diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.test.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.test.ts
index 467222765a4..7e6e1fd5aaa 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.test.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.test.ts
@@ -101,6 +101,26 @@ describe('field convert type', () => {
   });
 });
 
+it('can convert strings with commas to numbers', () => {
+  const options = { targetField: 'stringy nums', destinationType: FieldType.number };
+
+  const stringyNumbers = {
+    name: 'stringy nums',
+    type: FieldType.string,
+    values: new ArrayVector(['1,000', '1,000,000']),
+    config: {},
+  };
+
+  const numbers = convertFieldType(stringyNumbers, options);
+
+  expect(numbers).toEqual({
+    name: 'stringy nums',
+    type: FieldType.number,
+    values: new ArrayVector([1000, 1000000]),
+    config: {},
+  });
+});
+
 describe('field convert types transformer', () => {
   beforeAll(() => {
     mockTransformationsRegistry([convertFieldTypeTransformer]);
diff --git a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.ts b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.ts
index 0ebf969524f..318f1a3f4eb 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-data/src/transformations/transformers/convertFieldType.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,9 @@ function fieldToNumberField(field: Field): Field {
   const numValues = field.values.toArray().slice();
 
   for (let n = 0; n < numValues.length; n++) {
-    const number = +numValues[n];
+    // some numbers returned from datasources have commas
+    // strip the commas, coerce the string to a number
+    const number = +numValues[n].replace(/,/g, '');
     numValues[n] = Number.isFinite(number) ? number : null;
   }