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.

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	0	8.2	1	0	0	1	0
3	3	Apr 19	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 20	PIT		BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
5	5	Apr 21	PIT		BRO	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
7	7	Apr 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
8	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	9	Apr 28	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,11-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	May 2	PIT	@	STL	L,9-10	CG	54	9.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	14	May 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,5-1	GS	28	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	15	May 4	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	16	May 5	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-7	CG	39	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	LF
17	17	May 6 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
18	18	May 6 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,6-6	CG	38	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
19	19	May 8	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
20	20	May 11	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
21	21	May 12	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
22	22	May 13 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,11-9	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
23	23	May 13 susp	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	24	May 16	PIT		CIN	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
25	25	May 17	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
26	26	May 18	PIT		CHC	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
27	27	May 19	PIT		CHC	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
28	28	May 20 (1)	PIT		MLN	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
29	29	May 20 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
30	30	May 22	PIT		STL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	31	May 23	PIT		STL	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
32	32	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
33	33	May 26	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
34	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	GS	29	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
35	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
36	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
37	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,3-5	GS	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
38	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	W,3-0	CG	27	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	39	Jun 1	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-1	GS	29	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	40	Jun 2	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	41	Jun 3 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
42	42	Jun 3 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
43	43	Jun 5	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	GS	0	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
44	44	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	GS	20	5.0	0	1	0	1	0
45	45	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-5	GS	40	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 8	PIT	@	STL	W,2-0	GS	39	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	47	Jun 9	PIT	@	STL	L,3-8	GS	44	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF 3B
48	48	Jun 10 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	GS	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B LF
49	49	Jun 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
50	50	Jun 12	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
51	51	Jun 15	PIT		STL	W,12-1	GS	26	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	52	Jun 16	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
53	53	Jun 17 (1)	PIT		STL	L,1-3	GS	42	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B 2B
54	54	Jun 17 (2)	PIT		STL	L,3-8	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
55	55	Jun 18	PIT		MLN	L,2-3	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
56	56	Jun 19	PIT		MLN	L,3-5	GS	0		2	6	0	8	0
57	57	Jun 20	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	GS	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
58	58	Jun 21	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
59	59	Jun 23	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	GS	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 24 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
61	61	Jun 24 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,1-0	CG	0	5.2	2	0	0	2	0
62	62	Jun 25	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
63	63	Jun 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
64	64	Jun 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 3B
65	65	Jun 29	PIT		NYG	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
66	66	Jun 30	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	68	Jul 1 susp	PIT		NYG	L,6-7	GS	44	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF 3B
69	69	Jul 3	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	45	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
72	72	Jul 7	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
73	73	Jul 8 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-11	CG	38	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
74	74	Jul 8 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
75	75	Jul 12 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
76	76	Jul 12 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
77	77	Jul 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	78	Jul 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	1
79	79	Jul 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	42	9.1	0	0	0	0	0
80	80	Jul 15 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
81	81	Jul 15 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	GS	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
82	82	Jul 16	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
83	83	Jul 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	38	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
84	84	Jul 18	PIT	@	STL	T,1-1	GS	34	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
85	85	Jul 20	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	51	11.2	2	2	0	4	0	3B
86	86	Jul 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
87	87	Jul 22 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	36	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
88	88	Jul 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-9	CG	41	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
89	89	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	90	Jul 24	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
91	91	Jul 25	PIT		CHC	W,9-8	GS	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
92	92	Jul 26	PIT		CHC	W,4-0	GS	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B LF
93	93	Jul 27	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
94	94	Jul 28	PIT		CIN	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
95	95	Jul 29 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
96	96	Jul 29 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
97	97	Jul 30	PIT		CIN	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
98	98	Jul 31	PIT		STL	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	99	Aug 1	PIT		STL	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
100	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	1	1	2	4	0	3B
101	101	Aug 3	PIT		MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
102	102	Aug 4	PIT		MLN	L,3-7	GS	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 3B
103	103	Aug 5 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
104	104	Aug 5 (2)	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	CG	0	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
105	105	Aug 7	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
106	106	Aug 8	PIT		BRO	W,8-5	CG	40	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
107	107	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
108	108	Aug 10	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
109	109	Aug 11	PIT		NYG	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
110	110	Aug 12 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
111	111	Aug 12 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
112	112	Aug 14 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
113	113	Aug 14 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-11	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
114	114	Aug 15	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
115	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
116	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	4	3	0	7	1	3B
117	117	Aug 18	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
118	118	Aug 19 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-7	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
119	119	Aug 19 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	1	2	2	5	0
120	120	Aug 21	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
121	121	Aug 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
122	123 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-3	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	PH 3B
123	124	Aug 24	PIT	@	STL	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
124	125	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	3B
125	126	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
126	127	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
127	128	Aug 28	PIT	@	MLN	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
128	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	0	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
129	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	T,1-1	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
130	131	Aug 31	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
131	132	Sep 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
132	133	Sep 2 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
133	134	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
134	135	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
135	136	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
136	137	Sep 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-4	CG	29	8.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
137	138	Sep 7	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
138	139	Sep 8	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	3B
139	140	Sep 9 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
140	141	Sep 9 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	1	3	1	5	1	3B
141	142	Sep 11	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
142	143	Sep 12	PIT		CHC	L,0-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
143	144	Sep 13	PIT		CIN	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
144	145	Sep 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
145	146	Sep 16 (1)	PIT		STL	L,2-3	CG	41	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
146	147	Sep 16 (2)	PIT		STL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
147	148	Sep 18	PIT		MLN	L,4-6	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
148	149	Sep 20	PIT		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
149	150	Sep 21	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
150	151	Sep 22	PIT		BRO	W,5-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
151	152	Sep 23 susp	PIT		BRO	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	3B
152	153	Sep 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-5	GS	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
153	154	Sep 25	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-10	GS	26	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
154	155	Sep 29 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
155	156	Sep 29 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
156	157	Sep 30	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-8	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
							172gm		1322.1	214	179	19	412	22