Up today is Sam Thompson, 19th-century slugger for the Detroit Wolverines and Philadelphia Phillies ... In the eight seasons from 1889 to 1896, Hamilton was a model of remarkable consistency.

400 in the same season will be honored the same way as the Philadelphia Phillies players ... Billy Hamilton and Sam Thompson were the Phillies' regular outfielders from 1891-95.

In 1884, a 24-year-old Sam Thompson ... favorite in Detroit. Thompson only spent four seasons in Detroit before the team fizzled out of existence. Immediately, the Philadelphia Quakers (Phillies ...