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.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
3	3	Apr 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	GS	32	7.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
6	6	Apr 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
9	9	Apr 26	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
10	10	Apr 27	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
11	11	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
12	12	Apr 30	PIT		STL	L,5-6	GS	35	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PIT		STL	L,2-9	GS	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B 3B
14	14	May 2	PIT		MLN	L,5-8	CG	50	10.0	2	1	0	3	1	LF
15	15	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	CG	52	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	16	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
17	17	May 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
18	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
19	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	GS	59	14.0	10	3	1	14	0	1B 3B
20	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
21	21	May 10	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	6	1	1	8	2	1B
22	22	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
23	23	May 12 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
24	25 (1)	May 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	26	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
26	27	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
27	28	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	1	4	0	5	0	3B
28	29	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
29	30	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
30	31	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
31	32	May 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-5	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
32	33	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	LF
33	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	9	1	1	11	1	1B
35	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
36	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
37	38	May 31	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	GS	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	39	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	40	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
40	41	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
41	42	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
42	43	Jun 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	LF 3B
43	44	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	GS	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	LF 3B
44	45	Jun 6	PIT		STL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
45	46	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
46	47	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	2	5	1	8	0	3B
47	48	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
48	49	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	LF
49	50	Jun 11	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
50	51	Jun 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	6	1	0	7	1	LF
51	52	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	53	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	GS	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
53	54	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
54	55	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	56	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	GS	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF 3B
57	58	Jun 18	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	59	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	60	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	GS	31	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	LF 3B
60	61	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
61	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
62	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	8	1	0	9	0	1B
63	64	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
64	65	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
65	66	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	1
66	67	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
67	68	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,5-5	GS	47	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
68	69	Jun 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
69	72 (2)	Jun 30 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
70	73	Jun 30 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	GS	48	12.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
72	75	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
73	76	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
74	77	Jul 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
75	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	0	0	0	0	0
76	79	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	80	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
78	81	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
79	82	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	RF
80	83	Jul 12	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
81	84	Jul 13	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
82	85	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
83	86	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
84	87	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	GS	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	88	Jul 17	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	89	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
87	90	Jul 19	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
88	91	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	10	0	1	11	1	1B
89	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	GS	40	10.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B RF
90	93	Jul 21 susp	PIT		STL	L,2-11	CG	54	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
91	94	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	56	15.0	20	1	0	21	2	1B
92	95	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
93	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
94	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	GS	38	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
95	98	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
96	99	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	RF
97	100	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	GS	51	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
98	101	Jul 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
99	102	Jul 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	8	1	1	10	0	1B
100	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	104	Aug 2	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF LF
102	105	Aug 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
103	106	Aug 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	GS	45	10.2	4	1	0	5	0	RF 1B
104	107	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
105	108	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
106	109	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
107	110	Aug 10	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
108	111	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
109	112	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
110	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
111	114	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
112	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
113	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
114	117	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
115	118	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
116	119	Aug 20	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
117	120	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
118	121	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
119	122	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
120	123	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
121	124	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
122	125	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
123	126	Aug 28	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
124	127	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
125	128	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
126	129	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
127	130	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
128	131	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-11	GS	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B RF
129	132	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	9	0	0	9	1
130	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	49	11.2	16	3	2	21	1	1B
131	134	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	12	2	0	14	1	1B
132	135	Sep 5	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
133	136	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	3	0	11	1	1B
134	137	Sep 7	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2	1B
135	138	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	4	1B
136	139	Sep 8 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
137	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
138	141	Sep 11	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
139	142	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
140	143	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
141	144	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
142	145	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
143	146	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
144	147	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
145	148	Sep 17	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
146	149	Sep 18	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	36	8.1	7	1	0	8	0	1B
147	150	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	2	0	11	1
148	151	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	48	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
149	152	Sep 22	PIT		NYG	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	6	0	1	7	1
150	154 (1)	Sep 28	PIT	@	NYG	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
151	155	Sep 29	PIT	@	NYG	W,9-1	CG	31	9.0	11	2	0	13	2	1B
							168gm		1353.0	727	120	25	872	60