The INSANE Prime of Frank Thomas
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- Frank Thomas, AKA The Big Hurt, was one of the 1990s finest ballplayers. He seemed to have no limitations! He hit for average, power, and was patient, walking more than he struck out for his career! His consistency is under appreciated, and there’s a stat we’ll discuss later on that all but confirms this claim. He played 16 years with the White Sox, and set record after record for the franchise. He made a baseball bat look like a toothpick, and was one of the most imposing and dangerous hitters throughout his 19 year big league career.
Link to Frank’s charity:
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Players relevant to the video: Cal Ripken Jr., Cecil Fielder, Willie Randolph, Brett Butler, Dennis Eckersley, Kirby Puckett, Joe Carter, Mike Schmidt, Ken Griffey Jr., Tino Martinez, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Jason Giambi, Adley Rutschman, Nolan Arenado, Johan Santana, Jim Thome, Paul Konerko, Edgar Martinez, Derek Jeter, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine
0:00 Intro
0:51 Biography
3:38 The Big Hurt
6:41 Video Game Numbers
9:06 Frank the Tank
11:10 Making History/Facing Adversity
13:08 Rock Bottom
15:22 A New Home in Oakland
17:42 Frank’s Fanfare
18:52 Charity/Conclusion
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500+ HR, 2k+ hits, more walks than strikeouts, and batting avg above .300. how many hitters can say that?
Craaaazy numbers
The real question is what would those numbers look like if he played 15K innings at 1st base, instead of being a DH for the majority of his career?..
Hank Aaron, Babe Ruth, Ted Williams, Mel Ott and Jimmie Foxx can all lay claim to this distinction, but it is indeed, a very rare club to be a part of.
Lou Gehrig fell just 7 homers shy of this club.
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Bagwell was better.. produced almost identical numbers and was plus plus at everything else.. I once saw Bagwell steal home to walk it off.. lol..
@@jacobjones5269 irrelevant
It is mind boggling that Bo Jackson, Charles Barkley and Frank Thomas attended Auburn at the same time. Has any college ever had that much talent in the major sports on campus at the same time?
Crazy how much power he had with his back foot in the air as he made contact.
I forgot how how impressive his average numbers were.
yeah him and Edgar Martinez have a similar (but not identical) setup and follow through...
his power came more from his hips, you can see it in the swing
Walt Reniak was the Sox hitting coach and taught that form. A lot of Sox players during those years had that form (Robin Ventura comes to mind with a swing that was obvious with the back foot like Thomas').
That happens while a lot of players swing. You’d be surprised
He had SEVEN straight seasons of .300 BA, 100 H's, 100 R's, 100 RBI's, 100 BB's, 20 HR's. No one else has more than three. Not to mention he was #1 on Beckett's Hot List for 34 straight months!
Thx 35# i lived 5 minutes from the park and i heard the fireworks going off all summer.
Great hitter. Even better person.
My favorite player growing up. THE BIG HURT ❤
Yes! Thomas and Griffey! Still have their cards somewhere.
He got the greatest nick name “The Big Hurt”
a lot of respect for Frank Thomas. he was a consistently excellent
i keep remembering an all-star game interview he gave with Barry Bonds in the mid 90's where Barry complained about being looked up to as a role model and Frank made his thoughts known. He un-apologetically said that he felt that because kids looked up to pro athletes they had a responsibility to act like a role model and made Barry look like the selfish mofo he always was. class act. the Big Hurt is my favorite player of the 90s.
Oof! 😂 thanks for sharing that story that’s wild. The Big Hurt for the win!
My favorite class act moment by Frank Thomas is during the lowest point in his career mentioned in 13:42 , the injury came from a ground ball hit towards him by none other than a Rookie Ichiro Suzuki. Frank tells this story in a video called "Ichiro Suzuki gave Frank Thomas the worst injury he's ever had" and despite this being probably the darkest time in his life, Frank puts it aside to tell the story of how great Ichiro is.
