Tom Stankard

Tom Stankard
Tom Stankard
	Shortstop/Third Baseman
	Born: March 20, 1882; Waltham, Massachusetts
	Died: June 13, 1958 (aged 76); Waltham, Massachusetts
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	July 2, 1904, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
	July 26, 1904, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Batting average	.000
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
Teams
	Pittsburgh Pirates (1904);

Thomas Francis Stankard (1882–1958), was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and baseball at College of Holy Cross. In 1903, he compiled a .412 batting average for the Holy Cross baseball team and was selected by Walter Camp as a third-team halfback on his 1903 College Football All-America Team.^[1]^[2] In July 1904, he appeared in two games in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates, compiling no hits in two plate appearances.^[3] He also played 11 seasons and more than 1,000 games as a first and second baseman in minor league baseball from 1904 to 1914, including stints with the Springfield Ponies (1906–08, 1913–14), Denver Grizzlies (1909) and Holyoke Papermakers (1912).^[4]

References

^ "Thomas Stankard Is Famous At College". The Pittsburgh Press. December 11, 1903. p. 1.
^ "Walter Camp Names All American Team". The Trenton Times. 1903-12-10.
^ "Tom Stankard". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
^ "Tom Stankard Minor League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

[1] "Thomas Stankard Is Famous At College". The Pittsburgh Press. December 11, 1903. p. 1.

[2] "Walter Camp Names All American Team". The Trenton Times. 1903-12-10.

[3] "Tom Stankard". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

[4] "Tom Stankard Minor League Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 7, 2015.

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