Was Walter Thomas a pitcher?

Both. Walter Thomas pitched in 25 games, going 4-10 with a 7.92 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Right Fielder.

How many home runs did Walter Thomas hit?

Walter Thomas hit 1 career home runs with 98 hits.

Walter Thomas

Right Fielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records

AVG .277

HR 1

RBI 38

H 98

OPS .682

PIV 156

Position: Right Fielder
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'8" / 170 lb
Born: 10/22/1911 in Mobile, AL, USA
Died: 9/28/1983 in Big Rapids, MI, USA

Full name: Walter Lewis Thomas

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Negro Leagues Career Statistics

Batting

PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
370.0	340.0	54.0	100.0	12.0	7.0	1.0	14.0	24.0	3.0	5.0	.294	.344	.379	.723

Pitching

W	L	GS	CG	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
4	9	16	7	5	0	99.2	118	99	31	9	26	32	2.80	1.45

Career Batting Statistics

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
118	354	55	98	13	6	1	38	6	21	1	.277	.326	.356	.682	156

Career AVG .277 vs. league average .270 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .326 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career SLG .356 vs. league average .379 across their career seasons — 6.0% below league average.

Career OPS .682 vs. league average .715 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1935	CAG	NN2	16	26	3	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	.269	—	—	—	—	0.0
1936	CAG	IND	7	12	4	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	DTS	NAL	7	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1937	CAG	NAL	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1944	KCM	NAL	19	62	10	14	4	1	0	8	1	4	0	.226	.261 (-14%)	.325 (-13%)	.357 (-10%)	.683 (-11%)	-118.3
1945	KCM	NAL	50	186	30	58	5	4	1	23	5	12	0	.312	.260 (+19%)	.328 (+10%)	.354 (+12%)	.683 (+11%)	339.2
1946	CAG	NAL	16	52	6	14	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	.269	.256 (+5%)	.328 (-2%)	.358 (-14%)	.687 (-8%)	-64.9
Career · 7 seasons			118	354	55	98	13	6	1	38	6	21	1	.277	—	—	—	—	156

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 Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
4	10	25	13	5	0	0	100.0	164	88	4	36	47	7.92	1139.9

Career ERA 7.92 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 87.2% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1935	CAG	NN2	3	4	11	5	3	50.3	86	48	17	16	8.58	4.35 (-97%)	334.3
1936	CAG	IND	1	3	7	3	2	28.0	38	12	10	13	3.86	4.59 (+16%)	689.5
1937	DTS	NAL	0	2	4	3	0	8.3	24	17	2	6	18.36	—	0.0
1937	CAG	NAL	0	1	2	1	0	12.0	10	5	6	11	3.75	4.34 (+14%)	116.1
1945	KCM	NAL	0	0	1	1	0	1.3	6	6	1	1	40.50	—	0.0
Career · 5 seasons			4	10	25	13	5	100.0	164	88	36	47	7.92	—	1,140

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.

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	52	149	26	48	1	9	.322
Away	45	109	12	27	0	1	.248

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	12	69.0	86	18	15	12	2.35
Away	13	54.2	91	12	13	12	1.98

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	RBI
1946-09-03	CAG	CVB	L	1	0	0	0	0
1946-08-29	CAG	IN9	W	1	1	1	0	1
1946-08-02	CAG	BIR	L	0	1	0	0	0
1946-07-15	CAG	MEM	W	0	0	0	0	0
1946-07-14	CAG	MEM	W	0	1	0	0	2
1946-07-08	CAG	BIR	W	5	3	3	1	0
1946-07-07	CAG	BIR	W	4	0	0	0	0
1946-07-04	CAG	CVB	L	3	0	1	0	0
1946-07-04	CAG	CVB	L	5	0	0	0	0
1946-07-01	CAG	IN9	L	5	0	2	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1945-05-29	KCM	CAG	—	1.0	4	3	0	1	1	0
1937-08-24	CAG	KCM	—	6.0	6	3	3	3	0	0
1937-08-17	CAG	KCM	L	6.0	5	5	4	3	6	1
1937-08-01	DT2	CAG	L	8.0	9	10	0	3	5	1
1937-07-14	DT2	CAG	L	2.1	8	6	0	0	3	0
1937-07-10	DT2	KCM	L	4.0	0	8	0	0	0	1
1937-06-26	DT2	CAG	—	6.0	7	7	6	3	1	2
1937-06-19	DT2	IN6	W	9.0	13	8	0	0	0	0
1937-06-06	DT2	BIR	L	3.2	10	7	0	1	2	0
1937-05-31	DT2	SSA	—	0.1	3	6	0	3	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
3B	1	1	2	2	0	1
OF	86	77	107	7	8	0
P	25	13	3	25	0	2
SS	1	1	2	1	1	0

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1935	CAG	OF	4	1	0	1	0	0
1935	CAG	P	11	5	2	15	0	2
1936	CAG	P	7	3	0	6	0	0
1937	DTS	3B	1	1	2	2	0	1
1937	DTS	P	4	3	0	2	0	0
1937	DTS	SS	1	1	2	1	1	0
1937	CAG	P	2	1	1	2	0	0
1944	KCM	OF	17	15	20	0	3	0
1945	KCM	OF	50	49	65	4	3	0
1945	KCM	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
1946	CAG	OF	15	12	22	2	2	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	25
Third Base	1
Shortstop	1
Left Field	6
Center Field	16
Right Field	64

Frequently Asked Questions about Walter Thomas

Was Walter Thomas a pitcher?: Both. Walter Thomas pitched in 25 games, going 4-10 with a 7.92 ERA, but spent most of his career as a Right Fielder.
How many home runs did Walter Thomas hit?: Walter Thomas hit 1 career home runs with 98 hits.