The love of baseball has been passed down for generations in the Thome family, but Jim’s favorite position is dad. “He’s the best. When we’re at home, he always makes jokes.

Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome is back making an impact on the diamond more than 10 years since his final major league game. However, Thome isn't stepping into the batter's box, hoping to add to ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome is back making an impact on the diamond more than 10 years since his final major league game. However, Thome isn't stepping into the batter's box, hoping to add to ...

Jim Thome poses with his family during the MLB Red Carpet Show in 2019. He is now an assistant coach for his son Landon’s high school baseball team. MLB Photos via Getty Images In the middle of ...

Jim Thome is back in blue — and is winning gold. The 52-year-old Peoria native and Baseball Hall of Famer was in a baseball uniform this weekend as an assistant for LaGrange Park Nazareth ...

The love of baseball has been passed down for generations in the Thome family, but Jim’s favorite position is dad. “He’s the best. When we’re at home, he always makes jokes.

BARTONVILLE, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Jim Thome returned to his roots Friday. “I was here early, I sat in the dugout and thought about the great memories,” Thome said. “Being here at Limestone ...

Jim Thome is a busy guy these days. The Hall of Famer and former White Sox slugger is a special assistant to Sox general manager Rick Hahn, president of the Major League Baseball Players Alumni ...

Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome, right, acts as first base coach for his alma mater Limeston in a high school baseball game on Saturday, March 23, 2024, in LaGrange Park, Illinois.

Thome’s longevity and standout 2002 season vaulted him to the top of our rankings of the club's 30 best players of the past 30 years.

Thome's 612 career home runs were more than any Illinois athlete who appeared in MLB, as were his RBIs (1,699), on-base percentage (.402) and slugging percentage (.554).