Jim Thome & The 300 Club
by Eric Stephen on Sep 1, 2009 11:54 AM PDT
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Jim Thome comes to the Dodgers with 564 career home runs, the most by any player ever acquired by the club. Here is a look at every player with 300 or more career home runs that became a Dodger, with their numbers in blue:
| Player | Age | HR Before | Dodger HR | PA | BA/OBP/SLG | OPS+ |
| JIm Thome | 38 | 564 | ??? | ?? | ??? | ??? |
| Manny Ramirez | 36 | 510 | 32 | 561 | .345/.453/.631 | 182 |
| Eddie Murray* | 41 | 504 | 0 | 9 | .286/.444/.286 | 103 |
| Frank Robinson | 36 | 503 | 6 | 405 | .251/.353/.442 | 127 |
| Fred McGriff | 39 | 478 | 13 | 329 | .249/.322/.428 | 99 |
| Andruw Jones | 31 | 368 | 3 | 238 | .158/.256/.249 | 34 |
| Boog Powell | 35 | 339 | 0 | 53 | .244/.415/.244 | 83 |
| Eddie Murray* | 33 | 333 | 65 | 1974 | .278/.359/.440 | 125 |
| Luis Gonzalez | 39 | 331 | 15 | 526 | .278/.359/.433 | 101 |
| Jeff Kent | 37 | 302 | 75 | 2146 | .291/.367/.479 | 118 |
*Eddie Murray was actually acquired twice with over 300 home runs -- once in 1989 and again in 1997.
Jones and Powell cratered after joining the Dodgers, but the rest were reasonably productive wearing Dodger Blue. The Hall of Famers -- and I'm including Manny Ramirez here -- in the group all performed very well after joining the Dodgers. But Jim Thome, Hall of Fame resume or not, doesn't have to put up huge numbers to succeed.
Jim Thome won't be playing regularly. His job is to be the big bopper off the bench. The Dodgers gave up a non-prospect in Justin Fuller to get him If Thome can get a big hit here or there, especially in the playoffs, this trade is a sizable win for the Dodgers.
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Eric is it a done deal that the player traded for Garland is Tony Abreu?
by Dodgermanramon on Sep 1, 2009 12:20 PM PDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Probably 99% accurate. Abreu needs to clear waivers first though before anything is announced. Could take a day or two, depending on when he was put on waivers (they take two days).
by Eric Stephen on Sep 1, 2009 12:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
why is it that he has to clear waivers before its announced?
by Dodgermanramon on Sep 1, 2009 12:27 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Because players can’t be traded after July 31 without first clearing waivers. In reality, he just has to get past the Nats, Reds, Pirates, and Padres, the teams with worse records than the D-Backs.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 1, 2009 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Ok what would happen if he doesnt clear waivers also the player traded for Jim Thome did he have to clear waivers also
by Dodgermanramon on Sep 1, 2009 12:36 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Thome has already cleared waivers
likely what will happen if Abreu doesn’t clear is that the deal won’t be completed until after the season. But the Dodgers will still get Thome now.
by Michael White on Sep 1, 2009 12:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
No, the player for Thome (Justin Fuller) did not need to clear waivers
because he’s not on the 40-man roster.
by silverwidow on Sep 1, 2009 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
So Thome had to get past all teams, both AL/NL, that had worse records than the Dodgers?
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
by Jesse S. on Sep 1, 2009 1:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thome had to pass through waivers. Same league (AL) gets first dibs, then it goes to the other league.
In other words, nobody put in a claim on Thome.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 1, 2009 2:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Oh okay. This is interesting learning all these intricacies.
You wanna know how great baseball is? The greatest basketball player ever left his sport to play baseball.
by Jesse S. on Sep 1, 2009 4:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I remember being irked at Garvey for not taking a day off once in a while so Boog Powell could play. He was a fan favorite even though he never played. We loved to yell BOOOOOGGGGGGGG when he pinch hit.
by meercatjohn on Sep 1, 2009 12:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Because that was his last season, he never got a 1978 baseball card (because for the most part since he was no longer a part of the players’ association he wasn’t included in the next year’s set; I believe this has been corrected recently).
That would have been a cool thing to see.
by Eric Stephen on Sep 1, 2009 12:44 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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