Frank Thomas (baseball 1951)

Full Name: Frank Joseph Thomas	Primary Position: OF,LF,3B,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200	First Game: August 17, 1951
Birthdate: June 11, 1929	Final Game: May 30, 1966
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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[edit] Biography

Frank Thomas (Frank Joseph Thomas) was born on June 11, 1929 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on August 17, 1951 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1951, his rookie year, he hit .264 with 2 home runs and 16 RBI. Thomas played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Milwaukee Braves, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros over the course of his 15 year career.

There is some disagreement on what was Frank Thomas's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1958, when he slugged 35 home runs, hit for a .281 average and knocked in 109 runs. However, others believe that it was 1954, when he slugged 23 home runs, hit for a .298 average and knocked in 94 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1951	PIT	N	39	148	21	39	2	16	.264	.306	.392	9	2	9	15	0	0	0	0	5
1952	PIT	N	6	21	1	2	0	0	.095	.136	.095	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
1953	PIT	N	128	455	68	116	30	102	.255	.331	.505	22	1	50	93	2	3	1	0	12
1954	PIT	N	153	577	81	172	23	94	.298	.359	.497	32	7	51	74	10	4	3	1	10
1955	PIT	N	142	510	72	125	25	72	.245	.324	.431	16	2	60	76	2	3	2	10	13
1956	PIT	N	157	588	69	166	25	80	.282	.326	.461	24	3	36	61	5	2	0	5	22
1957	PIT	N	151	594	72	172	23	89	.290	.335	.460	30	1	44	66	3	5	3	9	16
1958	PIT	N	149	562	89	158	35	109	.281	.334	.528	26	4	42	79	7	1	0	2	19
1959	CIN	N	108	374	41	84	12	47	.225	.278	.380	18	2	27	56	3	2	0	6	13
1960	CHI	N	135	479	54	114	21	64	.238	.280	.399	12	1	28	74	0	1	1	4	12
1961	MIL	N	124	423	58	120	25	67	.284	.335	.506	13	3	29	70	6	2	2	7	16
1961	CHI	N	15	50	7	13	2	6	.260	.288	.420	2	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	3
1961	TOT	N	139	473	65	133	27	73	.281	.331	.497	15	3	31	78	6	2	2	7	19
1962	NY	N	156	571	69	152	34	94	.266	.329	.496	23	3	48	95	8	0	2	4	15
1963	NY	N	126	420	34	109	15	60	.260	.317	.393	9	1	33	48	3	0	0	5	23
1964	PHI	N	39	143	20	42	7	26	.294	.311	.517	11	0	5	12	0	3	0	2	3
1964	NY	N	60	197	19	50	3	19	.254	.295	.340	6	1	10	29	2	0	1	1	4
1964	TOT	N	99	340	39	92	10	45	.271	.302	.415	17	1	15	41	2	3	1	3	7
1965	PHI	N	35	77	7	20	1	7	.260	.289	.351	4	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	3
1965	MIL	N	15	33	3	7	0	1	.212	.250	.303	3	0	2	11	0	0	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	23	58	7	10	3	9	.172	.210	.362	2	0	3	15	0	0	0	0	0
1965	TOT	N	73	168	17	37	4	17	.220	.254	.345	9	0	9	36	0	0	0	0	3
1966	CHI	N	5	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total			1766	6285	792	1671	286	962	.266	.320	.454	262	31	484	894	51	26	15	56	191

