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	0.8	0.0	8.3	0.0
2	Roy Parnell	LF	6	1935	1940	BEG/PS	4.3	4.7	0.2	0.2	-0.8
3	Jud Wilson	1B	4	1936	1939	PS	3.2	3.2	0.2	0.0	-0.2
4	Turkey Stearnes	CF	1	1936	1936	PS	3.1	2.5	0.7	0.0	-0.1
5	Ches Buchanan	SP	1	1940	1940	PS	2.5	-0.3	0.0	2.8	0.0
6	Pat Patterson	2B	2	1938	1939	PS	2.2	2.3	-0.4	0.0	0.2
7	Zollie Wright	RF	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS	1.9	1.2	0.8	0.0	-0.1
8	Bob Griffith	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	1.6	0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
9	Jim Willis	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS	1.5	0.0	0.0	1.5	0.0
10	Leroy Morney	SS	2	1935	1939	BEG/PS	1.4	0.7	0.6	0.0	0.1
11	Chester Williams	SS	2	1932	1939	AB2/PS	1.4	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.3
12	Mitchell Murray	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.4	0.3	1.0	0.0	0.1
13	Sanford Jackson	CF	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.4	1.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
14	Jim West	1B	3	1935	1940	BEG/PS	1.4	1.3	0.5	0.0	-0.4
15	Darius Bea	RF	1	1940	1940	PS	1.3	0.7	0.7	0.0	-0.1
16	Gene Benson	CF	4	1937	1940	PS	1.1	1.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
17	Joe Scott	1B	2	1932	1936	AB2/PS	1.0	1.6	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
18	Sammy Hughes	2B	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS	1.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
19	Lefty Smart	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	1.0	-0.3	-0.2	1.5	0.0
20	Wild Bill Wright	CF	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS	1.0	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
21	Jimmie Crutchfield	RF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.9	0.7	0.4	0.0	-0.1
22	Cool Papa Bell	CF	2	1935	1942	CAG/NOS	0.9	1.6	-0.7	0.0	-0.1
23	Jim Missouri	SP	4	1937	1940	PS	0.9	-0.6	0.0	1.5	0.0
24	Rocky Ellis	SP	5	1936	1940	PS	0.8	-0.7	0.2	1.4	0.0
25	Dave Thomas	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.8	0.9	-0.1	0.0	0.1
26	Larnie Jordan	SS	1	1940	1940	PS	0.8	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.2
27	Sandy Thompson	LF	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
28	Leroy Sutton	SP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.7	-0.1	0.0	0.8	0.0
29	Andy Porter	RP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0
30	Charlie Shields	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.6	0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0
31	Webster McDonald	SP	5	1936	1940	PS	0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.9	0.0
32	Bill Perkins	C	3	1935	1939	NOS/PS	0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.2
33	Art Pennington	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.5	0.7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
34	Bill Freeman	SP	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
35	Jim Williams	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.5	0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.1
36	Andy Cooper	RP	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
37	Bob Williams	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
38	George Giles	1B	2	1934	1938	KCM/PS	0.4	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2
39	Dewey Creacy	3B	3	1936	1938	PS	0.4	-0.8	1.0	0.0	0.2
40	Ulysses Evans	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
41	Dennis Gilchrist	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
42	Bert Hunter	SP	1	1936	1936	PS	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
43	Bill Yancey	2B	1	1936	1936	PS	0.4	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.1
44	Obie Lackey	2B	2	1936	1937	PS	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
45	Connie Day	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.3	0.5	-0.3	0.0	0.1
46	Charlie Beverly	SP	2	1934	1936	KCM/PS	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0
47	Walter Cannady	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
48	Hurley McNair	RF	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
49	Bud Mitchell	RP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
50	Jack Marshall	2B	1	1936	1936	PS	0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.1
51	Sy Morton	SS	1	1940	1940	PS	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
52	Ed Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
53	Ralph Burgin	RF	1	1936	1936	PS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
54	Jack Bruton	RP	1	1938	1938	PS	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
55	Alex Radcliff	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
56	Tom Young	C	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
57	Leo Hannibal	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
58	Red Haley	3B	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
59	Oscar Charleston	1B	1	1935	1935	NOS	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
60	Lincoln Jackson	1B	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Eggie Hensley	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
62	Willie Williams	1B	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Tommy Johnson	SP	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0
64	Ollie Boyd	RP	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
65	Dink Mothell	2B	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
66	Felton Snow	3B	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS	0.1	-0.8	0.8	0.0	0.1
67	Ollie West	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.3	0.0
68	Leandy Young	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	Nish Williams	C	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.1
70	Bill Dean	C	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Ziggy Marcell	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Buddy Burbage	LF	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
73	Dusty Decker	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.1	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
74	Randy Sisco	3B	1	1940	1940	PS	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
75	Charlie King	RP	1	1938	1938	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Henry Wright	SP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
77	Lee Carter	SS	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Buster Spann	2B	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
79	Charlie Harris	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
80	Bud Jones	-	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Bill Cooper	C	2	1939	1940	PS	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.1
82	Newt Joseph	3B	1	1934	1934	KCM	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
83	Willie Hudson	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Samuel Burris	RF	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	Otis Starks	SP	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	Subby Byas	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	Henry Milton	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Ted Radcliffe	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Fats Jenkins	RF	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Haynes	-	1	1936	1936	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Lefty Harris	1B	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Morgan	RF	1	1936	1936	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Cleo Benson	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Joe Brown	-	1	1940	1940	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Wadel Miller	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
