Sam Thompson
Samuel Luther Thompson (Big Sam)
Hall of Famer
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 207 lb.

Born: March 5, 1860 in Danville, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1885
Final Game: September 10, 1906
Died: November 7, 1922 in Detroit, MI
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by Veteran's Committee as Player in 1974.
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1885 25 DTN NL 63 270 254 58 77 11 9 7 44 16 22 .303 .344 .500 .844 170 127 O/5
1886 26 DTN NL 122 538 503 101 156 18 13 8 89 13 35 31 .310 .355 .445 .800 139 224 *O
1887 27 DTN NL 127 586 545 118 203 29 23 11 166 22 32 19 .372 .416 .571 .987 167 311 9 *O
1888 28 DTN NL 56 264 238 51 67 10 8 6 40 5 23 10 .282 .352 .466 .819 159 111 3 O
1889 29 PHI NL 128 575 533 103 158 36 4 20 111 24 36 22 .296 .348 .492 .839 125 262 6 *O
1890 30 PHI NL 132 599 549 116 172 41 9 4 102 25 42 29 .313 .371 .443 .813 134 243 8 *O
1891 31 PHI NL 133 614 554 108 163 23 10 7 90 29 52 20 .294 .363 .410 .773 122 227 8 *O
1892 32 PHI NL 153 679 609 109 186 28 11 9 104 28 59 19 .305 .377 .432 .809 144 263 11 *O
1893 33 PHI NL 131 656 600 130 222 37 13 11 126 18 50 17 .370 .424 .530 .954 151 318 6 *O/3
1894 34 PHI NL 99 478 437 108 178 29 27 13 141 24 40 13 .407 .458 .686 1.145 177 300 1 *O
1895 35 PHI NL 119 576 538 131 211 45 21 18 165 27 31 11 .392 .430 .654 1.085 177 352 5 2 *O
1896 36 PHI NL 119 554 517 103 154 28 7 12 100 12 28 13 .298 .341 .449 .790 108 232 6 3 *O
1897 37 PHI NL 3 14 13 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 .231 .286 .385 .670 78 5 0 0 /O
1898 38 PHI NL 14 67 63 14 22 5 3 1 15 2 4 .349 .388 .571 .959 178 36 0 0 O
1906 46 DET AL 8 32 31 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 .226 .250 .290 .540 67 9 0 0 /O
15 Seasons 1407 6502 5984 1256 1979 340 160 127 1299 229 450 226 .331 .384 .505 .888 146 3020 63 5
162 Game Avg. 162 749 689 145 228 39 18 15 150 52 .331 .384 .505 .888 146 348
PHI (10 yrs) 1031 4812 4413 924 1469 272 106 95 957 189 343 144 .333 .388 .507 .895 143 2238 51 5
DTN (4 yrs) 368 1658 1540 328 503 68 53 32 339 40 106 82 .327 .375 .502 .876 157 773 12
DET (1 yr) 8 32 31 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 .226 .250 .290 .540 67 9 0 0
NL (14 yrs) 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
AL (1 yr) 8 32 31 4 7 0 1 0 3 0 1 .226 .250 .290 .540 67 9 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1885 25 DTN NL 270 177 44 6.5 69 .311 .303 .247 .344 .290 .500 .330 .844 .620 170 .772 18.6 2.1 .197
1886 26 DTN NL 538 347 80 6.0 82 .319 .310 .261 .355 .311 .445 .357 .800 .668 139 .706 22.5 2.4 .784 .231 .135 9.9
1887 27 DTN NL 586 342 127 9.7 100 .373 .372 .279 .416 .338 .571 .398 .987 .736 167 .808 48.1 4.7 1.094 .297 .198 14.7
1888 28 DTN NL 264 171 38 5.8 72 .275 .282 .246 .352 .294 .466 .337 .819 .630 159 .746 15.9 1.8 .830 .303 .185 5.5
1889 29 PHI NL 575 375 89 6.2 103 .281 .296 .283 .348 .356 .492 .387 .839 .742 125 .664 15.8 1.6 .875 .308 .195 21.8
1890 30 PHI NL 599 377 88 6.2 90 .326 .313 .262 .371 .340 .443 .356 .813 .696 134 .693 23.1 2.4 .844 .251 .129 6.9
1891 31 PHI NL 614 391 81 5.5 90 .296 .294 .263 .363 .338 .410 .358 .773 .696 122 .646 15.4 1.6 .808 .262 .116 11.3
1892 32 PHI NL 679 423 96 6.0 81 .305 .305 .252 .377 .325 .432 .337 .809 .662 144 .711 32.9 3.6 .853 .269 .126 13.6
1893 33 PHI NL 656 378 133 9.3 108 .369 .370 .288 .424 .367 .530 .393 .954 .759 151 .764 42.4 4.0 1.037 .273 .160 13.7
1894 34 PHI NL 478 259 137 13.7 123 .401 .407 .310 .458 .381 .686 .437 1.145 .818 177 .821 51.6 4.3 1.409 .426 .279 16.9
1895 35 PHI NL 576 329 150 11.8 112 .379 .392 .302 .430 .369 .654 .408 1.085 .777 177 .820 57.4 5.1 1.269 .370 .262 21.6
1896 36 PHI NL 554 366 77 5.5 107 .289 .298 .296 .341 .361 .449 .395 .790 .756 108 .557 3.6 0.3 .766 .228 .151 12.0
1897 37 PHI NL 14 10 1 2.6 105 .231 .231 .295 .286 .358 .385 .392 .670 .750 78 .245 -0.6 -0.1 .600 .231 .154
1898 38 PHI NL 67 41 14 8.9 88 .339 .349 .273 .388 .337 .571 .350 .959 .687 178 .815 5.7 0.6 1.024 .317 .222 1.3
1906 46 DET AL 32 24 2 2.2 77 .226 .226 .259 .250 .315 .290 .332 .540 .647 67 .334 -1.4 -0.2 .417 .097 .065
15 Seasons 6502 4010 1157 7.6 97 .329 .331 .276 .384 .343 .505 .377 .888 .720 146 .734 351.1 34.2 .939 .287 .174 163.4
162 Game Avg. 749 462 133 7.6 97 .329 .331 .276 .384 .343 .505 .377 .888 .720 146 .734 40 4 .939 .287 .174 19
PHI (10 yrs) 4812 2949 866 7.7 101 .329 .333 .281 .388 .353 .507 .381 .895 .734 143 .726 247.3 23.4 .958 .295 .174 126.4
DTN (4 yrs) 1658 1037 289 7.3 85 .330 .327 .263 .375 .314 .502 .364 .876 .678 157 .764 105.2 11.0 .760 .227 .175 39.4
DET (1 yr) 32 24 2 2.2 77 .226 .226 .259 .250 .315 .290 .332 .540 .647 67 .335 -1.4 -0.2 .417 .097 .065
NL (14 yrs) 6470 3986 1155 7.6 97 .329 .331 .276 .384 .343 .506 .377 .890 .720 146 .735 352.5 34.4 .907 .277 .175 166.7
AL (1 yr) 32 24 2 2.2 77 .226 .226 .259 .250 .315 .290 .332 .540 .647 67 .335 -1.4 -0.2 .417 .097 .065

