Frank Thomas retires
By Micah Warren on Feb 11, 2010 in Baseball
41-year old Frank Thomas has announced (ok, maybe he didn’t really announce it yet) his retirement from baseball. “The Big Hurt” hangs them up with 521 home runs and a career .301 batting average along with a .419 OBP. He came into the league in 1990 and was with the White Sox for most of the time. He made a couple brief appearances with the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland A’s and was last seen in 2008.
Thomas won back-to-back MVP’s in 1993 and 1994 and you can certainly make his case for the Hall of Fame. But he may have spent too much time as a DH for that to happen.
Certainly make the case?? He’s a HOF without question. Only question is first-ballot or not . He was arguably the best all-around hitter in the 90s. No steroid cloud over him either.
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I don’t think 500 HR’s is the guarantee it used to be. I think/know he gets in, but people are bitching about the DH stuff.
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Let them bitch. He played enough 1B where it isn’t an issue. The 500 homers are only part of the reason. .300 career batting average, pure consistency over 18 years, and the back to back MVPs (along with a bunch of additional top-10 finishes) that you noted are the other reasons. He was the best player in the American League for a real long time. I also can’t name a better player in the history of the Chicago White Sox, can you? The more I look at it, the more I think he will walk in as a first-ballot HOF. Speaking of first-ballot…how stupid is that. You are either a HOF or you’re not. I hate when people say…”oh he should make it but not until the second ballot.” Why? You are either in or out. Stupid.
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