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Frank Thomas is a retired Major League Baseball <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">player</a>.  He played most of his career with the Chicago White Sox of the American League. A first baseman, he was known for his slugging and garnered the <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">nickname</a>, “<a href="/biography/frank-thomas">The Big Hurt</a>.” Thomas was a 5 time All-Star and won the Most Valuable Player for the American League twice.  In 2014, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. He is currently a <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">studio analyst</a> for MLB on Fox.

Early Life

Frank Thomas was born in 1968, 27th day of May. His birth name was <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">Frank Edward Thomas</a>, Jr. His place of birth is Columbus, Georgia, in the United States of America. He went to Columbus High School where he was excelled as a three sport athlete. While starring for the football and basketball teams at Columbus High, his real passion was for baseball.  Thomas would lead his high school team to state championship before moving on to the college ranks.

Playing history

Following high school Thomas chose to attend Auburn University, where he received a scholarship to play football.  But his love for playing baseball persisted. The university’s baseball coach realized his potential and his baseball career began in earnest. After excelling on the Auburn Tigers baseball team, Thomas was beginning to receive more attention from Major League scouts. He would narrowly missed a chance to join 1988 US Olympic baseball tem. In 1989, the Chicago White Sox selected Thomas with the seventh pick in the first round of the Major League Draft. He made his first Major League appearance in 1990, against the Milwaukee Brewers. He would subsequently go 0-4 in his first game.

Dreaded by pitchers in the Major’s for his power hitting, Thomas is known to have practiced his swing with a rusted rebar. In 1991 he would win the first of four Silver Slugger Awards, awarded to best hitter at each position. Two years later, he would join Babe Ruth, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Williams">Ted Williams</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a> as the only players to ever achieve a .300 batting average with more than 20 home runs, more than 100 RBI, runs, and walks in three consecutive seasons. This achievement led Frank to be voted unanimously as the Most Valuable Player in 1993. Between the years 1993-1997, Thomas would be in the top 10 of the MVP voting each year.

Following1997, he became injury prone and the White Sox had to decide whether to use him as a designated hitter or play him at first base. Though he preferred to play in the field, they began to use him primarily as designated hitter. Tragedy struck Thomas when he lost his father in 2001 and the same year he had a triceps tear in his right arm. After the injury he never managed to quite regain his form and would not hit a .300 batting average again. He did make a comeback in 2002, but managed only a .252 batting average. While his consistency was down, his slugging ability still remained an effective weapon.  He would tie for second in the American league in 2003 with 42 home runs. Due the injuries and age, his performance dipped significantly in the years 2004 and 2005 and would make 350 plate appearances.

In 2005, the White Sox would win their first World Series in nearly 100 years. Due to injuries, Thomas was not on the post-season roster.  To honor his contributions to the team, he was chosen to throw out the first pitch in a Division Series game with the Boston Red Sox. He would receive a championship ring for his efforts throughout the season though. Following the championship season, the White Sox decided to release Thomas. His departure from the White Sox team did have a bit of drama, as Thomas felt the front office was not straight forward with him.

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After his departure from the White Sox, he played for two years (2006-2008) with the Oakland Athletics and for a year with the Toronto Blue Jays. He retired from professional baseball in 2010. He signed a single day contract with the Chicago White Sox to announce his retirement.

Thomas has several credits to his name. He is the only player to have a batting average of 0.300 in seven consecutive seasons. He has voted to All-Star team for five consecutive years from 1993 to 1997. He is a four-time <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">winner</a> of the Silver Slugger award and two-time winner of the AL Most Valuable Player award. In 2014, his first year of eligibility, he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Thomas would finish his career in the top 10 all time in the AL in home runs, RBI, walks, slugging percentage and on base percentage. He currently stands at 20th all-time in Major League history in home runs, with 521. In 2011, the White Sox honored him with a bronze statue at US Cellular Field.

Thomas was an outspoken <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">advocate</a> of the league’s drug testing policy during baseball’s “steroids era.” Most believe, and Thomas has always maintained, that he played the game clean.

Personal life

Thomas is married to Megan Thomas. He and his wife are doting parents, who regularly attend their children’s sporting events and post pictures of them on social media. Thomas’ earlier marriage to Elise Silver ended in a divorce. Thomas and Elise had four kids from their marriage- Frank III, Sloan, Sydney and Sloan.

After retiring from baseball Thomas joined NBC Chicago as studio analyst and commentator for White Sox broadcasts. Since 2014, Thomas has been a regular <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">studio analyst</a> for MLB on Fox.

Business

He had an inclination to music during his baseball days and invested in the business of music. He founded his own record label, Un-D-Nyable Entertainment. He is also the <a href="/biography/frank-thomas">CEO</a> and founder of W2W Records. In 2014, he opened a brewpub, Big Hurt’s Brewhouse in suburban Chicago. He has his own micro-brewery, Big Hurt Beer which is sold locally in Chicago. Thomas is estimated to have a net worth of $65 million.

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