FRANK THOMAS 2024 TOPPS MUSEUM COLLECTION SILVER FRAMED AUTO #FMA-FTH 12/15! HOF

Description: You are purchasing a 2024 Topps Museum Collection Framed autograph card #FMA-FTH serial numbered 12/15 of HOF’er Frank Thomas. The card has a silver frame and has an on card auto signed in a crisp silver sharpie certified by Topps. There are two marble pillars next to Frank Thomas to enshrine his glorious career. As an added bonus, you will receive a 2019 Topps Triple Threads card #39 and a 2018 Topps Legends insert card #TS-28 of Frank Thomas. Feel free to check out our other ebay listing #395258078381 of Frank Thomas. These cards are an absolute must of “The Big Hurt,” Frank Thomas, HOF, or Chicago White Sox collector/fan/investor! Frank Edward Thomas, Jr. (born May 27, 1968) is a retired American professional baseball player. A designated hitter and first baseman, Thomas became one of baseball's biggest stars in the 1990s. Broadcaster Ken Harrelson nicknamed Thomas "The Big Hurt" in the 1992 season. Thomas was known for his menacing home run power; he routinely swung a rusted piece of rebar that he reportedly found during a renovation project in Old Comiskey Park in the on-deck circle. Thomas played college baseball and college football for the Auburn Tigers of Auburn University. He retired February 12, 2010. Playing in Major League Baseball, Thomas played for the Chicago White Sox (1990–2005), Oakland Athletics (2006, 2008), and Toronto Blue Jays (2007–2008). He is a five-time All-Star (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997), four-time Silver Slugger Award winner (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000), and two-time AL MVP (1993, 1994). He won the AL batting title in 1997, was named AL Comeback Player of the Year in 2000, and his uniform number was retired by the White Sox. He is now a commentator for Comcast SportsNet White Sox broadcasts. In May 2011, he was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, with his election being announced on January 8, 2014. He was formally inducted on July 27, 2014 as a member of the Chicago White Sox. Thomas became one of baseball's biggest stars in the 1990s, playing for the Chicago White Sox. Broadcaster Ken Harrelson coined the aforementioned nickname for Thomas in the 1992 season. Frank Thomas is known for his menacing home run power; he routinely swung a rusted piece of rebar (reportedly found during a renovation project in Old Comiskey Park) in the on-deck circle. Thomas played baseball and football at Auburn University. He retired February 12, 2010. Thomas was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia and attended Columbus High School where he was a standout in both football and baseball. As a Columbus High School sophomore he hit cleanup for a baseball team that won a state championship. As a senior he hit .440 for the baseball team, was named an All-State tight end with the football team, and played forward with the basketball team. He wanted desperately to win a contract to play professional baseball, but was not drafted in the 1986 amateur draft. In the autumn of 1986, Thomas accepted a scholarship to play football at Auburn University. His love of baseball drew him to the Auburn baseball team, where the coach immediately recognized his potential. "We loved him," Auburn baseball coach Hal Baird told Sports Illustrated. "He was fun to be around—always smiling, always bright-eyed." He was also a deadly hitter, posting a .359 batting average and leading the Tigers in runs batted in as a freshman. During the summer of 1987 he played for the U.S. Pan American Team, earning a spot on the final roster that would compete in the Pan American Games. By the end of his junior baseball season he had hit 19 home runs, 19 doubles, and batted .403 with a slugging percentage of .801. He earned Southeastern Conference MVP honors his senior year. Thomas concluded his college career with 49 home runs, a school record. The Chicago White Sox selected Thomas with the seventh pick in the first round of the June 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. Thomas is the only player in major league history to have seven consecutive seasons of a .300 average and at least 100 walks, 100 runs, 100 runs batted in, and 20 home runs (from 1991 to 1997). The only other player to have more than five consecutive seasons accomplishing this feat was Ted Williams with six. This accomplishment is even more remarkable considering that he played only 113 games in 1994, due to the strike. There are only six other players in history who have both hit more home runs and have a higher career batting average than Thomas: Hank Aaron, Jimmie Foxx, Babe Ruth, Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, and Willie Mays. Thomas made his major league debut on August 2, 1990 against the Milwaukee Brewers at County Stadium. He went hitless, going 0–4, but had an RBI on a fielder's choice which