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Jim Thome

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James Howard Thome (; TOH-mee; born August 27, 1970) is an American former professional baseball player—a first baseman, third baseman and designated hitter—who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 22 seasons (1991–2012). A prolific power hitter, Thome hit 612 home runs during his career—the eighth-most all time. He amassed a total of 2,328 hits and 1,699 runs batted in (RBIs). His career batting average was .276. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Thome is the 72nd most popular baseball player (down from 71st in 2024), the 16,504th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,749th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Baseball Player.

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS

Among baseball players, Jim Thome ranks 72 out of 91. Before him are Hiroki Kuroda, Iván Rodríguez, Hyun-jin Ryu, Freddie Freeman, Mike Trout, and Johan Santana. After him are Kenta Maeda, Manny Machado, Max Scherzer, Paul Goldschmidt, Trevor Bauer, and Barry Larkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Jim Thome ranks 918. Before him are Odalis Revé, Bridie Carter, Rafael Lozano, Sergei Ovchinnikov, Sally Phillips, and Frank Möller. After him are Walt Dohrn, Svetla Dimitrova, André Steiner, Per Frandsen, Tionne Watkins, and Bernardo Segura.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Thome ranks 16,511 out of 20,380. Before him are Tiffany Haddish (1979), Danny Everett (1966), Kevin P. Chilton (1954), Dixie Bibb Graves (1882), James Maslow (1990), and Armelia McQueen (1952). After him are Britt Lower (1985), Elton Brand (1979), Johnny Kelly (1968), Grace Van Dien (1996), Eric Da Re (1965), and Eddie Johnson (1959).

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Among BASEBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among baseball players born in United States, Jim Thome ranks 46. Before him are Aaron Judge (1992), Curt Schilling (1966), Justin Verlander (1983), Mookie Betts (1992), Freddie Freeman (1989), and Mike Trout (1991). After him are Manny Machado (1992), Max Scherzer (1984), Paul Goldschmidt (1987), Trevor Bauer (1991), Barry Larkin (1964), and Kirby Puckett (1960).

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