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.

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1958 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	54	14.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
2	2	Apr 17	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
3	3	Apr 18	PIT		CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
4	4	Apr 19	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
5	5	Apr 20	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
6	6	Apr 22	PIT		MLN	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	W,7-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
9	9	Apr 25	PIT	@	CIN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	10	Apr 26	PIT	@	CIN	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
11	11	Apr 29	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
12	12	Apr 30	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PIT	@	LAD	W,8-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
14	14	May 2	PIT	@	LAD	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
15	15	May 3	PIT	@	LAD	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	4	2	7	0	3B
16	16	May 4 (1)	PIT	@	SFG	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
17	17	May 4 (2)	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	0	5	0	5	0	3B
18	18	May 5	PIT	@	SFG	W,11-10	CG	45	9.0	1	2	2	5	1	3B
19	19	May 6	PIT	@	SFG	L,0-7	CG	39	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
20	20	May 7	PIT	@	SFG	L,6-8	CG	38	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
21	21	May 9	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	45	12.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
22	22	May 10	PIT		PHI	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
23	23	May 11 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
24	24	May 11 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,1-0	CG	43	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	25	May 13	PIT		CIN	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
26	26	May 14	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
27	27	May 15	PIT		CIN	L,4-9	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
28	28	May 16	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	32	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	29	May 17	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
30	30	May 18 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
31	31	May 18 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
32	32	May 20	PIT		CHC	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
33	33	May 21	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
34	34	May 23	PIT		STL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	1	3B
35	35	May 24	PIT		STL	W,6-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
36	36	May 25 (1)	PIT		SFG	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
37	37	May 25 (2)	PIT		SFG	L,1-6	CG	38	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
38	38	May 27	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
39	39	May 28	PIT		LAD	L,1-7	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
40	40	May 30 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	3B
41	41	May 30 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,12-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
42	42	May 31	PIT		MLN	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	43	Jun 1	PIT		MLN	W,5-1	CG	27	7.1	0	0	0	0	0	3B
44	44	Jun 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	41	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
45	45	Jun 3	PIT	@	STL	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
46	46	Jun 4	PIT	@	STL	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
47	47	Jun 5	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
48	48	Jun 6	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
49	49	Jun 7	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	46	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
50	50	Jun 8	PIT	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
51	51	Jun 10	PIT	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	0	5	0	5	1	3B
52	52	Jun 11	PIT	@	SFG	W,14-6	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	3B
53	53	Jun 12	PIT	@	SFG	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
54	54	Jun 13	PIT	@	LAD	L,4-5	CG	38	8.2	1	3	0	4	0	3B
55	55	Jun 14	PIT	@	LAD	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
56	56	Jun 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,12-1	GS	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
57	57	Jun 17	PIT		SFG	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
58	58	Jun 18	PIT		SFG	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
59	59	Jun 19	PIT		SFG	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
60	60	Jun 20	PIT		LAD	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
61	61	Jun 21	PIT		LAD	W,11-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
62	62	Jun 22 (1)	PIT		LAD	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
63	63	Jun 22 (2)	PIT		LAD	L,2-3	CG	42	10.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
64	64	Jun 23	PIT		STL	L,5-7	CG	46	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
65	65	Jun 24	PIT		STL	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
66	66	Jun 25	PIT		STL	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
67	67	Jun 26	PIT		STL	L,2-6	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	1B
68	68	Jun 27	PIT		CHC	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0
69	69	Jun 28	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
70	70	Jun 29 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	71	Jun 29 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-8	GS	43	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	72	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,2-4	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	73	Jul 3	PIT	@	CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
74	74	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
75	76 (1)	Jul 5	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	77	Jul 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
77	78	Jul 10	PIT	@	CHC	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
78	79	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,7-2	GS	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
79	80	Jul 12	PIT	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	81	Jul 13 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,10-8	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
81	82	Jul 13 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	1	8	1	3B
82	83	Jul 15	PIT	@	LAD	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
83	84	Jul 16	PIT	@	LAD	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
84	85	Jul 17	PIT	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
85	86	Jul 18	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	3B
86	87	Jul 19	PIT	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
87	88	Jul 20	PIT	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
88	89	Jul 23 (1)	PIT		LAD	W,11-3	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	1	3B
89	90	Jul 23 (2)	PIT		LAD	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
90	91	Jul 24	PIT		LAD	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
91	92	Jul 25	PIT		SFG	W,10-0	GS	28	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
92	93	Jul 26	PIT		SFG	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
93	94	Jul 27 (1)	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	54	14.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
94	95	Jul 27 susp	PIT		SFG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
95	96	Jul 29	PIT		CHC	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	2	3B
96	97	Jul 30	PIT		CHC	W,7-1	CG	32	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
97	98	Jul 31	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
98	99	Aug 1	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
99	100	Aug 2	PIT		STL	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
100	101	Aug 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	0	5	1	6	1	3B
101	102	Aug 3 susp	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
102	103	Aug 4	PIT	@	MLN	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
103	104	Aug 5	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
104	105	Aug 6	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
105	106	Aug 7	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
106	109 (2)	Aug 10 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	3B
107	110	Aug 10 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	3B
108	111	Aug 11	PIT		MLN	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
109	112	Aug 12	PIT		MLN	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
110	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
111	114	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	33	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
112	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	CIN	W,13-4	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
113	116	Aug 17 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	38	8.1	1	2	1	4	0	3B
114	117	Aug 17 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
115	118	Aug 19	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	3	2	1	6	0	3B
116	119	Aug 20 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
117	120	Aug 20 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-5	CG	26	4.2	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	121	Aug 21	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
119	122	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-2	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
120	123	Aug 23	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
121	124	Aug 24 (1)	PIT	@	STL	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
122	125	Aug 24 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-12	CG	44	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
123	126	Aug 25	PIT	@	STL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
124	127	Aug 26	PIT	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
125	128	Aug 27	PIT	@	STL	W,14-1	GS	22	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
126	129	Aug 29	PIT	@	MLN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	6	1	10	2
127	130	Aug 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,1-9	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
128	131	Aug 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
129	132	Sep 1 (1)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
130	133	Sep 1 (2)	PIT		PHI	L,0-9	CG	43	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
131	134	Sep 2	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
132	135	Sep 3	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
133	136	Sep 5	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
134	137	Sep 6	PIT		MLN	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	1	3	1	3B
135	138	Sep 7 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	3B
136	139	Sep 7 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
137	140	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
138	141	Sep 9	PIT		SFG	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	2	3B
139	142	Sep 10	PIT		SFG	W,6-4	CG	45	10.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
140	143	Sep 12	PIT		LAD	L,3-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
141	144	Sep 13	PIT		LAD	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
142	145	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
143	146	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
144	147	Sep 16	PIT		STL	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
145	148	Sep 19	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
146	149	Sep 20	PIT	@	PHI	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
147	152 (2)	Sep 26	PIT		PHI	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
148	154 (1)	Sep 28	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	CG	43	10.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
							150gm		1301.2	157	243	30	430	22