Myles Lewis Thomas (October 22, 1897 – December 12, 1963) was an American right-handed

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. He was born in

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. He threw and batted right-handed, and he was also tall and 170 pounds. He was nicknamed "Duck Eye" by

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. On April 18, 1926, at the age of 28, he made his major league debut with the

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. On June 15, 1929, he was purchased from the Yankees by the Washington Senators. Overall, he went 23–22 with a 4.64 career

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. As a batter, he hit a respectable (for a pitcher) .240. He had a career .955

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. In the postseason, he had a 3.00 ERA in 2 games. Thomas played his final game on June 21, 1930. He died in

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due to a

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at age 66. His body is buried in

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in Toledo.

''1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas''

In 2016,

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announced ''1927: The Diary of Myles Thomas'', part a new genre of storytelling known as "real-time historical fiction." The core of the project is a historical novel in the form of a diary of Myles Thomas, written by Douglas Alden, complemented by a wealth of fact-based content from the season, all published along the same timeline as the events unfolded almost 90 years ago. Through Myles Thomas’s diary entries, additional essays and real-time social-media components “re-living” that famous Yankees season, the goal is to explore the rarefied nexus of baseball, jazz and Prohibition — defining elements of the remarkable world that existed in 1927. The diary runs the length of the full 1927 season, from April 13 through October 10, 1927.About the Diary of Myles Thomas
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Myles Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Centre County, Pennsylvania New York Yankees players Washington Senators (1901–1960) players 20th-century American sportsmen Toledo Mud Hens managers Penn State Nittany Lions baseball players 1897 births 1963 deaths Hartford Senators players Reading Aces players Toronto Maple Leafs (International League) players Newark Bears (International League) players Hollywood Stars players St. Paul Saints (AA) players Toledo Mud Hens players Indianapolis Indians players Burials at Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio)