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Dave Thomas

First baseman

Born: March 22, 1905
Mobile, Alabama

Died: July 27, 1968 (aged 63)
Mobile, Alabama

Batted: Left

Threw: Left

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. 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.

Thomas died in Mobile in 1968 at age 63.

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