And it's because of how jelly Barry got from all the attention Griffey/Thomas and later Mike/Sooser (as Ted Kennedy called them) that caused Barry to turn to the dark side ('roids) on top of his narcissistic angry 'tude.
Charles Barkley would agree with Barry Bonds. It’s your job as a parent. A brother. An uncle. A close cousin to be a role model to the youth within your zone of influence
@@wmg33and Charles Barkley could be a real stroke as well.
Holy hell that footage of him on his Auburn team shows he was absolutely massive even in his early years of baseball. Absolute unit of a man
I agree he was a massive guy.
would you touch it?
Frank Thomas actually should have won the MVP in 2000, an amazing talent. Can’t believe you had all those college baseball footage at Auburn. Great piece. When you see these guys who dominate in college and pro it’s special.
Well I would say that Oakland and the White Sox did win their respective divisions. With Giambi (I don't care if he was clean, but he wasn't), but Thomas had more hits, runs, rbis, and had the same number of hrs. Thomas's averages were slightly below, but pretty much in the same ball park. Yea, Arod had a great year as well with the Mariners making the playoffs too. I'm still taking Thomas because he led the Sox to a better record than the A's and Mariners.
@@jmcfan11 Closest race ever at the time, and Giambi admitted to being on the juice.
2006 as well
@@jmcfan11 I assume you meant Cal Ripken's 1991 year in which the Orioles finished 6th. Hey man listen it depends on how the voters feel. I mean I know the history of the MVP and guys who won the award while their team was in last place, like Andre Dawson in 1987, when the award could have went to Gwynn or Smith. But the voters are the ones that switch it up and feel that a player is valuable to a team that finishes 1st (or better record) over someone who had better numbers as a hitter. So let's take Ted Williams (to use your hitter (little defense) argument. Ted Williams (best hitter in baseball), the voters gave the MVP award to DiMaggio in 1941 and 1947, and also 1942 to Joe Gordon, while Ted Williams finished 2nd in voting those years. Why? Well because the Yankees (team record) success was the factor in their decision. DiMaggio was a better overall player but not hitter. Again, they switch it up whenever they want to. It's not my criteria that they switch up on. Why do they give Juan Gonzalez the MVP in 1996 over Griffey or A-Rod, well it wasn't because of WAR, it's because the Rangers finished 1st that year or had better team success. Why do they switch it up and give Maury Wills the MVP instead of Willie Mays in 1962 who had better overall numbers and his team finished above the Dodgers. ???
As far as the 2000 A's, Giambi wasn't alone either just like Thomas wasn't alone on the Sox. Miguel Tejada who won the MVP two years later was on that team, and they had 5 players who hit over 20 home runs on that team and 6 guys that had over 80 rbis, while they also had pretty good pitching.
@@jmcfan11 Yes, I meant Ozzie Smith who finished 2nd that year. Or even Jack Clark, I mean the Cardinals went to the series that year. But then again that's that team success. So since Ripken won the MVP in 91 while his team finished 6th, should Dawson have won the MVP for his team that finished 6th also? I know Ripken had the highest WAR and defensive WAR (WAR aint everything). At least the voters were consistent. I just feel that the team has to have some success. In other team sports almost always the the MVP gets their team to the playoffs. I know MLB is different, just saying.
born in the suburbs of Chicago and now living in indiana...frank thomas was and still is my all time fav baseball player. he was Albert pujols before AP had the spotlight. only difference was there wasn't the platforms, media coverage, streaming that the players of today have the luxury of having. ONLY PLAYER IN HISTORY to have 7 consecutive seasons of .300 ba, 20 hrs, 100 rbi, 100 runs, 100 walks. and he did it clean. met him 3 times once at the ball game, once at a sports convention, and once promoting his Big Hurt Beer. had 2 rookie cards and a baseball signed by him. the last time I said the only thing besides thx for the memories I could to respect his greatness. I said "thanks for doing it CLEANLY for all those years." he responded "thx for being there."
