- I don't know much about this set, but the back of this card shows 30 players and their batting average in 1997. Jim was number 26 on the list at .286.
- Like the dual logo that they used on the card for the hit list, the background logo doesn't really take too much away from the picture.
- Career home run #128 came off of Oakland's Brad Rigby (don't remember that name at all...) 8/23/97. It was the first of 2 homers that night, as the Indians won 7-4. Orel Hershiser won his 12th game for the Indians that night.
- Robert
- Great game action shot of Thome about to catch the ball at first base. It didn't take Thome long to transition to 1st base as his fielding percentage was routinely in the .990s after the move.
- Hard to tell, but it looks as if Jim has both the eye black on his face, along with the sunglasses. Overkill?
- Bio on the back: "...(Jim) is the first Indians left-handed batter with back to back 30 plus homer seasons since Hal Trosky in 1936-37." I know that I've mentioned that before somewhere on the blog...
- Robert
