Frank Thomas (NL baseball player)
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| Left fielder / Third baseman / First baseman | |||
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Born: June 11, 1929 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 17, 1951, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 2, 1966, for the Chicago Cubs | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .266 | ||
| Home runs | 286 | ||
| Runs batted in | 962 | ||
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Frank Joseph Thomas (born June 11, 1929) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a left fielder, first and third baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1951–58), Cincinnati Reds (1959), Chicago Cubs (1960–61, 1966), Milwaukee Braves (1961, 1965), New York Mets (1962–64), Philadelphia Phillies (1964–65), and the Houston Astros (1965). He batted and threw right-handed.
Thomas signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. He debuted with the Pirates in 1951. With the Pirates, he made three All-Star Games, and finished fourth in the voting for Most Valuable Player in 1958, when he batted .281, finished second in the National League to Ernie Banks with 35 home runs, and had 109 RBIs. Thomas appeared on the cover of the July 28, 1958 issue of Sports Illustrated. He also won his only NL Player of the Month award in June, batting .275, with 9 HR, and 29 RBI.
In 1959, he was traded by the Pirates with Whammy Douglas, Jim Pendleton and John Powers to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix and Don Hoak. Due to a shattered nerve in the thumb of his right hand, Thomas home run output fell from 35 to 12 in 1959. Following the season, he was traded by the Redlegs to the Chicago Cubs for Bill Henry, Lou Jackson and Lee Walls. In 1961, he was traded by Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Mel Roach.
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