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

About Graph

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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	91
1939	CBR/IAB	NAL	26	SS	11	42	35	6	7	1	0	0	3	3		6			0	1			.200	.317	.229	.546	59
1943	BCA	IND	30	SP	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0			0	0
1945	CIC/NBY	NAL/NN2	32	2B	24	100	96	9	26	1	3	0	11	1		4			0	0			.271	.300	.344	.644	84
5	4			SS	56	238	219	25	52	3	5	1	26	10		17			0	2			.237	.292	.311	.603	73
162 Game Average						689	634	72	150	9	14	3	75	29		49			0	6			.237	.292	.311	.603	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	27	122	109	14	23	2	2	1	14	8		12			0	1			.211	.289	.294	.583	69
2	Atlanta Black Crackers			SS	5	16	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	1		1			0	1			.214	.267	.214	.481	38
1	Indianapolis Clowns			2B	13	51	49	6	12	0	1	0	3	1		2			0	0			.245	.275	.286	.560	65
1	New York Black Yankees			2B	11	49	47	3	14	1	2	0	8	0		2			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	.326		7.9%	7.8%								1.3%	0.7%		.116	.097
1939	CBR/IAB	NAL	42		.276	.326		14.3%	0.2%			8.5%			40.48		0.0%	0.7%		.029	.099
1943	BCA	IND			.000	.284			4.8%									0.4%			.085
1945	CIC/NBY	NAL/NN2	100		.304	.328		4.0%				7.9%					0.0%	0.7%		.073	.094
5	4		238		.286	.323		7.1%	7.8%								0.4%	0.7%		.073	.095

Year	Team	Lg	PA		wOBA	LG		BB%	LG		K%	LG		BB/K	LG		HR%	LG		ISO	LG
3	Jacksonville Red Caps		122		.280	.318		9.8%	7.7%								0.8%	0.7%		.083	.097
2	Atlanta Black Crackers		16		.226	.328		6.3%	8.5%								0.0%	0.7%		.000	.099
1	Indianapolis Clowns		51		.267	.320		3.9%	7.0%								0.0%	0.6%		.041	.088
1	New York Black Yankees		49		.342	.337		4.1%	8.9%								0.0%	0.9%		.106	.100

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