I think I was at his 3 homerun game. I was a Lil kiddo. So I'm probably wrong. He is awesome. I love Frank ventura Lance one dog. Awesome team to grow up with
@Stretch213 great memories weren't they?! the players u mentioned...Blackjack McDowell. Bo. Wilson Alvarez. Alex Fernandez. Karkovice. Cora. Burks. Raines. Roberto Hernandez. these names just flow into my memory. 1993-1994 White Sox were my best times to watch White Sox baseball. besides for 2005 of course...oh how we have fallen. thx for the reply tho! Be Well
and lastly Frank deserved that ring and I don't think anyone would dispute that. I just wish that he could have gotten to play in that magical run in 05....
It’s a shame he missed the World Series but you’re right he deserved that ring 💯
yea idk why they didnt just let him play he was DH anyways at that point
Yes idk why they didn't just let him hit he could have limped to first
I knew he had a great 1990's but had no idea how good he was in the 2000's.
He easily deserves to be in the same conversation as Pujols and Miguel Cabrera. And close to Aaron and Mays.
I got to see him play a bunch in Oakland in 06. Had his jersey too. Biggest man I’ve ever seen in person, and he absolutely crushed the ball. I remember him hitting a line drive foul ball 2 rows in front of me so hard that the guys sitting in the seats literally jumped out of the way.
The Big Hurt my favorite baseball player of all time. Most of his baseball cards were always worth more than Griffey Jr's. Had his Rebooks as well. THE BIG HURT!
Love the show! Hope to see a video on the Hawk, Andre Dawson. Keep up the great work!
The big hurt was a huge part of my childhood. My dad and I would watch the Whitesox every night on WGN. We went to see him in Sarasota one year for spring training, I got a ball and his O-Pee-Chee rookie card signed. They say don't meet your heros - bullshit, Frank was everything and more. Nicest guy you could hope to meet. Thanks for all the memories Big Frank. 👊
I saw the title of this and wished it was about the ORIGINAL Frank Thomas... one of the nicest people I have ever met. Power hitter in the late 50's and early 60's... most famous for hitting 34 home runs as a member of the Original New York Mets in 1962.
He passed away recently
This is one of those videos you didn’t intend to watch, only to discover you’ve been glued to the screen for the last 20 minutes.
They’re the perfect combination of stats & nostalgia. Well done. 👏
Thank you for the kind words! That means a lot to hear, I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
The best batting eye I've ever seen from a RH hitter.
In his prime, you could not get him to chase out of the zone. And he crushed almost everything within the zone.
People think I'm crazy, but, I think he'd do better today with a more consistent strike zone.
Hmm, Pujols?
As far as modern players I'd say it's between him, Pujols, and Edgar Martinez.
@@Garrett1240Frank Thomas, Manny and Al Pujols. Those are the best rh hitters I’ve ever seen.
@@axe2grind244 I agree. I was definitely going to add Manny into this conversation! He always had a weird bored expression on his face at the plate but he rarely chased anything and could hit to all fields with ease!
The fact that he did what he did in the era that he did it in makes his accomplishments even greater.
Loved this video. Watching baseball in the 90’s as a teen, Frank Thomas was one of my favorites. Always loved imitating his batting stance.
He has a cool batting stance that’s for sure!
@@Cam23 you should do a video on Juan Gonzalez!!!!
@@alcidesrios7222 great suggestion! 157 RBI in ‘98 is wild 😳
@@Cam23 yes. He may have been roided up who knows but did the have three straight 40+ HR’s
My top 3 first basemen of the 90's are Thomas, Grace and Olerud. They were on base machines with some power. Those 3 always seemed to walk more than they struck out. I always thought Thomas would squeek into the 3000 hits club but those injury seasons killed that. Loved watching his career
no way. Dan Pasqua, Pete O'Brien , and Kent Hrbek
@@eugenegreen2285 😁 funny guy !
