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Frank Thomas Signed OML Baseball Inscribed "521 HR's" (JSA COA)

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Frank Thomas Signed OML Baseball Inscribed  521 HR's  (JSA COA)

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Auction Date:2017 Feb 23 @ 19:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:2320 W Peoria Ave Suite B142, Phoenix, Arizona, 85029, United States
Rawlings Official Major League Baseball. Hand-signed and inscribed in blue ink pen by Frank Thomas (White Sox, HOF).

Frank Thomas nicknamed "The Big Hurt,"played for three teams from 1990 to 2008, all but the last three years with the Chicago White Sox. One of the most fearsome and devastating hitters of his era, he is the only player in major league history to have seven consecutive seasons (1991–1997) with a .300 batting average and at least 100 runs batted in (RBI), 100 runs scored, 100 walks and 20 home runs; over that period, he batted .330 and averaged 36 home runs and 118 RBI per year. A perennial MVP candidate through the 1990s, he was named the AL's Most Valuable Player by unanimous vote in 1993 after becoming the first White Sox player to hit 40 home runs, leading the team to a division title; he repeated as MVP in the 1994 season after batting .353 and leading the league in slugging average and runs.

A five-time All-Star, he won the AL batting title with a .347 mark in 1997, and enjoyed eleven seasons with 100 RBI and nine seasons each with a .300 average and 100 runs. In 2005, his final season in Chicago, he helped the White Sox to their first World Series title in 88 years. With a .301 lifetime batting average, he became the seventh player in history to retire with a .300 average and 500 home runs.