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Tommy Holmes
Full name Thomas Francis Holmes Born March 29, 1917, Brooklyn, New York Died April 14, 2008, Boca Raton, Florida Buried at Forest Lawn North Cemetery, Pompano Beach, Florida First Game: April 14, 1942 ; Final Game: October 7, 1952 Managed First Game: June 20, 1951 ; Managed Final Game: May 30, 1952 Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180 Named NL Most Valuable Player by The Sporting News (1945) Named NL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1945) Named outfielder on The Sporting News Major League All-Star Team (1945) Ejections as player: 1949 (1) Ejections as manager: 1951 (2) SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1942 BOS N Daily Splits 141 558 56 155 24 4 4 41 64 2 10 1 10 0 13 2 2 8 .278 .353 .357 1.2 1942 BOS N
1943 BOS N Daily Splits 152 629 75 170 33 10 5 41 58 2 20 2 8 0 9 7 7 4 .270 .334 .378 0.0 1943 BOS N
1944 BOS N Daily Splits 155 631 93 195 42 6 13 73 61 5 11 2 11 0 13 7 4 3 .309 .372 .456 1.6 1944 BOS N
1945 BOS N Daily Splits 154 636 125 224 47 6 28 117 70 8 9 4 3 0 14 11 15 2 .352 .420 .577 5.0 1945 BOS N
1946 BOS N Daily Splits 149 568 80 176 35 6 6 79 58 2 14 3 13 0 16 15 7 2 .310 .377 .424 2.2 1946 BOS N
1947 BOS N Daily Splits 150 618 90 191 33 3 9 53 44 5 16 5 9 0 16 15 3 0 .309 .360 .416 0.9 1947 BOS N
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 139 585 85 190 35 7 6 61 46 5 20 1 7 0 6 18 1 2 .325 .375 .439 1.3 1948 BOS N
1949 BOS N Daily Splits 117 380 47 101 20 4 8 59 39 2 6 2 4 0 6 10 1 3 .266 .337 .403 0.2 1949 BOS N
1950 BOS N Daily Splits 105 322 44 96 20 1 9 51 33 4 8 4 4 0 9 10 0 1 .298 .370 .450 0.9 1950 BOS N
1951 BOS N Daily Splits 27 29 1 5 2 0 0 5 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .172 .250 .241 -0.3 1951 BOS N
1952 BRO N Daily Splits 31 36 2 4 1 0 0 1 4 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .111 .200 .139 -0.5 1952 BRO N
Total (11 Years) Splits 1320 4992 698 1507 292 47 88 581 480 37 122 24 69 0 104 96 40 25 .302 .366 .432 12.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 6 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 .192 .192 1948 BOS N
1952 BRO N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1952 BRO N
Total ( 2 Years) Splits 9 27 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1948 NL
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1942 BOS N Daily Splits OF 140 139 132 1222.2 373 16 4 4 0 .990 0 137 3
1942 BOS N CF 137 136 129 1194.2 364 16 4 3 0 .990
1942 BOS N RF 3 3 3 28 6 1 0 1 0 1.000
1943 BOS N Daily Splits OF 152 152 152 1389.1 408 18 3 3 0 .993 2 149 1
1943 BOS N CF 149 149 149 1364.1 400 17 3 3 0 .993
1943 BOS N LF 2 2 2 17 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
1943 BOS N RF 1 1 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1944 BOS N Daily Splits OF 155 155 154 1386.2 426 14 4 7 0 .991 2 154 0
1944 BOS N CF 154 153 153 1369.2 432 16 3 6 0 .993
1944 BOS N LF 2 2 1 17 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1945 BOS N Daily Splits OF 154 154 153 1390.2 334 13 6 4 0 .983 32 1 122
1945 BOS N RF 122 122 121 1095.2 258 14 6 4 0 .978
1945 BOS N LF 32 32 32 294 73 0 0 0 0 1.000
1945 BOS N CF 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BOS N Daily Splits OF 146 146 141 1284.2 294 17 4 7 0 .987 1 1 144
1946 BOS N RF 144 144 139 1267.2 294 17 4 7 0 .987
1946 BOS N LF 1 1 1 9 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1946 BOS N CF 1 1 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
1947 BOS N Daily Splits OF 148 142 140 1273.2 336 12 4 4 0 .989 0 0 148
1947 BOS N RF 148 142 140 1273.2 339 13 4 4 0 .989
1948 BOS N Daily Splits OF 137 137 126 1201 283 8 5 4 0 .983 0 0 137
1948 BOS N RF 137 137 126 1201 281 8 5 4 0 .983
1949 BOS N Daily Splits OF 103 97 88 871 210 10 3 4 0 .987 0 0 103
1949 BOS N RF 103 97 88 871 209 9 3 5 0 .986
1950 BOS N Daily Splits OF 88 82 68 709.2 151 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 0 88
1950 BOS N RF 88 82 68 703.2 148 5 0 0 0 1.000
1950 BOS N LF 1 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 BOS N Daily Splits OF 3 2 0 14 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 1
1951 BOS N LF 2 2 0 13 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1951 BOS N RF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1952 BRO N Daily Splits OF 6 1 0 32 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 6
1952 BRO N RF 6 1 0 32 5 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total (11 Years) Splits OF 1232 1207 1154 10775.1 2823 115 33 37 0 .989 40 442 753
Total (10 Years) RF 753 729 686 6481.2 1542 68 22 25 0 .987
Total ( 5 Years) CF 442 439 432 3937.2 1198 49 10 12 0 .992
Total ( 6 Years) LF 40 39 36 356 84 1 1 0 0 .988
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1948 BOS N Daily Splits OF 6 6 6 52 10 2 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 6
1948 BOS N RF 6 6 6 52 10 2 0 1 0 1.000
1952 BRO N Daily Splits OF 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 3 0 0
1952 BRO N LF 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits OF 9 6 6 57 12 2 0 1 0 1.000 3 0 6
Total ( 1 Year ) RF 6 6 6 52 10 2 0 1 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) LF 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1948 NL Daily Splits OF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1
1948 NL RF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1951 BOS N 95 48 47 .505 460 427 6-20 5 4
1952 BOS N 35 13 22 .371 125 162 5-30 7 7
Total ( 2 Years) 130 61 69 .469 585 589
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
8-25-1949 BOX BOS N Lon Warneke Call at HP
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
7- 2-1951 BOX BOS N Lon Warneke Call at 2B
9-23-1951 BOX BOS N Frank Dascoli Call at 1B
Transaction Information
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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