Clint Thomas

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Clint Thomas
Thomas at the 1924 Colored World Series
Second baseman / Center fielder
Born: (1896-11-25)November 25, 1896 Greenup, Kentucky
Died: December 2, 1990(1990-12-02) (aged 94) Charleston, West Virginia
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
1920 for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Last professional appearance
1938 for the New York Black Yankees
Negro league statistics
Batting average	.292
Home runs	59
Runs scored	469
Teams
Brooklyn Royal Giants (1920) Columbus Buckeyes (1921) Detroit Stars (1922) Philadelphia Hilldale Giants (1923–1928) ^[1] Atlantic City Bacharach Giants (1928–1929) Homestead Grays (1929) New York Lincoln Giants (1930) New York Black Yankees (1931–1934, 1937–1938) Chicago American Giants (1934) New York Cubans (1936) Newark Eagles (1936)
Career highlights and awards

Clinton Cyrus "Hawk" Thomas (November 25, 1896 – December 2, 1990) was a professional baseball player born in Greenup, Kentucky. He was an outfielder and second baseman in the Negro leagues from 1920 to 1938, where he earned the nickname "Hawk" for his sharp-eyed hitting and center field skills.

Career

Thomas played for the Brooklyn Royal Giants, Columbus Buckeyes, Detroit Stars, Hilldale Club, ^[1] Bacharach Giants, New York Lincoln Giants, New York Harlem Stars, Indianapolis ABCs, New York Black Yankees, Newark Eagles, and Philadelphia Stars.

Thomas was a member of the Philadelphia Hilldale teams that won three consecutive Eastern Colored League championships from 1923 to 1925 and the Negro League World Series in 1925.^[2] He joined the New York Black Yankees in 1931 and, the following year, "ruined" the opening of Greenlee Field by scoring the only run and making a game-saving catch in the Black Yankees defeat of Satchel Paige's Pittsburgh Crawfords. Nicknamed "The Black DiMaggio", he once hit a home run off Fidel Castro in an exhibition game in Cuba.^[3]

After his baseball career ended, Thomas worked as a custodian and staff supervisor for the West Virginia Department of Mines and as a messenger for the State Senate. He died on December 2, 1990, in Charleston, West Virginia.^[2]^[4]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "With Taber on Mound Chester Beats Hilldale" Chester Times, Chester, PA, Tuesday, July 29, 1924, Page 6, Column 1
↑ 2.0 2.1 Riley 2002, p. 775.
↑ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1699. ISBN 1-4027-4771-3.
↑ "Clinton C. Thomas, Baseball Player, 94" - New York Times

Sources

Riley, James A. (2002), The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, New York: Carroll & Graf, ISBN 0-7867-0959-6
Baseball Library

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

v t e Hilldale Club 1925 Colored World Series Champions

Otto Briggs George Carr Phil Cockrell Rube Curry George Johnson Judy Johnson Script Lee Biz Mackey Red Ryan Jake Stephens Clint Thomas Frank Warfield Namon Washington Nip Winters Manager Frank Warfield

Persondata
Name	Thomas, Clint
Alternative names	Thomas, Hawk
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	November 25, 1896
Place of birth	Greenup, Kentucky
Date of death	December 2, 1990
Place of death	Charleston, West Virginia

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