October 27, 200520 yr When I was growing up the Big Hurt was my favorite player, I just feel kind of bad that big Frank wasn't able to be a bigger part of the Sox's WS run. Many people (not me) consider him a fringe hall of famer, and these people usually try and make the case that he is a "fringe" HOF'er because he never won a World Series, well even though he didn't really do much of any in 2005, will this WS put him over the top or will people still not consider him a "true champion" because he didn't play in the playoffs? I hope what I just typed made sense, lol... Discuss.
October 27, 200520 yr i always liked Frank. it didn't sink in to me that he was getting a Ring until i saw him on the field celebrating after the game. i think he's a HOFer given his career numbers and spending a decade being the best offensive first basemen in the AL (possibly the majors). but given the similarity of the numbers, if Thomas is a HOFer, than Bagwell is too. :o
October 27, 200520 yr i always liked Frank. it didn't sink in to me that he was getting a Ring until i saw him on the field celebrating after the game. i think he's a HOFer given his career numbers and spending a decade being the best offensive first basemen in the AL (possibly the majors). but given the similarity of the numbers, if Thomas is a HOFer, than Bagwell is too. :o And they both should be.
October 27, 200520 yr Never liked Frank much, especially now that he's a DH. His defense was always atrocious (makes David Ortiz look good) and considering he hasn't done much in the past few years I'd vote in Palmeiro before the Big hurt
October 27, 200520 yr The Big Hurt's situation really parallels, imo, Drew Bledsoe on the Patriots when Tom Brady led them to a Super Bowl win over the Rams. Just akward.
October 27, 200520 yr I love Frank. :thumbup I'd elaborate, but I'm using a pay-by-the-minute computer (still no power at home). So... gotta go.
October 27, 200520 yr I love Frank. :thumbup I'd elaborate, but I'm using a pay-by-the-minute computer (still no power at home). So... gotta go. and you wasted your money on that comment? :plain and no im not elaborating
October 27, 200520 yr I love Frank. :thumbup I'd elaborate, but I'm using a pay-by-the-minute computer (still no power at home). So... gotta go. and you wasted your money on that comment? :plain and no im not elaborating Bite me. :mischief
October 27, 200520 yr I think what helped him more than winning a World Series was coming back this year (albeit temporarily) and still putting up monster power numbers in this age of drastic decline (12 homers in 100 AB's is pretty darn good), so it's safe to say that his best years were done drug free. Then when you consider that his numbers are very similar to either current Hall of Famers (Snider and McCovey jump to mind) or probable future Hall of Famers like Bagwell, and now that he has a ring, he's probably helped himself out a lot. Also, he does have one thing going for him that is very important, he won 2 MVP awards, and from '91-'03, he was an elite player...and in the early '90's he was probably the most feared right handed hitter in baseball. He'd get my vote. A life-time batting average of .307 and 448 career home-runs is pretty solid.
October 28, 200520 yr Frank Thomas, Career Year G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG 1990 60 191 39 63 11 3 7 31 44 54 330 454 529 1991 158 559 104 178 31 2 32 109 138 112 318 453 553 1992 160 573 108 185 46 2 24 115 122 88 323 439 536 1993 153 549 106 174 36 0 41 128 112 54 317 426 607 1994 113 399 106 141 34 1 38 101 109 61 353 487 729 1995 145 493 102 152 27 0 40 111 136 74 308 454 606 1996 141 527 110 184 26 0 40 134 109 70 349 459 626 1997 146 530 110 184 35 0 35 125 109 69 347 456 611 1998 160 585 109 155 35 2 29 109 110 93 265 381 480 1999 135 486 74 148 36 0 15 77 87 66 305 414 471 2000 159 582 115 191 44 0 43 143 112 94 328 436 625 2001 20 68 8 15 3 0 4 10 10 12 221 316 441 2002 148 523 77 132 29 1 28 92 88 115 252 361 472 2003 153 546 87 146 35 0 42 105 100 115 267 390 562 2004 74 240 53 65 16 0 18 49 64 57 271 434 563 2005 34 105 19 23 3 0 12 26 16 31 219 315 590 Career 1959 6956 1327 2136 447 11 448 1465 1466 1165 307 427 568 Average 162 687 131 210 44 1 44 145 145 115 307 427 568 pretty sure from 91-97 he was the most dominant firstbasemen in the game...and again in 99 and 00. even in his decline, he's still well above most young good firstbasemen/DHs.
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