Tommy Thomas
1926–1937 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Browns, Washington Senators (1901-60)
399G
.195AVG
.238OBP
.235SLG
More career statistics
141H
3HR
71RBI
0SB
117–128W–L
2,176.1IP
736K
4.11ERA
267GS
12SV
7Rare 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 | 722 | 717 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 152 | 156 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 823 | 816 |
| Batting · RBI | 71 | 75 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 9,456 | 9,455 |
| Pitching · p h | 2,341 | 2,342 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 6,529 | 6,521 |
| Pitching · p k | 736 | 742 |
| Pitching · p w | 712 | 715 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 399 | 823 | 722 | 57 | 141 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 40 | 152 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170 | .195 | .238 | .235 | .473 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,176.3 | 398 | 267 | 128 | 117 | 128 | 12 | 2,341 | 1,185 | 995 | 144 | 712 | 736 | 0 | 0 | 4.11 | 1.403 |
Streaks
6longest hitting streak · 1929-07-19 to 1929-08-11
7longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Six Home Runs Allowed | 1936-06-27 | 1 in 18,629 games | box score ↗ |
| 66 | Six Runs, No Outs | 1934-07-15 | 1 in 1,164 games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1928-08-23 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 199 | 406 | 68 | 2 | 42 | 21 | 74 | .193 | .219 | .241 |
| Away | 200 | 410 | 73 | 1 | 33 | 19 | 82 | .200 | .224 | .233 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 46 | 89 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 18 | .167 | .180 | .218 |
| May | 77 | 147 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 29 | .212 | .218 | .273 |
| June | 61 | 131 | 23 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 32 | .193 | .206 | .244 |
| July | 86 | 185 | 37 | 0 | 20 | 15 | 23 | .239 | .281 | .277 |
| August | 66 | 132 | 23 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 26 | .204 | .227 | .248 |
| September | 63 | 132 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 28 | .142 | .182 | .142 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| detroit-tigers | 61 | 115 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 20 | .235 | .235 | .245 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 60 | 121 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 29 | .168 | .215 | .208 |
| boston-red-sox | 60 | 155 | 27 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 30 | .205 | .206 | .258 |
| cleveland-guardians | 53 | 110 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | .232 | .273 | .273 |
| st-louis-browns | 50 | 125 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 24 | .144 | .176 | .207 |
| new-york-yankees | 47 | 75 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | .225 | .253 | .268 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 41 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | .159 | .211 | .203 |
| chicago-white-sox | 23 | 36 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .242 | .250 | .242 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  Chicago White Sox | 44 | 86 | 16 | – | 7 | – | .186 | 249 | 128 |
| 1927 | Chicago White Sox | 40 | 94 | 14 | 1 | 8 | – | .149 | 306 | 107 |
| 1928 | Chicago White Sox | 36 | 95 | 21 | 2 | 14 | – | .221 | 282 | 130 |
| 1929 | Chicago White Sox | 37 | 98 | 25 | – | 11 | – | .255 | 258 | 62 |
| 1930 | Chicago White Sox | 34 | 53 | 7 | – | 3 | – | .132 | 169 | 59 |
| 1931 | Chicago White Sox | 43 | 87 | 21 | – | 10 | – | .241 | 245 | 77 |
| 1932 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 30 | 55 | 11 | – | 10 | – | .200 | 160 | 47 |
| 1933 |  Washington Senators (1901-60) | 35 | 42 | 10 | – | 3 | – | .238 | 135 | 34 |
| 1934 | Washington Senators (1901-60) | 33 | 38 | 7 | – | 2 | – | .184 | 133 | 42 |
| 1935 | Philadelphia Phillies, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 5 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 12 | 2 |
| 1936 |  St. Louis Browns | 36 | 58 | 8 | – | 7 | – | .138 | 179 | 40 |
| 1937 | Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns | 26 | 8 | 1 | – | – | – | .125 | 41 | 14 |