Talk:Frank E. Thomas

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Is is too early to post a player's career stats, if they are still active?

Contents 1 Career Statistics as of early 2004 1.1 Origin and Meaning of Nickname 2 POV 3 Steroids?

[edit] Career Statistics as of early 2004

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	SH	SF	HBP	AVG	OBP	SLG
1,851	6,611	2,048	428	11	418	1,255	1,390	1,386	159	1,077	0	105	65	.310	.428	.568

Not at all, be our guest. Meelar 06:30, 22 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Origin and Meaning of Nickname

Could anyone please explain his nickname? I know, some reporter named him that way. But that does not explain much, does it? Cheers.

It's just a Hawkism for you, I guess. Maybe because he was sort of prone to injury. 67.175.112.107 06:38, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

--ACTUALLY, Hawk named him "the big hurt" b/c he could put a "hurt" on the ball! he was relatively injury free in his first 7 years.

Okay, cool, that's what I was looking for. How about putting both explanations on the main side? (And now I even know, how to sign... hopefully... Thorsten 23:29, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Yes! :-)

[edit] POV

I removed the line in "See Also" which claimed that he was widely regarded as the greatest player in club history. That may be the case (I agree, actually), but the White Sox have had some very good players who could give Thomas a run for his money. Shoeless Joe Jackson comes to mind, as do Luis Aparicio and even Harold Baines. When the DHL Hometown Heroes winners are announced, maybe then it makes sense to put that fact up (assuming, of course, that Frank wins). Otherwise, the claim seems speculative 67.175.112.107 09:18, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Steroids?

While I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Frank Thomas' career, I'm a fairly active baseball fan and I've never heard anyone express suspicions about him and steroids. On the contrary, he seems to typically be one of the examples of players considered to be clean. I don't want to simply delete the section, but I'm wondering if the author (or anyone else) can provide any links backing up this assertation. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.135.34.40 (talk • contribs).