PRESS RELEASE - ORIGINAL MET FRANK THOMAS PASSES AWAY

 

FLUSHING, N.Y., January 16, 2023 – The New York Mets today announced that original Met Frank Thomas passed away this morning at age 93 in Pittsburgh. 

Thomas played for the Mets from 1962-1964. He hit 34 homers in 1962, a franchise mark that stood until 1975 when Dave Kingman slugged 36 home runs. Thomas also drove in 94 runs in 1962, a record that stood until 1970. 

Thomas returned to Citi Field this summer for Old Timers' Day. 

"I'm so thankful that my dad was able to go to Old Timers' Day," Thomas' daughter, Maryanne Pacconi said. "It meant the world to him to see his old teammates. I was thrilled with how the fans greeted him. I was so happy to see him in uniform again. We will treasure those memories forever." 

Thomas slashed .266/.320/.454 with 262 doubles, 286 homers and 962 RBI during 16 years with Pittsburgh, Chicago-NL, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Houston and the Mets. 

We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of original Met Frank Thomas. pic.twitter.com/ZNkIrU59ea

— New York Mets (@Mets) January 16, 2023

Frank Thomas' MLB Stats:

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1951	22	PIT	NL	39	157	148	21	39	9	2	2	16	0	2	9	15	.264	.306	.392	.698	85	58	5	0	0		0	8/H
1952	23	PIT	NL	6	22	21	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.095	.136	.095	.232	-35	2	2	0	0		1	/8H
1953	24	PIT	NL	128	510	455	68	116	22	1	30	102	1	2	50	93	.255	.331	.505	.837	115	230	12	2	3		4	*89H/7	MVP-18
1954	25	PIT	NL	153	653	577	81	172	32	7	23	94	3	2	51	74	.298	.359	.497	.856	123	287	10	10	4	11	4	*87/H	AS,MVP-13
1955	26	PIT	NL	142	581	510	72	125	16	2	25	72	2	0	60	76	.245	.324	.431	.755	100	220	13	2	3	6	10	*78/H	AS,MVP-23
1956	27	PIT	NL	157	637	588	69	166	24	3	25	80	0	5	36	61	.282	.326	.461	.787	112	271	22	5	2	6	5	*57/4H
1957	28	PIT	NL	151	658	594	72	172	30	1	23	89	3	1	44	66	.290	.335	.460	.795	114	273	16	3	5	12	9	3759/8	MVP-19
1958	29	PIT	NL	149	621	562	89	158	26	4	35	109	0	1	42	79	.281	.334	.528	.863	126	297	19	7	1	8	2	*5/793H	AS,MVP-4
1959	30	CIN	NL	108	412	374	41	84	18	2	12	47	0	2	27	56	.225	.278	.380	.658	71	142	13	3	2	6	6	573H
1960	31	CHC	NL	135	509	479	54	114	12	1	21	64	1	0	28	74	.238	.280	.399	.678	85	191	12	0	1	1	4	375H/9
1961	32	TOT	NL	139	516	473	65	133	15	3	27	73	2	4	31	78	.281	.331	.497	.828	123	235	19	6	2	4	7	*73H/9
1961	32	CHC	NL	15	52	50	7	13	2	0	2	6	0	0	2	8	.260	.288	.420	.708	86	21	3	0	0	0	0	7/3H
1961	32	MLN	NL	124	464	423	58	120	13	3	25	67	2	4	29	70	.284	.335	.506	.841	128	214	16	6	2	4	7	*73H/9
1962	33	NYM	NL	156	633	571	69	152	23	3	34	94	2	1	48	95	.266	.329	.496	.824	118	283	15	8	0	6	4	*73H5
1963	34	NYM	NL	126	458	420	34	109	9	1	15	60	0	0	33	48	.260	.317	.393	.709	104	165	23	3	0	2	5	7H3/5
1964	35	TOT	NL	99	364	340	39	92	17	1	10	45	1	2	15	41	.271	.302	.415	.717	102	141	7	2	3	4	3	37H/5
1964	35	NYM	NL	60	210	197	19	50	6	1	3	19	1	1	10	29	.254	.295	.340	.635	82	67	4	2	0	1	1	73H/5
1964	35	PHI	NL	39	154	143	20	42	11	0	7	26	0	1	5	12	.294	.311	.517	.829	130	74	3	0	3	3	2	3/H
1965	36	TOT	NL	73	181	168	17	37	9	0	4	17	0	0	9	36	.220	.254	.345	.599	70	58	3	0	0	4	0	3H7/95
1965	36	PHI	NL	35	83	77	7	20	4	0	1	7	0	0	4	10	.260	.289	.351	.640	81	27	3	0	0	2	0	H3/795
1965	36	HOU	NL	23	62	58	7	10	2	0	3	9	0	0	3	15	.172	.210	.362	.572	64	21	0	0	0	1	0	3/H57
1965	36	MLN	NL	15	36	33	3	7	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.212	.250	.303	.553	55	10	0	0	0	1	0	/3H7
1966	37	CHC	NL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/H
16 Yrs				1766	6917	6285	792	1671	262	31	286	962	15	22	484	894	.266	.320	.454	.774	107	2853	191	51	26	70	64
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
NYM (3 yrs)				342	1301	1188	122	311	38	5	52	173	3	2	91	172	.262	.319	.434	.752	107	515	42	13	0	9	10

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 1/16/2023.