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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:

Jim Thome is the king of the "three true outcomes". He is eighth in major-league history with 612 career home runs. He is seventh in major-league history with 1,747 career walks. He is second in major-league history with 2,548 career strikeouts.

Jim Thome scored 100 or more runs in a season eight times. He had 100 or more RBI nine times. He drew 100 or more walks in a season nine times. He did all three in the same season eight times.

Jim Thome holds the major-league record with 13 career walkoff home runs. Fittingly, Thome is the only player whose 500th career home run was a walk-off home run (on September 16, 2007).

Thome won the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award, given to the player who "best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement, and the individual's contribution to his team". He won the 2004 Lou Gehrig Memorial award, awarded to the player "who best exhibits the character and integrity of Lou Gehrig, both on the field and off it". He won the 2006 AL Comeback Player of the Year award.

Thome was named the most popular athlete in Cleveland sports history in a Cleveland Plain Dealer fan poll in 2003. A statue of Jim Thome was unveiled outside Progressive Field in Cleveland on August 3, 2014. His number 25 was retired by the Indians on August 18, 2018.

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

Season	Team	Age	Games	pWins	pLosses	pWORL	pWOPA

Basic Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1991	CLE	20	27	2.9	3.5	-0.3	-0.6
1992	CLE	21	40	3.0	4.2	-0.8	-1.1
1993	CLE	22	47	4.9	4.8	0.5	0.0
1994	CLE	23	98	11.0	8.9	3.2	2.2
1995	CLE	24	137	18.2	12.5	7.1	5.6
1996	CLE	25	151	20.4	14.1	7.8	6.2
1997	CLE	26	146	16.3	12.2	4.3	3.0
1998	CLE	27	123	13.9	10.7	3.6	2.3
1999	CLE	28	146	16.0	11.6	5.0	3.5
2000	CLE	29	158	16.2	12.8	3.9	2.3
2001	CLE	30	156	18.8	11.7	7.7	6.1
2002	CLE	31	147	19.4	13.1	7.0	5.3
2003	PHI	32	159	19.0	14.2	4.8	3.1
2004	PHI	33	142	16.0	12.9	3.2	1.7
2005	PHI	34	59	5.7	5.7	-0.1	-0.7
2006	CHA	35	143	15.8	10.4	6.6	4.9
2007	CHA	36	129	13.3	9.4	4.9	3.4
2008	CHA	37	149	13.2	12.3	2.0	0.3
+– 2009		38	124	10.3	8.1	3.2	1.9
	CHA		107	9.9	7.5	3.3	2.1
	LAN		17	0.3	0.6	-0.2	-0.2
2010	MIN	39	108	8.3	6.2	2.9	1.9
+– 2011		40	93	7.0	6.3	1.4	0.5
	CLE		22	1.5	1.3	0.3	0.1
	MIN		71	5.5	4.9	1.1	0.4
+– 2012		41	58	4.3	4.0	0.8	0.3
	BAL		28	2.4	2.3	0.4	0.0
	PHI		30	1.9	1.7	0.5	0.2
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,540	273.9	209.5	78.7	52.2
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			71	6.2	5.5	1.0	0.4
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,611	280.1	215.1	79.7	52.5

Season	Team	Age	Games	eWins	eLosses	eWORL	eWOPA

Expected Player Won-Lost Records
						Value Decomposition
1991	CLE	20	27	2.8	3.6	-0.5	-0.8
1992	CLE	21	40	3.2	4.0	-0.3	-0.7
1993	CLE	22	47	5.3	4.4	1.3	0.8
1994	CLE	23	98	10.4	9.5	1.9	1.0
1995	CLE	24	137	17.4	13.3	5.6	4.1
1996	CLE	25	151	19.7	14.9	6.5	4.8
1997	CLE	26	146	16.7	11.8	5.0	3.7
1998	CLE	27	123	13.9	10.7	3.4	2.2
1999	CLE	28	146	15.8	11.8	4.6	3.1
2000	CLE	29	158	16.2	12.9	3.8	2.2
2001	CLE	30	156	18.2	12.4	6.4	4.8
2002	CLE	31	147	19.9	12.5	7.9	6.3
2003	PHI	32	159	19.6	13.6	6.0	4.4
2004	PHI	33	142	16.5	12.4	4.2	2.8
2005	PHI	34	59	5.8	5.6	0.2	-0.3
2006	CHA	35	143	15.9	10.3	6.7	4.9
2007	CHA	36	129	13.4	9.2	5.1	3.6
2008	CHA	37	149	13.6	11.8	2.9	1.2
+– 2009		38	124	10.0	8.3	2.6	1.4
	CHA		107	9.6	7.8	2.7	1.5
	LAN		17	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
2010	MIN	39	108	9.0	5.6	4.1	3.2
+– 2011		40	93	7.3	6.0	1.9	1.0
	CLE		22	1.6	1.2	0.5	0.3
	MIN		71	5.7	4.8	1.4	0.7
+– 2012		41	58	4.3	4.0	0.6	0.1
	BAL		28	2.3	2.4	-0.0	-0.4
	PHI		30	2.0	1.6	0.7	0.4
			------	------	------	------	------
CAREER (reg. season)			2,540	274.8	208.6	80.2	53.7
			------	------	------	------	------
PostSeason (career)			71	6.2	5.6	0.9	0.3
			------	------	------	------	------
COMBINED			2,611	281.0	214.1	81.2	54.0

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
1	Barry Bonds	309.4	187.3	115.2
2	Hank Aaron	344.5	241.6	94.1
3	Willie Mays	306.7	208.2	90.3
4	Mickey Mantle	247.3	152.5	89.0
5	Frank Robinson	285.5	198.7	79.9
6	Ted Williams	172.4	96.9	71.9
7	Mike Schmidt	239.5	165.3	68.0
8	Willie McCovey	243.3	170.1	66.7
9	Frank E. Thomas	227.8	161.4	66.0
10	Manny Ramirez	231.9	165.7	65.2
11	Harmon Killebrew	237.7	167.2	64.6
12	Jim Thome	229.9	164.0	64.6
13	Alex Rodriguez	268.1	203.9	63.2
14	Reggie Jackson	261.2	196.7	62.5
15	Albert Pujols	280.9	214.9	61.6
16	Stan Musial	236.8	169.5	60.5
17	Eddie Mathews	228.3	162.9	58.9
18	Mark McGwire	181.1	121.0	58.8
19	Willie Stargell	219.5	156.3	57.2
20	Jeff Bagwell	214.8	153.1	56.1
21	Gary Sheffield	242.7	183.2	55.0
22	Carl Yastrzemski	292.2	233.0	54.1
23	Chipper Jones	241.3	181.6	53.4
24	Miguel Cabrera	234.1	179.2	52.6
25	Dick Allen	177.6	122.7	50.8

Article last updated: September 15, 2019

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