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Thomas
Ringgold		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: June 14, 1917 in Usa
 
Hall of Fame
Awards & Accomplishments
Class A Championships Won 1940    1950   
Joe Munson Award 1951   
All-Star Selections 1943    1944    1945    1946    1948    1949    1950    1951   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Joe Munson Award or Mel Parnell Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1938 21 BNG EL 50 72 14 18 3 2 6 15 0 0 6 18 .250 .308 .597 .905 12.7  
1939 22 BNG EL 67 68 9 20 4 0 6 24 1 0 8 18 .294 .364 .618 .981 14.0  
1940 23 BNG EL 71 98 20 24 0 3 12 23 1 0 6 27 .245 .288 .673 .962 17.3  
1941 24 BNG EL 74 150 30 39 8 7 13 32 2 2 11 35 .260 .315 .667 .981 29.8  
1942 25 BNG EL 99 230 32 45 9 2 15 40 0 4 22 45 .196 .271 .448 .718 24.6  
1943 26 BNG EL 126 404 82 112 18 5 35 103 5 8 41 81 .277 .349 .606 .955 78.6  
1944 27 BNG EL 128 397 63 102 21 10 35 81 6 4 28 89 .257 .316 .625 .940 75.9  
1945 28 BNG EL 124 406 76 122 24 8 36 90 2 2 24 97 .300 .340 .665 1.005 86.7  
1946 29 BNG EL 125 447 79 139 27 11 34 98 3 4 23 90 .311 .349 .649 .997 91.7  
1947 30 BNG EL 129 497 80 159 25 10 37 90 0 2 28 85 .320 .358 .634 .992 100.0  
1948 31 BNG EL 131 489 85 154 24 10 35 98 0 3 34 45 .315 .364 .620 .984 99.0  
1949 32 BNG EL 135 506 82 164 19 5 40 94 2 4 22 21 .324 .356 .619 .975 98.5  
1950 33 BNG EL 133 506 72 138 16 4 25 91 0 5 23 25 .273 .304 .468 .772 68.8  
1951 34 NSH SA 128 517 82 163 24 14 30 102 2 3 30 46 .315 .357 .590 .947 98.0  
1952 35 NSH SA 120 439 59 125 22 5 17 72 2 7 21 26 .285 .318 .474 .792 60.4  
1953 36 NSH SA 124 401 53 98 15 0 17 58 0 1 28 25 .244 .297 .409 .706 51.2  
1954 37 NSH SA 112 327 39 86 14 2 12 63 1 2 18 30 .263 .304 .428 .732 41.4  
1955 38 NSH SA 31 35 4 8 1 0 1 6 0 0 1 6 .229 .250 .343 .593 2.7  
18 Years Sim 1907 5989 961 1716 274 98 406 1180 27 51 374 809 .287 .332 .568 .900 1051.2  
162 Game Average 508 81 145 23 8 34 100 2 4 31 68 .287 .332 .568 .900 89.3  
Career Highs 135 517 85 164 27 14 40 103 6 8 41 97 .324 .364 .673 1.005 100.0  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Top Fielders Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1938 21 BNG EL RF 27 8 102.3 21 0 1 0 .955 1.85    
1939 22 BNG EL RF 30 0 41.7 10 1 1 0 .917 2.38    
1940 23 BNG EL RF 31 9 123.7 20 1 0 0 1.000 1.53    
1941 24 BNG EL RF 55 30 321.7 65 1 2 0 .971 1.85    
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
    CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1942 25 BNG EL RF 89 45 474.7 115 4 2 0 .983 2.26    
1943 26 BNG EL RF 118 97 897.3 191 10 11 3 .948 2.02    
1944 27 BNG EL RF 119 91 869.0 176 5 6 2 .968 1.87    
1945 28 BNG EL RF 115 96 881.7 183 7 5 1 .974 1.94    
    LF 1 1 9.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00    
1946 29 BNG EL RF 122 113 989.7 210 7 6 2 .973 1.97    
1947 30 BNG EL RF 127 120 1093.7 259 9 6 0 .978 2.21    
1948 31 BNG EL RF 129 123 1076.0 228 9 7 2 .971 1.98    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00    
1949 32 BNG EL RF 126 120 1078.7 186 14 4 3 .980 1.67    
    SS 4 4 36.0 8 5 0 2 1.000 3.25    
1950 33 BNG EL RF 130 122 1104.7 198 7 9 1 .958 1.67    
    SS 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13    
1951 34 NSH SA RF 128 124 1138.3 250 15 8 3 .971 2.10    
1952 35 NSH SA RF 115 105 963.7 206 4 7 0 .968 1.96    
1953 36 NSH SA RF 114 101 905.0 224 6 2 1 .991 2.29    
    3B 2 1 10.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.90    
1954 37 NSH SA RF 93 78 707.7 161 4 10 2 .943 2.10    
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00    
1955 38 NSH SA RF 8 3 33.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.91    
    SS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 18.00    
  RF 1676 1385 12802.3 2709 105 87 20 .970 1.98    
  SS 6 5 45.0 10 6 0 3 1.000 3.20    
  LF 3 1 13.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46    
  3B 2 1 10.0 0 1 1 0 .500 0.90    
  CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 2 0 2.0 3 1 0 1 1.000 18.00    
Career Totals   1691 1392 12875.3 2727 113 88 24 .970 1.99    
Career Highs   131 124 1138.3 259 19 11 5 1.000 2.38    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1939 22 BNG EL 0 8 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .375 .333 .750 1.083
1940 23 BNG EL 0 7 2 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .714 1.000
1941 24 BNG EL 3 11 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .182 .250 .455 .705
1942 25 BNG EL 8 29 5 8 3 0 3 9 0 0 1 9 .276 .303 .690 .993
1944 27 BNG EL 2 8 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .750 1.000
1950 33 BNG EL 10 38 7 10 0 0 3 9 0 0 1 2 .263 .282 .500 .782
1951 34 NSH SA 5 19 3 7 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .368 .429 .632 1.060
1953 36 NSH SA 2 10 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .545 .600 1.145
Career Post-Season Batting 30 130 22 39 8 1 10 28 0 0 6 17 .300 .329 .608 .936
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1946-6-.311
1947-7-.320
1948-3-.315
1949-5-.324
1951-8-.315
 On-Base Pct
1948-7-.364
 Slugging Pct
1943-3-.606
1944-1-.625
1945-1-.665
1946-2-.649
1947-1-.634
1948-2-.620
1949-2-.619
1951-2-.590
CAR-6-.568
 OPS
1943-5-.955
1944-4-.940
1945-3-1.005
1946-2-.997
1947-3-.992
1948-3-.984
1949-2-.975
1951-4-.947
CAR-16-.900
 XR
1945-9-86.7
1946-5-91.7
1947-2-100.0
1948-3-99.0
1949-2-98.5
1951-6-98.0
CAR-11-1051.2
 Games
1948-9-131
1949-1-135
1950-5-133
CAR-5-1907
At-Bats
1947-8-497
1949-9-506
1950-8-506
1951-5-517
CAR-11-5989
 Runs
1943-9-82
1946-7-79
1947-6-80
1948-6-85
1949-6-82
1951-9-82
CAR-14-961
 Hits
1947-5-159
1948-5-154
1949-5-164
1951-6-163
CAR-15-1716
 Total Bases
1943-8-245
1944-7-248
1945-4-270
1946-3-290
1947-2-315
1948-2-303
1949-2-313
1950-9-237
1951-2-305
CAR-7-3404
 Singles
CAR-41-938
 Doubles
CAR-31-274
Triples
1944-5-10
1945-6-8
1946-2-11
1947-4-10
1948-1-10
1951-1-14
CAR-7-98
 Homeruns
1943-2-35
1944-1-35
1945-2-36
1946-3-34
1947-1-37
1948-3-35
1949-2-40
1950-8-25
1951-2-30
CAR-2-406
 RBIs
1943-2-103
1944-9-81
1945-5-90
1946-3-98
1947-4-90
1948-4-98
1949-2-94
1950-5-91
1951-2-102
CAR-5-1180
 Caught Stealing
1943-5-8
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 16)
   Gray Ink Test: 159    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 113)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 39    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 40)
 
