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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Notes:

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

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Henry McHenry	SP	3	1938	1940	PS	9.1	0.6	-0.1	8.6	0.0
2	Roy Parnell	LF	6	1935	1940	PS/BEG	3.2	4.4	-0.6	0.2	-0.8
3	Jud Wilson	1B	4	1936	1939	PS	2.7	2.8	0.1	0.0	-0.2
4	Pat Patterson	2B	2	1938	1939	PS	2.4	2.4	-0.2	0.0	0.3
5	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1940	1940	PS	2.4	-0.3	0.0	2.7	0.0
6	Turkey Stearnes	CF	1	1936	1936	PS	2.2	1.9	0.4	0.0	-0.1
7	Jim West	1B	3	1935	1940	PS/BEG	1.8	1.7	0.5	0.0	-0.4
8	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1935	1935	BEG	1.7	1.0	0.8	0.0	-0.1
9	Gene Benson	CF	4	1937	1940	PS	1.4	1.5	0.1	0.0	-0.2
10	Joe Scott	1B	2	1932	1936	PS/AB2	1.4	1.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2
11	Darius Bea	RF	1	1940	1940	PS	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	-0.1
12	Leroy Morney	SS	2	1935	1939	BEG/PS	1.3	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.1
13	Jim Willis	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	1.3	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.0
14	Bert Hunter	SP	1	1936	1936	PS	1.2	-0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
15	Sanford Jackson	CF	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.2	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
16	Chester Williams	SS	2	1932	1939	PS/AB2	1.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.3
17	Lefty Smart	SP	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.0	-0.3	0.0	1.2	0.0
18	Andy Porter	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0
19	Bob Griffith	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
20	Wild Bill Wright	CF	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.9	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
21	Bill Perkins	C	2	1938	1939	PS	0.9	1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.2
22	Webster McDonald	SP	5	1936	1940	PS	0.8	-0.5	0.0	1.3	0.0
23	Sandy Thompson	LF	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Cool Papa Bell	CF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.1
25	Larnie Jordan	SS	1	1940	1940	PS	0.7	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.2
26	Sammy Hughes	2B	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.1
27	Connie Day	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.2
28	Ike Thomas	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.6	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
29	Dewey Creacy	3B	3	1936	1938	PS	0.5	-0.6	0.9	0.0	0.2
30	Mitchell Murray	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.1
31	Andy Cooper	RP	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
32	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.2
33	Bill Freeman	SP	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
34	Specs Roberts	RP	1	1937	1937	PS	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
35	Felton Snow	3B	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.4	-0.5	0.8	0.0	0.1
36	George Giles	1B	2	1934	1938	PS/KCM	0.4	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
37	Bill Yancey	2B	1	1936	1936	PS	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
38	Leroy Sutton	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
39	Ulysses Evans	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
40	Dusty Decker	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
41	Jim Williams	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.2
42	Jimmy Binder	3B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
43	Bill Cooper	C	2	1939	1940	PS	0.3	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
44	Jack Marshall	2B	1	1936	1936	PS	0.3	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.0
45	Charlie Beverly	SP	2	1934	1936	KCM/PS	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
46	Obie Lackey	2B	2	1936	1937	PS	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
47	Hurley McNair	RF	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Art Pennington	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
49	Bud Mitchell	RP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Purnell Mincy	SP	1	1939	1939	PS	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
51	Sy Morton	SS	1	1940	1940	PS	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Bob Williams	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
53	Jack Bruton	RP	1	1938	1938	PS	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
54	Tom Young	C	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
55	Curtis Harris	1B	4	1937	1940	PS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
56	Ralph Burgin	RF	1	1936	1936	PS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
57	Ed Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Jabbo Andrews	RF	2	1932	1942	AB2/CAG	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
59	Lincoln Jackson	1B	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Gentry Jessup	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
61	Red Haley	3B	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
62	Willie Williams	1B	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Ollie Boyd	RP	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
64	Clyde Spearman	RF	3	1938	1942	PS/CAG	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.4
65	Leo Hannibal	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
66	Bill Dean	C	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Tommy Johnson	SP	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
68	Dink Mothell	2B	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
69	Logan Hensley	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	Dennis Gilchrist	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Buddy Burbage	LF	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Cisco	3B	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Charlie King	RP	1	1938	1938	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Lee Carter	SS	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Subby Byas	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
77	Bud Jones	-	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Newt Joseph	3B	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Henry Wright	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
80	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
81	Taylor	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Willie Cornelius	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Percy Howard	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Tommy Johnson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Chet Brewer	SP	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Bronson	-	1	1936	1936	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Lantz	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Otis Starks	SP	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Andy Harvey	SS	2	1937	1938	PS	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
