Fay Wesley (Scow) Thomas (October 10, 1903 – August 12, 1990) was a

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

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. He pitched for four teams from 1927 to 1935. He also pitched for five teams in the

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from 1930 to 1943 and was elected to the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2004. He attended the

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. Thomas died on August 12, 1990, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

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