After playing 22 games for the Brewers in 1977, Thomas was demoted on May 20 to the Spokane Indians,[REF] the Brewers' Triple-A Pacific Coast League farm team in Spokane, Washington, although his batting average with Milwaukee was a respectable .271
Thomas was unsuccessful in his later attempts to rejoin the Brewers or sign with another major league baseball organization in 1978 [REF].