http://www.centerfieldmaz.com/2024/06/remembering-mets-history-1962-frank.html WebJan 17, 2024 · Updated: Jan 17, 2024 / 11:08 AM EST. NEW YORK (AP) — Frank Thomas, a three-time All-Star with his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates who later became the top hitter on the expansion New York Mets ...
Frank Thomas, Pirates star and original Met, dies at 93
WebJul 23, 2010 · Frank Thomas Could Have Won the '64 Philadelphia Phillies the Pennant. Frank "The Original" Thomas was a fine hitter and versatile defensive player whose … Frank Joseph Thomas (June 11, 1929 – January 16, 2024) was an American outfielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for seven National League (NL) teams from 1951 to 1966. He was a three-time All-Star. Beginning his career as a center and left fielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates, … See more Thomas was born in Pittsburgh to Bronaslaus Tumas, a Lithuanian immigrant, and Anna Marian Thomas of Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He had three siblings. He attended high school at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School See more Thomas signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1947. He made his major league debut with the Pirates in 1951. With the Pirates, he made three All-Star … See more • List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders See more Thomas and his wife, Dolores Wozniak, were married in 1951 and had eight children before her death in 2012. He had 12 grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren. See more • "Honors for Frankie Thomas". Pittsburgh Catholic. September 4, 1958. See more tracking dns
Remembering Original Met Frank Thomas
WebAug 1, 2024 · Wednesday August 1st, 1962: Today 8,681 fans came out to the Polo Grounds to see Casey Stengel's last place Mets (26-77) host Gene Mauch's seventh … WebMar 29, 2024 · The O.G. Mets slugger from the 1962 squad, Thomas is a player in Mets history all of the kids should know about. In my opinion, baseball in the 1950s gets glossed over far too much. WebJan 16, 2024 · Original Met Frank Thomas passes away at 93. NEW YORK -- Frank Thomas, a slugging star of the 1962 Mets who held the franchise’s single-season home run record for most of a decade, passed away Monday morning in Pittsburgh. He was 93. Thomas, whom the Mets acquired in a trade before their inaugural season, quickly … tracking disable