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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
His homerun total assures him an entrance in. Again, he was a power hitter, so I could care less about his average. ANd you're line of 1988 to 1994 was nothing special is way, way off. You can make numbers look a certain way, but some are unavoidable. In '88 he had 32 HR (3rd in AL)and 99 RBI's, '89 33 HR's(3rd in AL) 95 RBI's, '90 39 HR's (2nd in AL) 108 RBI's(3rd in AL) and led the league in BB's, '92 42 HR's(2nd in AL) 104 RBI's and he was hurt most of '93 and '94 playing in only 54 total games with only 219 AB's combined both years. Then we know how he ended his career. Once again, he should admit what he did and since it wasn't illegal at the time he did nothing wrong technically. But numberswise he should be in.
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I'm not way, way off...he did nothing special from 1988 to 1994. I didn't say he was terrible...just not special. He had some decent years and had some decent power numbers...but special is what he did from '95 through '00. I actually care about your average...that is what makes you special...doing it all. I admit he was that from '95 through '00 and his rookie year in '87 was that as well considering he was a rookie. '88 through '94 were injury plagued ('93, '94...horrendous '91 or run of the mill good power hitting years...'88-'90, '92). Is Jim Thome a hall of famer?? I don't know and I know I would rank Mark McGwire way, way below Thome as a player.