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1887 27 DTN NL WS STL W 15 61 58 8 21 2 0 2 7 5 3 3 .362 .393 .500 .893 29 0
1 WS 15 61 58 8 21 2 0 2 7 5 3 3 .362 .393 .500 .893 29 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1885 25 63 270 254 58 77 11 9 7 44 16 22 .303 .344 .500 .844 170 127
1886 26 185 808 757 159 233 29 22 15 133 13 51 53 .308 .351 .464 .815 149 351
1887 27 312 1394 1302 277 436 58 45 26 299 35 83 72 .335 .379 .508 .887 157 662 9
1888 28 368 1658 1540 328 503 68 53 32 339 40 106 82 .327 .375 .502 .876 157 773 12
1889 29 496 2233 2073 431 661 104 57 52 450 64 142 104 .319 .368 .499 .867 148 1035 18
1890 30 628 2832 2622 547 833 145 66 56 552 89 184 133 .318 .368 .487 .856 145 1278 26
1891 31 761 3446 3176 655 996 168 76 63 642 118 236 153 .314 .367 .474 .841 141 1505 34
1892 32 914 4125 3785 764 1182 196 87 72 746 146 295 172 .312 .369 .467 .836 142 1768 45
1893 33 1045 4781 4385 894 1404 233 100 83 872 164 345 189 .320 .376 .476 .852 143 2086 51
1894 34 1144 5259 4822 1002 1582 262 127 96 1013 188 385 202 .328 .384 .495 .879 147 2386 52
1895 35 1263 5835 5360 1133 1793 307 148 114 1178 215 416 213 .335 .388 .511 .899 150 2738 57 2
1896 36 1382 6389 5877 1236 1947 335 155 126 1278 227 444 226 .331 .384 .505 .890 146 2970 63 5
1897 37 1385 6403 5890 1238 1950 335 156 126 1281 227 445 226 .331 .384 .505 .889 146 2975 63 5
1898 38 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1899 39 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1900 40 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1901 41 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1902 42 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1903 43 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1904 44 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1905 45 1399 6470 5953 1252 1972 340 159 127 1296 229 449 226 .331 .384 .506 .890 146 3011 63 5
1906 46 1407 6502 5984 1256 1979 340 160 127 1299 229 450 226 .331 .384 .505 .888 146 3020 63 5

