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.

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1963 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	NYM		STL	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
2	2	Apr 10	NYM		STL	L,0-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 11	NYM	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
4	4	Apr 13	NYM	@	MLN	L,2-5	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	7 (2)	Apr 16	NYM	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	8	Apr 17	NYM	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	9	Apr 19	NYM		MLN	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	10	Apr 20	NYM		MLN	W,3-1	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
9	11	Apr 21 (1)	NYM		MLN	W,8-5	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	12	Apr 21 (2)	NYM		MLN	W,9-2	GS	24	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
11	13	Apr 22	NYM	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	14	Apr 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS	22	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	15	Apr 25	NYM	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
14	16	Apr 26	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
15	17	Apr 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
16	18	Apr 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	19	Apr 29	NYM		LAD	W,4-2	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	22 (2)	May 4	NYM		SFG	L,4-17	CG	49	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
19	23	May 5 (1)	NYM		SFG	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	24	May 5 (2)	NYM		SFG	W,4-2	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
21	25	May 7	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
22	26	May 8	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
23	27	May 9	NYM		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
24	28	May 10	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
25	29	May 11	NYM		CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
26	34 (4)	May 15	NYM	@	HOU	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
27	35	May 16	NYM	@	SFG	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
28	46 (10)	May 28	NYM		CHC	L,2-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	48 (1)	May 30 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,2-1	GS	23	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
30	49	May 31	NYM		PIT	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	50	Jun 1	NYM		PIT	L,1-10	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	51	Jun 2 (1)	NYM		PIT	W,2-1	GS	14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	53 (1)	Jun 4	NYM		MLN	L,2-3	GS	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	54	Jun 5	NYM		MLN	L,9-11	CG	52	10.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	56 (1)	Jun 8	NYM		STL	L,0-4	GF	11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	57	Jun 9 (1)	NYM		STL	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	58	Jun 9 (2)	NYM		STL	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
38	59	Jun 10	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GS	30	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
39	60	Jun 11	NYM		CIN	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
40	62 (1)	Jun 14	NYM	@	CIN	W,10-3	GS	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	63	Jun 15	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	64	Jun 16 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
43	65	Jun 16 (2)	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-10	GS	29	5.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
44	66	Jun 17	NYM	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	68 (1)	Jun 19	NYM	@	STL	L,4-9	GS	35	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	69	Jun 21	NYM		PHI	W,3-1	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
47	74 (4)	Jun 26	NYM		CHC	W,8-6	CG	58	14.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	75	Jun 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	76	Jun 29	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	77	Jun 30	NYM	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	78	Jul 2	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	79	Jul 3	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	82 (2)	Jul 5	NYM		PIT	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
54	83	Jul 6	NYM		PIT	L,3-11	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	84	Jul 7	NYM		PIT	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	85	Jul 10	NYM		LAD	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
57	86	Jul 11	NYM		LAD	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	87	Jul 12	NYM		LAD	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
59	88	Jul 13	NYM		LAD	L,2-11	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	89	Jul 14	NYM		HOU	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	90	Jul 15 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,14-5	GS	33	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	91	Jul 15 (2)	NYM		HOU	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	92	Jul 16	NYM		HOU	W,4-3	GS	28	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	93	Jul 17	NYM		SFG	W,9-7	CG	47	11.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
65	94	Jul 18	NYM		SFG	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
66	95	Jul 19	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	31	8.1	15	1	0	16	0	1B
67	96	Jul 20	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
68	97	Jul 21 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-8	CG	45	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
69	98	Jul 21 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
70	99	Jul 23	NYM	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
71	100	Jul 24	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	11	0	0	11	2	1B
72	101	Jul 25	NYM	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
73	102	Jul 26	NYM	@	HOU	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	12	0	1	13	1	1B
74	103	Jul 27	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
75	104	Jul 28	NYM	@	HOU	L,2-8	CG	44	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
76	105	Jul 30	NYM	@	LAD	W,5-1	GS	28	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	106	Jul 31	NYM	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	107	Aug 2 (1)	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-8	CG	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
79	108	Aug 2 (2)	NYM	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	40	11.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
80	109	Aug 3	NYM	@	MLN	L,7-10	CG	41	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
81	110	Aug 4	NYM	@	MLN	L,1-2	GS	37	8.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B 3B
82	111	Aug 6	NYM		STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	112	Aug 7	NYM		STL	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
84	113	Aug 8	NYM		STL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
85	114	Aug 9	NYM		CHC	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
86	115	Aug 10	NYM		CHC	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
87	116	Aug 11 (1)	NYM		CHC	L,1-8	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
88	117	Aug 11 (2)	NYM		CHC	W,11-4	GS	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
89	118	Aug 14	NYM		PIT	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
90	119	Aug 15	NYM		PIT	L,2-8	CG	47	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
91	120	Aug 16	NYM		LAD	L,7-9	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
92	121	Aug 17	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
93	122	Aug 18 (1)	NYM		LAD	L,0-7	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
94	123	Aug 18 (2)	NYM		LAD	L,2-3	GS	39	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B LF
95	124	Aug 19	NYM	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
96	125	Aug 20 (1)	NYM	@	PHI	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
97	126	Aug 20 (2)	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	55	11.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
98	127	Aug 23	NYM	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
99	128	Aug 24	NYM	@	CHC	W,5-0	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
100	129	Aug 25	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
101	130	Aug 27	NYM	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS	26	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
102	131	Aug 28	NYM	@	PIT	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
103	132	Aug 29	NYM	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
104	133	Aug 30	NYM		MLN	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
105	153 (19)	Sep 18	NYM		PHI	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
106	154	Sep 20	NYM	@	SFG	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
107	155	Sep 21	NYM	@	SFG	W,5-4	GS	33	7.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
108	157 (1)	Sep 24	NYM	@	LAD	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	158	Sep 25	NYM	@	LAD	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	160 (1)	Sep 27	NYM	@	HOU	W,10-3	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
							112gm		906.0	302	17	4	323	10