Frank Thompson - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Frank Thompson

Frank R. Thompson Jr.
(Groundhog)
Last name also spelled Thomson
Born: October 26, 1918 in Merryville, LA
Died: February 1983 in Memphis, TN
(64 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: L

Ht: 5'4"

Wt: 140

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Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Luke Easter	2	1947	1948	3.8
Cool Papa Bell	1	1946	1946	1.2
Lester Lockett	1	1945	1945	0.5
Earl Bumpus	1	1945	1945	0.2
Leandy Young	1	1945	1945	0.2

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Luis Márquez	3	1946	1948	5.0
Freddie Shepard	1	1945	1945	0.2
Jack McLaurin	1	1945	1945	0.1
John Henry Oliver	1	1945	1945	0.0
Quincy Smith	1	1945	1945	0.0

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ed Steele	1	1945	1945	1.7
Bob Thurman	3	1946	1948	1.6
Frank Williams	1	1946	1946	0.5
Gabe Patterson	1	1947	1947	-0.3
Dave Hoskins	1	1946	1946	-0.8

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Sam Bankhead	3	1946	1948	3.4
Artie Wilson	1	1945	1945	1.3
Leroy Young	1	1946	1946	0.0
Ervin Fowlkes	1	1948	1948	-0.8

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Joe Spencer	1	1945	1945	0.1
Collins Jones	1	1945	1945	0.0
Matt Carlisle	1	1946	1946	0.0
Harper	1	1945	1945	0.0
Eddie Ducy	1	1947	1947	-0.2

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Dan Wilson	1	1946	1946	0.9
John Britton	1	1945	1945	0.8
Charles Gary	1	1948	1948	0.8
Howard Easterling	1	1946	1946	0.6
Tommy Sampson	1	1945	1945	-0.2

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Buck Leonard	3	1946	1948	5.9
Piper Davis	1	1945	1945	1.0
Ed Young	1	1947	1947	0.4
James Dailey	1	1945	1945	0.1
Jim Starks	1	1945	1945	0.0

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Josh Gibson	1	1946	1946	2.7
Eudie Napier	3	1946	1948	1.9
Earl Ashby	1	1947	1947	0.2
Luther Clifford	1	1948	1948	0.1
Herman Bell	1	1945	1945	0.1

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Wilmer Fields	3	1946	1948	3.9
Frank Thompson	4	1945	1948	2.0
R. T. Walker	3	1946	1948	1.8
Johnny Wright	1	1947	1947	1.4
Willie Pope	1	1947	1947	0.9
Jimmie Newberry	1	1945	1945	0.7
Alvin Gipson	1	1945	1945	0.6
Garnett Blair	2	1946	1948	0.5
Ted Alexander	1	1948	1948	0.3
Cecil Kaiser	2	1946	1947	0.3
Tom Parker	1	1948	1948	0.2
Eugene Smith	2	1946	1947	-0.2

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WAR
Ted Radcliffe	2	1945	1946	0.8
Alonzo Boone	1	1945	1945	0.8
Jim Haynes	1	1946	1946	0.3
Bob Trice	1	1948	1948	0.1
Lefty Bell	1	1948	1948	0.0
Willie Young	1	1945	1945	0.0
John Huber	1	1945	1945	-0.1
Alonzo Perry	1	1946	1946	-0.1
Ciscero Warren	2	1946	1947	-0.1
Alfred Saylor	1	1945	1945	-0.2
Clarence Evans	1	1948	1948	-0.2
Johnny Markham	1	1945	1945	-0.4
Harold Hairston	2	1946	1947	-1.0

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