Daily News | Former Phillie Frank Thomas, slugger of the ‘50s and ‘60s, dies at 93
Frank Thomas, who had a brief and tumultuous stint with the Phillies near the end of a 16-year major league career in which he hit 286 home runs, died Monday at his home near Pittsburgh, two of his former teams confirmed. He was 93.
But Mr. Thomas broke his right thumb on a slide into second base on Sept. 8 and missed 16 games. Upon his return on Sept. 25, in the midst of a 10-game losing streak, the Phillies’ lead dwindled to 1½ games. They fell out of first place two days later and finished one game behind the Reds.Mr. Thomas returned to the Phillies in 1965 but got released in July, the fallout from a fight with the late Dick Allen near the batting cage before a July 3 game at Connie Mack Stadium.
“I see him coming through the [bathroom] mirror, and he takes me upstairs to the trainer’s room and he says, ‘We just put you on irrevocable waivers,’” Mr. Thomas told Tollin. “I said to him, ‘Gene, if you’re doing that to me, you’re being very unfair.’ He said. ‘You’re 35 and he’s 23.’ And that was the extent of the conversation.”Andrew Painter was honored for his ‘historic’ season.
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