RIP Frank Thomas (Outfielder from 1951-66)

[Fish on The Sand]

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[Unholy Diver]

he had a very good run with his hometown team, making a few ASG with the Pirates

 

[Canes]

RIP Thomas Frank. I read your book What's the Matter with Kansas?

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Whoa.

I thought it was the other Frank Thomas, the Big Hurt. The Big Hurt is still so young and I loved him as a player.

RIP Frank Thomas.

 

[Vamos Rafa]

Been a baseball fan for more than half of my life and I never knew there was another Frank Thomas before the Big Hurt.

RIP.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Been a baseball fan for more than half of my life and I never knew there was another Frank Thomas before the Big Hurt.

RIP.

This Frank Thomas was known as the "Big Donkey" and managed a few 30+ hr seasons in the cavernous Forbes Field

 

[DaaaaB's]

Whoa.

I thought it was the other Frank Thomas, the Big Hurt. The Big Hurt is still so young and I loved him as a player.

RIP Frank Thomas.

I thought the same at first. Was gonna say he seems so healthy in those supplement commercials. Too bad about this Frank Thomas, at least he lived a long life. RIP

This Frank Thomas was known as the "Big Donkey" and managed a few 30+ hr seasons in the cavernous Forbes Field

The Big Donkey, seriously?

 

[Unholy Diver]

The Big Donkey, seriously?

Ex-Pirates slugger Frank Thomas, who starred for hometown team in 1950s, dies at 93

Frank Thomas got to live a childhood dream as a Pittsburgh native who became a three-time All-Star slugger for the Pirates in the 1950s before being traded for a trio of players who helped win the 1960 World Series. One of the Pirates’ most popular players, Thomas hit 163 home

triblive.com

from the article...

At 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Thomas was bigger than most players of his time and was nicknamed “The Big Donkey.” He signed with the Pirates for $3,000 as an 18-year-old in 1947 and made his major-league debut in 1951, playing 39 games that season and six the next.

 

[DaaaaB's]

Ex-Pirates slugger Frank Thomas, who starred for hometown team in 1950s, dies at 93

Frank Thomas got to live a childhood dream as a Pittsburgh native who became a three-time All-Star slugger for the Pirates in the 1950s before being traded for a trio of players who helped win the 1960 World Series. One of the Pirates’ most popular players, Thomas hit 163 home

triblive.com

from the article...

At 6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Thomas was bigger than most players of his time and was nicknamed “The Big Donkey.” He signed with the Pirates for $3,000 as an 18-year-old in 1947 and made his major-league debut in 1951, playing 39 games that season and six the next.

Hmm, interesting. The Big Horse probably would've been a better nickname but I suppose being called a donkey wasn't an insult back then.