scored Iván Calderón as the White Sox won the game 4–3. On August 28, 1990, Thomas hit the first home run of his career in Minnesota, against the Twins (coincidentally, he would hit his 500th career home run at the Metrodome). He hit the home run off pitcher Gary Wayne in the top of the ninth as his team lost 12–6. In his first full season, Thomas established himself as a multi-talented hitter, combining power with hitting for average, drawing walks, and driving in runs. In 1991, Thomas finished third in MVP voting with a .318 batting average, 32 home runs, 109 runs batted in as well as walking 138 times. He won the first of four Silver Slugger awards, and led the league in on-base percentage, something he would accomplish four times throughout his career. In 1993, Thomas batted .317 with a club-record 41 homers, plus 128 RBI, 106 runs scored, and 112 walks. He joined a quartet of Hall-of-Famers (Babe Ruth, Lou Gherig, Jimmy Foxx and Ted Williams) as the only players in baseball history to eclipse .300 with more than 20 homers and more than 100 RBI, runs, and walks in three straight seasons. On the back of this historical offensive output, Thomas collected all 28 votes from baseball writers for a unanimous American League MVP Award, while leading the White Sox to their first AL West crown in 10 years. At the time, Bill James projected career statistics of 480 homers and a .311 lifetime average. Then manager Gene Lamont was laudatory of Thomas' skills. "I've only seen him two years now, but I'm convinced that there isn't a pitch he can't hit." White Sox announcer Ken Harrelson echoed the praise, "In my 30 years in the game, I've never seen anyone like Bit Hurt (Thomas). In another 30 years, we may be talking about Frank Thomas in the same way we talk about Ted Williams." In 1994, playing just 113 games due to a strike-shortened season, Thomas again put up huge offensive numbers recording 38 homers, 101 RBIs, batted .353, and led the league in runs scored (106), walks (109), and slugging percentage, at a whopping .729 average. Thomas handily won his second consecutive Most Valuable Player award – the first back-to-back MVPs by a White Sox player since Dick Allen in 1972. Thomas is one of only three first basemen in history to win consecutive Most Valuable Player awards in the major leagues (Hall-of-Famer Jimmie Foxx, 1932–1933, and current St. Louis Cardinal Albert Pujols, 2008–2009, are the others). The 1994 shortened season was due to a players' strike, and perhaps no one felt the sting of the strike more than Thomas, who stood poised to achieve one of baseball's most prestigious honors: the Triple Crown. Not since 1967 had any player finished the regular season first in average, home runs, and runs batted in. Thomas had recorded 32 home runs at the All-Star break, and was contending for the honor when the strike occurred. Pressed by the media to comment on his accomplishments—and his future—Thomas downplayed his own significance, telling the Atlanta Journal and Constitution: "I'm not into being known as the best by fans or the media. I care how I'm perceived by my peers. I can settle for the label 'one of the best' because that means you're considered an elite player." Thomas would continue putting up significant well-rounded offensive numbers, always placing in the top finishers in all major offensive categories, though rarely leading in any one stat. In 1995, he hit .308 with 40 homers and 111 RBI, and in 1996, he hit .349 with 40 home runs and 134 RBI, and became an All-Star for the fourth time, while finishing 8th in MVP voting. From 1991–1997, Thomas finished in the top 10 of the MVP voting every year. In 1997, Thomas won the batting title and finished third in MVP voting. However, due in part to personal strife off the field, his offensive production wavered during the next two seasons. Thomas rebounded with force in 2000 when he hit .328 with a career-high 43 homers and 143 runs batted in. Thomas finished second in MVP voting that season, behind Jason Giambi of the Oakland Athletics, (Giambi was later found guilty of using performance-enhancing steroids). Thomas also won the 2000 AL Comeback Player of the Year Award. Always a patient hitter, Thomas would lead the American League in walks four times. Through the end of the 2006 season, Thomas was second among all active players in walks and third in on-base percentage, and ranked among the top 20 lifetime in both categories. Thomas had another solid season in 2003. He tied for second in the American League in home runs (42), and was in the league's top ten in walks, extra-base hits, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging, as he led the major leagues in fly ball percentage (54.9%). In 2005, Thomas again suffered injury, but hit 12 home runs in 105 at-bats over 35 games, demonstrating his continued power at the plate. Adding together 2004 and 2005, he had fewer than 350 total at-bats because