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.

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1964 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	NYM	@	PHI	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 15	NYM	@	PHI	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 17	NYM		PIT	L,3-4	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 18	NYM		PIT	L,5-9	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	5	Apr 19	NYM		PIT	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 23	NYM		CHC	L,1-5	CG	47	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
7	7	Apr 24	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-9	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 25	NYM	@	PIT	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
9	9	Apr 26 (1)	NYM	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
10	10	Apr 26 (2)	NYM	@	PIT	W,3-2	GS	26	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 28	NYM	@	STL	L,0-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 29	NYM	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	45	10.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	NYM	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	14	May 2	NYM	@	CIN	W,3-0	GS	19	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
15	15	May 3 (1)	NYM	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	17 (1)	May 4	NYM	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	9	2	0	11	2	1B
17	18	May 5	NYM	@	MLN	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
18	19	May 6	NYM		CIN	L,4-12	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	20	May 7	NYM		CIN	W,3-2	GS	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
20	21	May 8	NYM		STL	W,5-4	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
21	22	May 9	NYM		STL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
22	23	May 10 (1)	NYM		STL	W,4-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
23	25 (1)	May 12	NYM		MLN	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
24	26	May 13	NYM		MLN	W,5-2	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
25	27	May 14	NYM		MLN	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	28	May 15	NYM	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
27	36 (7)	May 22	NYM	@	HOU	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
28	37	May 23 (1)	NYM	@	HOU	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
29	38	May 23 (2)	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
30	39	May 24	NYM	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
31	40	May 26	NYM	@	CHC	W,19-1	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	41	May 27	NYM	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	42	May 28	NYM	@	CHC	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	43	May 29	NYM		SFG	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
35	44	May 30	NYM		SFG	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
36	45	May 31 (1)	NYM		SFG	L,3-5	GS	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
37	46	May 31 (2)	NYM		SFG	L,6-8	CG	93	23.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	86 (39)	Jul 12 (1)	NYM		CIN	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
39	87	Jul 12 (2)	NYM		CIN	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
40	88	Jul 14	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
41	89	Jul 15	NYM	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
42	91 (1)	Jul 17	NYM	@	STL	L,8-9	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
43	93 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	NYM	@	STL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
44	95 (1)	Jul 21	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
45	96	Jul 22	NYM	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
46	98 (1)	Jul 24	NYM		MLN	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
47	100 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	NYM		MLN	L,7-11	GS	46	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B 3B
48	101	Jul 26 (2)	NYM		MLN	L,10-15	GS	50	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B 3B
49	103 (1)	Jul 30	NYM		LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	9.0	10	3	0	13	1	1B
50	104	Jul 31 (1)	NYM		HOU	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from New York Mets to Philadelphia Phillies
51	106	Aug 7	PHI		NYM	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
52	107	Aug 8	PHI		NYM	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
53	108	Aug 9	PHI		NYM	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
54	109	Aug 11	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
55	110	Aug 12	PHI	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
56	111	Aug 13	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
57	112	Aug 14 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
58	113	Aug 14 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
59	114	Aug 15	PHI	@	NYM	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
60	115	Aug 16	PHI	@	NYM	L,4-12	CG	46	8.0	6	0	2	8	0	1B
61	116	Aug 17	PHI		CHC	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
62	117	Aug 18	PHI		CHC	L,3-4	CG	65	16.0	17	1	0	18	2	1B
63	118	Aug 19	PHI		CHC	W,9-5	CG	37	9.0	6	2	1	9	2	1B
64	119	Aug 20 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
65	120	Aug 20 (2)	PHI		PIT	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
66	121	Aug 21	PHI		PIT	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
67	122	Aug 22	PHI		PIT	L,4-9	CG	46	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
68	123	Aug 23	PHI		PIT	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
69	124	Aug 24	PHI	@	MLN	L,9-12	GS	40	6.2	3	1	0	4	0	1B
70	125	Aug 25	PHI	@	MLN	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	11	3	0	14	0	1B
71	126	Aug 26	PHI	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	1	1B
72	127	Aug 28	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-4	GS	28	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
73	128	Aug 29	PHI	@	PIT	W,10-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
74	129	Aug 30	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-10	GS	28	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	130	Sep 1	PHI		HOU	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
76	131	Sep 2	PHI		HOU	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
77	132	Sep 3	PHI		HOU	L,0-6	CG	45	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
78	133	Sep 4	PHI		SFG	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
79	134	Sep 5	PHI		SFG	W,9-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
80	135	Sep 6	PHI		SFG	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	7	2	2	11	0	1B
81	136	Sep 7 (1)	PHI		LAD	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
82	137	Sep 7 (2)	PHI		LAD	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
83	138	Sep 8	PHI		LAD	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
84	155 (16)	Sep 25	PHI		MLN	L,5-7	CG	53	12.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
85	156	Sep 26	PHI		MLN	L,4-6	GS	15	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
86	157	Sep 27	PHI		MLN	L,8-14	CG	49	9.0	9	0	1	10	2	1B
							88gm		732.1	499	46	9	554	49