SAN FRANCISCO -- Cleveland first baseman Jim Thome won the Roberto Clemente Award for his community service and found out the Indians will offer him a new contract next week.

Halloween offer for Thome

Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said Monday the team will make Jim Thome and agent Pat Rooney an offer on Oct. 31 at a meeting in Cleveland, the Plain Dealer reported. Rooney has made it clear that any Indians contract would have to take Thome through the rest of his career. The Indians are expected to offer Thome a four- to six-year deal. If the deal goes six years, it could be four guaranteed seasons with two vesting options, the newspaper said. "We're still putting the offer together," Shapiro told the newspaper. "It's very complex. There are a lot of components and parts. We're going all out to sell Jim Thome on staying in Cleveland. We're going to pitch him as hard as we can." Incentives will be part of the proposal, and Thome will be offered a job in the organization after he retires, according to the report. The Indians have also talked about naming part of Jacobs Field "Thome Terrace" and paying him a bonus if he makes the Hall of Fame after he retires. -- ESPN.com news services

Thome, the team's top hitter, is eligible to become a free agent following the World Series. Indians general manager Mark Shapiro said he will make the offer Oct. 31 when he meets with Thome's agent, Pat Rooney, in Cleveland.

Cleveland is expected to offer a four- to six-year deal.

Thome, the Indians' career home run leader, hit 52 homers last season. He batted .304 and led the American League in walks and slugging percentage.

He became the second Indians player to win the Clemente Award, given annually to the player who combines outstanding playing ability with work in the community.

``As a kid, when I heard about Roberto Clement, I heard about a tremendous ballplayer,'' Thome said Tuesday before Game 3 of the World Series. ``It wasn't until I was nominated for this award that I realized what a tremendous human being he was.''

Thome said his wife, Andrea, told him that he was jittery preparing to receive the award from commissioner Bud Selig.

``You weren't this nervous playing in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series,'' Thome remembered her telling him.

John Hancock, which sponsors the award, will donate $30,000 in Thome's name to Roberto Clemente Sports City, a sports and education center in Puerto Rico, and $25,000 to the Steve Palermo Chapter of the National Paralysis Center in Leawood, Kan., in the name of Thome's nephew, Brandon Thome.

Brandon, 16, broke his neck while diving into a swimming pool this summer and remains paralyzed from the waist down. Thome paid for all the upgrades to Brandon's house to make it handicap accessible, Indians spokesman Bart Swain said.

Thome has spent his entire 13-career with the Indians. His community work includes serving as honorary co-chairman of the United Way Softball Slam, which raised almost $200,000, and holding charity events at the children's hospital in his hometown of Peoria, Ill., over the past six years.

For the past five years, he and his wife have delivered toys to youth groups that serve disadvantaged kids.

Arizona pitcher Curt Schilling received the 2001 Clemente Award, and Cleveland's Andre Thornton was given it in 1979.

The award began in 1971 and was renamed three years later for Clemente, who died in a plane crash while delivering supplies to Nicaraguan earthquake victims. Recipients have to exemplify sportsmanship, community involvement and value to their teams.