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

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Booker McDaniel	SP	2	1944	1945	KCM	5.9	0.5	0.0	5.3	0.0
2	Satchel Paige	SP	2	1944	1945	KCM	5.2	0.1	0.0	5.1	0.0
3	Jesse Williams	SS	2	1944	1945	KCM	4.7	2.4	1.8	0.0	0.5
4	Willie Foster	SP	2	1935	1937	CAG	4.1	0.0	0.0	4.1	0.0
5	Willie Cornelius	SP	4	1935	1946	CAG	3.7	0.0	0.0	3.7	0.0
6	Ted Trent	SP	3	1935	1937	CAG	3.4	-0.6	0.0	4.0	0.0
7	Bonnie Serrell	2B	2	1944	1945	KCM	3.3	2.6	0.5	0.0	0.2
8	Willie Wells	SS	1	1935	1935	CAG	2.9	2.7	-0.1	0.0	0.3
9	Herb Souell	3B	2	1944	1945	KCM	2.8	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
10	Jackie Robinson	SS	1	1945	1945	KCM	2.6	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.2
11	Turkey Stearnes	CF	2	1935	1937	CAG/DTS	2.6	3.6	-1.0	0.0	-0.1
12	Alex Radcliff	3B	3	1935	1937	CAG	2.2	2.5	-0.2	-0.4	0.3
13	Ted Bond	3B	1	1937	1937	CAG	1.5	0.7	0.8	0.0	0.1
14	Jim LaMarque	SP	2	1944	1945	KCM	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1.6	0.0
15	Hilton Smith	SP	3	1937	1945	CAG/KCM	1.5	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.0
16	Gentry Jessup	SP	1	1946	1946	CAG	1.4	-0.2	0.0	1.6	0.0
17	Clyde Nelson	3B	1	1946	1946	CAG	1.4	0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0
18	Larry Brown	C	1	1935	1935	CAG	1.3	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.1
19	Dave Harper	RF	2	1944	1945	KCM	1.2	1.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
20	Mule Suttles	LF	1	1935	1935	CAG	1.2	1.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
21	Lee Moody	1B	2	1944	1945	KCM	0.9	1.5	-0.4	0.0	-0.2
22	Roosevelt Cox	2B	1	1937	1937	CAG/DTS	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
23	Walter McCoy	SP	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.6	-0.2	0.0	0.7	0.0
24	Herman Dunlap	CF	2	1936	1937	CAG	0.6	0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
25	Clarence Locke	RP	2	1944	1946	CAG/KCM	0.5	0.0	-0.1	0.5	0.0
26	Red Hale	SS	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.5	0.5	-0.2	0.0	0.1
27	Ted Alexander	SP	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
28	Newt Allen	1B	3	1937	1945	CAG/KCM	0.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.2
29	Frank Duncan	C	3	1937	1945	CAG/KCM	0.4	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
30	Kay Bee Ivory	SP	2	1936	1937	CAG	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0
31	Chico Renfroe	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
32	Dan Webster	RP	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.3	0.1	-0.2	0.4	0.0
33	Henry McCall	1B	2	1936	1937	CAG	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	-0.1
34	Mance Smith	CF	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.3	-0.3	0.7	0.0	-0.1
35	Zell Miles	LF	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
36	Johnie Scott	CF	2	1944	1945	KCM	0.3	0.7	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
37	Jim Brown	1B	2	1935	1937	CAG	0.2	0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.0
38	Chesley Gray	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
39	Bobby Vandever	CF	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
40	Wilbert King	2B	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
41	Emory Long	2B	2	1936	1945	CAG/KCM	0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
42	Floyd Kranson	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
43	Subby Byas	C	3	1935	1937	CAG	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
44	Felton Wilson	C	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
45	Mack Massingale	RP	2	1944	1945	KCM	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
46	Malvin Powell	SP	3	1935	1937	CAG	0.2	0.4	0.0	-0.2	0.0
47	Earl Jones	3B	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Alphonse Dunn	1B	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.1	0.4	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
49	Jim McCurine	RF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	-0.1
50	Jack Marshall	2B	3	1935	1937	CAG	0.1	0.5	-0.5	0.0	0.1
51	Norman Cross	RP	2	1936	1937	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
52	Eddie Locke	SP	2	1944	1945	KCM	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
53	Paul Hardy	C	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
54	Brewster	RP	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Dozier Hood	C	2	1944	1945	KCM	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
56	Frank Williams	RF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Robert Abernathy	LF	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Bill Hoskins	LF	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	R. S. Smith	SS	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Ed Young	C	2	1936	1946	CAG	0.1	-0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.1
61	Johnny Ray	CF	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Leslie Green	CF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
63	Doc Wingo	C	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.1	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
64	Edward Salter	RF	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Larry Bleach	2B	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Joe Greene	C	1	1936	1936	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
67	Candy Jim Taylor	-	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
68	Raymond Taylor	C	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
69	Ted Radcliffe	C	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
70	Sylvester Carlisle	2B	1	1945	1945	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Cecil Perkins	1B	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
72	Ralph Wyatt	SS	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.1
