Frank Thomas

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 200lb (190cm, 90kg)

Born: June 11, 1929 in Pittsburgh, PA us

Died: January 16, 2023 in Pittsburgh, PA

High School: Mount Carmel College (Niagara Falls, ON)

Debut: August 17, 1951 (Age 22-067d, 10,834th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: May 30, 1966 (Age 36-353d)
vs. PIT 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1951 season

Full Name: Frank Joseph Thomas

Nicknames: Big Donkey or The Original

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3x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

6285

1671

286

.266

792

RBI

962

OBP

.320

SLG

.454

OPS

.774

OPS+

107

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1955 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
3	3	Apr 16	PIT		BRO	L,0-6	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 17 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 17 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
6	6	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-12	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	33	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
8	8	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 24 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	11 (1)	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	12	Apr 28	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
12	13	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
13	14	Apr 30	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	15	May 1 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
15	16	May 1 (2)	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	25 (8)	May 10	PIT	@	MLN	W,9-6	GF	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	26	May 11	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
18	27	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	28	May 14	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	GS	17	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	29	May 15	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
21	30	May 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	31	May 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
23	32	May 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	33	May 20	PIT		NYG	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
25	34	May 21	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
26	35	May 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	36	May 22 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	40	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
28	37	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,15-1	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF LF
29	38	May 26	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
30	39	May 27	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
31	40	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-8	CG	51	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
32	41	May 29 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	42	May 29 susp	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	GS	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	43	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	44	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
36	45	May 31	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	GS	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	46	Jun 1	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
38	47	Jun 2	PIT		STL	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	48	Jun 3	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
40	49	Jun 4	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	50	Jun 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	51	Jun 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	52	Jun 7	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
44	53	Jun 8	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
45	54	Jun 9	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	55	Jun 11	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	56	Jun 12 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
48	57	Jun 12 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	58	Jun 14	PIT	@	STL	W,10-5	GS	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
50	60 (1)	Jun 16	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	61	Jun 17	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
52	62	Jun 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
53	63	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	64	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	65	Jun 20	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	66	Jun 21	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
57	67	Jun 22	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
58	68	Jun 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-10	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
59	70 (1)	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
60	71	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	72	Jun 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-5	CG	48	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
62	73	Jun 29	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	74	Jul 1	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
64	75	Jul 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-6	CG	46	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	76	Jul 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	77	Jul 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
67	78	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	79	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	CG	0	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	80	Jul 5	PIT		NYG	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
70	81	Jul 6 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	CG	48	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
71	82	Jul 6 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
72	83	Jul 7	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	84	Jul 8	PIT		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
74	85	Jul 9	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
75	86	Jul 10 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
76	87	Jul 10 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	88	Jul 14	PIT		CIN	L,1-19	CG	61	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
78	89	Jul 15	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	90	Jul 16	PIT		STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	91	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,8-9	GS	0	12.0	4	0	0	4	0
81	92	Jul 17 susp	PIT		STL	L,0-1	GS	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
82	93	Jul 19	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	70	19.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
83	94	Jul 20	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
84	95	Jul 21	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
85	96	Jul 22	PIT		CHC	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	97	Jul 23	PIT		CHC	W,10-2	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	98	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
88	99	Jul 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
89	100	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
90	101	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	102	Jul 28	PIT	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
92	103	Jul 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-16	CG	50	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
93	104	Jul 30	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
94	105	Jul 31 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
95	106	Jul 31 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	48	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	107	Aug 1	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	108	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-12	CG	45	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
98	109	Aug 3 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
99	110	Aug 3 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	53	11.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
100	111	Aug 4	PIT	@	CHC	L,10-11	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	112	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,8-5	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
102	113	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
103	114	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
104	115	Aug 7 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
105	116	Aug 9	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-9	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
106	117	Aug 10	PIT	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
107	118	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-4	CG	37	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
108	123 (4)	Aug 20	PIT		NYG	L,9-14	GF	24	4.0	0	0	0	0	0
109	124	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	GS	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF LF
110	125	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	126	Aug 25	PIT		CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
112	127	Aug 26	PIT		CHC	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
113	128	Aug 27	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
114	129	Aug 28 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
115	130	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	131	Aug 30	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
117	132	Aug 31	PIT		STL	W,4-3	CG	43	10.0	0	0	0	0	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
118	133	Sep 1	PIT		STL	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
119	134	Sep 2	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
120	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-4	CG	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
121	136	Sep 4	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
122	137	Sep 5 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-5	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
123	138	Sep 5 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
124	139	Sep 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	28	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
125	140	Sep 9	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
126	141	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-13	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
127	142	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
128	143	Sep 12	PIT	@	STL	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
129	144	Sep 13	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
130	145	Sep 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
131	146	Sep 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
132	147	Sep 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
133	148	Sep 20 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	44	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
134	149	Sep 20 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,8-14	CG	0	8.0	6	0	0	6	0
135	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
136	151	Sep 21 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
137	152	Sep 24 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	LF
138	153	Sep 24 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
139	154	Sep 25	PIT		BRO	L,0-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
							145gm		1198.1	273	8	5	286	3