Frank Thomas hit his 500th HR

[ieffinhatecardio]

Here are his career stats, he makes an interesting case for the Hall of Fame but he's probably going to fall short. He's as big and strong as a bull and was an excellent HR hitter. A few more healthy years though and he probably would have made it in.

Here are his career stats courtesy of MLB. http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/stats/individual_stats_player.jsp?playerID=123245&statType=1



SEASON       TEAM         G      AB      R        H        2B       3B       HR       RBI        TB         BB      SO     SB      CS       OBP        SLG     AVG
1990        Chicago White Sox    60    191    39     63     11     3     7      31      101       44        54       0       1       .454     .529    .330
1991        Chicago White Sox    158    559    104    178    31    2    32    109    309    138    112    1    2    .453    .553    .318
1992        Chicago White Sox    160    573    108    185    46    2    24    115    307    122    88    6    3    .439    .536    .323
1993        Chicago White Sox    153    549    106    174    36    0    41    128    333    112    54    4    2    .426    .607    .317
1994        Chicago White Sox    113    399    106    141    34    1    38    101    291    109    61    2    3    .487    .729    .353
1995        Chicago White Sox    145    493    102    152    27    0    40    111    299    136    74    3    2    .454    .606    .308
1996        Chicago White Sox    141    527    110    184    26    0    40    134    330    109    70    1    1    .459    .626    .349
1997        Chicago White Sox    146    530    110    184    35    0    35    125    324    109    69    1    1    .456    .611    .347
1998        Chicago White Sox    160    585    109    155    35    2    29    109    281    110    93    7    0    .381    .480    .265
1999        Chicago White Sox    135    486    74    148    36     0    15     77     229      87      66      3      3      .414      .471      .305
2000        Chicago White Sox    159    582    115    191    44    0    43    143    364     112    94    1    3    .436    .625    .328
2001        Chicago White Sox    20     68     8      15       3        0       4        10         30       10      12      0       0       .316    .441    .221
2002        Chicago White Sox    148    523    77    132    29     1    28     92     247      88      115      3     0     .361     .472     .252
2003        Chicago White Sox    153    546    87    146    35     0    42     105    307      100     115     0    0    .390    .562    .267
2004        Chicago White Sox    74    240    53     65     16      0     18      49      135        64        57        0       2       .434    .563    .271
2005        Chicago White Sox    34    105    19     23     3      0      12       26       62         16      31      0        0        .315    .590    .219
2006        Oakland Athletics      137     466     77      126      11      0      39       114      254        81        81        0       0       .381    .545    .270
2007        Toronto Blue Jays      76     244     32      59      10       0       13        38       108         49      48      0        0        .380    .443     .242
Career Totals                         2172  7666   1436    2321    468     11      500    1617  4311    1596    1294   32     23      .423    .562     .303           

[Grape Ape]

500 HRs, 2 MVPs, .303 Avg, and a career OPS of .985 and I'm going to say he gets in.

If you're interested, there's been some metrics derived to predict HOF induction.  Here are The Big Hurt's:

Black Ink: Batting - 21 (97) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 202 (37) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 60.5 (27) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 194.0 (41) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses

These indicate he should get in as well.  We'll see.

The definitions of all these stats are at www.baseball-reference.com.

[ieffinhatecardio]

500 HRs, 2 MVPs, .303 Avg, and a career OPS of .985 and I'm going to say he gets in.

If you're interested, there's been some metrics derived to predict HOF induction.  Here are The Big Hurt's:

Black Ink: Batting - 21 (97) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 202 (37) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 60.5 (27) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 194.0 (41) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses

These indicate he should get in as well.  We'll see.

The definitions of all these stats are at www.baseball-reference.com.

Good thing you posted the link because I had no idea what they meant.

The 2 MVP's, the 500 HR, and the .303 average are enticing and just might merit HOF inclusion. My gut tells me it won't be that easy though. We'll see, you know those HOF voters are a fickle bunch.

Some of them feel that no one should get in on their first ballot. So there are some geniuses out there that didn't vote for Babe Ruth or Ted Williams or Joe D. or Mantle or Nolan Ryan simply because it was their first time on the ballot.

[blinky]

congrats to The Big Hurt

[Grape Ape]

Good thing you posted the link because I had no idea what they meant.

Don't feel bad.  I had no idea of a couple of them.  Blank Ink?  Gray Ink?  WTF?!!   

[bmacsys]

He is a first ballot hall of famer. Two MVP's, a batting title, over 500 home runs, tons of RBI's, tons of walks, tons of runs scored, great OBP. Not tainted by the steroid scandal. EASY first ballot hall of famer.

[MikeThaMachine]

He will probably be in before Sammy Sosa. Back in the 90's the "Big Hurt" was one of the most dominate batters in the league. He was the man back then, probably the most popular by far.

[body88]

He is a first ballot hall of famer. Two MVP's, a batting title, over 500 home runs, tons of RBI's, tons of walks, tons of runs scored, great OBP. Not tainted by the steroid scandal. EASY first ballot hall of famer.

There are a bunch of players that are more of a lock to get in then Thomas. Get in line Frank!

[bmacsys]

There are a bunch of players that are more of a lock to get in then Thomas. Get in line Frank!

Nobody that is currently waiting enshrinement. Name somebody that retired during the last 5 years more deserving. We aren't talking about currently active players. So he doesn't have to get in any line. Now if Clemens, Maddux, the big unit or Griffey were to retire at the same time as the big hurt did he would be behind those guys. But those guys are in a whole different league than 99.99% of of anybody playing MLB.

[body88]

Nobody that is currently waiting enshrinement. Name somebody that retired during the last 5 years more deserving. We aren't talking about currently active players. So he doesn't have to get in any line. Now if Clemens, Maddux, the big unit or Griffey were to retire at the same time as the big hurt did he would be behind those guys. But those guys are in a whole different league than 99.99% of of anybody playing MLB.

Nevermind 


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