How Sam Thompson's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Sam Thompson posted a career Equivalent Average of .914, well above the league average of .745 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1894, posting 1.18, well above the league average of .897 that year. The lowest point came in 1906 at .547, below the league average of .675 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .679 in 1897 to .975 in 1898 and .547 in 1906. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 15 seasons.
Sam Thompson Lifetime Equivalent Average
Stats similar to Equivalent Average for Sam Thompson
| Sam Thompson
Equivalent Average |
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| Career | 0.914 |
| Season Avg. | 0.914 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.914 |
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Sam Thompson Equivalent Average Per Season
Sam Thompson's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Thompson Equivalent Average by Team
Sam Thompson's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Thompson Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Thompson's career Equivalent Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Sam Thompson Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Thompson's seasonal Equivalent Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Sam Thompson Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Thompson's MLB career with Equivalent Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
