Lee Thomas, the Phillies general manager from 1988 through 1997, died Wednesday at his home in suburban St. Louis. He was 86:
Lee Thomas and Ed Wade in 2018 at the 1993 Phillies reunion.
Thomas cracked through and made the Yankees’ opening day roster as a reserve in 1961. Playing time was scarce. That was the year the Yankees won 109 games with Roger Maris hitting 61 homers and Mickey Mantle swatting 54. “I hadn’t been playing much and there was some talk that the Angels had interest in trading for me,” Thomas said that day in 1995. “Mickey and Roger Maris caught wind of it and gave up their swings in batting practice a couple of days so I could get extra swings in front of Bill Rigney.”
Thomas made the most of his opportunity with the Angels, hitting .284 with 24 homers and 70 RBIs in 130 games in 1961. He hit .290 with 26 homers and 104 RBIs the next season and was an American League All-Star. In June 1988, Bill Giles hired Thomas as GM of the Phillies and Thomas made a slew of acquisitions that started the team’s slow build to the 1993 pennant.
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