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.

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1954 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 13	PIT		PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
2	2	Apr 14	PIT		PHI	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
3	3	Apr 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
4	4	Apr 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
5	5	Apr 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
6	6	Apr 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
7	7	Apr 20	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 21	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
9	9	Apr 22	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
10	10	Apr 23	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	60	13.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 24	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
12	12	Apr 25 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
13	13	Apr 25 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
14	14	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	36	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
15	15	Apr 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-8	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
16	16	Apr 29	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	17	May 1	PIT	@	STL	L,4-5	CG	41	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	18	May 2 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
19	19	May 2 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,18-10	CG	43	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
20	20	May 4	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
21	21	May 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	22	May 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	2	0	8	1	CF
23	23	May 8	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
24	24	May 9	PIT		NYG	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	25	May 12	PIT		STL	L,5-13	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
26	26	May 13	PIT		MLN	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 14	PIT		MLN	W,3-2	CG	45	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 15	PIT		MLN	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
29	29	May 16 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-12	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 16 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
31	31	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,6-10	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
32	32	May 18	PIT		CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	33	May 19	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
34	35 (1)	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
35	36	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF CF
36	37	May 23 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	38	May 23 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
38	39	May 24	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	40	May 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-21	CG	54	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	LF
40	41	May 26	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	42	May 28	PIT		PHI	L,0-4	CG	28	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
42	43	May 29	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	GS	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
43	44	May 30 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
44	45	May 30 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,7-10	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
45	46	May 31 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
46	47	May 31 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	48	Jun 4	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
48	49	Jun 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-7	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
49	50	Jun 6 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
50	51	Jun 6 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,6-4	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
51	52	Jun 8	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	53	Jun 9	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
53	54	Jun 10	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
54	55	Jun 11	PIT	@	STL	W,8-5	GS	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF LF
55	56	Jun 12	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
56	57	Jun 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	58	Jun 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
58	59	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-6	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
59	60	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
60	61	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,2-11	CG	45	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
61	62	Jun 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	63	Jun 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
63	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
64	65	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
65	66	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	67	Jun 26	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	68	Jun 27 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
68	69	Jun 27 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
69	70	Jun 29	PIT		PHI	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	71	Jun 30	PIT		PHI	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	72	Jul 2	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	73	Jul 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
73	74	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
74	75	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
75	76	Jul 5 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
76	77	Jul 5 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,2-7	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
77	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	79	Jul 9	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	80	Jul 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	81	Jul 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,7-13	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	82	Jul 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
82	83	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
83	84	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-3	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	85	Jul 16	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	0	8.1	1	0	0	1	0
85	86	Jul 17 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-11	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	87	Jul 17 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
87	88	Jul 18 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
88	89	Jul 18 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
89	90	Jul 19	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
90	91	Jul 21	PIT	@	STL	L,12-13	CG	43	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
91	92	Jul 22	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	0	13.2	0	0	0	0	0
92	93	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
93	94	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
94	95	Jul 25 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
95	96	Jul 25 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
96	97	Jul 26	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
97	98	Jul 28	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
98	99	Jul 29	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	CG	46	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	100	Jul 30 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,8-6	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	101	Jul 30 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-8	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
101	102	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	103	Aug 1 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
103	104	Aug 1 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-12	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
104	105	Aug 3	PIT		CIN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
105	106	Aug 4	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
106	107	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		STL	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
107	108	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
108	109	Aug 7	PIT		STL	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
109	110	Aug 8 (1)	PIT		STL	W,12-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
110	111	Aug 8 (2)	PIT		STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
111	112	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	113	Aug 13 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
113	114	Aug 13 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
114	115	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-4	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	CF
115	116	Aug 15 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-6	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
116	117	Aug 15 susp	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
117	118	Aug 17	PIT		BRO	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
118	119	Aug 18	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
119	120	Aug 19	PIT		BRO	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	121	Aug 20	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
121	122	Aug 22 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
122	123	Aug 22 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
123	124	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,0-13	CG	43	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
125	126	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
126	127	Aug 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
127	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
128	129	Aug 29 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
129	130	Aug 29 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
130	131	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-14	CG	46	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
131	132	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
132	133	Sep 1	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
133	134	Sep 3 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
134	135	Sep 3 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
135	136	Sep 5	PIT		PHI	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
136	137	Sep 6 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-6	CG	55	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
137	138	Sep 6 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
138	139	Sep 8	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
139	140	Sep 10	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
140	141	Sep 11	PIT		STL	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
141	142	Sep 12 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,5-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
142	143	Sep 12 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-13	GS	40	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
143	144	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	W,6-5	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
144	145	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,2-9	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
145	146	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
146	147	Sep 17	PIT		BRO	W,9-1	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
147	148	Sep 19	PIT		BRO	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
148	149	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
149	150	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
150	151	Sep 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
151	152	Sep 24	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
152	153	Sep 25	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-10	CG	38	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
153	154	Sep 26	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							157gm		1328.0	389	14	5	408	2