How many home runs did Jim Thome have in 2008?

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342008 Regular Season

Jim Thome recorded 34 home runs in the 2008 regular season, 12th in the MLB.

• 10th-best of Jim Thome's 22 seasons on file; the high is 52 in 2002.
• Down 1 from 35 in 2007.
• 15% of the Chicago White Sox's home runs that regular season.

Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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How many home runs did Jim Thome have in 2008?, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
1991	CLE	27	98	7	25	1	9	1	.255	.298	.367	.665
1992	CLE	40	117	8	24	2	12	2	.205	.275	.299	.574
1993	CLE	47	154	28	41	7	22	2	.266	.385	.474	.859
1994	CLE	98	321	58	86	20	52	3	.268	.359	.523	.882
1995	CLE	137	452	92	142	25	73	4	.314	.438	.558	.996
1996	CLE	151	505	122	157	38	116	2	.311	.450	.612	1.062
1997	CLE	147	496	104	142	40	102	1	.286	.423	.579	1.001
1998	CLE	123	440	89	129	30	85	1	.293	.413	.584	.997
1999	CLE	146	494	101	137	33	108	0	.277	.426	.540	.967
2000	CLE	158	557	106	150	37	106	1	.269	.398	.531	.929
2001	CLE	156	526	101	153	49	124	0	.291	.416	.624	1.040
2002	CLE	147	480	101	146	52	118	1	.304	.445	.677	1.122
2003	PHI	159	578	111	154	47	131	0	.266	.385	.573	.958
2004	PHI	143	508	97	139	42	105	0	.274	.396	.581	.977
2005	PHI	59	193	26	40	7	30	0	.207	.360	.352	.712
2006	CHW	143	490	108	141	42	109	0	.288	.416	.598	1.014
2007	CHW	130	432	79	119	35	96	0	.275	.410	.563	.973
2008	CHW	149	503	93	123	34	90	1	.245	.362	.503	.865
2009	CHW/LAD	124	362	55	90	23	77	0	.249	.366	.481	.847
2010	MIN	108	276	48	78	25	59	0	.283	.412	.627	1.039
2011	MIN/CLE	93	277	32	71	15	50	0	.256	.361	.477	.838
2012	PHI/BAL	58	163	17	41	8	25	0	.252	.344	.442	.786

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS