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George Thomas (baseball)
American baseball player (born 1937) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Edward Thomas Jr. (born November 29, 1937) is a retired American professional baseball player. Primarily an outfielder, he played at least one game at every position except pitcher during a 13-year career in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers (1957–58; 1961; 1963–65), Los Angeles Angels (1961–63), Boston Red Sox (1966–71) and Minnesota Twins (1971). He also was an assistant coach (1972–78) and head baseball coach (1979–81) at his alma mater, the University of Minnesota, after his active career ended. The native of Minneapolis threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 190 pounds (86 kg).
George Thomas | |
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![]() Thomas in 1966 | |
Outfielder | |
Born: (1937-11-29) November 29, 1937 (age 86) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
September 11, 1957, for the Detroit Tigers | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 6, 1971, for the Minnesota Twins | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .255 |
Home runs | 46 |
Runs batted in | 202 |
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