Walter Thomas
1935–1946 · bats R / throws R · Birmingham Black Barons, Chicago American Giants, DT2, Kansas City Monarchs, NNS
114G
.274AVG
.326OBP
.351SLG
More career statistics
96H
1HR
35RBI
6SB
4–7W–L
81.0IP
35K
8.44ERA
11GS
2Rare 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 | 114 | 103 |
| Batting · At bats | 350 | 277 |
| Batting · Doubles | 12 | 11 |
| Batting · Hits | 96 | 80 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 5 | 1 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 386 | 297 |
| Batting · Runs | 51 | 43 |
| Batting · RBI | 35 | 10 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 6 | 4 |
| Batting · Walks | 22 | 17 |
| Pitching · Games | 19 | 28 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 399 | 529 |
| Pitching · p cg | 4 | 10 |
| Pitching · p er | 76 | 30 |
| Pitching · p gs | 11 | 18 |
| Pitching · p h | 137 | 195 |
| Pitching · p hr | 4 | 11 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 243 | 410 |
| Pitching · p k | 35 | 24 |
| Pitching · p r | 89 | 141 |
| Pitching · p w | 26 | 34 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 386 | 350 | 51 | 96 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 35 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 123 | .274 | .326 | .351 | .677 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81.0 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 137 | 89 | 76 | 4 | 26 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 8.44 | 2.012 |
Streaks
7longest hitting streak · 1944-07-30 to 1945-05-09
12longest on-base streak
The two rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1935-08-27 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1937-08-01 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 55 | 167 | 50 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | .314 | .335 | .415 |
| Away | 48 | 130 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | .254 | .315 | .339 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 21 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .278 | .339 | .352 |
| June | 22 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .291 | .316 | .345 |
| July | 35 | 109 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | .320 | .358 | .427 |
| August | 17 | 47 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .256 | .298 | .326 |
| September | 8 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .227 | .227 | .455 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| chicago-american-giants | 18 | 64 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .321 | .359 | .411 |
| birmingham-black-barons | 16 | 54 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .286 | .352 | .347 |
| memphis-red-sox | 12 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | .290 | .353 | .484 |
| cleveland-buckeyes | 11 | 40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .308 | .325 | .462 |
| kansas-city-monarchs | 9 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .071 | .133 | .143 |
| cincinnati-clowns | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | .368 | .389 |
| indianapolis-clowns | 7 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .300 | .276 |
| philadelphia-stars | 5 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .417 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | CGChicago American Giants | 17 | 37 | 10 | – | – | – | .270 | 69 | 5 |
| 1936 | CGChicago American Giants | 3 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | .286 | 13 | – |
| 1937 | Chicago American Giants, DT2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | – | – | – | .083 | 53 | 18 |
| 1944 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 14 | 40 | 12 | – | – | 1 | .300 | – | – |
| 1945 | KMKansas City Monarchs | 36 | 121 | 39 | 1 | 7 | 3 | .322 | 1 | 1 |
| 1946 | CGChicago American Giants | 22 | 60 | 16 | – | 3 | – | .267 | – | – |