Great video, the Big Hurt was terrifying, the guy looked like a linebacker. He also seems to have done it the right way since he was so publicly critical of steroid users.
Another interesting topic might be Albert Belle. His prime was pretty insane.
In over 40 years of being an enthusiastic baseball fan who also played organized baseball and softball, I never saw a better hitter than Frank Thomas. Keep in mind that he never took steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs. He was robbed of at least a couple more MVP awards by players who were NOT clean. Thomas was a great, natural talent who made the most of what he had. The cheaters and prima donnas eventually took all the joy out of watching the game for me. Thanks for the memories, Frank.
Hands down my favorite player growing up. Thomas, Griffey, and Juan Gonzalez were my favorite power hitters in the 90's. No one talks about Gonzalez but it would be cool if you made a video on him as well.
Juan Gonzalez reminds me of Gary Sheffield. Arms the size of tanks and the lasers they hit out of the park. I wish they had exit velocity on both of them.
He got caught up in the steroid era along with some good hitters thats y they dont speak on him
I’d love one on my personal favorite player of all time, Roy Halladay.
Love the videos! New sub but love how deep you get into the videos. These players all deserve it.
He’s definitely one I want to do one of these videos on. Lots to talk about, and his career is very impressive
I would love to see Ichiro covered, a lot of history with that dude. And it would be cool to see how he dominated the NPL before coming over
Or an Eddie Murray video
Agreed on Both men!!!😎👍👊
If only Ichiro didn't come into the US when he was pushing 30. Even if he arrived five years before he would have broken almost every record and probably would have hit 500+ home runs even though he didn't (want to) hit for power.
Tony Gwynn had some amazing things to say about Frank. Says a lot to get high praise from one of the best.
He seems to already not be talked about as much as he should imo. He was a great player.
My all time favorite baseball player. I was obsessed with The Big Hurt when I was growing up
Also played in the NFL
Great video brother, thank you.
Thanks cam! Your killing with this series & all editing ya do for Fuzzy. Your a wizard! Keep up the great job. Creating & leaving your own legacy with these.... They outlive us all like those early sports docs imo
As a life time Sox fan I was constantly amazed by Frank Thomas. Ive seen him fooled by curve balls and still hit them 430 feet to right field
Andre Dawson would be a cool player for you to do a video on
Dawson sux
Excellent recommendation!
Best hitter of the 90s. I watched him day in day out in..Chicago... he was unbelievable. His eye was so good and on par with anyone. To have those power numbers plus average. He would spray the ball everywhere.
I grew up with Frank, batted 3rd on the Peach league Lions. Frank of course batted clean up! Greatest dude you'll ever meet. I never saw a bad pitch because of who was behind me, and he never saw a good pitch because, well, he was a bad man even at 12! Still hit 10 Homer's in 20 games w horrible pitches to swing at. Was so glad to see him go to Cooperstown!
@breadandcircuses8127 yes indeed, Little league 12 yo team.
Been waiting for this one. The reason I became a Sox fan, dude was a beast!
Grew up in Chicago and my pops was a huge White Sox fan. We went to tons of games. The Big Hurt was a beast.
Awesome video, keep'em coming!
Ohh baby!! Thank you so much for making this!
Thank you for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video.
Great nickname, one of the best ever. #22 all-time in on-base percentage, #18 in OPS. One manager said if Frank came up with the bases loaded, he would intentionally walk him.
Great video. Frank was my favorite. Frank Thomas day was special.
Thanks! I appreciate you suggesting him, I had a blast learning about Frank.
Your videos are filled with videos I haven't seen and include info I am too lazy to look up. Your channel has the look of something that will have a loyal group of followers for as long as your passion continues. I found you with the Kirby Puckett video, and have enjoyed since. Cheers!
