Frank Thomas announced his retirement on Thursday in Chicago where he spent most of his amazing career. Opposing pitcher feared Thomas throughout the 90s. Frank put up some amazing numbers from 1991 through 1998. Every year he had over 100 hits, 100 RBI, and 100 walks, all while hitting over .300 (except for 1998). In the same time period he hit 32, 24, 41, 38, 40, 40, 35, and 29 home runs respectively. Thomas ends his career with 521 homeruns which ties him for 18th all-time. He is one of only three guys to be named MVP in back-to-back seasons which he did in 1993-1994 (Jimmie Foxx and Albert Pujols). He hold 12 different records for the White Sox organization, including home runs (448), walks (1,466), runs scored (1,327) and RBI (1,465). The White Sox have announced they will retire Frank Thomas’ number 35. There is no doubt Thomas will be a HOFer, the only question is ‘will the writers play games or elect him on the first ballot which he deserves?’
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