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	16	28	26	3	7	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	2			.269	.269	.385	.654	70
1936	CAG	IND	24	SP	7	12	12	4	4	1	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.333	.333	.417	.750	116
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	92
1945	KCM	NAL	33	RF	50	205	186	30	58	5	4	1	23	5		12			3	4			.312	.363	.398	.761	124
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	118	389	354	55	98	13	6	1	38	6		21			5	9			.277	.326	.356	.682	101
162 Game Average						534	486	76	135	18	8	1	52	8		29			7	12			.277	.326	.356	.682	101

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	42	103	97	14	25	4	1	0	7	0		4			0	2			.258	.287	.320	.607	73
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	69	274	248	40	72	9	5	1	31	6		16			4	6			.290	.343	.379	.722	116

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	12		.348	.323		0.0%	7.1%								0.0%	0.5%		.083	.094
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	19		.131	.326		5.3%				7.6%					0.0%	0.9%		.000	.111
1944	KCM	NAL	69		.287	.303		5.8%	6.9%								0.0%	0.4%		.097	.069
1945	KCM	NAL	205		.354	.319		5.9%	6.9%								0.5%	0.6%		.086	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	56		.313	.327		7.1%	8.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.038	.078
6	3		389		.319	.319		5.4%	7.2%								0.3%	0.6%		.079	.088

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
4	Chicago American Giants		103		.283	.330		3.9%	8.0%								0.0%	0.8%		.062	.096
1	Detroit Stars II		12		.207	.333		8.3%	7.7%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.114
2	Kansas City Monarchs		274		.337	.315		5.8%	6.9%								0.4%	0.6%		.089	.083

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