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Frank Thomas played 19 major-league seasons (1990-2008) as a 1B (971). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 19 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 22 | CHA | 60 | 191 | 39 | 63 | 7 | 31 | 0 | 44 | 54 | .330 | .983 | 175 |
| 1991 | 23 | CHA | 158 | 559 | 104 | 178 | 32 | 109 | 1 | 138 | 112 | .318 | 1.006 | 178 |
| 1992 | 24 | CHA | 160 | 573 | 108 | 185 | 24 | 115 | 6 | 122 | 88 | .323 | .975 | 173 |
| 1993 | 25 | CHA | 153 | 549 | 106 | 174 | 41 | 128 | 4 | 112 | 54 | .317 | 1.033 | 175 |
| 1994 | 26 | CHA | 113 | 399 | 106 | 141 | 38 | 101 | 2 | 109 | 61 | .353 | 1.217 | 209 |
| 1995 | 27 | CHA | 145 | 493 | 102 | 152 | 40 | 111 | 3 | 136 | 74 | .308 | 1.061 | 174 |
| 1996 | 28 | CHA | 141 | 527 | 110 | 184 | 40 | 134 | 1 | 109 | 70 | .349 | 1.085 | 172 |
| 1997 | 29 | CHA | 146 | 530 | 110 | 184 | 35 | 125 | 1 | 109 | 69 | .347 | 1.067 | 177 |
| 1998 | 30 | CHA | 160 | 585 | 109 | 155 | 29 | 109 | 7 | 110 | 93 | .265 | .861 | 123 |
| 1999 | 31 | CHA | 135 | 486 | 74 | 148 | 15 | 77 | 3 | 87 | 66 | .305 | .885 | 126 |
| 2000 | 32 | CHA | 159 | 582 | 115 | 191 | 43 | 143 | 1 | 112 | 94 | .328 | 1.061 | 166 |
| 2001 | 33 | CHA | 20 | 68 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 12 | .221 | .758 | 98 |
| 2002 | 34 | CHA | 148 | 523 | 77 | 132 | 28 | 92 | 3 | 88 | 115 | .252 | .834 | 121 |
| 2003 | 35 | CHA | 153 | 546 | 87 | 146 | 42 | 105 | 0 | 100 | 115 | .267 | .952 | 148 |
| 2004 | 36 | CHA | 74 | 240 | 53 | 65 | 18 | 49 | 0 | 64 | 57 | .271 | .997 | 158 |
| 2005 | 37 | CHA | 34 | 105 | 19 | 23 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 16 | 31 | .219 | .905 | 134 |
| 2006 | 38 | OAK | 137 | 466 | 77 | 126 | 39 | 114 | 0 | 81 | 81 | .270 | .926 | 137 |
| 2007 | 39 | TOR | 155 | 531 | 63 | 147 | 26 | 95 | 0 | 81 | 94 | .277 | .857 | 125 |
| 2008 | 40 | TOR|OAK | 71 | 246 | 27 | 59 | 8 | 30 | 0 | 39 | 57 | .240 | .723 | 93 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1B | 51 | 51 | 428 | 26 | 5 | 53 |
| 1991 | 1B | 56 | 56 | 459 | 27 | 2 | 43 |
| 1992 | 1B | 158 | 157 | 1428 | 92 | 13 | 112 |
| 1993 | 1B | 150 | 149 | 1222 | 83 | 15 | 128 |
| 1994 | 1B | 99 | 99 | 735 | 45 | 7 | 74 |
| 1995 | 1B | 90 | 89 | 738 | 34 | 7 | 67 |
| 1996 | 1B | 139 | 139 | 1098 | 85 | 9 | 111 |
| 1997 | 1B | 97 | 97 | 739 | 49 | 11 | 70 |
| 1998 | 1B | 14 | 14 | 116 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 1999 | 1B | 49 | 50 | 385 | 18 | 4 | 40 |
| 2000 | 1B | 30 | 30 | 267 | 15 | 1 | 38 |
| 2001 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1B | 27 | 27 | 206 | 9 | 1 | 19 |
| 2004 | 1B | 4 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Frank Thomas won: Silver Slugger 1991 (AL), MVP 1993 (AL), Silver Slugger 1993 (AL), TSN All-Star 1993 (AL), MVP 1994 (AL), Silver Slugger 1994 (AL), TSN All-Star 1994 (AL), Silver Slugger 2000 (AL), TSN All-Star 2003 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (11 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 2007, 2006, 2003, 2000, 1997, 1996, 1995, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1991.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 181 / 392 | 1 |
| 1992 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 108 / 392 | 0 |
| 1993 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 392 / 392 | 28 |
| 1994 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 372 / 392 | 24 |
| 1995 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 86 / 392 | 0 |
| 1996 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 8 | 88 / 392 | 0 |
| 1997 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 3 | 172 / 392 | 0 |
| 2000 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 2 | 285 / 392 | 10 |
| 2003 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 16 | 20 / 392 | 0 |
| 2006 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 174 / 392 | 0 |
| 2007 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 24 | 1 / 392 | 0 |
Frank Thomas ranks on 8 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #9 | designated hitters | 1991 | 178 OPS+ |
| #13 | first basemen | 1994 | 209 OPS+ |
| #17 | designated hitters | 2000 | 166 OPS+ |
| #48 | designated hitters | 2003 | 148 OPS+ |
| #88 | first basemen | 1997 | 177 OPS+ |
| #97 | first basemen | 1993 | 175 OPS+ |
| #99 | first basemen | 1995 | 174 OPS+ |
| #103 | first basemen | 1992 | 173 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.