Philly Holmes - Seamheads Negro Leagues Database

Philly Holmes

Leroy Holmes
(Buddy)

Born: December 12, 1912 in Brunswick, GA
Died: October 7, 1985 in Atlanta, GA
(72 years old)

Bats: L

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 169

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Biographical
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Notes:

• College: Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, FL)
• Buried: Lincoln Memorial Cemetery (Atlanta, GA)
• Relatives: Lefty Holmes (Brother)

Batting

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	24	SS	5	20	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1		1			0	0			.105	.150	.105	.255	-15
1938	JRC	NAL	25	SS	15	76	69	9	17	1	2	1	12	5		6			0	1			.246	.307	.362	.669	89
1939	CBR/IAB	NAL	26	SS	9	32	27	6	5	1	0	0	2	2		4				1			.185	.290	.222	.513	50
1945	NBY/CIC	NN2/NAL	32	2B	24	100	96	9	26	1	3	0	11	1	0	4		0	0	0			.271	.300	.344	.644	84
4	4			SS	53	228	211	25	50	3	5	1	25	9	0	15		0	0	2			.237	.288	.313	.600	72
162 Game Average						697	645	76	153	9	15	3	76	58	0	46		0	0	6			.237	.288	.313	.600	72

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	13	51	49	6	12	0	1	0	3	1	0	2		0	0	0			.245	.275	.286	.560	64
1	New York Black Yankees			2B	11	49	47	3	14	1	2	0	8	0		2		0	0	0			.298	.327	.404	.731	104

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
1937	JRC	IND	20		.130	.281		5.0%	6.4%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.093
1938	JRC	NAL	76		.310	.328		7.9%	7.8%								1.3%	0.7%		.116	.098
1939	CBR/IAB	NAL	32		.256	.323		12.5%				9.2%					0.0%	0.8%		.037	.097
1945	NBY/CIC	NN2/NAL	100		.304	.328		4.0%				7.9%					0.0%	0.7%		.073	.094
4	4		228		.284	.323		6.6%	7.9%								0.4%	0.7%		.076	.096

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
3	Jacksonville Red Caps		116		.281	.319		8.6%	7.8%								0.9%	0.7%		.086	.097
1	Atlanta Black Crackers		12		.142	.328		8.3%	9.3%								0.0%	0.8%		.000	.099
1	New York Black Yankees		49		.342	.336		4.1%	8.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.106	.099
1	Indianapolis Clowns		51		.267	.319		3.9%	6.9%								0.0%	0.6%		.041	.088

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