The Big Hurt is a little hurt — and rightfully so.
When the Chicago White Sox social media team designed a graphic to honor Black History Month, they omitted one of the most famous Black players in franchise history: Frank Thomas.
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Thomas, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on his first BBWAA ballot appearance in 2014, won two American League MVP awards, hit 448 home runs, and drove in 1,465 runs for the White Sox from 1990-2005.
Yet despite being one of the most feared sluggers of his era, Thomas couldn’t buy a spot on the graphic posted to the White Sox’s Twitter and Instagram accounts. Two posts honoring former general manager Ken Williams, the first Black GM in major league history, are included in the timeline of Thomas’ era.
“I Guess the black player who made you rich over there and holds all your records is forgettable!” Thomas wrote on Twitter/X. “Don’t worry I’m taking Receipts!”
Thomas holds the White Sox franchise records for career home runs, RBIs, runs (1,327), doubles (447), extra-base hits (906), walks (1,466), slugging percentage, (.568) and on-base percentage (.427). The team retired Thomas’s uniform number 35 in 2010 and unveiled a statue of him at Rate Field in 2011.
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