Thome, 40, has clouted two homers in today's Twins game. He's the Indians' all-time home run leader with 334. He's slugged 250 more since leaving Cleveland as a free agent after 2002 season.
Jim Thome responds to a curtain call from Twins fans after slugging his 584th career home run.Minneapolis, Minn. -- Jim Thome has passed Mark McGwire for ninth place on baseball's all-time home run list, hitting a pair of homers for Minnesota to reach 584 for his career.
Thome sent a pitch from Texas starter Colby Lewis soaring into the second deck above right field leading off the third inning of Saturday's game. The team estimated the distance at 449 feet.
Then in the fourth, with two on and two out, Thome hit a drive to left-center that landed in the bullpen and made it 9-0, finishing Lewis.
This was Thome's 46th career multi-homer game. He has 20 homers in just 237 at-bats this season, reaching that milestone for the 16th time in his career.
Next up on the homer list is Frank Robinson with 586.
From Baseball-Reference.com, baseball's all-time home run leaders, prior to today's two-homer game by Thome.
The Indians' all-time home run leaders (home runs, followed by plate appearances):
| 1. | Jim Thome | 334 | 5723 |
| 2. | Albert Belle | 242 | 3922 |
| 3. | Manny Ramirez | 236 | 4095 |
| 4. | Earl Averill | 226 | 6708 |
| 5. | Hal Trosky | 216 | 4853 |
| 6. | Larry Doby | 215 | 5082 |
| 7. | Andre Thornton | 214 | 5095 |
| 8. | Al Rosen | 192 | 4374 |
| 9. | Rocky Colavito | 190 | 3700 |
| 10. | Travis Hafner | 172 | 3692 |