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Ted Zanidakis"Big Sam" Thompson was the "Babe Ruth" of 19th Century BB. Like Ruth, he stood 6:2 and weighed in at 200+.
Batted from the left side and could hit the (dead) ball a country mile. He was 2nd to Anson with the most HR's
in a season back then....20. And, his single-season record of 166 RBI's stood until Ruth broke it (34 years later).
HOFer Big Sam batted .404 in 1894 for the Philadelphia Quakers (NL) team and had a career BA = .331
He is in the Old Judge (N172) set and Buchner Gold Coin (N284) set.....any others ?
TED Z