Tommy Sampson

Thomas Sampson
(Toots)

Born: August 31, 1912 in Calhoun, AL
Died: January 24, 2002 in Elizabeth City, NC
(89 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 6'1"

Wt: 180

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Notes:

• Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery (Elizabeth City, NC)
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Batting

Glossary

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+
1940	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	27	2B	20	83	79	12	24	2	1	0	13	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.304	.329	.354	.684	113
1941	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	28	2B	19	66	61	7	19	1	2	0	10	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	.311	.344	.393	.737	129
1942	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	29	2B	31	125	120	22	40	2	2	2	16	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.333	.355	.433	.788	143
1943	BBB/WES	MULT	30	2B	50	219	202	25	61	2	4	0	19	8		13	0		0	4	0	0	.302	.344	.351	.696	120
1944	BBB	NAL	31	2B	21	85	76	15	26	4	2	0	11	2		6				3			.342	.390	.447	.838	169
1945	BBB	NAL	32	3B	6	24	23	4	6	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	0	0			.261	.292	.261	.553	65
1946	BBB	NAL	33	1B	3	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1		0	2	0			.200	.500	.200	.700	107
1947	BBB	NAL	34	2B	5	12	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		0			0	0			.167	.167	.167	.333	-12
1948	NYC	NN2	35	2B	19	86	78	12	20	3	1	0	8	1		5			0	3			.256	.301	.321	.622	84
9	3			2B	174	708	656	98	199	14	12	2	81	16	0	35	0	0	3	14	0	0	.303	.341	.370	.712	122
162 Game Average						659	611	91	185	13	11	2	75	16	0	33	0	0	6	13	0	0	.303	.341	.370	.712	122

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	West All Stars			2B	5	12	11	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.273	.333	.273	.606	124
8	Birmingham Black Barons			2B	150	610	567	86	176	11	11	2	72	15		30		0	2	11	0		.310	.347	.379	.726	127
1	New York Cubans			2B	19	86	78	12	20	3	1	0	8	1		5			0	3			.256	.301	.321	.622	84

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1940	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	83	.329	.312	3.6%		0.0%	8.9%			0.0%	0.6%	.051	.073
1941	BBB/WES	NAL/EWA	66	.341	.305	3.0%		0.0%	8.1%			0.0%	0.4%	.082	.079
1942	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	125	.369	.307	3.2%		0.0%	7.2%			1.6%	0.7%	.100	.077
1943	BBB/WES	MULT	219	.335	.307	5.9%		0.0%	7.4%			0.0%	0.4%	.050	.069
1944	BBB	NAL	85	.385	.295	7.1%	6.7%					0.0%	0.4%	.105	.068
1945	BBB	NAL	24	.268	.314	4.2%	6.8%					0.0%	0.6%	.000	.089
1946	BBB	NAL	8	.419	.330	12.5%	8.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.000	.078
1947	BBB	NAL	12	.161	.358	0.0%	9.7%					0.0%	0.9%	.000	.107
1948	NYC	NN2	86	.289	.320	5.8%	8.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.064	.093
9	3		708	.337	.309	4.9%	7.7%	0.0%	12.4%		0.62	0.3%	0.5%	.067	.076

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
4	West All Stars		12	.304	.243	0.0%	7.0%	0.0%	12.4%		0.62	0.0%	0.1%	.000	.041
8	Birmingham Black Barons		610	.344	.309	4.9%	7.6%					0.3%	0.5%	.069	.075
1	New York Cubans		86	.289	.320	5.8%	8.5%					0.0%	0.8%	.064	.093

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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