Frank Thomas
Frank Thomas
Full name: Frank Joseph Thomas Born: June 11, 1929, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania First Game: August 17, 1951; Final Game: October 2, 1966 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 3" Weight: 200 3B on TSN All-Star Team
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Frank Thomas
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
1951 PIT N 1951 PIT N 1952 PIT N 1952 PIT N 1953 PIT N 1953 PIT N 1954 PIT N 10 4 11 10 3 2 .298 .359 .497 1.8 1954 PIT N 1955 PIT N 1955 PIT N 1956 PIT N 157 588 69 166 24 3 25 80 36 5 61 5 2 6 22 0 5 .282 .326 .461 0.0 1956 PIT N 1957 PIT N 12 16 3 1 .290 .335 .460 1.0 1957 PIT N 1958 PIT N 1958 PIT N 1959 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1960 CHI N Daily Splits 135 479 54 114 12 1 21 64 28 4 74 0 1 1 0 9i 12 1 0 .238 .280 .399 -2.7 1960 CHI N 1961 CHI N Daily Splits 15 50 7 13 2 0 2 6 2 0 8 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 .260 .288 .420 -0.2 1961 CHI N 1961 MIL N Daily Splits 124 423 58 120 13 3 25 67 29 7 70 6 2 4 0 9 16 2 4 .284 .335 .506 0.3 1961 MIL N 1961 TOT N 139 473 65 133 15 3 27 73 31 7 78 6 2 4 0 10 19 2 4 .281 .331 .497 0.1 1961 TOT N
1962 NY N Daily Splits 156 571 69 152 23 3 34 94 48 4 95 8 0 6 0 16 15 2 1 .266 .329 .496 0.6 1962 NY N 1963 NY N Daily Splits 126 420 34 109 9 1 15 60 33 5 48 3 0 2 0 8 23 0 0 .260 .317 .393 -0.2 1963 NY N 1964 NY N Daily Splits 60 197 19 50 6 1 3 19 10 1 29 2 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 .254 .295 .340 -0.5 1964 NY N 1964 PHI N Daily Splits 39 143 20 42 11 0 7 26 5 2 12 0 3 3 0 3 3 0 1 .294 .311 .517 0.4 1964 PHI N 1964 TOT N 99 340 39 92 17 1 10 45 15 3 41 2 3 4 0 5 7 1 2 .271 .302 .415 -0.1 1964 TOT N
1965 PHI N Daily Splits 35 77 7 20 4 0 1 7 4 0 10 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 .260 .289 .351 -0.4 1965 PHI N 1965 HOU N Daily Splits 23 58 7 10 2 0 3 9 3 0 15 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .172 .210 .362 -0.6 1965 HOU N 1965 MIL N Daily Splits 15 33 3 7 3 0 0 1 2 0 11 0 0 1 0 0i 0 0 0 .212 .250 .303 -0.3 1965 MIL N 1965 TOT N 73 168 17 37 9 0 4 17 9 0 36 0 0 4 0 3i 3 0 0 .220 .254 .345 -1.3 1965 TOT N
1966 CHI N Daily Splits 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0i 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 1966 CHI N Splits 1766 6285 792 1671 262 31 286 962 484 55i 894 51 26 70i 0i 51i191 15 22 .266 .320 .454 -4.8 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1954 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1954 NL
1955 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1955 NL
1958 NL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .500 .333 1958 NL
Total Splits 3 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .333 .200 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G 1951 PIT N 1952 PIT N 1953 PIT N 1954 PIT N 153 418 14 5 2 .989 48 109 0
1955 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1956 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1957 PIT N 1958 PIT N 29 21 .926
1958 PIT N 1958 PIT N 1959 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1959 CIN N 1960 CHI N Daily 1B 50 48 40 414 426 34 8 36 0 .983
1960 CHI N 1960 CHI N 1960 CHI N 1960 CHI N 1961 CHI N Daily OF 10 8 8 75 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 10 0 0
1961 CHI N 1961 CHI N 1961 MIL N Daily OF 109 109 99 941.1 202 4 10 0 0 .954 108 0 1
1961 MIL N 1961 MIL N 1961 MIL N 1961 TOT N 1B 17 8 5 81.1 89 6 0 8 0 1.000
1961 TOT N LF 118 116 106 1007.1 208 6 10 0 0 .955
1961 TOT N OF 119 117 107 1016.1 211 6 10 0 0 .956 118 0 1
1962 NY N Daily OF 126 126 100 1079.2 216 14 9 0 0 .962 126 0 0
1962 NY N 1962 NY N 1962 NY N 1963 NY N Daily OF 96 94 65 783.1 158 8 2 1 0 .988 96 0 0
1963 NY N 1963 NY N 1963 NY N 1964 NY N Daily OF 31 31 22 269.2 58 2 0 1 0 1.000 31 0 0
1964 NY N 1964 NY N 1964 NY N 1964 PHI N Daily 1B 36 36 32 318.2 297 28 8 37 1 .976
1964 TOT N 1B 55 53 46 458.2 439 42 9 48 1 .982
1965 PHI N Daily OF 12 5 2 51 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 9 0 4
1965 PHI N 1965 PHI N 1965 PHI N 1965 PHI N 1965 HOU N Daily 1B 16 12 10 107.2 118 6 2 11 0 .984
1965 HOU N 1965 HOU N 1965 HOU N 1965 MIL N Daily 1B 6 6 4 50 44 3 1 3 0 .979
1965 MIL N 1965 MIL N 1965 TOT N 1B 33 28 21 239 250 13 4 24 0 .985
1965 TOT N 3B 3 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 .500
1965 TOT N LF 13 5 1 49 8 0 0 0 0 1.000
1965 TOT N OF 16 8 3 76 12 1 0 0 0 1.000 13 0 4
Total OF 1045 415i 330i 3590.2i 2116 96 50 14 0i .978 708 308 49
Total LF 428i 405i 323i 3508.2i 709i 31i 24i 2i 0i .969
Total 3B 394 43i 29i 358.1i 355 657 79 59 0i .928
Total 1B 268 161i 131i 1392 i 2166 177 40 197 1i .983
Total RF 11i 10i 7i 82 i 17i 2i 0i 0i 0i1.000
Total 2B 4 3 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
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All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1958 NL Daily 3B 1 1 1 8 1 3 1 1 0 .800
Total 3B 1 1 1 8 1 3 1 1 0 .800
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1948).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Whammy Douglas , Jim Pendleton and John Powers to
Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Smoky Burgess , Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak (January
30, 1959 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Lee Walls , Lou Jackson and
Bill Henry (December 6, 1959 ).
Traded by Chicago Cubs to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for Mel Roach (May 9, 1961 ).
Traded by Milwaukee Braves with a player to be named later to New York Mets in
exchange for cash and a player to be named later (November 28, 1961 ); Milwaukee
Braves received Gus Bell (May 21, 1962 ) and New York Mets received Rick Herrscher
(May 21, 1962 ).
Traded by New York Mets to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for Wayne Graham , Gary
Kroll and cash (August 7, 1964 ).
Sold by Philadelphia Phillies to Houston Astros (July 10, 1965 ).
Traded by Houston Astros to Milwaukee Braves in exchange for a player to be named
later (September 1, 1965 ); Houston Astros received Mickey Sinnerud (September 11,
1965 ).
Released by Atlanta Braves (April 5, 1966 ).
Signed by Chicago Cubs (May 14, 1966 ).
Released by Chicago Cubs (June 4, 1966 ).
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