Walter Thomas - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Walter Thomas

Walter Lewis Thomas
(Bancy; Big Dean)

Born: October 22, 1911 in Mobile, AL
Died: September 28, 1983 in Big Rapids, MI
(71 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• Buried: Merrill Township Cemetery (Brohman, MI)
• Relatives: Dean Thomas (Brother)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1935	CAG	NN2	23	SP	17	32	30	3	9	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	2			.300	.300	.400	.700	83
1936	CAG	IND	24	SP	8	16	16	4	5	1	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.313	.313	.375	.688	103
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	25	SP	10	19	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			1	1			.063	.167	.063	.229	-33
1944	KCM	NAL	32	RF	19	69	62	10	14	4	1	0	8	1		4			1	2			.226	.284	.323	.606	91
1945	KCM	NAL	33	RF	51	210	190	30	58	5	4	1	23	5		13			3	4			.305	.359	.389	.749	121
1946	CAG	NAL	34	CF	16	56	52	6	14	2	0	0	2	0		4			0	0			.269	.321	.308	.629	86
6	3			RF	121	402	366	55	101	13	6	1	38	6		22			5	9			.276	.326	.352	.678	100
162 Game Average						538	490	74	135	17	8	1	51	8		29			7	12			.276	.326	.352	.678	100

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
4	Chicago American Giants			SP	44	111	105	14	28	4	1	0	7	0		4			0	2			.267	.294	.324	.617	76
1	Detroit Stars II			3B	7	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			1	1			.111	.273	.111	.384	9
2	Kansas City Monarchs			RF	70	279	252	40	72	9	5	1	31	6		17			4	6			.286	.341	.373	.714	113

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1935	CAG	NN2	32		.294	.342		0.0%	8.4%								0.0%	1.5%		.100	.129
1936	CAG	IND	16		.320	.316		0.0%	6.8%								0.0%	0.4%		.063	.091
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	19		.131	.326		5.3%				7.5%					0.0%	0.9%		.000	.112
1944	KCM	NAL	69		.287	.305		5.8%	6.9%								0.0%	0.4%		.097	.070
1945	KCM	NAL	210		.350	.319		6.2%	7.1%								0.5%	0.6%		.084	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	56		.312	.328		7.1%	8.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.038	.078
6	3		402		.318	.320		5.5%	7.3%								0.2%	0.6%		.077	.088

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
4	Chicago American Giants		111		.289	.329		3.6%	7.9%								0.0%	0.8%		.057	.097
1	Detroit Stars II		12		.207	.333		8.3%	7.6%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.115
2	Kansas City Monarchs		279		.334	.316		6.1%	7.0%								0.4%	0.6%		.087	.083

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