Frank Thomas stats
Designated Hitter · #35
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1990
- Draft
- 1989Rd 1, Pk 7
- College
- Auburn
- AL MVP
- 2x
- AL Silver Slugger
- 4x
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1990
- Draft
- 1989Rd 1, Pk 7
- College
- Auburn
- AL MVP
- 2x
- AL Silver Slugger
- 4x
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 2,322
- AB
- 8,199
- R
- 1,494
- H
- 2,468
- HR
- 521
- RBI
- 1,704
- SB
- 32
- AVG
- .301
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | CHW | 60 | 191 | 39 | 63 | 7 | 31 | 0 | .330 |
| 1991 | CHW | 158 | 559 | 104 | 178 | 32 | 109 | 1 | .318 |
| 1992 | CHW | 160 | 573 | 108 | 185 | 24 | 115 | 6 | .323 |
| 1993 | CHW | 153 | 549 | 106 | 174 | 41 | 128 | 4 | .317 |
| 1994 | CHW | 113 | 399 | 106 | 141 | 38 | 101 | 2 | .353 |
| 1995 | CHW | 145 | 493 | 102 | 152 | 40 | 111 | 3 | .308 |
| 1996 | CHW | 141 | 527 | 110 | 184 | 40 | 134 | 1 | .349 |
| 1997 | CHW | 146 | 530 | 110 | 184 | 35 | 125 | 1 | .347 |
| 1998 | CHW | 160 | 585 | 109 | 155 | 29 | 109 | 7 | .265 |
| 1999 | CHW | 135 | 486 | 74 | 148 | 15 | 77 | 3 | .305 |
| 2000 | CHW | 159 | 582 | 115 | 191 | 43 | 143 | 1 | .328 |
| 2001 | CHW | 20 | 68 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .221 |
| 2002 | CHW | 148 | 523 | 77 | 132 | 28 | 92 | 3 | .252 |
| 2003 | CHW | 153 | 546 | 87 | 146 | 42 | 105 | 0 | .267 |
| 2004 | CHW | 74 | 240 | 53 | 65 | 18 | 49 | 0 | .271 |
| 2005 | CHW | 34 | 105 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 26 | 0 | .219 |
| 2006 | ATH | 137 | 466 | 77 | 126 | 39 | 114 | 0 | .270 |
| 2007 | TOR | 155 | 531 | 63 | 147 | 26 | 95 | 0 | .277 |
| 2008 |  TOR/ATH | 71 | 246 | 27 | 59 | 8 | 30 | 0 | .240 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 16
- AB
- 49
- R
- 5
- H
- 11
- HR
- 3
- RBI
- 5
- SB
- 0
- AVG
- .224
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 10,075
- TB
- 4,550
- XBH
- 1,028
- HBP
- 87
- IBB
- 168
- GIDP
- 226
- P/PA
- 1.34
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | CHW | 240 | 101 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHW | 701 | 309 | 65 | 1 | 13 | 20 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHW | 711 | 307 | 72 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHW | 676 | 333 | 77 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHW | 517 | 291 | 73 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHW | 647 | 299 | 67 | 6 | 29 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | CHW | 649 | 330 | 66 | 5 | 26 | 25 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHW | 649 | 324 | 70 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 0 |
| 1998 | CHW | 712 | 281 | 66 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | CHW | 590 | 229 | 51 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | CHW | 707 | 364 | 87 | 5 | 18 | 13 | 0 |
| 2001 | CHW | 79 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | CHW | 628 | 247 | 58 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 4.3 |
| 2003 | CHW | 662 | 307 | 77 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | CHW | 311 | 135 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2005 | CHW | 124 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | ATH | 559 | 254 | 50 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 4.4 |
| 2007 | TOR | 624 | 255 | 56 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 4.1 |
| 2008 | TOR/ATH | 289 | 92 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4.2 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 69.7
- RC
- 1884.5
- RC/27
- 8.30
- ISOP
- .254
- SECA
- .458
- BB/K
- 1.19
- AB/HR
- 15.7
- GO/FO
- 0.40
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | CHW | 2.3 | 45.8 | 9 | .199 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 27.3 | 0 |
| 1991 | CHW | 6.8 | 136 | 9.1 | .234 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 1992 | CHW | 6.7 | 133.8 | 8.6 | .213 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 23.9 | 0 |
| 1993 | CHW | 5.9 | 140 | 9.4 | .290 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 13.4 | 0 |
| 1994 | CHW | 6.2 | 128.7 | 12.3 | .376 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 10.5 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHW | 5.0 | 135.5 | 9.9 | .298 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 12.3 | 0 |
| 1996 | CHW | 5.3 | 139.3 | 10 | .277 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 13.2 | 0 |
| 1997 | CHW | 7.0 | 140.2 | 10.3 | .264 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 15.1 | 0 |
| 1998 | CHW | 3.4 | 112.2 | 6.7 | .215 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 20.2 | 0 |
| 1999 | CHW | 2.0 | 96.2 | 7.1 | .167 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 32.4 | 0 |
| 2000 | CHW | 5.8 | 150.6 | 9.8 | .297 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 13.5 | 0 |
| 2001 | CHW | 0.0 | 10.3 | 5.2 | .221 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 17 | 0 |
| 2002 | CHW | 1.6 | 93.6 | 6.1 | .220 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 18.7 | 0 |
| 2003 | CHW | 3.9 | 119.3 | 7.8 | .295 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 13 | 0 |
| 2004 | CHW | 2.7 | 60.2 | 9 | .292 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 13.3 | 0.4 |
| 2005 | CHW | 0.4 | 20 | 6.2 | .371 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 0.3 |
| 2006 | ATH | 2.8 | 95.8 | 7.2 | .275 | 0.4 | 1 | 11.9 | 0.3 |
| 2007 | TOR | 1.8 | 96.3 | 6.4 | .203 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 20.4 | 0.4 |
| 2008 | TOR/ATH | 0.1 | 32.5 | 4.5 | .134 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 30.8 | 0.4 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Frank Thomas's career stats?
Frank Thomas played 19 seasons for the White Sox, the Athletics and the Blue Jays. He was a career .301 hitter with 2,468 hits, 521 home runs and 1,704 RBI. His best season was 1994: a .353 batting average, 38 home runs and 101 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
19 seasons, 3 postseasons, 1990 to 2008
Frank Thomas led MLB in OPS (1991, 1994); finished top 10 in a stat 28 times.
Championships
- 2005 World Series with the Chicago White Sox
Awards
All-time career rank
- 20th in home runs (521)
- 108th in hits (2,468)
- 23rd in rbi (1,704)
Among the 10,340 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- Batting Average: 1992 (5th), 1994 (5th), 1996 (4th), 1997 (4th)
- Home Runs: 1991 (7th), 1993 (4th), 1994 (4th), 1995 (2nd), 2000 (7th), 2003 (7th)
- RBI: 1991 (8th), 1992 (3rd), 1993 (2nd), 1994 (4th), 1995 (7th), 1996 (9th), 1997 (8th), 2000 (4th)
- Hits: 1992 (8th), 1994 (10th)
- OPS: 1991 (1st), 1992 (2nd), 1993 (3rd), 1994 (1st), 1995 (4th), 1996 (3rd), 1997 (3rd), 2000 (8th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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