.80.3
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
CAREER (reg. season)
2,540
273.9209.578.752.2
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
PostSeason (career)
71
6.25.51.00.4
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
COMBINED
2,611
280.1215.179.752.5


Expected Player Won-Lost Records
Value Decomposition
Season Team Age Games eWins eLosses eWORL eWOPA
1991CLE20
27
2.83.6-0.5-0.8
1992CLE21
40
3.24.0-0.3-0.7
1993CLE22
47
5.34.41.30.8
1994CLE23
98
10.49.51.91.0
1995CLE24
137
17.413.35.64.1
1996CLE25
151
19.714.96.54.8
1997CLE26
146
16.711.85.03.7
1998CLE27
123
13.910.73.42.2
1999CLE28
146
15.811.84.63.1
2000CLE29
158
16.212.93.82.2
2001CLE30
156
18.212.46.44.8
2002CLE31
147
19.912.57.96.3
2003PHI32
159
19.613.66.04.4
2004PHI33
142
16.512.44.22.8
2005PHI34
59
5.85.60.2-0.3
2006CHA35
143
15.910.36.74.9
2007CHA36
129
13.49.25.13.6
2008CHA37
149
13.611.82.91.2
38
124
10.08.32.61.4
2010MIN39
108
9.05.64.13.2
40
93
7.36.01.91.0
41
58
4.34.00.60.1
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
CAREER (reg. season)
2,540
274.8208.680.253.7
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
PostSeason (career)
71
6.25.60.90.3
------ ------ ------ ------ ------
COMBINED
2,611
281.0214.181.254.0


Jim Thome was one of the greatest hitters in major-league history. How great?

The next table shows the top 25 batters since 1947, measured by (context-neutral) batting wins over non-pitcher average.

Top Batters since 1947
(eWins over Non-Pitcher Average)
eWins eLosses WOPA_b
1Barry Bonds309.4187.3115.2
2Hank Aaron344.5241.694.1
3Willie Mays306.7208.290.3
4Mickey Mantle247.3152.589.0
5Frank Robinson285.5198.779.9
6Ted Williams172.496.971.9
7Mike Schmidt239.5165.368.0
8Willie McCovey243.3170.166.7
9Frank E. Thomas227.8161.466.0
10Manny Ramirez231.9165.765.2
11Harmon Killebrew237.7167.264.6
12Jim Thome229.9164.064.6
13Alex Rodriguez268.1203.963.2
14Reggie Jackson261.2196.762.5
15Albert Pujols280.9214.961.6
16Stan Musial236.8169.560.5
17Eddie Mathews228.3162.958.9
18Mark McGwire181.1121.058.8
19Willie Stargell219.5156.357.2
20Jeff Bagwell214.8153.156.1
21Gary Sheffield242.7183.255.0
22Carl Yastrzemski292.2233.054.1
23Chipper Jones241.3181.653.4
24Miguel Cabrera234.1179.252.6
25Dick Allen177.6122.750.8


Article last updated: September 15, 2019



All articles are written so that they pull data directly from the most recent version of the Player won-lost database. Hence, any numbers cited within these articles should automatically incorporate the most recent update to Player won-lost records. In some cases, however, the accompanying text may have been written based on previous versions of Player won-lost records. I apologize if this results in non-sensical text in any cases.

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