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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.

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