Virgil Thompson

Virgil E. Thompson

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 178 lb.

• School Western Teachers College

• Born June 18, 1918 in Augusta, IL, USA

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Biographical Information

Curveball pitcher Virgil Thompson played for Team USA in the 1938 Amateur World Series. He was Team USA's starting pitcher in the first game of the series and thus the first player ever to pitch in an international tournament for the United States. He was 6-5 with a 6.60 ERA for the 1940 Hot Springs Bathers. In 1941, he went 12-12 with a 5.69 ERA for two teams in the Cotton States League. The Hull Daily Mail of Tuesday 9 August 1938 reported that he was a student at Western Teachers College, McComb, Illinois.

Sources

• Great Britain Baseball Scorers Association
• Baseball in Europe by Josh Chetwynd
• Ship's passenger list of the "President Roosevelt" arriving at New York on the 10th September 1938 and the "President Harding" arriving at Plymouth, England on the 11th August 1938 available at [1]