Player

Turkey Stearnes HOF 2000

Player Info
Full Name
Norman Thomas
Born
May 8, 1901
Nashville, TN, USA
Died
September 4, 1979
Size
5'11" / 175 lbs
B/T
L / L
Final Game
September 8, 1940
Teams
Honors
5 x All-Star
1939, 1937, 1935, 1934, 1933
Career Batting
1,034
G
.347
AVG
1,372
H
195
HR
1,038
RBI
1.028
OPS
181
OPS vs Lg
Qualified for career rate leaderboards · about these stats
Career Pitching
0-1
W-L
15.43
ERA
1
G
2
SO
0
SV
2.43
WHIP
Pitching Season by Season
Year Team W L ERA G GS SV IP SO BB
1923 Detroit Stars 0 1 15.43 1 1 0 7.0 2 4
Advanced Pitching About these stats
Year Lg IP K/9 BB/9 WHIP Qual
1923 NNL 7.0 2.57 5.14 2.429
Batting Season by Season
Year Team G AB H 2B 3B HR R AVG
1940 Kansas City Monarchs 38 133 36 6 3 5 24 .271
1939 Kansas City Monarchs 51 193 63 11 2 7 44 .326
1938 Chicago American Giants 19 69 18 2 1 2 14 .261
1938 Kansas City Monarchs 15 60 16 3 3 0 10 .267
1937 Detroit Stars 18 64 25 3 1 4 16 .391
1937 Chicago American Giants 4 15 4 1 0 1 2 .267
1936 Philadelphia Stars 52 210 74 8 5 10 45 .352
1935 Chicago American Giants 47 171 66 10 6 6 43 .386
1934 Chicago American Giants 39 154 53 7 7 6 42 .344
1933 Chicago American Giants 41 175 62 12 5 7 46 .354
1932 Chicago American Giants 44 168 49 9 2 4 43 .292
1931 Detroit Stars 38 133 50 10 0 8 29 .376
1931 Kansas City Monarchs 16 57 7 2 2 0 6 .123
1930 New York Lincoln Giants 19 73 31 9 4 6 31 .425
1930 Detroit Stars 35 129 42 9 8 2 27 .326
1929 Detroit Stars 69 261 102 16 4 17 65 .391
1928 Detroit Stars 81 317 102 16 7 24 81 .322
1927 Detroit Stars 91 343 119 25 12 20 79 .347
1926 Detroit Stars 93 342 131 33 9 21 94 .383
1925 Detroit Stars 93 362 134 23 14 19 92 .370
1924 Detroit Stars 62 251 87 10 13 9 58 .347
1923 Detroit Stars 69 279 101 18 14 17 70 .362
Advanced Batting About these stats
Year Lg PA ISO BABIP BB% K% OPS vs Lg HR/162 Qual
1940 NAL 154 .203 .242 12.3 0.0 158 15.6
1939 NAL 215 .187 — 8.8 — 165 18.9 ✓
1938 NAL 143 .147 .252 7.7 0.0 118 4.9
1937 NAL 92 .266 .329 10.9 1.1 206 19.0
1936 NN2 234 .229 .323 8.1 0.9 158 22.2 ✓
1935 NN2 201 .234 .366 11.4 0.5 178 17.4 ✓
1934 NN2 171 .253 .320 8.2 0.6 187 20.3 ✓
1933 NN2 197 .246 — 9.1 — 182 21.4 ✓
1932 NSL 194 .149 .274 9.8 0.0 152 15.1 ✓
1931 IND 216 .211 .275 10.2 1.9 147 29.3 ✓
1930 IND 235 .327 .335 10.6 0.0 157 18.1 ✓
1929 NNL 305 .287 .350 11.5 0.3 204 39.9 ✓
1928 NNL 359 .322 .266 8.6 0.0 185 43.7 ✓
1927 NNL 395 .318 — 10.6 — 197 34.1 ✓
1926 NNL 400 .333 .344 10.3 0.3 206 34.7 ✓
1925 NNL 410 .298 — 11.0 — 202 32.7 ✓
1924 NNL 278 .251 .322 6.8 0.0 176 22.8 ✓
1923 NNL 299 .348 — 5.7 — 193 41.1 ✓
Career Fielding by Position
Pos G PO A E DP FPct
OF 1,027 2,004 101 102 26 .954
1B 9 89 5 0 4 1.000
3B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000
P 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
Fielding Season by Season
Year Team Pos G PO A E DP FPct
1940 Kansas City Monarchs OF 38 50 1 7 0 .879
1939 Kansas City Monarchs OF 51 80 5 7 1 .924
1938 Kansas City Monarchs OF 15 20 1 1 0 .955
1938 Chicago American Giants OF 19 42 1 2 0 .956
1937 Chicago American Giants OF 4 11 0 0 0 1.000
1937 Detroit Stars OF 17 34 2 3 1 .923
1936 Philadelphia Stars OF 53 124 5 5 0 .963
1935 Chicago American Giants OF 46 86 3 5 1 .947
1934 Chicago American Giants OF 39 88 2 1 1 .989
1933 Chicago American Giants OF 42 86 4 5 0 .947
1932 Chicago American Giants OF 43 94 8 4 3 .962
1931 Detroit Stars 1B 8 81 4 0 4 1.000
1931 Detroit Stars OF 30 72 4 7 2 .916
1931 Kansas City Monarchs OF 16 29 0 1 0 .967
1930 Detroit Stars OF 35 87 10 2 2 .980
1930 New York Lincoln Giants OF 19 44 2 1 1 .979
1929 Detroit Stars OF 69 179 9 8 2 .959
1928 Detroit Stars OF 81 197 10 7 1 .967
1927 Detroit Stars OF 91 226 7 18 2 .928
1926 Detroit Stars 1B 1 8 1 0 0 1.000
1926 Detroit Stars 3B 1 2 2 0 0 1.000
1926 Detroit Stars OF 93 201 18 9 7 .961
1925 Detroit Stars OF 94 0 0 0 0 .000
1924 Detroit Stars OF 62 118 7 4 1 .969
1923 Detroit Stars OF 70 136 2 5 1 .965
1923 Detroit Stars P 1 2 3 0 0 1.000
Postseason Batting
Year Round Team G AB H HR RBI AVG
Career 24 96 40 7 26 .417
1939 ALC Kansas City Monarchs 5 13 3 1 5 .231
1937 ALC Chicago American Giants 4 19 5 0 1 .263
1934 NLC Chicago American Giants 6 24 11 1 4 .458
1932 NSC Chicago American Giants 2 10 7 2 5 .700
1930 NNC Detroit Stars 7 30 14 3 11 .467
Managerial record: 0-3 (.000) Full Managerial Record
Year Team League G W L PCT Finish
1937 Detroit Stars NAL 3 0 3 .000 6 Player-Mgr