99	Brammell	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	John Britton	3B	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
101	Manuel Rivero	CF	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
102	Odis Taylor	RP	1	1935	1935	BEG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	Willie Cornelius	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0
104	Fred Wilson	RF	1	1939	1939	PS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
105	Percy Howard	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	Bennie Fields	-	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	Henry Merchant	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	Pepper Daniels	C	1	1933	1933	CUP	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Ralph Crespo	RF	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Will Owens	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.4	0.0	-0.5	0.0
111	Mahlon Duckett	3B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.1	-0.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
112	Coley Logan	-	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
113	H. Wilson	2B	1	1939	1939	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	Jimmy Binder	3B	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
115	Francis Jackson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
116	Clyde Spearman	RF	3	1938	1942	CAG/PS	-0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.4
117	Porter Moss	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
118	Frank Duncan	C	1	1934	1934	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	Vernon Cunningham	RF	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
120	Harold Robinson	-	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
121	P. Burgess	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
122	Robert Lacy	RP	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
123	Ramiro Ramírez	RF	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	Henry Smith	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
125	Wade Johnston	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	John Bissant	LF	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
127	John Lyles	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
128	John Huber	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.1	-0.3	-0.5	0.6	0.0
129	Columbus Vance	RP	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0
130	Nenene Rivera	SS	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	Newt Allen	SS	1	1934	1934	KCM	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
132	Nick Bryant	-	1	1938	1938	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
133	Rafael Quintana	2B	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
134	Jabbo Andrews	RF	2	1932	1942	AB2/CAG	-0.2	0.4	-0.4	0.0	-0.1
135	Dave Hoskins	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
136	George Proctor	-	2	1938	1940	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
137	Garvin	-	1	1938	1938	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
138	Lloyd Davenport	RF	1	1936	1936	PS	-0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.0	-0.1
139	Halley Harding	SS	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
140	Laymon Yokely	SP	2	1936	1937	PS	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.2	0.0
141	Willie Ferrell	RP	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
142	Clarence Palm	C	2	1939	1940	PS	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.1
143	Jimmy Ford	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
144	Army Rhodes	1B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.2	-0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
145	Rabe Bassham	C	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
146	Smith	-	1	1936	1936	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
147	Burlin White	C	1	1933	1933	CUP	-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
148	Jim Lewis	-	1	1938	1938	PS	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
149	Curtis Harris	2B	4	1937	1940	PS	-0.3	-0.4	0.5	-0.3	0.0
150	Ernie Smith	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
151	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.1	-0.6	0.0	0.2
152	Binson	SS	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
153	Larry Brown	C	3	1936	1938	PS	-0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.0	0.2
154	Hosea Allen	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
155	Albert Davis	LF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	0.4	0.2	-0.9	0.0
156	Slim Jones	RP	3	1936	1938	PS	-0.3	0.3	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1
157	Candy Jim Taylor	RP	3	1932	1942	MULT	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.1	0.0
158	Bob Graves	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
159	Tommy Johnson	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
160	Purnell Mincy	-	1	1939	1939	PS	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
161	Lester Lockett	2B	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	0.0	0.1
162	Dave Campbell	2B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0.1
163	Al Harvey	SS	2	1937	1938	PS	-0.4	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.2
164	Leon Ruffin	C	2	1939	1940	PS	-0.4	-0.7	0.3	0.0	0.1
165	Eddie Dwight	CF	2	1932	1934	AB2/KCM	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
166	Elton Gladney	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.4	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
167	Tom Glover	-	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
168	Willie Burns	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	0.0
169	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1935	1935	BEG/NOS	-0.4	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
170	Gentry Jessup	-	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
171	Albert Overton	-	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
172	Ted Page	RF	2	1936	1937	PS	-0.5	-0.9	0.6	0.0	-0.3
173	Bill Casey	C	3	1936	1938	PS	-0.6	-0.8	0.1	0.0	0.1
174	Emory Long	2B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.6	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0
175	Specs Roberts	-	1	1937	1937	PS	-0.6	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
176	Bullet Rogan	LF	1	1934	1934	KCM	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0
177	George Britt	C	1	1942	1942	CAG	-0.7	0.1	-0.3	-0.4	0.0
178	Henry Baker	RF	1	1932	1932	AB2	-0.7	0.1	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
179	Henry Miller	SP	3	1938	1940	PS	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0
180	Jake Dunn	SS	5	1936	1940	PS	-0.7	0.2	-1.3	0.0	0.4
181	Paul Hardy	C	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.8	-0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.0
182	Roy Welmaker	SP	2	1939	1940	PS	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
183	Bill Byrd	RP	1	1935	1935	BEG	-0.9	0.3	-0.2	-0.9	0.0
184	Charley Hayes	2B	1	1940	1940	PS	-0.9	-0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.1
185	Spoon Carter	SP	2	1938	1939	PS	-1.0	-0.4	0.0	-0.6	0.0
186	Ewing Waddy	-	1	1932	1932	AB2	-1.1	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	0.0
187	Paul Dixon	LF	2	1937	1938	PS	-1.2	-0.7	-0.4	0.0	-0.1

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