Frank Thomas
Frank Joseph Thomas
Born: June 11, 1929
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Deceased: 2023
Pittsburgh, PA USA
Primary Position: OF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: R
Throws: R
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 200
Career: 1951-1966
Minor League Statistics
Frank Thomas compiled a career batting average of .266 with 286 home runs and 962 RBI in his 1766-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Redlegs, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros. He began playing during the 1951 season and last took the field during the 1966 campaign.
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Batting:
Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 39 | 157 | 148 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | .264 | .306 | .392 | .698 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 6 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .095 | .136 | .095 | .232 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 128 | 510 | 455 | 68 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 30 | 102 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 93 | .255 | .331 | .505 | .837 | 230 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 153 | 653 | 577 | 81 | 172 | 32 | 7 | 23 | 94 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 74 | .298 | .359 | .497 | .856 | 287 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 142 | 581 | 510 | 72 | 125 | 16 | 2 | 25 | 72 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 76 | .245 | .324 | .431 | .755 | 220 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 157 | 637 | 588 | 69 | 166 | 24 | 3 | 25 | 80 | 0 | 5 | 36 | 61 | .282 | .326 | .461 | .787 | 271 | 22 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 658 | 594 | 72 | 172 | 30 | 1 | 23 | 89 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 66 | .290 | .335 | .460 | .795 | 273 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 9 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 149 | 620 | 562 | 89 | 158 | 26 | 4 | 35 | 109 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 79 | .281 | .334 | .528 | .863 | 297 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 108 | 412 | 374 | 41 | 84 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 56 | .225 | .278 | .380 | .658 | 142 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
1960 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 135 | 509 | 479 | 54 | 114 | 12 | 1 | 21 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 74 | .238 | .280 | .399 | .678 | 191 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
1961 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 15 | 52 | 50 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .260 | .288 | .420 | .708 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 124 | 464 | 423 | 58 | 120 | 13 | 3 | 25 | 67 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 70 | .284 | .335 | .506 | .841 | 214 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
1962 | NL | New York Mets | 156 | 633 | 571 | 69 | 152 | 23 | 3 | 34 | 94 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 95 | .266 | .329 | .496 | .824 | 283 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
1963 | NL | New York Mets | 126 | 458 | 420 | 34 | 109 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 48 | .260 | .317 | .393 | .709 | 165 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
1964 | NL | New York Mets | 60 | 210 | 197 | 19 | 50 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 29 | .254 | .295 | .340 | .635 | 67 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1964 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 39 | 154 | 143 | 20 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | .294 | .311 | .517 | .829 | 74 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 35 | 83 | 77 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | .260 | .289 | .351 | .640 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | 23 | 62 | 58 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | .172 | .210 | .362 | .572 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1965 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 15 | 36 | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | .212 | .250 | .303 | .553 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
1966 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 1766 | 6916 | 6285 | 792 | 1671 | 262 | 31 | 286 | 962 | 15 | 22 | 484 | 894 | .266 | .320 | .454 | .774 | 2853 | 191 | 51 | 26 | 70 | 55 |
Fielding:
Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
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1951 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 37 | 0 | 0.0 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.486 | |
1952 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | |
1953 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 118 | 0 | 0.0 | 306 | 17 | 8 | 1 | .976 | 2.737 | |
1954 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 153 | 152 | 1328.0 | 418 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .989 | 2.928 | 2.824 |
1955 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 139 | 136 | 1205.0 | 307 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .984 | 2.353 | 2.266 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 111 | 105 | 903.3 | 118 | 176 | 18 | 21 | .942 | 2.929 | 2.649 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 56 | 50 | 418.3 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.108 | 1.750 |
1956 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 2B | 4 | 0 | 5.7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.765 | .750 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 71 | 70 | 619.0 | 597 | 52 | 15 | 53 | .977 | 9.436 | 9.141 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 59 | 57 | 501.3 | 105 | 14 | 3 | 3 | .975 | 2.136 | 2.017 |
1957 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 31 | 24 | 232.7 | 27 | 53 | 7 | 4 | .920 | 3.095 | 2.581 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 3B | 139 | 139 | 1222.7 | 122 | 240 | 29 | 21 | .926 | 2.665 | 2.604 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 8 | 7 | 61.0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .947 | 2.656 | 2.250 |
1958 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 2 | 2 | 18.0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 11.500 | 11.500 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 3B | 64 | 63 | 512.0 | 55 | 111 | 13 | 8 | .927 | 2.918 | 2.594 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | OF | 33 | 18 | 183.3 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .909 | 1.964 | 1.212 |
1959 | NL | Cincinnati Redlegs | 1B | 14 | 14 | 118.0 | 111 | 15 | 2 | 11 | .984 | 9.610 | 9.000 |
1960 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1B | 50 | 48 | 414.0 | 426 | 34 | 8 | 36 | .983 | 1.000 | 9.200 |
1960 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 49 | 39 | 365.7 | 77 | 3 | 3 | 0 | .964 | 1.969 | 1.633 |
1960 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 3B | 33 | 33 | 261.0 | 25 | 55 | 6 | 4 | .930 | 2.759 | 2.424 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | OF | 109 | 109 | 941.3 | 202 | 4 | 10 | 0 | .954 | 1.970 | 1.890 |
1961 | NL | Chicago Cubs | OF | 10 | 8 | 75.0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.320 | 1.100 |
1961 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 1B | 11 | 4 | 45.3 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1.000 | 1.324 | 4.727 |
1961 | NL | Chicago Cubs | 1B | 6 | 4 | 36.0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.750 | 7.167 |
1962 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 126 | 126 | 1079.7 | 216 | 14 | 9 | 0 | .962 | 1.917 | 1.825 |
1962 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 10 | 10 | 86.3 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 1 | .867 | 2.710 | 2.600 |
1962 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 11 | 9 | 78.3 | 88 | 3 | 1 | 7 | .989 | 1.455 | 8.273 |
1963 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 96 | 94 | 783.3 | 158 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .988 | 1.907 | 1.729 |
1963 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 15 | 15 | 120.7 | 146 | 9 | 1 | 9 | .994 | 11.561 | 1.333 |
1963 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1964 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 36 | 36 | 318.7 | 297 | 28 | 8 | 37 | .976 | 9.179 | 9.028 |
1964 | NL | New York Mets | OF | 31 | 31 | 269.7 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.002 | 1.935 |
1964 | NL | New York Mets | 1B | 19 | 17 | 140.0 | 142 | 14 | 1 | 11 | .994 | 1.029 | 8.211 |
1964 | NL | New York Mets | 3B | 2 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.750 | 1.500 |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | 1B | 16 | 12 | 107.7 | 118 | 6 | 2 | 11 | .984 | 1.365 | 7.750 |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | 11 | 10 | 81.3 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 10 | .989 | 1.180 | 8.364 |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | 12 | 5 | 51.0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.941 | .917 |
1965 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | 1B | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 44 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .979 | 8.460 | 7.833 |
1965 | NL | Milwaukee Braves | OF | 3 | 2 | 19.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .947 | .667 |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | OF | 1 | 1 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1965 | NL | Houston Astros | 3B | 2 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
1965 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 3B | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | 4.500 | 1.000 |
Totals | 1711 | 1456 | 12669.3 | 4640 | 930 | 169 | 270 | .971 | 3.957 | 3.255 |
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