73	Nat Rogers	RF	2	1935	1936	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Starks	C	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
75	Johnny Hundley	C	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Clark	-	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
77	Harold Millon	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Jacob Robinson	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Dusty Decker	2B	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Bernell Longest	2B	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.1
81	C. Hardy	-	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Leo Sanders	-	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	Willie Simms	LF	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Bob Smith	C	1	1936	1936	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
85	Loggins	C	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	Herb Barnhill	C	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
87	Shirley Petway	C	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
88	John Bissant	LF	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Tice James	SS	1	1936	1936	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
90	Stiles	CF	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
91	Bill Jenkins	2B	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
92	Willard Brown	CF	1	1944	1944	KCM	0.0	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
93	Jimmy McIntosh	-	1	1937	1937	DTS	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	Grover Hunt	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
95	Porter Moss	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
96	Clarence McMullen	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	Lonnie Williams	RF	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	Steel Arm Davis	1B	1	1935	1935	CAG	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0	-0.1
99	Riley Stewart	RP	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	Clyde McNeal	SS	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
101	Kermit Dial	RF	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
102	Eli Underwood	RP	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1
103	Walker	-	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Anderson Pryor	-	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
105	Norman Young	SS	1	1944	1944	KCM	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	0.0	0.1
106	Lee Davis	-	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
107	Joe Lillard	-	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.1	0.2	0.0	-0.3	0.0
108	Dean Thomas	SP	2	1937	1944	DTS/KCM	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	Jake Tolbert	C	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
110	Sam Hill	CF	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
111	Lou Dials	RF	1	1936	1936	CAG	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
112	Carl Howard	-	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
113	Andy Cooper	-	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
114	Luther McDonald	RP	1	1935	1935	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
115	John Henry Prince	3B	1	1936	1936	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
116	John Miles	CF	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
117	Henry Milton	RF	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
118	Sanford Jackson	3B	1	1936	1936	CAG	-0.3	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
119	Harry Rhodes	RF	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.2	0.0
120	Jimmy Miles	LF	1	1935	1935	CAG	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	Chet Brewer	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
122	Charley Justice	RF	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.4	0.1	0.2	-0.6	0.0
123	Cliff Blackmon	RP	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
124	Eli Williams	LF	1	1945	1945	KCM	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
125	Wilbert Labeaux	2B	1	1936	1936	CAG	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
126	Roosevelt Tate	CF	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.4	-0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
127	Malone	-	1	1944	1944	KCM	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
128	Ted Strong	SS	2	1936	1937	CAG	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	0.0	0.1
129	Albert Davis	C	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.5	0.1	0.0	-0.5	0.0
130	Babe Charter	C	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
131	Bob Johnson	1B	1	1944	1944	KCM	-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
132	Emmett Wilson	LF	1	1936	1936	CAG	-0.5	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
133	Luther Gilyard	1B	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.1
134	Charley House	3B	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.6	-0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.0
135	Sammy Haynes	C	2	1944	1945	KCM	-0.6	-0.9	0.1	0.0	0.1
136	Percy Miller	RP	1	1937	1937	DTS	-0.7	-0.2	0.0	-0.4	0.0
137	Earl Bumpus	RF	1	1944	1944	KCM	-0.8	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1
138	Red Howard	-	1	1946	1946	CAG	-0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.9	0.0
139	Ossie Brown	-	2	1935	1936	CAG	-0.8	0.0	0.0	-0.8	0.0
140	Joe Sparks	2B	1	1937	1937	CAG	-0.8	-0.4	-0.5	0.0	0.1
141	Steve Wylie	SP	2	1944	1945	KCM	-0.8	-0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.0
142	Jack Matchett	SP	2	1944	1945	KCM	-0.9	0.1	-0.1	-0.9	0.0
143	Zack Clayton	1B	2	1935	1937	CAG	-1.2	-1.1	0.2	-0.2	-0.1
144	Wilson Redus	LF	3	1935	1937	CAG	-2.2	-1.4	-0.3	0.0	-0.4

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