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.

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1960 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CHC	@	LAD	L,2-3	CG	45	10.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 13	CHC	@	LAD	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
3	3	Apr 14	CHC	@	SFG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
4	4	Apr 16	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	5	Apr 17	CHC	@	SFG	L,3-4	GS	53	13.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
6	6	Apr 19	CHC	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
7	7	Apr 22	CHC		SFG	L,8-10	CG	47	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	8	Apr 23	CHC		SFG	L,2-18	CG	50	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
9	9	Apr 24	CHC		SFG	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
10	10	Apr 26	CHC		LAD	L,1-8	CG	44	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
11	11	Apr 27	CHC		LAD	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
12	12	Apr 29	CHC	@	STL	L,6-16	CG	49	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	14 (1)	May 1	CHC	@	STL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	15	May 2	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	LF
15	16	May 3	CHC		PHI	L,9-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
16	17	May 4	CHC		PIT	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	18	May 5	CHC		PIT	L,7-9	GS	47	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B LF
18	19	May 12	CHC		CIN	L,1-14	GS	42	6.0	5	0	1	6	1	1B
19	20	May 13	CHC		STL	W,4-1	GS	24	6.0	1	2	0	3	1	3B
20	21	May 14	CHC		STL	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
21	22	May 15 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
22	23	May 15 (2)	CHC		STL	W,4-0	GS	19	6.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
23	24	May 17	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
24	25	May 19	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
25	26	May 21	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
26	27	May 22	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
27	28	May 23	CHC	@	CIN	W,7-6	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
28	29	May 25	CHC	@	CIN	L,4-7	CG	39	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
29	30	May 27	CHC		LAD	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
30	31	May 28	CHC		LAD	W,4-3	CG	56	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	32	May 29	CHC		LAD	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
32	33	May 30 (1)	CHC	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
33	34	May 30 (2)	CHC	@	SFG	L,4-5	CG	40	8.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
34	35	May 31	CHC	@	SFG	W,9-1	GS	22	5.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 1	CHC	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
36	37	Jun 2	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	GS	32	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
37	38	Jun 3	CHC	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	42	10.0	0	1	0	1	1	3B
38	39	Jun 4	CHC	@	LAD	L,6-12	CG	47	8.0	1	1	1	3	1	3B
39	40	Jun 5	CHC	@	LAD	W,12-8	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
40	41	Jun 7	CHC		PIT	W,13-2	CG	38	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
41	42	Jun 8	CHC		PIT	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
42	43	Jun 9	CHC		PIT	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
43	44	Jun 10	CHC		PHI	W,6-1	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
44	45	Jun 11	CHC		PHI	L,1-7	CG	46	9.0	2	4	1	7	0	3B
45	46	Jun 12	CHC		PHI	W,8-7	CG	45	10.0	1	5	0	6	0	3B
46	47	Jun 14	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
47	48	Jun 15 (1)	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
48	49	Jun 15 (2)	CHC	@	MLN	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
49	50	Jun 16	CHC	@	MLN	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
50	51	Jun 17	CHC	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS	29	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
51	52	Jun 18	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
52	53	Jun 19 (1)	CHC	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	55 (1)	Jun 21 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	56	12.2	1	2	0	3	0	3B
54	56	Jun 21 susp	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
55	57	Jun 22	CHC	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
56	59 (1)	Jun 24	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-4	GS	28	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	60	Jun 25	CHC	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS	30	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
58	63 (2)	Jun 28	CHC		MLN	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
59	64	Jun 29 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	65	Jun 29 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,1-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
61	66	Jun 30	CHC		MLN	W,11-5	GF	25	5.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	67	Jul 1	CHC		CIN	L,3-5	CG	54	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	68	Jul 2	CHC		CIN	L,8-13	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
64	69	Jul 3	CHC		CIN	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
65	70	Jul 4 (1)	CHC		SFG	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
