Valmy Thomas Baseball player

Valmy Thomas (October 21, 1925 – October 16, 2010) was a Major League Baseball catcher. In his five-year career, he played for five different home cities: the New York Giants (1957), the San Francisco Giants (1958), the Philadelphia Phillies (1959), the Baltimore Orioles (1960), and the Cleveland Indians (1961). He was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.After his major league career, while playing for Atlanta of the International League, Thomas was shot and critically wounded by Cleveland Lyons in a dispute over a woman.Thomas died in Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, at the age of 84.

Personal facts

Birth dateOctober 21, 1925
Birth place
Santurce San Juan Puerto Rico
Date of deathOctober 16, 2010
Place of death
Saint Croix U.S. Virgin Islands , Christiansted United States Virgin Islands

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Baseball player

Career startApril 16, 1957
Career endOctober 01, 1961
batting sideRight
former teams
Cleveland Indians
San Francisco Giants
position
Catcher
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants
throwing sideRight

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