Neutralized Batting

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Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1885 25 92 385 363 75 105 15 12 10 57 0 22 32 .289 .330 .479 .809 57 63
1886 26 159 673 633 108 180 21 15 9 95 15 40 40 .284 .327 .408 .734 85 122
1887 27 162 686 644 106 208 30 24 11 149 23 33 24 .323 .364 .495 .860 114 127
1888 28 67 312 282 59 78 12 9 7 46 6 27 12 .277 .346 .457 .804 44 56
1889 29 156 653 612 87 155 35 4 20 94 24 35 27 .253 .300 .422 .722 76 128
1890 30 158 680 629 108 177 42 9 4 95 26 43 35 .281 .335 .396 .731 82 132
1891 31 156 682 622 98 163 23 10 7 81 29 52 23 .262 .327 .365 .692 73 133
1892 32 161 693 625 100 180 27 11 9 95 27 57 20 .288 .358 .410 .767 88 153
1893 33 162 733 679 106 212 35 12 11 103 17 48 21 .312 .363 .448 .811 109 131
1894 34 122 519 481 83 163 27 25 12 109 22 37 16 .339 .387 .574 .961 106 99
1895 35 145 632 598 107 200 43 20 17 134 26 29 13 .334 .370 .559 .929 122 119
1896 36 146 639 604 93 158 29 7 12 90 12 29 16 .262 .302 .392 .694 70 119
1897 37 4 16 15 2 3 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 .200 .250 .333 .583 1 3
1898 38 15 69 65 14 22 5 3 1 15 2 4 0 .338 .377 .554 .931 14 14
1906 46 8 35 34 6 9 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 .265 .286 .324 .609 3 8
15 Seasons 1713 7407 6886 1152 2013 344 163 130 1170 229 458 279 .292 .342 .446 .788 1044 1407
162 Game Avg. 162 700 651 109 190 33 15 12 111 43 .292 .342 .446 .788 99 1407

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1886 NL--.310--8th
1887 NL--.372--1st
1890 NL--.313--5th
1891 NL--.294--7th
1892 NL--.305--7th
1893 NL--.370--2nd
1894 NL--.407--3rd
1895 NL--.392--4th
Career--.331--32nd

On-Base% s c a p y
1887 NL--.416--3rd
1892 NL--.377--10th
1893 NL--.424--8th
1894 NL--.458--8th
Career--.384--143rd

Slugging % s c a p y
1886 NL--.445--7th
1887 NL--.571--1st
1889 NL--.492--5th
1890 NL--.443--7th
1892 NL--.432--8th
1893 NL--.530--3rd
1894 NL--.687--2nd
1895 NL--.654--1st
Career--.505--87th

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1886 NL--.800--9th
1887 NL--.987--2nd
1892 NL--.809--9th
1893 NL--.954--5th
1894 NL--1.145--2nd
1895 NL--1.085--2nd
Career--.888--78th

Games Played s c a p y
1886 NL--122--9th
1887 NL--127--2nd
1892 NL--153--3rd
1893 NL--131--10th

At Bats s c a p y
1886 NL--503--3rd
1887 NL--545--1st
1890 NL--549--7th
1891 NL--554--7th
1893 NL--600--1st

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1886 NL--538--7th
1887 NL--586--2nd
1893 NL--656--1st

Runs Scored s c a p y
1886 NL--101--9th
1887 NL--118--5th
1890 NL--116--6th
1893 NL--130--6th
1895 NL--131--8th
Career--1256--136th

Hits s c a p y
1886 NL--156--7th
1887 NL--203--1st
1890 NL--172--1st
1891 NL--163--6th
1892 NL--186--2nd
1893 NL--222--1st
1895 NL--211--3rd

