Jim Thome: AL Comeback Player of the Year

(mlb.com)

Jim Thome Named AL Comeback Player of the Year

White Sox slugger Jim Thome is the American League recipient of the 2006 Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award presented by Viagra.

Thome led wire-to-wire in the voting to win the award, re-establishing himself as one of the game's elite by hitting 42 home runs and driving in 109.