re: Was Frank Thomas the best batter in the 90's era?

I was a huge Big Hurt fan as a kid in the 90s. Had his signature Reebok cleats for Little League and everything.

But my answer to OPs query was Tony Gwynn. Just insane how little he struck out.

Mark Grace is a damn good answer too.

Bonds

I don't think he was but he was really good. I miss when guys actually hit for average. Now a guy hits .280 and he's elite.

For the short amount of time that I did keep up with baseball a little bit, Frank was my favorite player… he was fun to watch

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Albert Belle had 52 HRs and 50 doubles in 95

In a 144 game season

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Belle also had that homerun off a Maddux pitch in a damn near impossible spot off the plate. That year, no one was stronger than Belle.

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Barry Bonds

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Frank had the highest OPS of the decade without the juice

Frank is a super cool dude. I was 18, summer after my senior year of HS. I worked for the Chattanooga Lookouts. We had the Southern League All Star Game Summer of 1990. There was a huge rain delay and I got down to the dugouts and got guys to sign balls for me. I still have my Frank ball. He saw my Auburn hat and asked about it and I told him I was headed there for school soon. He sat and spent about 20-30 minutes talking Auburn with me. What a guy!

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Fred McGriff seems underrated

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“When I was like 19 years old [former big leaguer] Steve Christmas told me go visit Tom Emanski down in Orlando, he can help you out with your hitting. Five years later, I’m in the big leagues, so Tom’s like ‘Hey Fred, you mind helping me out with this video?’ and I’m like, 'Hey dude, no sweat, I’m in the big leagues.'