91	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Brammell	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Bob Smith	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Henry Milton	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Fats Jenkins	RF	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Haynes	-	1	1936	1936	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	John Britton	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Lefty Harris	1B	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Lester Lockett	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
100	Morgan	-	1	1936	1936	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
101	Burrows	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Joe Brown	-	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	W. Miller	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
104	Henry Merchant	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Ray Basham	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Manuel Rivero	CF	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
107	Binson	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Fields	-	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
110	Willie Ferrell	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	Spann	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
112	Pepper Daniels	C	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	Will Owens	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.4	0.0	-0.5	0.0
114	Ernie Smith	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	Ralph Crespo	RF	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
116	Coley Logan	-	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	Mahlon Duckett	3B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Henry Baker	RF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
119	Candy Jim Taylor	RP	3	1932	1942	MULT	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	John Lyles	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	R. B. Bryant	-	1	1938	1938	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	Nish Williams	C	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.1
124	Frank Duncan	C	1	1934	1934	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	Columbus Vance	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
126	Vernon Cunningham	RF	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Harold Robinson	-	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
128	Porter Moss	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
129	Wade Johnston	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	Ramiro Ramírez	RF	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Francis Jackson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
132	Elton Gladney	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
133	Henry Smith	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1
134	Army Rhodes	1B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	John Huber	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
136	Percy Lacey	-	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
137	Newt Allen	SS	1	1934	1934	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
138	Charlie Shields	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
139	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
140	Bill Byrd	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.2	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	0.0
141	Jim Missouri	SP	4	1937	1940	PS	-0.2	-0.5	0.0	0.3	0.0
142	Nenene Rivera	SS	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
143	Busta Quintana	2B	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	George Proctor	-	2	1938	1940	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
145	Garvin	-	1	1938	1938	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
146	Halley Harding	-	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
147	Smith	-	1	1936	1936	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
148	Willie Burns	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
149	Earl Little	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
150	Burlin White	C	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
151	Jim Lewis	-	1	1938	1938	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
152	Alex Radcliff	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
153	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
154	Willie Hudson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
155	Lloyd Davenport	-	1	1936	1936	PS	-0.3	-0.3	0.1	0.0	-0.1
156	Hoss Walker	-	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
157	Rocky Ellis	SP	5	1936	1940	PS	-0.3	-0.7	0.1	0.3	0.0
158	John Bissant	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.1
159	Bob Graves	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
160	Eddie Dwight	CF	2	1932	1934	AB2/KCM	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
161	Dave Campbell	2B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
162	Mickey Casey	C	3	1936	1938	PS	-0.4	-0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1
163	Ted Page	RF	2	1936	1937	PS	-0.4	-0.8	0.6	0.0	-0.2
164	Tom Glover	-	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
165	Clarence Palm	C	2	1939	1940	PS	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.1
166	Laymon Yokely	SP	2	1936	1937	PS	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.1	0.0
167	Slim Jones	1B	3	1936	1938	PS	-0.5	0.2	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1
168	Paul Hardy	-	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
169	Ollie West	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
170	Larry Brown	C	3	1936	1938	PS	-0.5	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.1
171	Albert Overton	-	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
172	Emory Long	2B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.6	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
173	Roy Welmaker	SP	2	1939	1940	PS	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
174	Bullet Rogan	LF	1	1934	1934	KCM	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
175	Leon Ruffin	C	2	1939	1940	PS	-0.7	-0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1
176	Albert Davis	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.7	0.4	0.0	-1.1	0.0
177	Spoon Carter	SP	2	1938	1939	PS	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.0
178	Charley Hayes	2B	1	1940	1940	PS	-1.0	-0.6	-0.5	0.0	0.1
179	Ewing Waddy	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
180	Henry Miller	SP	3	1938	1940	PS	-1.2	-0.3	0.0	-0.9	0.0
181	Paul Dixon	LF	2	1937	1938	PS	-1.3	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
182	Jake Dunn	SS	5	1936	1940	PS	-1.3	-0.6	-1.0	0.0	0.3

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