How Sam Thompson's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Sam Thompson posted a career Total Average of .372, well below the league average of .675 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Total Average season came in 1939, posting .571. The lowest point came in 1935 at .200. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .571 in 1939 to .550 in 1940 and .235 in 1942. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .200 to .571 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

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Sam Thompson Total Average Per Season

Sam Thompson's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Thompson Total Average per season line chart

Sam Thompson Total Average by Team

Sam Thompson's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Thompson career Total Average by team bar chart

Sam Thompson Total Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Thompson's career Total 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 Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Thompson Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Thompson's seasonal Total 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 Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Thompson Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Thompson's MLB career with Total 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.
Sam Thompson Total Average season-by-season breakdown table