of injuries, but hit 30 home runs and drew 80 walks. As a member of the White Sox, Thomas and teammate Magglio Ordóñez tied a major league record for back-to-back homers, with six in one season. In 2005, manager Ozzie Guillen led the White Sox to a World Series victory, their first in 88 years. Game 1 of the Division Series against the Boston Red Sox. Thomas was chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. "What a feeling," Thomas said. "Standing O all around the place. People really cheering me. I had tears in my eyes. To really know the fans cared that much about me – it was a great feeling. One of my proudest moments in the game.” Thomas established several White Sox batting records, including all-time leader in runs scored (1,327), home runs (448), doubles (447), RBI (1,465), extra-base hits (906), walks (1,466), total bases (3,949), slugging percentage (.568), and on-base percentage (.427). At the time he left the team, his 448 home runs were more than twice as many as any other individual player had hit for the White Sox in their 104-year history. As early as 1995, Thomas was advocating drug testing for professional baseball players. After hitting his 500th home run, Thomas stated, "It means a lot to me because I did it the right way," alluding to Barry Bonds's then-ongoing pursuit of Hank Aaron's career home run record. Thomas was, then, the only active baseball player to be interviewed during the preparation of the Mitchell Report. He did so voluntarily. Thomas was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his initial year of eligibility, and was inducted as a member of the first major-league franchise he played for, the Chicago White Sox, on July 27, 2014. Baseball accomplishments On June 28, 2007, Thomas became the 21st player in Major League Baseball history to hit at least 500 home runs, after he hit a first inning home run at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. Thomas is on a short list of players who have hit 500 home runs while maintaining a career .300 batting average (joining Hall-of-Famers: Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Ted Williams, Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, and later joined by Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramírez). Thomas is also on a short list of players to hit 500 career home runs and accrue at least 1600 bases on balls. The others are: Babe Ruth, Mel Ott, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, and Barry Bonds. Thomas was the first player in major league history to win two Silver Slugger awards each at two different positions (1993–94 at first base; 1991 & 2000 as designated hitter). He was only the eleventh player in history to win consecutive Most Valuable Player Awards, and the first American League player to do so since Roger Maris in 1960 and 1961. He was the third player (Eddie Murray and Hank Aaron) to collect 500 career home runs and 120 career sacrifice flies. His 138 walks in the 1991 season was not only the most accrued in a season by any American League player in the 1990s, it was the most for a season by any American League player since 1969 when Harmon Killebrew walked 145 times. Thomas' 0.729 slugging percentage for the shortened 1994 season was the highest season mark for an American League player since Ted Williams' 0.731 slugging percentage in 1957. Only Mark McGwire's 0.730 in 1996 has been higher since then. In the shortened 1994 season, Thomas achieved an on-base percentage of 0.494 which was also the highest season mark for an American League player since Ted Williams' 0.528 on-base percentage in 1957. No American League player has topped this since. Retired as the all-time leader in home runs by a designated hitter, with 269. He is currently 2nd, behind David Ortiz. Currently ranks 18th with career 521 HRs. Currently ranks 21st with career 1,704 RBI. Currently ranks 24th with a .554 career slugging percentage. Currently ranks 4th with 121 career sacrifice flies. He is the only player in Major League history to hit over 100 sacrifice flies and not collect a single sacrifice bunt. The White Sox retired his uniform No. 35 during in an on-field ceremony on "Frank Thomas Day," August 29, 2010. Career highlights and awards 5× All-Star (1993–1997) 4× Silver Slugger Award (1991, 1993, 1994, 2000) 2× AL MVP (1993, 1994) AL Comeback Player of the Year (2000) AL batting champion (1997) Home Run Derby champion (1995) Chicago White Sox #35 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 2014 Vote 83.7% (first ballot) Winning bidder/ buyer will receive actual card(s) pictured in the listing above. Buy/ bid with confidence. Total Shipping (USPS Ground Advantage/First Class Mail) inside the US is FREE. If SHIPPING IS OUTSIDE THE US, please add $25 (approximately) for First Class International Mail. We will gladly ship to Japan and most countries. 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