Tommy Sampson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

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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Biographical
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Notes:

• Buried: Oak Grove Cemetery (Elizabeth City, NC)
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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+
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
1937	SAS	NSA	24	2B	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1944	BBB	NAL	31	2B	30	124	112	18	38	4	2	0	13	1		7			3	2			.339	.393	.411	.804	156
1945	BBB	NAL	32	3B	6	24	23	4	6	0	0	0	1	0		1		0	0	0			.261	.292	.261	.553	63
1946	BBB	NAL	33	1B	3	8	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		1		0	2	0			.200	.500	.200	.700	106
1947	BBB	NAL	34	2B	6	16	16	2	4	0	0	0	2	0		0			0	0			.250	.250	.250	.500	33
1948	NYC	NN2	35	2B	21	97	89	12	21	3	1	0	9	1		5			0	3			.236	.277	.292	.569	68
1940	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	27	2B	27	111	103	19	34	4	3	0	13	3	0	5	0	0	2	1		0	.330	.373	.427	.800	144
1941	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	28	2B	27	98	88	11	26	3	3	0	18	1	0	4	0	0	1	5	0	1	.295	.333	.398	.731	118
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
10	4			2B	202	825	761	113	231	18	15	2	93	16	0	40	0	0	8	16	0	1	.304	.345	.375	.719	122
162 Game Average						662	610	91	185	14	12	2	75	15	0	32	0	0	7	13	0	3	.304	.345	.375	.719	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+
1	South All Stars			-	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0			.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
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	175	713	658	101	207	15	14	2	83	15		35		0	7	13	0	1	.315	.356	.389	.745	130
1	New York Cubans			2B	21	97	89	12	21	3	1	0	9	1		5			0	3			.236	.277	.292	.569	68

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	SAS	NSA	3		.000	.401		0.0%	3.8%								0.0%	2.6%		.000	.203
1940	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	111		.384	.321		4.5%			0.0%	9.0%					0.0%	0.6%		.097	.077
1941	WES/BBB	EWA/NAL	98		.330	.317		4.1%			0.0%	7.6%					0.0%	0.5%		.102	.084
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	124		.383	.301		5.6%	6.7%								0.0%	0.4%		.071	.070
1945	BBB	NAL	24		.269	.318		4.2%	6.9%								0.0%	0.6%		.000	.089
1946	BBB	NAL	8		.419	.331		12.5%	8.1%								0.0%	0.5%		.000	.079
1947	BBB	NAL	16		.241	.356		0.0%	9.5%								0.0%	0.9%		.000	.105
1948	NYC	NN2	97		.266	.321		5.2%	8.3%								0.0%	0.8%		.056	.093
10	4		825		.341	.313		4.8%	7.7%		0.0%	12.4%			0.62		0.2%	0.5%		.071	.078

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1	South All Stars		3		.000	.401		0.0%	3.8%								0.0%	2.6%		.000	.203
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		713		.353	.312		4.9%	7.6%								0.3%	0.5%		.074	.076
1	New York Cubans		97		.266	.321		5.2%	8.3%								0.0%	0.8%		.056	.093

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