About the guy Ozzie couldn’t find at-bats for

but magically found them for Mark Kotsay:

Jim Thome has continued to hit and hit and hit this year, and check out where he ranks now on the list of most plate appearances by a guy 39 or older, minimum 170 OPS+:

Rk	Player	PA	OPS+	Year	Age	Tm	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Pos
1	Barry Bonds	617	263	2004	39	SFG	147	373	129	135	27	3	45	101	232	120	41	.362	.609	.812	1.422	*7/D
2	Ted Williams	517	179	1958	39	BOS	129	411	81	135	23	2	26	85	98	12	49	.328	.458	.584	1.042	*7
3	Hank Aaron	465	177	1973	39	ATL	120	392	84	118	12	1	40	96	68	13	51	.301	.402	.643	1.045	*79
4	Ted Williams	390	190	1960	41	BOS	113	310	56	98	15	0	29	72	75	7	41	.316	.451	.645	1.096	*7
5	Jim Thome	293	173	2010	39	MIN	95	240	39	66	16	2	21	51	50	3	75	.275	.399	.621	1.020	*D
6	Barry Bonds	52	174	2005	40	SFG	14	42	8	12	1	0	5	10	9	3	6	.286	.404	.667	1.071	*7
7	Manny Mota	50	176	1977	39	LAD	49	38	5	15	1	0	1	4	10	3	0	.395	.521	.500	1.021	/7
8	Cy Williams	21	174	1930	42	PHI	21	17	1	8	2	0	0	2	4	0	3	.471	.571	.588	1.160	/879
9	Harry Davis	9	201	1914	40	PHA	5	7	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	.429	.556	.429	.984	/3

I’m telling you it’s magic…

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