Is Jim Thome Hall of Fame Worthy?

[justdonating]

With 2 home runs today, Jim Thome passed Mark McGwire for 9th on the all-time home run list. The guy is a slugger no doubt, but is he worthy of the HOF?

[PHILLYBIRDS20]

nope

[SANDERS7]

maybe one of the few who have accomplised that many homeruns on his own merit (no steroids) i say yes

[Sweetleaf22]

dont think so, he just has played for ever and accumulated stats, never-the-less top ten HRs is impressive,


1 Barry Bonds 762*******************************************
2 Hank Aaron 755
3 Babe Ruth 714
4 Willie Mays 660
5 Ken Griffey, Jr. 630
6 Sammy Sosa 609
7 Alex Rodriguez (21) 604
8 Frank Robinson 586
9 Jim Thome (20) 584
10 Mark McGwire 583
11 Harmon Killebrew 573
12 Rafael Palmeiro 569
13 Reggie Jackson 563
14 Manny Ramírez (8) 554
15 Mike Schmidt 548
16 Mickey Mantle 536
17 Jimmie Foxx 534
18 Willie McCovey 521
Frank Thomas 521
Ted Williams 521
21 Ernie Banks 512
Eddie Mathews 512
23 Mel Ott 511
24 Gary Sheffield 509
25 Eddie Murray 504
26 Lou Gehrig 493
Fred McGriff 493
28 Stan Musial 475
Willie Stargell 475

[Andre]

One dimensional, so no.

[Seanie Mac]

1st ballot no, eventually gets in, yes

[jonnyblaze]

No way

[Dr. Jack]

Jim Thome was never considered top 10 in the game in any part of his career. Anyone disagree with that?

Thome is a decent homerun hitter, nothing more. I am a little surprised he has so many but not an all-time great player. JMO

[Seanie Mac]

writers love him and his constantly in a tainted era, no doubt in my he gets in

[chibob]

He should get 600+ HRs and as a none steroid user, he gets my nod. Only reason he wasn't in top 10, was because they were mostly on steroids

C Ripkin made the long tour to get in, as others have.

If he wasn't on roids, quite a nice run. Taking out the one year when he was injured, from 1998 to 2008, 10 years, averaged 40 HRs per

will be close to get in, but not a first ballot guy for sure

[uva3021]

has great saber hitting stats, guy was a walk machine

[MCP313]

Originally Posted by uva3021

has great saber hitting stats, guy was a walk machine

Agreed as this is a very critical yet unappreciated part of may people's games.

IMO I say he gets in because more than anything he was consistent which meant to me that he was never on steroids as he hit over 50 homers once and over 40 five times.

With that said I say he gets judged with the old parameters where 500 is a lock so I say he gets in and if I had a vote he would be a first ballot selection.

[LordCC]

I think he is a good ball player, a nice guy, but when I think of a Hall of Fame player, I dont think of Jim Thome.

[LLXC]

He hasn't been linked to roids yet?

[secondbase]

i think he has to be a hof - stats don't lie