Jim Thome

==About==
Jim Thome is a Hall of Fame first baseman who played from 1991 to 2012 for several teams. He spent the first 12 seasons of his career with the Cleveland Indians. He hit 612 home runs in his career, 8th most all-time. 
==Scouting Reports==
===Backyard Baseball 2003===
Jim Thome
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Jim was a slugger in real life, but his bad is noticeably average in the game, at 72/100 in both batting power and contact. His throwing arm and glove are so-so, but he has good intangibles. His intelligence, attention, and aggression are all around 80.
==League History==
===BBL===
====Season 3====
Jim was not available until Season 3, as the first two season were played on Backyard Baseball 2001. He was drafted with the first pick of the 6th round, 121st overall, by coach crazyei8hts of the Wombats, who tried to put together a team of only power hitters. Jim didn't exactly live up to his power-hitting expectations, tallying just 4 home runs, but he did score 31 times. 
====Season 4====
With the realization that Jim's power wasn't as much as previously thought, he fell in the draft. He was taken with the 157th pick in the 7th round by coach jyknight of the Cardinals, although Jim was eventually traded to coach Ellman of the Indians, Thome's real life team. With less emphasis on power hitting, Jim had no home runs, but he did hit 21 doubles. 
====Season 5====
Coach crazyei8hts and Jim Thome reunited on the Giants, after he was selected with the 139th pick in the 7th round. Jim set some new career highs with a 0.656 batting average, 6 home runs, 29 RBIs, and 20 stolen bases. The Giants finished with a league-best 13-1 record, but they lost in the NLDS. 
====Season 6====
Jim was selected with the 129th pick in the 6th round by coach Mavfatha of the Orioles. Jim had a subpar season, and he finished with the fewest runs scored on his team, with just 8. 
====Season 7====
In Season 7, Jim lasted until the 148th pick in the 7th round where he was drafted by coach shrewsbury91 of the Reds. Jim, and the Reds as a whole, had an awful season. He hit no home runs, and only mustered up 3 RBIs and 4 runs. 
====Season 8====
Jim was taken a little sooner in Season 8, taken with the 115th pick in the 5th round by coach Vissery of the Hornets, although the team was ultimately coached by mbless1415. Jim wasn't the biggest bat in the lineup, but he was a solid first baseman. 
==== Season 9 ====
With less importance on position locks due to the modded file, Jim's stock fell drastically. He was selected with the 177th pick in the 8th round by coach elchrisblanco of the Fishes. Jim's offensive usefulness plummeted too. He had arguably his career worst season at the plate, batting just 0.311 with only one extra base hit, a home run. 
====Career Stats====
Jim Thome Career Stats
S	Team 	Coach 	G 	AB 	H 	1B 	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R 	BB	SO	SB	E 	TB 	AVG 	SLG 	OPS 	RC 	BF	HA	RA	K 	BB	PT	B 	S 	IP 	ERA 	WHIP	S/B
3	Wombats	crazyei8hts 	14	65 	42 	31 	5 	2 	4 	18 	31 	1 	5 	3 	0 	63 	0.646	0.969	1.621	41.0 	3 	0 	0 	0 	0 	3 	0 	3 	1 	0.00 	0.00	inf
4	Indians	Ellman 	14	54 	33 	9 	21	3 	0 	24 	21 	1 	0 	1 	0 	60 	0.611	1.111	1.729	37.1 	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
5	Giants 	crazyei8hts 	14	64 	42 	24 	11	1 	6 	29 	26 	1 	4 	20	0 	73 	0.656	1.141	1.802	48.3 	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
6	Orioles	Mavfatha 	13	46 	21 	14 	2 	2 	3 	13 	8 	0 	2 	1 	1 	36 	0.457	0.783	1.239	16.43 	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
7	Reds 	shrewsbury91 	14	46 	16 	13 	2 	1 	0 	3 	4 	1 	2 	2 	2 	20 	0.348	0.435	0.796	7.2 	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
8	Hornets	mbless1415 	14	52 	28 	22 	4 	0 	2 	14 	11 	1 	1 	0 	6 	38 	0.538	0.731	1.278	20.8 	12	6 	4 	0 	0 	20	2 	18	2.3	10.29	2.57	9.00
9	Fishes 	elchrisblanco	14	45 	14 	13 	0 	0 	1 	7 	4 	1 	0 	0 	2 	17 	0.311	0.378	0.704	5.5 	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	-- 	-- 	-- 	--
 	 	TOTAL 	97	372	196	126	45	9 	16	108	105	6 	14	27	11	307	0.527	0.825	1.368	171.34	15	7 	3 	3 	0 	31	4 	27	3 	6.00 	2.33	6.75
==Trivia==
*Despite Jim being 6'4 in real life, he was only listed as a 3 out of 5 height in the game.
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