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  1. Joseph Corcoran (879)
  2. Arthur Leon (835)
  3. Christopher Sherrill (833)
  4. Bo Burnett (833)
  5. Phillip Kaiser (799)
  6. David Deluca (790)
  7. Brian Peterman (789)
  8. Donny Smith (786)
  9. Vicente Plante (782)
  10. William Raasch (773)
History
Had first career hit on 5/6/1938, off Gregory Guay (WB)
Hit first career homerun on 7/9/1938, off Hollis Stone (HFD)
Hit 3 homeruns against Scranton, driving in 4 runs on 5/6/1940
Won Class A Championship with Binghamton in 1940
Drove in 6 runs against Utica on 6/9/1943
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1943, hitting .333 with 13 HR, 27 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Utica on 8/10/1943
Won Player of the Week award on 8/14/1943, hitting .409 with 5 HR, 17 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1944, hitting .444 with 5 HR, 13 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Williamsport on 4/27/1944
Was selected to the 1944 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1944, hitting .364 with 5 HR, 12 RBI
Was selected to the 1945 Allstar game
Injured on 4/15/1946 with a Strained Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 1946 Allstar game
Hit 3 homeruns against Elmira, driving in 6 runs on 9/3/1947
Won Player of the Week award on 9/4/1947, hitting .481 with 6 HR, 10 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1948, hitting .414 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/12/1948, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Was selected to the 1948 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Hartford on 8/6/1948
Injured on 9/8/1948 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Wilkes-Barre on 4/18/1949
Won Player of the Week award on 5/1/1949, hitting .360 with 5 HR, 9 RBI
Was selected to the 1949 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/31/1949, hitting .480 with 6 HR, 11 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1949, hitting .343 with 12 HR, 30 RBI
Injured on 9/9/1949 with a Broken Foot, out for 6 weeks
Was selected to the 1950 Allstar game
Won Class A Championship with Binghamton in 1950
Signed as a free agent by Nashville on 2/23/1951 to a 5-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Hit 3 homeruns against Mobile, driving in 4 runs on 4/28/1951
Was selected to the 1951 Allstar game
Won Joe Munson Award in 1951, hitting .315 with 30 HR, 102 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/1952, hitting .480 with 4 HR, 9 RBI
 
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