Sam Thompson stats

Last played for the Detroit Tigers, 1906

Age 166

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Sam Thompson played 15 MLB seasons, 1885 to 1906.

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,407
AB
5,984
R
1,256
H
1,979
HR
127
RBI
0
SB
229
AVG
.331
Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
1885—632545877700.303
1886—1225031011568013.310
1887—12754511820311022.372
1888—562385167605.282
1889PHI12853310315820024.296
1890PHI1325491161724025.313
1891PHI1335541081637029.294
1892PHI1536091091869028.305
1893PHI13160013022211018.370
1894PHI9943710817813024.407
1895PHI11953813121118027.392
1896PHI11951710315412012.298
1897PHI31323000.231
1898PHI14631422102.349
1906DET83147000.226

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
15
AB
58
R
8
H
21
HR
2
RBI
0
SB
5
AVG
.362

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
6,510
TB
3,020
XBH
627
HBP
63
IBB
0
GIDP
0
P/PA
0.00
Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
1885—270127270000
1886—538224390000
1887—586311639000
1888—264111243000
1889PHI575262606000
1890PHI599243548000
1891PHI614227408000
1892PHI6792634811000
1893PHI656318616000
1894PHI486300691000
1895PHI576352845000
1896PHI554232476000
1897PHI14510000
1898PHI673690000
1906DET32910000

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
34.8
RC
1,200.0
RC/27
8.10
ISOP
.174
SECA
.287
BB/K
1.99
AB/HR
47.1
GO/FO
0.00
Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
1885—2.243.86.7.1970.30.736.30
1886—3.983.56.5.1350.21.162.90
1887—5.2127.610.1.1980.31.749.50
1888—1.741.56.6.1850.32.339.70
1889PHI0.0977.1950.31.626.70
1890PHI0.097.67.1290.31.5137.30
1891PHI0.092.96.4.1160.32.679.10
1892PHI4.4109.67.1260.33.167.70
1893PHI4.0134.99.6.1600.32.954.50
1894PHI5.1128.913.2790.43.133.60
1895PHI5.814411.8.2620.42.829.90
1896PHI1.983.36.1.1510.22.243.10
1897PHI0.01.54.1.1540.2000
1898PHI0.713.89.1.2220.30630
1906DET-0.12.22.5.0650.1000

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
166 yearsMar 5, 1860
Debut
1885

What were Sam Thompson's career stats?

Sam Thompson played 15 seasons for the Phillies and the Tigers. He was a career .331 hitter with 1,979 hits, 127 home runs and 0 RBI. His best season was 1894: a .407 batting average, 13 home runs and 0 RBI.

League leaderboards and awards

15 seasons, 1 postseason, 1885 to 1906

All-time career rank

  • 282nd in stolen bases (229)

Among the 10,544 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

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