Jim Thome's Triple-Triple
Jim Thome's Triple-Triple
Jim Thome's Triple-Triple
Bob Vetrone Jr.
When Jim Thome clubbed his fourth home run of the season Sunday (right), he became just the fourth player to reach triple digits in four-baggers for three different teams. (Those four players and their career home runs are broken down by team below.)
Some other Thome homer things to consider:
♦ Thome is the only player in history to hit his 300th (Indians), 400th (Phillies), 500th (White Sox) and 600th (Twins) career home runs for different clubs.
♦ He was the eighth player to reach the 600-homer mark, but he did it in fewer at-bats (8,167) than anybody not named Babe Ruth (6,921).
♦ He needs just two more home runs to pass Sammy Sosa for seventh place on the all-time list. That would be cool since Mike Schmidt finished his Phillies career seventh on the all-time list.
| JIM THOME | ALEX RODRIGUEZ | REGGIE JACKSON | DARRELL EVANS | ||||
| 608 | 639 | 563 | 414 | ||||
| Indians | 337 | Yankees | 294 | Athletics | 269 | Giants | 142 |
| White Sox | 134 | Mariners | 189 | Yankees | 144 | Tigers | 141 |
| Phillies | 100 | Rangers | 156 | Angels | 123 | Braves | 131 |
| Twins | 37 | Orioles | 27 | ||||
| Dodgers | 0 | ||||||
I hope JT can surpass steroid Sammy Sosa, who lost his ability to speak English when accused of using enhancing substances. Thome is a class act.
And there's more...if both Chase Utley and Ryan Howard return this year, Thome will be a member of the largest contingent of designated hitters on a National League roster at any one given time.— jtj06- Jimmy will be gone to Texas or the White Sox by the trade deadline. He will spend probably the rest of his years in the TOP TEN of all-time. The only person who is a legit threat is Albert Pujols and he is falling apart rapidly.— tunahunter11
