Sam Thompson
1933–1948 · bats R / throws R · Chicago American Giants, CUS, Cleveland Buckeyes, DI1, IN4, Kansas City Monarchs, NAS, NSH
93G
.188AVG
.226OBP
.232SLG
More career statistics
34H
1HR
12RBI
1SB
25–33W–L
481.1IP
219K
4.56ERA
57GS
3SV
3Rare 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 · At bats | 181 | 143 |
| Batting · Hits | 34 | 31 |
| Batting · Home runs | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 201 | 153 |
| Batting · Runs | 18 | 14 |
| Batting · RBI | 12 | 13 |
| Batting · Walks | 7 | 4 |
| Pitching · Games | 88 | 87 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 2,130 | 1,629 |
| Pitching · p cg | 33 | 32 |
| Pitching · p er | 244 | 89 |
| Pitching · p h | 532 | 436 |
| Pitching · p hr | 36 | 33 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,444 | 1,286 |
| Pitching · p k | 219 | 89 |
| Pitching · p r | 302 | 274 |
| Pitching · p w | 143 | 96 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | 201 | 181 | 18 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | .188 | .226 | .232 | .458 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481.3 | 88 | 57 | 33 | 25 | 33 | 3 | 532 | 302 | 244 | 36 | 143 | 219 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 1.402 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1939-06-27 to 1939-08-12
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Ten Walks | 1938-05-01 | 1 in 747 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 15 innings pitched | 1935-08-04 | 1 in 613 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1939-05-28 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | CUS, DI1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1935 | NAS, NSH | 13 | 21 | 1 | – | 1 | – | .048 | 73 | 31 |
| 1936 |  Philadelphia Stars | 18 | 25 | 5 | – | 2 | – | .200 | 74 | 13 |
| 1937 | Philadelphia Stars | 16 | 30 | 8 | – | 8 | – | .267 | 87 | 11 |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Stars | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 2 |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Stars | 18 | 25 | 8 | – | 1 | – | .320 | 83 | 4 |
| 1940 | Philadelphia Stars | 14 | 24 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .250 | 54 | 17 |
| 1942 | CGChicago American Giants | 5 | 14 | 3 | – | – | 1 | .214 | 34 | 11 |
| 1948 | CBCleveland Buckeyes | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | – |