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Originally Posted by Joe_G.
Misleading to some degree (I think): "His last year in the major Leagues, at the age of 46, he shared the outfield spotlight with Ty Cobb and Sam Crawford."
Reality: I don't believe Thompson ever took the field with Crawford and Cobb but was instead filling in for a short time for an injured Cobb. I would like to confirm this.
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Actually I believe that Thompson did play alongside Cobb and Crawford for the final week of the 1906 season. I used to own a great snapshot of Thompson standing in the outfield of Bennett Park in 1906...the photo was from the Matty McIntyre album...it now resides with Sam Thompson's family.
Edited to add: I found an old newspaper on google's archives with a box score which shows Cobb, Crawford and Thompson in the lineup.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...ers+1906&hl=en
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