Kansas City Royals · 1B

Jim Thome

#25 · Age: 27 · Position: 1B · Bats: L · Throws: R

Contract

Jim Thome’s current agreement and contract history.

Current contract

The active agreement and its season-by-season salary.

Active agreement

Standard

$3,227,000 Total contract value
Year signed1998
Term5 years
Salary seasons 1998–2002

Salary by season

Active contract salaries by season
SeasonSalary
1998$443,180
1999$695,955
2000$695,955
2001$695,955
2002$695,955
Total$3,227,000

Salary vs. production

1998 DBL regular season · Annual salary $443,180 · Production across all teams.

Key salary rates

$778 per plate appearance Plate appearances · 570 total
$3,574 per hit Hits · 124 total
$9,848 per home run Home runs · 45 total

More production rates

Games 123 total
$3,603 per game
At-bats 484 total
$916 per at-bat
Runs 92 total
$4,817 per run
Doubles 21 total
$21,104 per double
Triples 2 total
$221,590 per triple
RBI 105 total
$4,221 per RBI
Walks 76 total
$5,831 per walk
Stolen bases 1 total
$443,180 per stolen base
WAR 4.9 total
$91,377 per WAR

Descriptive outcomes

Strikeouts 172 total
$2,577 per strikeout

Season-to-date rates use the full-year contract salary, not salary paid so far. They are not prorated or team-specific. A dash means the stat is zero or negative. For losses and allowed outcomes, a lower salary-per-stat figure does not necessarily mean better performance.

Contract history

Past agreements and their recorded salary seasons.

No contract history on file.