Walter Thomas - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Walter Thomas

Walter Lewis Thomas
(Bancy; Big Dean)

Born: October 22, 1911 in Mobile, AL
Died: September 28, 1983 in Big Rapids, MI
(71 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'8"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• Buried: Merrill Township Cemetery (Brohman, MI)
• Relatives: Dean Thomas (Brother)
• Played in the Minor Leagues

Batting

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1935	CAG	NN2	23	SP	17	32	30	3	9	1	1	0	2	0		0			0	2			.300	.300	.400	.700	82
1936	CAG	IND	24	SP	8	16	16	4	5	1	0	0	3	0		0			0	0			.313	.313	.375	.688	100
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	25	SP	10	19	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			1	1			.063	.167	.063	.229	-34
1944	KCM	NAL	32	RF	19	69	62	10	14	4	1	0	8	1		4			1	2			.226	.284	.323	.606	91
1945	KCM	NAL	33	RF	51	210	190	30	58	5	4	1	23	5		13			3	4			.305	.359	.389	.749	121
1946	CAG	NAL	34	CF	17	57	53	6	14	2	0	0	2	0		4			0	0			.264	.316	.302	.618	84
6	3			RF	122	403	367	55	101	13	6	1	38	6		22			5	9			.275	.325	.351	.676	99
162 Game Average						535	487	73	134	17	8	1	50	8		29			7	12			.275	.325	.351	.676	99

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
4	Chicago American Giants			RP	45	112	106	14	28	4	1	0	7	0		4			0	2			.264	.291	.321	.612	74
1	Detroit Stars II			3B	7	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1			1	1			.111	.273	.111	.384	8
2	Kansas City Monarchs			RF	70	279	252	40	72	9	5	1	31	6		17			4	6			.286	.341	.373	.714	114

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1935	CAG	NN2	32		.294	.343		0.0%	8.5%								0.0%	1.5%		.100	.129
1936	CAG	IND	16		.320	.320		0.0%	6.9%			0.7%			9.73		0.0%	0.4%		.063	.092
1937	CAG/DTS	NAL	19		.131	.329		5.3%				7.5%					0.0%	0.9%		.000	.114
1944	KCM	NAL	69		.287	.305		5.8%	6.9%								0.0%	0.4%		.097	.069
1945	KCM	NAL	210		.350	.319		6.2%	7.1%								0.5%	0.6%		.084	.088
1946	CAG	NAL	57		.307	.326		7.0%	8.0%								0.0%	0.5%		.038	.078
6	3		403		.317	.320		5.5%	7.3%								0.2%	0.6%		.076	.088

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
4	Chicago American Giants		112		.286	.329		3.6%	7.9%								0.0%	0.8%		.057	.096
1	Detroit Stars II		12		.207	.337		8.3%	7.7%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.118
2	Kansas City Monarchs		279		.334	.316		6.1%	7.1%								0.4%	0.6%		.087	.083

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