NY Times · Jan 17, 2023
Frank Thomas, Power-Hitting Original Met, Dies at 93
His 34 home runs and 94 runs batted in were among the few accomplishments worth celebrating on a team that famously went nowhere in 1962.
Frank Thomas in 1962, his first season with the Mets, which was also the team’s first. He hit 34 home runs that year, a team record that stood for 13 years.Credit...Patrick A. Burns/The New York TimesFrank Thomas, the slugging All-Star outfielder of the 1950s Pittsburgh Pirates who went on to hit 34 home runs for the hapless original Mets of 1962, died on Monday in Pittsburgh. He was 93.
His death was announced by the Mets.