Thank you! I appreciate your support of this series 🙌🏼
Haven’t even watched it yet and I already know this is gold. My favorite player of all time. Have a bat that he signed hanging above my signed poster of Bo Jackson’s infamous shoulder pads and bat across his shoulders. Looking forward to checking this out!!!! Thanks, dude. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody. ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
I still remember playing Frank Thomas Big Hurt baseball on Sega 😂
Love these videos. Being from the u.k,although we can now watch games everyday we still dont get a lot of historical info so to hear about these greats is awesome.
That’s so great to hear! I love that baseball can bring us from all around the world to learn about the history of this amazing game together. Thank you for tuning in!
I would love a David Ortiz video man.
Big Papi would be a great one!
Prime Frank had one of the tightest strike zones I have ever seen. Pitchers had to make almost perfect pitches (in the zone!) to get him out because he didn't chase.
My favorite baseball player of all time. Very well done and THANK YOU. ✌️
I was such a huge Frank Thomas fan in the day.
You hit this one out of the park yet again. Well done, young man.
Thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoyed!
Great job on this video and all of your content. Your hard work and love for the game is evident in the exceptional quality of you videos.
Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you’re enjoying the content!
Great video! Happy I found your channel.
Thank you! Welcome to the channel 🙌🏼
Nothing but respect for this guy, one of the greatest hitters I’ve ever seen.
Let me also add great appearance in Mr. Baseball 👌🏻.
I was hoping he mentioned Mr. Baseball, (underrated movie) the rookie (Frank Thomas) made Jake Elliot (Tom Selleck) retire from the MLB, talk about a “Big Hurt” 😂
My all-time favorite ballplayer. I had Frank Thomas posters all over my wall as a young kid in Chicago. Thank you so much for this video!
It was a thrill to learn about The Big Hurt and make this video, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Fav all time player. I was fortunate enough to watch hundreds of his games on WGN and ESPN and Fox. Insane bat speed, eye and power.
Frank Thomas is my second favorite player behind Jr. Such a consistent and humble player. LOVE THE BIG HURT!!!
I loved this mans game so much! All time great!
Matt Williams. Your call out to 1994 reminded me he was on pace for Maris record.
He was my favorite player when I was growing up. I was lucky enough to meet him outside Busch Stadium before game 5 of the 2013 World Series and got to shake his hand.
Amazing player, one of my favorite..
these videos are so fire could grow your channel to 250k w this series i literally be waiting on another to drop
I appreciate that! Thank you for supporting the series 🙌🏼
Awesome video man. I greatly appreciate it being a Frank Thomas fan the crazy fact is that he's 0 for 11 facing Nolan Ryan. And that 93 team of the White Sox against that Toronto Blue Jays team that ended up winning the world series. He was walked 11 times in the series so he couldn't hurt the Blue Jays which was a smart move by them.
I’m glad to hear you enjoyed the video. It was a blast to learn about Frank!
Excellent video by far. Where have you been all my life? Please do one on Dave Winfield, please?
I love these vids because it goes in depth into just how good these widely accepted hofers really were
I guess thats kinda the whole point though lol
I’m glad you’re enjoying the content! And you’re good haha 😂
Great player. Class act.
Big Frank and Griff were my favorite players. I have Polaroids of Thomas outside the dugout back in the Kingdome :)
Great video! I really enjoyed it!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Good video. I forgot all about Frank Thomas. I guess that was emblematic of his career, quiet and carried a big Hurt!
Nice to include charitable involvements.
Such a monster. For as big of a human being he was in size he was very athletic. We are lucky he chose baseball over football and basketball.. i had a pair of his reebok shoes in high school
One of my favorite players
My older brothers favorite player. Frank was so good my brother changed his favorite number to 35.
Thanks for this one!
That’s awesome! And thank you I’m glad you enjoyed!
Thomas and Griffey were my 2 favorite players growing up.
