View Full Version : Big Sam Thompson
Archive
04-20-2008, 11:14 AM
Posted By: <b>Dan Bretta</b><p>I had no idea until this morning that Nickel Creek had a song called "Big Sam Thompson" - there are no lyrics, but it is a really nice song and it is for the ball player. I guess one of the members of the band is the great great grandson of Big Sam.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MdJP9tAzTE" target="_new">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MdJP9tAzTE</a><br /><br /><a href="http://s22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/?action=view¤t=thompson1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b331/nudan92/Hall%20Of%20Famer%20Photos/thompson1.jpg" border="0" alt="Big Sam Thompson C1906 - Matty McIntyre Photo Collection"></a>
Archive
04-20-2008, 11:47 AM
Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p>Here is Big Sam's Rookie Card.............<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s120/bcbgcbrcb/ThompsonSam.jpg">
Archive
04-20-2008, 12:26 PM
Posted By: <b>Ted Zanidakis</b><p>"Big Sam" Thompson was the "Babe Ruth" of 19th Century BB. Like Ruth, he stood 6:2, weighed 200+<br /> and batted from the left side. "Big Sam" could hit the (dead) ball a country mile. He was 2nd to Anson<br /> with the most HR's in a season back then....20. His single-season record of 166 RBI's stood until Ruth<br /> broke it (34 years later).<br /><br />HOFer Big Sam batted .404 in 1894 for the Philadelphia Quakers (NL) team and had a career BA = .331<br /><br />Besides the Old Judge (N172) set, "Big Sam" is in the Buchner Gold Coin (N284) set.....anyone know of <br />any other sets he is in ?<br /><br />TED Z
Archive
04-20-2008, 12:32 PM
Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>1887 1888 Scrapps Die Cut Sam Thompson
Archive
04-20-2008, 12:40 PM
Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Sam is also pictured on numerous individual and team cabinet photos. There are many period photos known of both Philadelphia and Detroit from that era.
Archive
04-20-2008, 02:01 PM
Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p> Ted,last time there was a thread about Thompson in Feb. of this year you wrote the same exact thing about him and I pointed out that it was wrong. I don't know where you got that info about him having the 2nd highest home run total to Anson but its wrong,please update your records so you're not repeating bad info again.<br /><br /> Thompsons total of 20 was the 5th highest at that time.<br /><br /> Ned Williamson led the league with 27 in 1884,followed by Fred Pfeffer(25), Abner Dalrymple(22) and then Anson(21) who had the 4th highest total.
Archive
04-20-2008, 04:17 PM
Posted By: <b>Ken Wirt</b><p><img src="http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s290/triwak/146.jpg">
Archive
04-20-2008, 04:41 PM
Posted By: <b>ROBERT ADAMS JR</b><p>" Big Sam " was Nickel Creeks mandolin player Chris Thile's great great uncle . Something like that would be pretty cool !
Archive
04-20-2008, 04:49 PM
Posted By: <b>Phil Garry</b><p>Thompson also appears in the 1888 WG1 Baseball Playing Cards set as well as a couple of other really rare issues that are not really worth mentioning since they are so scarce.
Archive
04-20-2008, 04:58 PM
Posted By: <b>ROBERT ADAMS JR</b><p><a href="http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x160/bobadams123/?action=view¤t=665476_356x237.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x160/bobadams123/665476_356x237.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"><a href="http://s187.photobucket.com/albums/x160/bobadams123/?action=view¤t=9Wiu2mT5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x160/bobadams123/9Wiu2mT5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a></a> Actually quite a resemblance !