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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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  • 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.

[edit] Statistics

[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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