Frank Thomas stats
Last played for the Chicago Cubs, 1966
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Bio
- Debut
- 1951
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 1,766
- AB
- 6,285
- R
- 792
- H
- 1,671
- HR
- 286
- RBI
- 962
- SB
- 15
- AVG
- .266
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | PIT | 39 | 148 | 21 | 39 | 2 | 16 | 0 | .264 |
| 1952 | PIT | 6 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .095 |
| 1953 | PIT | 128 | 455 | 68 | 116 | 30 | 102 | 1 | .255 |
| 1954 | PIT | 153 | 577 | 81 | 172 | 23 | 94 | 3 | .298 |
| 1955 | PIT | 142 | 510 | 72 | 125 | 25 | 72 | 2 | .245 |
| 1956 | PIT | 157 | 588 | 69 | 166 | 25 | 80 | 0 | .282 |
| 1957 | PIT | 151 | 594 | 72 | 172 | 23 | 89 | 3 | .290 |
| 1958 | PIT | 149 | 562 | 89 | 158 | 35 | 109 | 0 | .281 |
| 1959 | CIN | 108 | 374 | 41 | 84 | 12 | 47 | 0 | .225 |
| 1960 | CHC | 135 | 479 | 54 | 114 | 21 | 64 | 1 | .238 |
| 1961 |  CHC/ATL | 139 | 473 | 65 | 133 | 27 | 73 | 2 | .281 |
| 1962 | NYM | 156 | 571 | 69 | 152 | 34 | 94 | 2 | .266 |
| 1963 | NYM | 126 | 420 | 34 | 109 | 15 | 60 | 0 | .260 |
| 1964 |  NYM/PHI | 99 | 340 | 39 | 92 | 10 | 45 | 1 | .271 |
| 1965 |  PHI/ATL/HOU | 73 | 168 | 17 | 37 | 4 | 17 | 0 | .220 |
| 1966 | CHC | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 6,916
- TB
- 2,853
- XBH
- 579
- HBP
- 51
- IBB
- 55
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | PIT | 157 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 510 | 230 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | 653 | 287 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 581 | 220 | 43 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 637 | 271 | 52 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 658 | 273 | 54 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 620 | 297 | 65 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | 412 | 142 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHC | 509 | 191 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1961 | CHC/ATL | 516 | 235 | 45 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | NYM | 633 | 283 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYM | 458 | 165 | 25 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | NYM/PHI | 364 | 141 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | PHI/ATL/HOU | 181 | 58 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 14.9
- RC
- 949.4
- RC/27
- 5.40
- ISOP
- .188
- SECA
- .264
- BB/K
- 0.54
- AB/HR
- 22.0
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | PIT | 0.2 | 17.6 | 4.3 | .128 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 74 | 0 |
| 1952 | PIT | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.8 | .000 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1953 | PIT | 2.2 | 77.9 | 6.1 | .251 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 15.2 | 0 |
| 1954 | PIT | 3.4 | 106.7 | 6.8 | .199 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 25.1 | 0 |
| 1955 | PIT | 0.0 | 76.8 | 5.3 | .186 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 20.4 | 0 |
| 1956 | PIT | 1.5 | 89.4 | 5.5 | .179 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 23.5 | 0 |
| 1957 | PIT | 2.2 | 96.1 | 5.9 | .170 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 25.8 | 0 |
| 1958 | PIT | 2.6 | 101.4 | 6.6 | .247 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 16.1 | 0 |
| 1959 | CIN | -1.9 | 41.4 | 3.7 | .155 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 31.2 | 0 |
| 1960 | CHC | -0.8 | 55.3 | 4.1 | .161 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 22.8 | 0 |
| 1961 | CHC/ATL | 2.6 | 78.4 | 6 | .216 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 17.5 | 0 |
| 1962 | NYM | 2.2 | 96.3 | 6.1 | .229 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 16.8 | 0 |
| 1963 | NYM | 0.5 | 55 | 4.7 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 28 | 0 |
| 1964 | NYM/PHI | 1.2 | 43.7 | 4.6 | .144 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 34 | 0 |
| 1965 | PHI/ATL/HOU | -0.5 | 15.3 | 3.1 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 42 | 0 |
| 1966 | CHC | -0.1 | -0.5 | -2.7 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Frank Thomas's career stats?
Frank Thomas played 16 seasons for the Pirates, the Reds, the Cubs and the Mets. He was a career .266 hitter with 1,671 hits, 286 home runs and 962 RBI. His best season was 1954: a .298 batting average, 23 home runs and 94 RBI.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1951 to 1966
All-time career rank
- 193rd in home runs (286)
Among the 10,343 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.