Chuck Tompkins

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Chuck Tompkins (Charles Herbert Tompkins) was an American baseball pitcher who briefly played in Major League Baseball. He was born September 1, 1889, in Prescott, Arkansas, and died September 20, 1975, in Prescott. He batted and threw right-handed.

Tompkins appeared in one major league game for the Cincinnati Reds on June 25, 1912. In that game, he pitched three innings and allowed no earned runs. He also had one at-bat, hitting a single for a perfect 1.000 batting average in his only major league plate appearance. Tompkins is remembered for his rare one-game major league career.