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Cleveland Indians: Jim Thome’s top 5 most memorable moments ranked

By Nick Dudukovich

26 Oct 1995: Jim Thome of the Cleveland Indians celebrates his sixth inning home run during the game five of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves at the Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The Indians defeated the Braves 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Al Bello /Allsport
26 Oct 1995: Jim Thome of the Cleveland Indians celebrates his sixth inning home run during the game five of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves at the Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio. The Indians defeated the Braves 5-4. Mandatory Credit: Al Bello /Allsport /
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4. No. 52

No one has hit more homers in a season than Jim Thome, who accomplished the fete during his last season with the Tribe in 2002.

By hitting a classic Thome moonshot into the right-center field stands at Progressive Field, Thome became the Tribe’s single-season home run leader.

He passed Albert Belle just a few days earlier, when he belted his 51st.

Thome and Belle are the only two men in Indians history to blast at least 50 home runs in a season.

Unbelievably, Belle did during the 144-game 1995 season.

It was the only time in Thome’s career that the left-handled slugger eclipsed 50. He hit 49 homers in 2001, and 47 in 2003 during his first season with the Phillies. Those types of consistent seasons help a guy hit 612 bombs, you know?

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