One of the greatest all around pure hitters I saw. MVP 2 years in a row. He was overshadowed by bonds, Griffey, piazza, Big Mac & Sammy. One special athlete
Really cool that he hit #1 and #500 in the same stadium
Met him multiple times. Truly great guy
It would be cool to see videos about Paul Molitor and Robin Yount. I saw Big Frank get in a fight with Dave Parker between a day night double header at Milwaukee County Stadium in the very early 90's. He was a great player, miss seeing him play.
Frank Thomas and Griffey Jr. Ran the 90’s.
Beyond his incredible talent and work ethic, I respect his integrity more than almost any other player to ever step on the diamond. He played at the height of the steroid era and never wavered in his convictions
As a kid watching up I knew he was a monster of a player but as an adult now his stats are insane. I remember rocking my big hurt Reebok batting gloves on little league. They say to never meet your hero’s, unless your hero is Frank Thomas. 1000% class act and humble person and deserved his spot in Cooperstown.
his stats give me goosebump
Absolute unit.
My mom brought me to a baseball card shop when I was 10 and asked the owner for 2 cards. 1 each of a prospect pitcher and hitter. The guy sold us Mike Mussina and Frank Thomas rookie cards. Talk about predicting future HOFs! I followed Frank Thomas everyday, reading his stat lines in the paper and watching his highlights on Sportscenter. His stats in the 1990s were ridiculous! I continued to collect his cards through my teenage years through about 2000. I have over 1000 unique cards of his! Man, I really wanted that 1993 Bowman's Refractor and Topps rookie NNOF!
So happy to have watched him play. My only regret is not going to his HoF induction!
That is so cool! Getting Mussina and Thomas at the same time is insane 🤯 1,000?! Holy smokes I maybe have 1,000 baseball cards total 🤣 I suppose had I grown up in that era I too would have collected Frank's cards religiously!
This dude is a legend
Great player. Even better man.
Awesome video! Frank Rules 💪
Thank you! And Frank does in fact rule 💪
As a kid in the 90's, anytime you landed a Griffey or Thomas card in a pack of baseball cards, it was akin to pulling a ticket Willy Wonka style. The 90's was a great time to be a fan (sans 94).
Speaking of Frank’s time in Oakland (and since he was mentioned in the video), I’d love to see a video of Jason Giambi
8:00 "That's Barry Bonds territory and *he wasn't juiced like Barry Bonds."*
Fixed it for you!
Great video dawg never knew about frank because i’m 22 n from pittsburgh so baseball isn’t my first sport but the way you showcased big hurt was great keep it up man
Hey I appreciate that!
One the greatest of all time
My favorite player of all time even as an Astros fan. Got to watch him live one time and it was during Wilson Alvarez pitching a no hitter against Baltimore. He hit a home run right in front of me. That went from dull summer break to the greatest of all time
You know a ballplayer is amazing when they don't play for your favorite team and you're a fan!
Excellent work, as always! You've taught me so much. Maybe in like... 4th grade, I was briefly a bandwagon White Sox fan solely because of Mr. Thomas. He was a real life superhero.
His average and walk numbers would be impressive for someone with 60 career homeruns.
When it comes to someone as notorious as The Big Hurt, I am always immediately curious about the ratio of "earned" walks to intentional walks. A walk is a walk, and all the numbers count, but I appreciate them for different reasons.
Right or wrong, if I am being honest I am happy to see the most egregious PED users left out of the HOF, but I don't find myself getting upset about Pudge and Bagwell getting in. Frank has a right to be upset about it. But I would argue that the guys missing the final cut of big league rosters each year were the ones hurt the most.
Great video. Great ball player. I kinda wish he wasn't always trynna sell me supplements, but if Nutriflux was dropping thousand dollar bills in front of me, I'd pick'em up too.
Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying the content!
Freakshow Frank could flat out hit. He deserves all the accolades he received.
#Legend
Underrated player
He should have made more All-stars
💯
One of my favortie players.
The Big Hurt!!! He was my favorite player as a kid.