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	17	46	41	6	9	2	0	0	2	0		4			0	1			.220	.289	.268	.557	77
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	58
1935	CEG	NN2	27	SP	10	27	22	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	3			.091	.167	.091	.258	-35
1936	PS	NN2	28	SP	13	23	21	2	4	1	0	0	2	0		1			0	1			.190	.227	.238	.465	18
1937	PS	NN2	29	SP	10	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	13	22	22	2	7	0	0	0	1	0		0				0			.318	.318	.318	.636	68
1940	PS	NN2	32	SP	15	28	26	3	6	1	0	1	2	0		1			0	1		0	.231	.259	.385	.644	59
1942	CAG	NAL	34	SP	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0				0			.100	.100	.100	.200	-37
10	6			SP	87	192	172	19	34	5	0	1	11	1		9			2	9		0	.198	.246	.244	.490	32
162 Game Average						358	320	35	63	9	0	2	20	5		17			5	17		0	.198	.246	.244	.490	32

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	17	46	41	6	9	2	0	0	2	0		4			0	1			.220	.289	.268	.557	77
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	58
1	Baltimore Elite Giants			SP	10	27	22	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		1			1	3			.091	.167	.091	.258	-35
5	Philadelphia Stars			SP	52	104	95	9	21	3	0	1	7	0		3			1	5		0	.221	.253	.284	.537	35
1	Chicago American Giants			RP	4	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0				0			.100	.100	.100	.200	-37

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1932	AB2	NSL	46		.268	.295		8.7%	5.8%								0.0%	0.4%		.049	.071
1933	CUP	IND	1		.752	.317		100.0%	7.6%								0.0%	1.0%			.097
1934	KCM	IND	4		.232	.291		0.0%	7.7%								0.0%	1.4%		.000	.100
1935	CEG	NN2	27		.127	.366		3.7%	9.0%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.141
1936	PS	NN2	23		.212	.355		4.3%	8.9%								0.0%	1.7%		.048	.128
1937	PS	NN2	27		.178	.354		3.7%	8.3%								0.0%	1.6%		.043	.137
1938	PS	NN2	4		.197	.358		0.0%	9.7%								0.0%	1.6%		.000	.134
1939	PS	NN2	22		.300	.350		0.0%	8.6%								0.0%	1.8%		.000	.116
1940	PS	NN2	28		.279	.370		3.6%	10.4%								3.6%	1.3%		.154	.130
1942	CAG	NAL	10		.096	.300		0.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.076
10	6		192		.225	.339		4.7%	8.1%								0.5%	1.2%		.047	.112

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	Indianapolis ABCs II		46		.268	.295		8.7%	5.8%								0.0%	0.4%		.049	.071
1	Pollock's Cuban Stars		1		.752	.317		100.0%	7.6%								0.0%	1.0%			.000
1	Kansas City Monarchs		4		.232	.291		0.0%	7.7%								0.0%	1.4%		.000	.100
1	Baltimore Elite Giants		27		.127	.366		3.7%	9.0%								0.0%	1.5%		.000	.141
5	Philadelphia Stars		104		.239	.358		2.9%	9.1%								1.0%	1.6%		.063	.128
1	Chicago American Giants		10		.096	.300		0.0%	6.9%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.076

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