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Played baseball and basketball at Illinois Central College Was Junior College All-American honorable mention Thome's nephew, Brandon, is currently unable to walk after bruising his spinal cord in June of Distributed toys to area youths at Christmas from and made annual donations to Cleveland Indians Charities to fund the event Has a street named after him in Peoria and purchased a scoreboard for his high school baseball field Served as Chairman of the Phillies Phundamentals after-school program for inner city children Illinois Central named its baseball stadium in Thome's honor and awarded him an honorary degree on December 16, Signed by: Tom Couston.

Became the 1st player to hit his th and th home runs in consecutive at-bats and the oldest player to reach at 40 years, days His th HR came in his 8,th at-bat, second-fewest behind Babe Ruth 6, Kansas City Hit his fourth career pinch-hit homer, June 19 at Philadelphia Citi Field June 27 marked his 46th different ballpark since making his debut in the Majors Hit st career home run, June 28 vs.

Hit his first triple since May 11, , June 28 vs. Hit career home runs and , July 3 vs. Tampa Bay