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1951	PIT	N	OF	37	0	0	87	5	0	2	0	1.000
1952	PIT	N	OF	5	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	1.000
1953	PIT	N	OF	118	0	0	306	17	8	1	0	.976
1954	PIT	N	OF	153	152	1328	418	14	5	2	0	.989
1954	PIT	N	CF	112	111	967.2	311	10	5	1	0	.985
1954	PIT	N	LF	45	41	360.1	105	4	0	1	0	1.000
1955	PIT	N	OF	139	0	0	307	8	5	3	0	.984
1956	PIT	N	2B	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	PIT	N	3B	111	0	0	118	176	18	21	0	.942
1956	PIT	N	OF	56	0	0	95	3	0	1	0	1.000
1957	PIT	N	LF	46	41	356.1	64	11	1	3	0	.987
1957	PIT	N	CF	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1957	PIT	N	1B	71	70	619	597	52	15	53	0	.977
1957	PIT	N	3B	31	24	232.2	27	53	7	4	0	.920
1957	PIT	N	OF	59	57	501.1	105	14	3	3	0	.975
1957	PIT	N	RF	19	16	140	33	4	2	0	0	.949
1958	PIT	N	1B	2	2	18	20	3	0	1	0	1.000
1958	PIT	N	LF	5	4	36	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
1958	PIT	N	3B	139	139	1222.2	122	240	29	21	0	.926
1958	PIT	N	RF	4	3	25	7	0	1	0	0	.875
1958	PIT	N	OF	8	7	61	18	0	1	0	0	.947
1959	CIN	N	OF	33	18	183.1	40	0	4	0	0	.909
1959	CIN	N	3B	64	63	512	55	111	13	8	0	.927
1959	CIN	N	1B	14	14	118	111	15	2	11	0	.984
1959	CIN	N	LF	33	18	183.1	36	0	4	0	0	.900
1960	CHI	N	OF	49	39	365.2	77	3	3	0	0	.964
1960	CHI	N	RF	6	6	46	16	1	0	0	0	1.000
1960	CHI	N	LF	44	33	319.2	61	2	3	0	0	.955
1960	CHI	N	1B	50	48	414	426	34	8	36	0	.983
1960	CHI	N	3B	33	33	261	25	55	6	4	0	.930
1961	MIL	N	1B	11	4	45.1	48	4	0	6	0	1.000
1961	MIL	N	OF	109	109	941.1	202	4	10	0	0	.954
1961	MIL	N	RF	1	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1961	MIL	N	LF	108	108	932.1	199	4	10	0	0	.953
1961	CHI	N	1B	6	4	36	41	2	0	2	0	1.000
1961	CHI	N	OF	10	8	75	9	2	0	0	0	1.000
1961	CHI	N	LF	10	8	75	9	2	0	0	0	1.000
1961	TOT	N	LF	118	116	1007.1	208	6	10	0	0	.955
1961	TOT	N	OF	119	117	1016.1	211	6	10	0	0	.956
1961	TOT	N	1B	17	8	81.1	89	6	0	8	0	1.000
1962	NY	N	LF	126	126	1079.2	218	13	9	0	0	.962
1962	NY	N	1B	11	9	78.1	88	3	1	7	0	.989
1962	NY	N	OF	126	126	1079.2	216	14	9	0	0	.962
1962	NY	N	3B	10	10	86.1	7	19	4	1	0	.867
1963	NY	N	OF	96	94	783.1	158	8	2	1	0	.988
1963	NY	N	3B	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1963	NY	N	LF	96	94	783.1	156	8	2	1	0	.988
1963	NY	N	1B	15	15	120.2	146	9	1	9	0	.994
1964	PHI	N	1B	36	36	318.2	297	28	8	37	1	.976
1964	NY	N	1B	19	17	140	142	14	1	11	0	.994
1964	NY	N	OF	31	31	269.2	58	2	0	1	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	3B	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	1.000
1964	NY	N	LF	31	31	269.2	59	2	0	1	0	1.000
1964	TOT	N	1B	55	53	458.2	439	42	9	48	1	.982
1965	PHI	N	LF	9	2	24	5	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	PHI	N	OF	12	5	51	10	1	0	0	0	1.000
1965	PHI	N	RF	4	3	27	5	1	0	0	0	1.000
1965	PHI	N	1B	11	10	81.1	88	4	1	10	0	.989
1965	PHI	N	3B	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	.500
1965	MIL	N	OF	3	2	19	2	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	MIL	N	1B	6	6	50	44	3	1	3	0	.979
1965	MIL	N	LF	3	2	19	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
1965	HOU	N	1B	16	12	107.2	118	6	2	11	0	.984
1965	HOU	N	LF	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	HOU	N	3B	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	HOU	N	OF	1	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1965	TOT	N	1B	33	28	239	250	13	4	24	0	.985
1965	TOT	N	OF	16	8	76	12	1	0	0	0	1.000
1965	TOT	N	3B	3	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	.500
1965	TOT	N	LF	13	5	49	8	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	394	269	2325.2	355	657	79	59	0	.928
Total			OF	1045	649	5664.1	2116	96	50	14	0	.978
Total			1B	268	247	2147	2166	177	40	197	1	.983
Total			CF	113	111	972.2	311	10	5	1	0	.985
Total			RF	34	29	247	61	6	3	0	0	.957
Total			2B	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			LF	557	509	4444.2	923	46	29	6	0	.971

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (July 23, 1947).
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).