Sloppy Thurston Stats

Sloppy Thurston was born on Friday, June 2, 1899, in Fremont, Nebraska. Thurston was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 19, 1923, with the St. Louis Browns. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Sloppy Thurston baseball stats page.

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Sloppy Thurston



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Birth Name:   Hollis John Thurston
Nickname:   Sloppy
Born On:   06-02-1899  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Fremont, Nebraska
Year of Death Data Died On:   09-14-1973 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Los Angeles, California
Cemetery:   Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, California
High School:   Polytechnic High School (Los Angeles, CA)
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   165
First Game:   04-19-1923 (Age 23)
Last Game:   10-01-1933
Draft:   Not Applicable

Sloppy Thurston

Sloppy Thurston Pitching Stats

1923 24 Browns 2 1 1 0 0 .000 6.75 0 0 0 4.0 22 8 3 4 0 2 - 0 0 0 0 -
1923 24 White Sox 44 12 29 7 8 .467 3.05 8 0 4 191.2 796 223 65 70 11 36 - 55 0 1 0 -
1924 25 White Sox 38 36 2 20 14 .588 3.80 28 1 1 291.0 1,251 330 123 150 17 60 - 37 5 6 0 -
1925 26 White Sox 36 25 6 10 14 .417 5.95 9 0 1 183.0 824 250 121 143 14 47 - 35 4 5 0 -
1926 27 White Sox 31 13 15 6 8 .429 5.02 6 1 3 134.1 592 164 75 85 10 36 - 35 1 1 1 -
1927 28 Senators 29 28 1 13 13 .500 4.47 13 2 0 205.1 914 254 102 118 16 60 - 38 1 2 1 -
1930 31 Robins 24 11 10 6 4 .600 3.40 5 2 1 106.0 437 110 40 46 4 17 - 26 1 0 0 -
1931 32 Robins 24 17 6 9 9 .500 3.97 11 0 0 143.0 633 175 63 72 3 39 - 23 2 1 0 -
1932 33 Dodgers 28 20 5 12 8 .600 4.06 10 2 0 153.0 652 174 69 81 14 38 - 35 0 1 0 -
1933 34 Dodgers 32 15 14 6 8 .429 4.52 5 0 3 131.1 591 171 66 70 4 34 - 22 5 6 0 -
9 Years 288 178 89 89 86 .509 4.24 95 8 13 1,542.2 6,712 1,859 727 839 93 369 - 306 19 23 2 -

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Sloppy Thurston Hitting Stats

1923 24 Browns 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1923 24 White Sox 45 79 10 25 5 1 0 0 4 2 - 6 1 - 0 - .316 .333 .405
1924 25 White Sox 51 122 15 31 6 3 1 0 9 5 - 14 5 - 1 - .254 .289 .377
1925 26 White Sox 44 84 2 24 7 2 0 0 13 5 - 13 3 - 0 - .286 .326 .417
1926 27 White Sox 38 61 5 19 4 0 0 0 5 3 - 6 1 - 1 - .311 .354 .377
1927 28 Senators 42 92 11 29 4 2 2 0 17 5 - 10 4 - 0 - .315 .351 .467
1930 31 Robins 36 50 3 10 3 0 1 0 11 0 0 16 4 - 1 - .200 .216 .320
1931 32 Robins 24 60 8 13 2 1 1 0 8 2 - 10 2 - 0 - .217 .242 .333
1932 33 Dodgers 29 56 7 17 5 1 0 0 5 2 - 9 2 - 0 - .304 .328 .429
1933 34 Dodgers 32 44 4 7 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 7 1 - 0 1 .159 .159 .205
9 Years 343 648 65 175 38 10 5 0 79 24 0 91 23 0 3 1 .270 .299 .383

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Sloppy Thurston Fielding Stats

1923 Browns P 2 1 12 2 1.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 2.25
1923 White Sox P 44 12 575 56 1.3 55 6 49 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .982 2.58
1924 White Sox P 38 36 873 93 2.4 90 15 75 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.78
1924 White Sox RF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1925 White Sox P 36 25 549 72 2.0 70 15 55 2 4 n/a n/a n/a .972 3.44
1926 White Sox P 31 13 403 35 1.1 34 4 30 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.28
1927 Senators P 29 28 616 62 2.1 58 12 46 4 4 n/a n/a n/a .935 2.54
1930 Robins P 24 11 318 33 1.4 33 3 30 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.80
1931 Robins P 24 17 429 35 1.5 33 3 30 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .943 2.08
1932 Dodgers P 28 20 459 44 1.6 44 10 34 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.59
1933 Dodgers P 32 15 394 44 1.4 43 3 40 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 2.95
P Totals 288 178 4,628 476 1.7 461 71 390 15 18 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.69
RF Totals 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
9 Years 289 178 4,628 476 1.6 461 71 390 15 18 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.69

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Sloppy Thurston Miscellaneous Stats

1923 Browns 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 4.50
1923 White Sox 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 13.2 19.8 1.53 2.58 1.69
1924 White Sox 0 0 .000 11 1 n/a 122.0 8.7 13.6 0.62 1.14 1.86
1925 White Sox 0 0 .000 7 0 n/a 0.0 6.5 6.5 0.74 1.72 2.31
1926 White Sox 0 1 .000 6 1 n/a 0.0 10.2 12.2 0.97 2.34 2.41
1927 Senators 1 0 1.000 13 0 n/a 46.0 9.2 5.4 0.63 1.67 2.63
1930 Robins 0 - - 12 0 n/a 50.0 3.1 4.5 1.53 2.21 1.44
1931 Robins 0 - - 0 0 n/a 60.0 6.0 7.5 0.59 1.45 2.45
1932 Dodgers 0 - - 1 0 n/a 0.0 6.2 11.2 0.92 2.06 2.24
1933 Dodgers 0 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 6.3 6.3 0.65 1.51 2.33
9 Years 1 1 .500 51 2 n/a 129.6 7.1 8.2 0.83 1.79 2.15

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Sloppy Thurston Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1923 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a -
1923 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1924 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1925 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1926 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -
1927 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1930 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1931 Brooklyn Robins n/a Undetermined n/a -
1932 Brooklyn Dodgers 20 Undetermined n/a -
1933 Brooklyn Dodgers 20 Undetermined - -

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