Ira Thomas

Ira Felix Thomas (January 22, 1881 – October 11, 1958). A native of Ballston Spa, New York, he died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Standing 6-foot-2 and listed at 200 pounds, batted right-handed and threw right. He worked the major leagues from 1906 through 1915, spending the bulk of his career with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League. He had turned professional back in 1902, several seasons before his big-league debut. He appears across the issue universe of his day, most notably in E103 Williams Caramels, E125 American Caramel Die Cuts, E90-1 American Caramel, T204 Ramly, and T206 White Border. He is interred at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania.