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Ted Zanidakis"Big Sam" Thompson was the "Babe Ruth" of 19th Century BB. Like Ruth, he stood 6:2, weighed 200+
and batted from the left side. "Big Sam" could hit the (dead) ball a country mile. He was 2nd to Anson
with the most HR's in a season back then....20. 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
Besides the Old Judge (N172) set, "Big Sam" is in the Buchner Gold Coin (N284) set.....anyone know of
any other sets he is in ?
TED Z