Philly Holmes

Leroy Thomas Holmes

Born: January 14, 1914 in Brunswick, GA
Died: September 10, 1964 in Beaufort, SC
(50 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 170

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Notes:

• College: Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, FL)
• Buried: Beaufort National Cemetery (Beaufort, SC)

Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1937	JRC	IND	23	SS	5	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	0			.105	.150	.105	.255	-16
1938	JRC	NAL	24	SS	15	76	69	9	17	1	2	1	12	5		6			0	1			.246	.307	.362	.669	89
1939	CBR/IAB	NAL	25	SS	9	32	27	6	5	1	0	0	2	2		4				1			.185	.290	.222	.513	50
1945	NBY/CIC	NN2/NAL	31	2B	20	87	84	9	25	0	1	0	12	1		3			0	0			.298	.322	.321	.643	88
4	4			SS	49	215	199	25	49	2	3	1	26	9		14			0	2			.246	.296	.302	.597	73
162 Game Average						711	658	83	162	7	10	3	86	36		46			0	7			.246	.296	.302	.597	73

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
3	Jacksonville Red Caps			SS	26	116	105	14	23	2	2	1	14	8		10			0	1			.219	.287	.305	.592	71
1	Atlanta Black Crackers			SS	3	12	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		1				1			.100	.182	.100	.282	-19
1	Indianapolis Clowns			2B	9	38	37	6	11	0	1	0	3	1		1			0	0			.297	.316	.351	.667	98
1	New York Black Yankees			2B	11	49	47	3	14	0	0	0	9	0		2			0	0			.298	.327	.298	.624	79

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1937	JRC	IND	20	.130	.286	5.0%	6.5%					0.0%	0.7%	.000	.093
1938	JRC	NAL	76	.311	.329	7.9%	7.8%					1.3%	0.7%	.116	.097
1939	CBR/IAB	NAL	32	.256	.322	12.5%			9.1%			0.0%	0.8%	.037	.097
1945	NBY/CIC	NN2/NAL	87	.309	.324	3.4%			7.9%			0.0%	0.7%	.024	.089
4	4		215	.285	.322	6.5%	7.9%					0.5%	0.7%	.055	.093

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
3	Jacksonville Red Caps		116	.282	.320	8.6%	7.8%					0.9%	0.7%	.086	.096
1	Atlanta Black Crackers		12	.142	.328	8.3%	9.3%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.099
1	New York Black Yankees		49	.306	.332	4.1%	8.6%					0.0%	0.8%	.000	.089
1	Indianapolis Clowns		38	.314	.314	2.6%	7.0%					0.0%	0.6%	.054	.088

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All biographical data, copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1887-1922 and 1926-1938, as well as all Cuban League games (1902-1928) and Negro League vs. Major League games (1887-1944), copyright 2011-2018 Gary Ashwill.

Playing statistics for 1923 (except Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Patrick Rock.

Playing statistics for 1933 and 1943, copyright 2013-2018 Scott Simkus.

Playing statistics for 1924-1925, 1939-1942, and 1944-1946 Negro Leagues (not including Cuban League and Negro League vs. Major League games), copyright 2011-2018 Larry Lester, Wayne Stivers, Gary Ashwill.

Logo by Gary Cieradkowski

Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James

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