Total Bases s c a p y
1886 NL--224--7th
1887 NL--311--1st
1889 NL--262--3rd
1890 NL--243--3rd
1891 NL--227--6th
1892 NL--263--3rd
1893 NL--318--2nd
1894 NL--300--6th
1895 NL--352--1st

Doubles s c a p y
1887 NL--29--8th
1889 NL--36--3rd
1890 NL--41--1st
1892 NL--28--6th
1893 NL--37--1st
1895 NL--45--2nd
1896 NL--28--7th

Triples s c a p y
1885 NL--9--10th
1886 NL--13--4th
1887 NL--23--1st
1894 NL--27--2nd
1895 NL--21--2nd
Career--160--39th

Home Runs s c a p y
1885 NL--7--3rd
1886 NL--8--6th
1887 NL--11--7th
1889 NL--20--1st
1891 NL--7--9th
1892 NL--9--5th
1893 NL--11--5th
1894 NL--13--5th
1895 NL--18--1st
1896 NL--12--3rd

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1886 NL--89--3rd
1887 NL--166--1st
1889 NL--111--5th
1890 NL--102--3rd
1891 NL--90--6th
1892 NL--104--2nd
1893 NL--126--3rd
1894 NL--141--2nd
1895 NL--165--1st
1896 NL--100--8th
Career--1299--102nd

Singles s c a p y
1886 NL--117--5th
1887 NL--140--2nd
1891 NL--123--6th
1892 NL--138--6th
1893 NL--161--2nd

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1886 NL--139--10th
1887 NL--167--2nd
1892 NL--144--9th
1893 NL--151--5th
1894 NL--177--1st
1895 NL--177--2nd
Career--146--46th

Runs Created s c a p y
1886 NL--80--8th
1887 NL--127--1st
1889 NL--89--9th
1890 NL--88--2nd
1891 NL--81--8th
1892 NL--96--4th
1893 NL--133--2nd
1894 NL--137--4th
1895 NL--150--1st
Career--1157--205th

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1886 NL--23--9th
1887 NL--48--2nd
1890 NL--23--8th
1892 NL--33--6th
1893 NL--42--3rd
1894 NL--52--4th
1895 NL--57--2nd
Career--351--92nd

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1886 NL--2.4--9th
1887 NL--4.7--2nd
1890 NL--2.4--8th
1892 NL--3.6--6th
1893 NL--4.0--2nd
1894 NL--4.3--4th
1895 NL--5.1--2nd
Career--34.2--95th

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1886 NL--39--7th
1887 NL--63--3rd
1889 NL--60--3rd
1890 NL--54--3rd
1891 NL--40--10th
1892 NL--48--7th
1893 NL--61--2nd
1894 NL--69--5th
1895 NL--84--1st
1896 NL--47--9th
Career--627--243rd

Times On Base s c a p y
1886 NL--191--8th
1887 NL--244--2nd
1892 NL--256--6th
1893 NL--278--3rd

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1886 NL--.706--9th
1887 NL--.808--1st
1890 NL--.693--9th
1892 NL--.711--9th
1893 NL--.764--3rd
1894 NL--.821--2nd
1895 NL--.820--2nd
Career--.734--38th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1887 NL--9--5th
1889 NL--6--9th
1891 NL--8--9th
1892 NL--11--5th
Career--63--236th

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1886 NL--9.9--9th
1889 NL--21.8--2nd
1892 NL--13.6--5th
1893 NL--13.7--10th
1894 NL--16.9--10th
1895 NL--21.6--1st
1896 NL--12.0--7th
Career--163.4--131st

AB per SO s c a p y
1887 NL--28.684--9th
1889 NL--24.227--9th
1891 NL--27.700--4th
1892 NL--32.053--6th
1895 NL--48.909--5th
1896 NL--39.769--9th
Career--26.000--40th

AB per HR s c a p y
1886 NL--62.875--8th
1889 NL--26.650--1st
1893 NL--54.545--8th
1894 NL--33.615--5th
1895 NL--29.889--3rd
1896 NL--43.083--3rd

Oldest s c a p y
1896 NL--born 1860-03-05--9th
1897 NL--born 1860-03-05--8th
1898 NL--born 1860-03-05--2nd
1906 AL--born 1860-03-05--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 32 (36), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 144 (45), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 148 (80), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 46 (98), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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