Sam Thompson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Sam Thompson

Samuel Tommy Thompson
(Sad Sam; Long Tom)

Born: May 27, 1908 in Sulligent, AL
Died: January 29, 1978 in Los Angeles, CA
(69 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'2"

Wt: 158

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Biographical
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Notes:

• High School: Sumner HS (Kansas City, KS)
• College: Wiley College (Marshall, TX)
• Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum (Culver City, CA)

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+
1932	AB2	NSL	24	SP	16	43	39	5	7	2	0	0	2	0		3			0	1			.179	.238	.231	.469	44
1933	CUP	IND	25	SP	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0				1.000
1934	KCM	IND	26	SP	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	57
1935	CEG/NOS	NN2/NSA	27	SP	12	29	24	4	2	0	0	0	2	0		1			1	3		0	.083	.154	.083	.237	-39
1936	PS	NN2	28	SP	15	25	23	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	1			.174	.208	.217	.426	10
1937	PS	NN2	29	SP	11	27	23	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	3			.174	.208	.217	.426	7
1938	PS	NN2	30	SP	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			1	0			.000	.250	.000	.250	-32
1939	PS	NN2	31	SP	15	26	25	2	8	0	0	0	3	0		0			0	1			.320	.320	.320	.640	67
1940	PS	NN2	32	SP	15	28	26	3	6	1	0	1	2	0		1			0	1			.231	.259	.385	.644	60
1942	CAG	NAL	34	SP	9	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	1			.150	.150	.150	.300	-8
10	7			SP	98	208	187	18	35	5	0	1	14	1		8			2	11		0	.187	.228	.230	.458	22
162 Game Average						344	309	30	58	8	0	2	23	2		13			3	18		0	.187	.228	.230	.458	22

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+
1	Indianapolis ABCs II			SP	16	43	39	5	7	2	0	0	2	0		3			0	1			.179	.238	.231	.469	44
1	Pollock's Cuban Stars			1B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1			0	0				1.000
1	Kansas City Monarchs			RP	2	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	57
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	11	27	22	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	3			.091	.167	.091	.258	-35
1	North All Stars			RP	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
5	Philadelphia Stars			SP	57	110	100	9	22	3	0	1	9	0		3			1	6			.220	.250	.280	.530	34
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	9	21	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	1		0			0	1			.150	.150	.150	.300	-8

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1932	AB2	NSL	43		.227	.308		7.0%	6.5%								0.0%	0.4%		.051	.076
1933	CUP	IND	1		.752	.319		100.0%	7.6%								0.0%	1.0%			.097
1934	KCM	IND	4		.232	.292		0.0%	7.6%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.101
1935	CEG/NOS	NN2/NSA	29		.118	.365		3.4%				9.6%					0.0%	1.4%		.000	.140
1936	PS	NN2	25		.195	.353		4.0%	8.9%								0.0%	1.6%		.043	.127
1937	PS	NN2	27		.178	.355		3.7%	8.3%								0.0%	1.5%		.043	.136
1938	PS	NN2	4		.197	.358		0.0%	9.6%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.132
1939	PS	NN2	26		.289	.352		0.0%	8.8%								0.0%	1.6%		.000	.123
1940	PS	NN2	28		.279	.368		3.6%	10.3%								3.6%	1.3%		.154	.129
1942	CAG	NAL	21		.136	.308		0.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.089
10	7		208		.209	.342		3.8%	8.4%								0.5%	1.2%		.043	.114

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Indianapolis ABCs II		43		.227	.308		7.0%	6.5%								0.0%	0.4%		.051	.076
1	Pollock's Cuban Stars		1		.752	.319		100.0%	7.6%								0.0%	1.0%			.000
1	Kansas City Monarchs		4		.232	.292		0.0%	7.6%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.101
1	Baltimore Elite Giants		27		.127	.364		3.7%	9.0%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.138
1	North All Stars		2		.000	.368		0.0%	18.4%								0.0%	1.3%		.000	.161
5	Philadelphia Stars		110		.235	.357		2.7%	9.1%								0.9%	1.5%		.060	.129
1	Chicago American Giants		21		.136	.308		0.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.089

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