What years did Tommy Thomas play?

Tommy Thomas played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1937.

Was Tommy Thomas a pitcher?

Yes. Tommy Thomas pitched in the major leagues, recording 117 wins and 736 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tommy Thomas hit?

Tommy Thomas hit 3 career home runs with 141 hits.

Tommy Thomas

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1926-1937)

W–L 117–128

ERA 4.11

WHIP 1.40

SO 736

Pitcher PIV -6396.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 175 lb
Born: 12/23/1899 in Baltimore, MD, USA
Died: 4/27/1988 in Dallastown, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1926-04-17
Last Game: 1937-09-27

Full name: Alphonse Thomas

📊 Compare This Player 📈 View Career Timeline

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
117	128	398	267	128	15	12	2176.3	2,341	995	144	712	736	4.11	-6396.3

Career ERA 4.11 vs. league average 4.28 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1926	CHA	AL	15	12	44	32	13	2	2	249.0	225	105	110	127	3.80	4.11 (+8%)	2328.5
1927	CHA	AL	19	16	40	36	24	3	1	307.7	271	102	94	107	2.98	4.08 (+27%)	701.7
1928	CHA	AL	17	16	36	32	24	3	2	283.0	277	97	76	129	3.08	4.13 (+25%)	3455.7
1929	CHA	AL	14	18	36	31	24	2	1	259.7	270	92	60	62	3.19	4.60 (+31%)	1298.3
1930	CHA	AL	5	13	34	27	7	0	0	169.0	229	98	44	58	5.22	4.80 (-9%)	351.4
1931	CHA	AL	10	14	43	36	11	2	2	245.3	298	129	69	72	4.73	4.10 (-15%)	-1581.8
1932	CHA	AL	3	3	12	3	1	0	0	43.7	55	30	15	11	6.18	4.13 (-50%)	-1508.8
1932	WS1	AL	8	7	18	14	7	1	0	117.0	114	46	46	36	3.54	4.13 (+14%)	-351.1
1933	WS1	AL	7	7	35	14	2	0	3	135.0	149	72	49	35	4.80	3.86 (-24%)	-1810.8
1934	WS1	AL	8	9	33	18	7	1	1	133.3	154	81	58	42	5.47	4.29 (-27%)	-1830.5
1935	WS1	AL	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.3	3	2	0	0	54.00	—	0.0
1935	PHI	NL	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	12.0	15	7	5	3	5.25	4.35 (-21%)	-528.0
1936	SLA	AL	11	9	36	21	8	1	0	179.7	219	105	72	40	5.26	4.59 (-15%)	-6304.2
1937	SLA	AL	0	1	17	2	0	0	0	30.7	46	24	10	10	7.04	4.34 (-62%)	-104.2
1937	BOS	AL	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	11.0	16	5	4	4	4.09	4.34 (+6%)	-512.6
Career · 15 seasons			117	128	398	267	128	15	12	2,176.1	2,341	995	712	736	4.11	—	-6,396

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
399	722	57	141	18	1	3	71	0	40	152	.195	.238	.235	.473	-3,451

Career AVG .195 vs. league average .281 across their career seasons — 30.4% below league average.

Career OBP .238 vs. league average .344 across their career seasons — 30.9% below league average.

Career SLG .235 vs. league average .398 across their career seasons — 40.9% below league average.

