Dave Thomas (baseball)

Dave Thomas
Dave Thomas
	First baseman
	Born: March 22, 1905; Mobile, Alabama
	Died: July 27, 1968 (aged 63); Mobile, Alabama
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1929, for the Birmingham Black Barons
Last appearance
	1946, for the New York Cubans
Teams
	Birmingham Black Barons (1929); Baltimore Black Sox (1930–1932); New York Black Yankees (1932–1935); New York Cubans (1935–1936); Washington Black Senators (1938); Brooklyn Royal Giants (1940); New York Cubans (1942–1946);

David Thomas (March 22, 1905 – July 27, 1968), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American first baseman in the Negro leagues from 1929 to 1946.

A native of Mobile, Alabama, Thomas is considered one of the greatest defensive first basemen in Negro leagues history.[1] In 1945 at age 40, he and Terris McDuffie were given a tryout by Branch Rickey and the Brooklyn Dodgers, two years prior to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the baseball color line.[2]

Thomas died in Mobile in 1968 at age 63.

References

Dan Tylicki (November 11, 2011). "25 Greatest Showmen in MLB History". bleacherreport.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
Chris Lamb (April 14, 2015). "Two who tried out before Jackie Robinson". espn.com. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads

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