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.

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1959 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 9	CIN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
2	2	Apr 10	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 14	CIN		PIT	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
4	4	Apr 15	CIN		PIT	W,10-5	CG	35	9.0	1	3	2	6	0	3B
5	5	Apr 17	CIN		PHI	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
6	6	Apr 18	CIN		PHI	L,9-14	CG	48	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
7	7	Apr 19	CIN		PHI	W,12-5	CG	41	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
8	8	Apr 21	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,8-9	CG	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
10	10	Apr 23	CIN	@	PIT	W,5-2	GS	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
11	11	Apr 24	CIN		MLN	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
12	12	Apr 25	CIN		MLN	W,7-6	GS	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B LF
13	13	Apr 26	CIN		MLN	W,11-10	GS	46	9.0	0	1	1	2	1	3B LF
14	14	Apr 29	CIN		CHC	W,18-8	GS	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B LF
15	15	Apr 30	CIN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
16	16	May 1	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	GS	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 2	CIN		LAD	W,16-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
18	18	May 3 (1)	CIN		LAD	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1	3B
19	19	May 3 (2)	CIN		LAD	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
20	20	May 4	CIN		SFG	L,5-6	GS	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
21	21	May 5	CIN		SFG	W,5-2	GS	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B LF
22	22	May 8	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B LF
23	23	May 9	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
24	24	May 10 (1)	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-12	CG	40	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
25	25	May 10 (2)	CIN	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	39	8.2	0	3	0	3	1	3B
26	26	May 12	CIN	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
27	27	May 13	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-10	CG	40	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
28	28	May 14	CIN	@	CHC	W,2-0	GS	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B LF
29	29	May 15	CIN	@	SFG	W,5-2	GS	30	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
30	30	May 16	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
31	31	May 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
32	32	May 18	CIN	@	LAD	W,9-7	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
33	33	May 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	3B
34	34	May 20 (1)	CIN	@	LAD	L,4-8	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
35	35	May 20 (2)	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-5	GS	28	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
36	36	May 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	40 (3)	May 26	CIN		PHI	W,2-1	GS	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	41	May 27	CIN		PHI	W,10-4	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	42	May 28	CIN		PHI	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
40	43	May 29	CIN		PIT	W,8-5	GS	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
41	44	May 30	CIN		PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
42	45	May 31 (1)	CIN		PIT	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
43	46	May 31 (2)	CIN		PIT	L,11-14	GS	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	47	Jun 2	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	GS	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
45	48	Jun 3	CIN		LAD	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
46	49	Jun 4	CIN		LAD	W,5-3	GS	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
47	50	Jun 5	CIN		SFG	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
48	51	Jun 6	CIN		SFG	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
49	52	Jun 7 (1)	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
50	53	Jun 7 (2)	CIN		SFG	W,7-1	GS	19	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
51	54	Jun 9	CIN	@	CHC	L,4-8	CG	42	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
52	55	Jun 10	CIN	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
53	56	Jun 11	CIN	@	CHC	W,8-0	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
54	61 (4)	Jun 16	CIN	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	62	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
56	63	Jun 18	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-8	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
57	64	Jun 19	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
58	65	Jun 20	CIN	@	LAD	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
59	66	Jun 21	CIN	@	LAD	W,17-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
60	67	Jun 23	CIN		CHC	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
61	68	Jun 24	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
62	69	Jun 25	CIN		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
63	72 (2)	Jun 28 (1)	CIN		STL	L,7-9	CG	40	9.0	1	2	2	5	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
64	75 (2)	Jul 2 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,6-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
65	81 (5)	Jul 9	CIN		SFG	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
66	82	Jul 10	CIN		SFG	L,6-8	CG	49	11.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
67	83	Jul 11	CIN		SFG	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
68	84	Jul 12	CIN		LAD	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
69	85	Jul 13	CIN		LAD	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	86	Jul 14	CIN	@	STL	L,5-6	GS	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
71	87	Jul 15	CIN	@	STL	W,11-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	89 (1)	Jul 17	CIN	@	CHC	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	92 (2)	Jul 22	CIN	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	37	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
74	98 (5)	Jul 27	CIN		STL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	99	Jul 28	CIN		STL	W,6-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	106 (6)	Aug 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
77	107	Aug 7	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-3	CG	38	8.1	2	0	1	3	0	LF
78	108	Aug 8	CIN	@	SFG	W,9-6	CG	45	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	LF
79	110 (1)	Aug 11 (1)	CIN		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
80	112 (1)	Aug 12	CIN		MLN	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
81	113	Aug 13	CIN		MLN	W,9-8	GF	18	3.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH LF
82	119 (5)	Aug 17	CIN		SFG	L,3-6	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
83	121 (1)	Aug 19	CIN		LAD	W,9-4	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	123 (1)	Aug 21	CIN		STL	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
85	124	Aug 22	CIN		STL	W,11-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
86	128 (3)	Aug 27	CIN		CHC	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
87	129	Aug 28	CIN	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	10	1.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	134 (4)	Sep 4	CIN		MLN	L,1-4	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
89	136 (1)	Sep 6	CIN		MLN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
90	140 (3)	Sep 10 (1)	CIN	@	CHC	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
91	141	Sep 10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	L,3-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
92	144 (2)	Sep 13	CIN	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	28	7.0	7	4	0	11	1	1B
93	145	Sep 14	CIN	@	SFG	W,4-1	GS	26	7.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
94	146	Sep 15	CIN	@	SFG	L,6-13	CG	49	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
95	147	Sep 16	CIN	@	LAD	W,7-4	GS	30	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
96	148	Sep 17	CIN	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
97	149	Sep 19	CIN	@	PIT	L,3-4	GS	38	11.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
98	150	Sep 20	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-10	CG	44	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	1B
99	151	Sep 22 (1)	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
100	152	Sep 22 (2)	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
101	153	Sep 26	CIN		PIT	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
102	154	Sep 27	CIN		PIT	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
							111gm		813.1	202	126	19	347	19