Tommy Holmes

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Full Name: Thomas Francis Holmes	Primary Position: OF
Height/Weight: 5' 10"/180	First Game: April 14, 1942
Birthdate: March 29, 1917	Final Game: September 28, 1952
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York	MLB Experience: 11 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
6 Picture Gallery
7 See Also
8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Tommy Holmes (Thomas Francis Holmes) was born on March 29, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Died: April 14, 2008 Boca Raton, Florida. He made his Major League debut on April 14, 1942 for the Boston Braves. In 1942, his rookie year, he hit .278 with 4 home runs and 41 RBI. Holmes played for the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers over the course of his 11 year career.

Most people believe that Tommy Holmes's best season was 1945, when he slugged 28 home runs, hit for a .352 average and knocked in 117 runs.

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[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1942	BOS	N	141	558	56	155	4	41	.278	.353	.357	24	4	64	10	1	10	2	0	2
1943	BOS	N	152	629	75	170	5	41	.270	.334	.378	33	10	58	20	2	8	7	0	7
1944	BOS	N	155	631	93	195	13	73	.309	.372	.456	42	6	61	11	2	11	4	0	7
1945	BOS	N	154	636	125	224	28	117	.352	.420	.577	47	6	70	9	4	3	15	0	11
1946	BOS	N	149	568	80	176	6	79	.310	.377	.424	35	6	58	14	3	13	7	0	15
1947	BOS	N	150	618	90	191	9	53	.309	.360	.416	33	3	44	16	5	9	3	0	15
1948	BOS	N	139	585	85	190	6	61	.325	.375	.439	35	7	46	20	1	7	1	0	18
1949	BOS	N	117	380	47	101	8	59	.266	.337	.403	20	4	39	6	2	4	1	0	10
1950	BOS	N	105	322	44	96	9	51	.298	.370	.450	20	1	33	8	4	4	0	0	10
1951	BOS	N	27	29	1	5	0	5	.172	.250	.241	2	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0
1952	BRO	N	31	36	2	4	0	1	.111	.200	.139	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	1
Total			1320	4992	698	1507	88	581	.302	.366	.432	292	47	480	122	24	69	40	0	96

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1942	BOS	N	OF	140	0	0	373	16	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.990
1943	BOS	N	OF	152	0	0	408	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	.993
1944	BOS	N	OF	155	0	0	426	14	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.991
1945	BOS	N	OF	154	0	0	334	13	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1946	BOS	N	OF	146	0	0	294	17	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1947	BOS	N	OF	147	0	0	336	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1948	BOS	N	OF	137	0	0	283	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	.983
1949	BOS	N	OF	103	0	0	210	10	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	.987
1950	BOS	N	OF	88	0	0	151	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1951	BOS	N	OF	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1952	BRO	N	OF	6	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			OF	1231	0	0	2823	115	33	37	0	0	0	0	0	.989

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1937).
Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named later (December 9, 1941); New York Yankees received Buddy Hassett (December 16, 1941) and Gene Moore (February 5, 1942).
Released by Boston Braves (January 16, 1952).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 17, 1952).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (October 15, 1952).

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