Dave Thomas
1930–1946 · bats L / throws L · Birmingham Black Barons, Baltimore Elite Giants, BLS, ECG, NAS, NNS, New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans
397G
.274AVG
.331OBP
.387SLG
More career statistics
413H
17HR
184RBI
13SB
3.2IP
2K
17.18ERA
0GS
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 397 | 202 |
| Batting · At bats | 1,508 | 776 |
| Batting · Doubles | 76 | 46 |
| Batting · Hits | 413 | 229 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 14 | 3 |
| Batting · Home runs | 17 | 9 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 1,668 | 835 |
| Batting · Runs | 228 | 140 |
| Batting · RBI | 184 | 58 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 13 | 6 |
| Batting · Triples | 22 | 11 |
| Batting · Walks | 115 | 43 |
| Pitching · Games | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 21 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 7 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 5 | 0 |
| Pitching · p hr | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 11 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 7 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 5 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 397 | 1,668 | 1,508 | 228 | 413 | 76 | 22 | 17 | 184 | 115 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 584 | .274 | .331 | .387 | .718 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 2.727 |
Streaks
13longest hitting streak · 1942-07-12 to 1943-06-06
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six-Run Game | 1936-07-21 | 1 in 15,974 games | box score ↗ |
| 74 | Six for Six | 1943-08-15 | 1 in 2,457 games | box score ↗ |
| 70 | Six-Hit Game | 1943-08-15 | 1 in 1,644 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 83 | 355 | 105 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 1 | .326 | .363 | .494 |
| Away | 119 | 480 | 124 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 1 | .273 | .298 | .363 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 50 | 215 | 62 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 0 | .304 | .326 | .480 |
| June | 38 | 159 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .306 | .321 | .415 |
| July | 52 | 215 | 50 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 0 | .255 | .298 | .337 |
| August | 43 | 169 | 51 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 2 | .323 | .355 | .462 |
| September | 19 | 77 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .296 | .351 | .366 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-stars | 40 | 169 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .293 | .320 | .408 |
| homestead-grays | 39 | 154 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 1 | .259 | .299 | .336 |
| baltimore-elite-giants | 34 | 140 | 45 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .338 | .364 | .474 |
| newark-eagles | 33 | 136 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 0 | .250 | .287 | .331 |
| new-york-black-yankees | 22 | 95 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .289 | .316 | .500 |
| pittsburgh-crawfords | 11 | 46 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .372 | .348 | .512 |
| CUS | 5 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .455 | .480 | .682 |
| WEG | 4 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .389 | .421 | .500 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 5 | 19 | 7 | – | – | – | .368 | – | – |
| 1934 | NYNew York Black Yankees | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | – | – | .600 | – | – |
| 1935 | New York Black Yankees, New York Cubans | 23 | 90 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .311 | – | – |
| 1936 | NCNew York Cubans | 33 | 125 | 42 | – | 11 | 1 | .336 | – | – |
| 1938 | Baltimore Elite Giants, WBS | 15 | 55 | 14 | – | 5 | – | .255 | – | – |
| 1942 | NCNew York Cubans | 19 | 65 | 19 | – | 5 | – | .292 | – | – |
| 1943 | NCNew York Cubans | 22 | 95 | 30 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .316 | – | – |
| 1944 | NCNew York Cubans | 24 | 91 | 26 | 3 | 8 | 1 | .286 | – | – |
| 1945 | NCNew York Cubans | 16 | 57 | 9 | – | 5 | – | .158 | – | – |
| 1946 | NCNew York Cubans | 44 | 174 | 51 | 2 | 18 | 1 | .293 | – | – |