Walter Thomas

Walter Lewis Thomas
(Bancy)

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

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

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

Batting

Glossary

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	16	28	26	3	7	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	2			.269	.269	.385	.654	70
1936	CAG	IND	24	RP	6	8	8	2	2	1	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.375	.625	80
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	25	SP	9	20	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	1			.000	.053	.000	.053	-84
1944	KCM	NAL	32	RF	11	47	44	7	8	1	1	0	3	1		1				2			.182	.200	.250	.450	44
1945	KCM	NAL	33	RF	43	174	158	22	46	5	4	0	13	4		10		0	2	4			.291	.341	.373	.715	114
1946	CAG	NAL	34	CF	13	52	49	5	14	1	0	0	3	0		3			0	0			.286	.327	.306	.633	88
6	3			RF	98	329	303	41	77	9	6	0	23	5		15		0	2	9			.254	.294	.323	.617	83
162 Game Average						544	501	68	127	15	10	0	38	12		25		0	4	15			.254	.294	.323	.617	83

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			CF	38	95	90	11	23	3	1	0	7	0		3		0	0	2			.256	.280	.311	.591	68
1	Detroit Stars II			-	6	13	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	1			.000	.083	.000	.083	-75
2	Kansas City Monarchs			RF	54	221	202	29	54	6	5	0	16	5		11		0	2	6			.267	.312	.347	.658	99

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1935	CAG	NN2	28	.268	.341	0.0%	8.4%					0.0%	1.5%	.115	.131
1936	CAG	IND	8	.280	.320	0.0%	6.8%					0.0%	0.5%	.125	.094
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	20	.038	.326	5.0%			7.6%			0.0%	0.9%	.000	.112
1944	KCM	NAL	47	.206	.297	2.1%	6.7%					0.0%	0.4%	.068	.069
1945	KCM	NAL	174	.330	.312	5.7%	6.7%					0.0%	0.6%	.082	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	52	.314	.326	5.8%	8.3%					0.0%	0.5%	.020	.075
6	3		329	.286	.315	4.6%	7.2%					0.0%	0.7%	.069	.088

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
4	Chicago American Giants		95	.275	.329	3.2%	8.1%					0.0%	0.8%	.056	.095
1	Detroit Stars II		13	.058	.330	7.7%	7.7%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.114
2	Kansas City Monarchs		221	.304	.308	5.0%	6.7%					0.0%	0.6%	.079	.083

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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