If there was any question that Frank Thomas was a star in the making, his first full season ibn 1991 put any of those to rest. Frank Thomas got off to a rough start (.200 batting average in his first ten games) but he then hit homeruns in back to back games and never looked back. By the end of the season, he’d rack up numbers that would garner him a third place finish for the Most Valuable Player behind the eventual winner, Cal Ripken, Jr. and slugging first basemen (and first player to hit 50 homeruns in fourteen years) Cecil Fielder.
Frank Thomas finished first in the league in walks (138), OBP (.453) and OPS (1.006). He finished ninth in hitting (.318) and fourth in slugging (.553). His 32 homeruns put him fifth in the league.
Thomas also had some monster games. He had his first multi-homerun game on July 15. On May 23, he went two for five with five RBIs and on June 14 he went four for five with two doubles, a homerun, two runs and five RBIs. His third “five RBI” game of the season came on June 24 in which he went two for four with a double a homerun and five RBIs.
Here’s a look at the numbers…
Games 158
AB 559
Runs 104
Hits 178
Doubles 31
Triples 2
Homeruns 32
Walks 138
Strikeouts 112
Stolen Bases 1
Caught Stealing 2
BA .318
OBA .453
SLG% .553
OPS 1.006
RC 142
RCAA 75
RCAP 64
RC/G 9.47
ISO .234