66	71	Jul 4 (2)	CHC		SFG	T,1-1	CG	50	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	72	Jul 5	CHC		STL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
68	74 (1)	Jul 7	CHC	@	LAD	L,1-7	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
69	75	Jul 8	CHC	@	LAD	L,3-5	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
70	76	Jul 9	CHC	@	SFG	W,7-6	GS	11	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
71	79 (2)	Jul 16	CHC	@	STL	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF LF
72	80	Jul 17 (1)	CHC	@	STL	L,0-6	GS	23	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
73	81	Jul 17 (2)	CHC	@	STL	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	RF
74	82	Jul 19	CHC	@	CIN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
75	87 (4)	Jul 23	CHC		MLN	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
76	88	Jul 24 (1)	CHC		MLN	L,5-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
77	91 (2)	Jul 26	CHC		PHI	L,3-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
78	94 (2)	Jul 29	CHC		PIT	L,0-4	CG	35	9.0	14	2	0	16	0	1B
79	95	Jul 30	CHC		PIT	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
80	96	Jul 31	CHC		PIT	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	97	Aug 2	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
82	98	Aug 3 (1)	CHC		CIN	L,3-7	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
83	99	Aug 3 (2)	CHC		CIN	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B LF
84	100	Aug 4	CHC		CIN	W,5-3	GS	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B LF
85	101	Aug 5	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	43	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
86	102	Aug 6	CHC	@	MLN	W,3-2	GS	33	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B LF
87	103	Aug 7	CHC	@	MLN	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	6	2	1	9	2	1B
88	104	Aug 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-7	CG	32	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
89	105	Aug 10	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	39	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
90	106	Aug 12	CHC	@	PHI	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
91	107	Aug 13	CHC	@	PHI	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
92	108	Aug 14 (1)	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
93	109	Aug 14 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
94	110	Aug 16	CHC		LAD	L,5-7	CG	51	11.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
95	111	Aug 17	CHC		LAD	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
96	112	Aug 18	CHC		LAD	L,3-4	GS	25	6.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
97	113	Aug 19	CHC		SFG	L,1-2	CG	32	9.0	11	1	0	12	3	1B
98	114	Aug 20	CHC		SFG	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
99	115	Aug 21 (1)	CHC		SFG	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
100	116	Aug 21 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	1B
101	117	Aug 22	CHC		CIN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	13	3	1	17	0	1B
102	118	Aug 23	CHC		PIT	L,3-8	CG	44	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
103	119	Aug 24	CHC		PIT	L,6-10	CG	45	9.0	7	2	1	10	1	1B
104	120	Aug 25	CHC		PIT	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
105	122 (1)	Aug 27	CHC		PHI	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
106	123	Aug 28	CHC		PHI	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
107	124	Aug 30	CHC		CIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
108	125	Aug 31 (1)	CHC		MLN	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
109	126	Aug 31 (2)	CHC		MLN	L,7-11	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	127	Sep 1	CHC		MLN	L,1-10	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
111	129 (1)	Sep 3	CHC	@	STL	L,0-4	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
112	130	Sep 4	CHC	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	2	0	6	0	1B
113	131	Sep 5 (1)	CHC		STL	L,1-2	CG	40	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
114	132	Sep 5 (2)	CHC		STL	T,4-4	CG	39	10.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
115	133	Sep 7	CHC	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
116	134	Sep 8	CHC	@	PHI	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
117	135	Sep 9	CHC	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	1	1B
118	137 (1)	Sep 13	CHC	@	CIN	L,6-8	CG	35	8.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
119	138	Sep 14	CHC	@	MLN	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
120	139	Sep 15	CHC	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
121	141 (1)	Sep 17	CHC		LAD	W,7-3	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
122	142	Sep 18	CHC		LAD	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
123	144 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	CHC		SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
124	147 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	CHC	@	PIT	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
125	149 (1)	Sep 23 (2)	CHC		STL	L,1-5	CG	32	7.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
126	152 (2)	Sep 27	CHC	@	SFG	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
127	154 (1)	Sep 30	CHC	@	LAD	L,5-7	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
128	155	Oct 1	CHC	@	LAD	W,10-8	GF	36	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	PH 1B
							133gm		1040.2	528	92	17	637	40