Career OPS .473 vs. league average .742 across their career seasons — 36.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1926	CHA	AL	44	86	5	16	0	0	0	7	5	21	.186	.279 (-33%)	.345 (-33%)	.390 (-52%)	.735 (-43%)	-597.1
1927	CHA	AL	40	95	5	14	3	1	1	8	4	23	.147	.282 (-48%)	.344 (-47%)	.392 (-41%)	.736 (-44%)	-701.2
1928	CHA	AL	36	96	9	21	3	0	2	12	8	28	.219	.280 (-22%)	.342 (-19%)	.395 (-21%)	.737 (-20%)	-310.2
1929	CHA	AL	37	98	9	25	4	0	0	10	5	14	.255	.289 (-12%)	.353 (-18%)	.415 (-29%)	.769 (-24%)	-389.3
1930	CHA	AL	34	56	3	7	1	0	0	3	5	6	.125	.293 (-57%)	.354 (-44%)	.429 (-67%)	.784 (-57%)	-543.9
1931	CHA	AL	43	87	9	21	2	0	0	10	3	15	.241	.276 (-13%)	.338 (-21%)	.388 (-32%)	.726 (-27%)	-373.1
1932	CHA	AL	12	13	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
1932	WS1	AL	18	42	4	10	2	0	0	10	2	9	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
1933	WS1	AL	35	42	5	10	0	0	0	2	4	4	.238	—	—	—	—	0.0
1934	WS1	AL	33	38	2	7	0	0	0	2	2	8	.184	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	WS1	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1935	PHI	NL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	SLA	AL	36	58	4	8	2	0	0	7	2	16	.138	.283 (-51%)	.349 (-52%)	.404 (-57%)	.753 (-55%)	-536.0
1937	SLA	AL	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	BOS	AL	9	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			399	722	57	141	18	1	3	71	40	152	.195	—	—	—	—	-3,451

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1933	WS	WS1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	2	0	0	1.3	1	0	0	2	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1933	WS	WS1	0	0	2	0	0	1.3	1	0	0	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (797 games) →

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	199	352	28	68	2	42	.193
Away	200	365	29	73	1	33	.200

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	198	1151.2	1168	473	354	412	3.70
Away	200	1022.0	1174	525	361	330	4.62

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
1937-09-27	BOS	PHA	L	0	0	0
1937-09-08	BOS	NYY	L	0	0	0
1937-09-04	BOS	PHA	L	0	0	0
1937-09-02	BOS	CHW	L	2	0	0
1937-08-15	BOS	MIN	L	0	0	0
1937-08-11	BOS	NYY	L	0	0	0
1937-07-22	BOS	DET	L	1	1	0
1937-07-20	BOS	DET	L	1	0	1
1937-07-19	BOS	CHW	L	0	0	0
1937-07-14	SLA	BOS	L	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1937-09-27	BOS	PHA	—	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0
1937-09-08	BOS	NYY	—	0.0	1	1	0	0	0	1
1937-09-04	BOS	PHA	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1937-09-02	BOS	CHW	—	4.2	4	1	1	0	1	0
1937-08-15	BOS	MIN	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1937-08-11	BOS	NYY	—	0.2	2	1	0	0	0	0
1937-07-22	BOS	DET	—	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1
1937-07-20	BOS	DET	L	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
1937-07-19	BOS	CHW	L	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
1937-07-14	SLA	BOS	—	1.0	5	5	5	2	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	398	0	56	372	11	21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1926	CHA	P	44	8	44	0	3
1927	CHA	P	40	6	55	2	4
1928	CHA	P	36	9	48	1	2
1929	CHA	P	36	8	44	2	2
1930	CHA	P	34	8	34	2	2
1931	CHA	P	43	8	47	1	3
1932	CHA	P	12	0	9	1	1
1932	WS1	P	18	2	15	0	1
1933	WS1	P	35	3	22	1	1
1934	WS1	P	33	1	20	1	1
1935	WS1	P	1	0	0	0	0
1935	PHI	P	4	0	2	0	0
1936	SLA	P	36	2	24	0	1
1937	SLA	P	17	1	6	0	0
1937	BOS	P	9	0	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	398

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1927	Baseball Magazine All-Star	P3

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1928	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	4.0	64	0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Tommy Thomas (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tommy Thomas

What years did Tommy Thomas play?: Tommy Thomas played in Major League Baseball from 1926 to 1937.
Was Tommy Thomas a pitcher?: Yes. Tommy Thomas pitched in the major leagues, recording 117 wins and 736 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tommy Thomas hit?: Tommy Thomas hit 3 career home runs with 141 hits.