Sandy Thompson
Milwaukee Bears 1923; Birmingham Black Barons 1924–1925; Chicago American Giants 1926; Birmingham Black Barons 1927–1928; Chicago American Giants 1928–1930; Chicago Columbia Giants 1931; Chicago American Giants 1932
Percentile snapshot
1932 season — qualified batters
of 167 qualified 1932 batters (min 133 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 62 | 251 | 235 | 32 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .315 | .340 | .404 | .744 | 92.3 | 93.5 | .342 | 0.4 |
| 1924 | 79 | 336 | 298 | 51 | 89 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .299 | .357 | .393 | .750 | 104.3 | 105.3 | .355 | 1.4 |
| 1925 | 67 | 281 | 260 | 48 | 88 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .338 | .375 | .469 | .844 | 120.6 | 125.3 | .381 | 1.8 |
| 1926 | 79 | 320 | 276 | 38 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .319 | .386 | .384 | .770 | 100.9 | 98.9 | .361 | 0.8 |
| 1927 | 95 | 394 | 345 | 49 | 98 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 0 | .284 | .345 | .345 | .690 | 88.7 | 86.3 | .326 | 0.8 |
| 1928 | 59 | 246 | 222 | 30 | 73 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 1 | .329 | .371 | .360 | .732 | 102.0 | 100.3 | .344 | 0.7 |
| 1929 | 72 | 291 | 258 | 30 | 77 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .298 | .337 | .353 | .690 | 82.2 | 80.1 | .320 | 0.0 |
| 1930 | 73 | 278 | 244 | 35 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .258 | .335 | .303 | .638 | 77.9 | 71.0 | .306 | -0.2 |
| 1931 | 18 | 80 | 76 | 14 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .342 | .375 | .395 | .770 | 111.6 | 114.5 | .368 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 41 | 161 | 147 | 23 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .313 | .357 | .374 | .731 | 120.5 | 123.0 | .351 | 0.8 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-06-04 | MIL @ KCM Gameday | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 1923-05-13 | KCM @ MIL Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1932-06-03 | CAG @ IND Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1930-08-11 | MEM @ CAG Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1931-05-17 | CAG @ DTS Gameday | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923-04-28 | CUB @ MIL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-04-29 | CUB @ MIL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-05 | CAG @ MIL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-06 | MIL @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923-05-06 | MIL @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.