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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Notes:

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

Teammates

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	First	Last	Team	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Neck Stanley	SP	1	1945	1945	NBY	2.6	-0.3	0.0	2.9	0.0
2	Preacher Henry	SP	3	1937	1939	JRC	1.9	-0.3	0.0	2.2	0.0
3	Felix Evans	SP	2	1938	1939	BCA/JRC	1.5	0.3	-0.1	1.4	0.0
4	Smoky Owens	SP	2	1938	1939	JRC	1.4	-0.1	0.0	1.5	0.0
5	Henry Turner	C	3	1937	1939	JRC	1.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
6	Eddie Dixon	SP	1	1939	1939	BCA	1.3	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0
7	Willie Ferrell	SP	2	1938	1939	JRC	1.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
8	Reinaldo Drake	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	1.0	0.5	0.6	0.0	-0.1
9	Red Moore	1B	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1
10	Oscar Boone	C	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.0
11	Al Frazier	2B	3	1937	1939	JRC	0.7	-0.1	0.7	0.0	0.1
12	Jabbo Andrews	LF	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.7	0.4	0.5	-0.1	-0.1
13	Marvin Barker	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.7	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
14	Ty Johnson	SP	1	1937	1937	JRC	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.0
15	Terris McDuffie	RP	1	1938	1938	JRC	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
16	Willie Wells	SS	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.1
17	John Lyles	SS	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.1
18	Ralph Coles	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
19	Parnell Woods	3B	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.5	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
20	Angel García	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0
21	Alex Radcliff	3B	1	1945	1945	IC	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
22	Johnny Ray	CF	2	1939	1945	IC/JRC	0.4	-0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
23	Lacey Thomas	CF	3	1937	1939	JRC	0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
24	Tommy Butts	SS	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.4	-0.2	0.4	0.0	0.1
25	Alphonso Cox	RP	1	1938	1938	JRC	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.0
26	Herb Barnhill	C	2	1937	1938	JRC	0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.0	0.0
27	Martin Crue	SP	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0
28	Don Pelham	CF	1	1937	1937	JRC	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
29	Joe Brown	C	1	1938	1938	JRC	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
30	Felix McLaurin	CF	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.3	0.7	-0.4	0.0	0.0
31	Fay Washington	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0
32	Skin Down Robinson	2B	3	1937	1943	BCA/JRC	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
33	Mint Jones	1B	3	1937	1939	JRC	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.0	-0.2
34	Sam Hairston	3B	1	1945	1945	IC	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
35	Judge Owens	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
36	Eugene Jones	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
37	Red Howard	RP	2	1938	1939	JRC	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0
38	Freddie Shepard	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
39	Ralph Jefferson	3B	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
40	Babe Davis	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.0
41	Dewitt Pritchett	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0
42	Duke Cleveland	RF	2	1938	1939	JRC	0.2	-0.3	0.6	0.0	-0.1
43	Pedro Regalado	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.0
44	Emery Adams	RF	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.2	-0.2	0.2	0.0
45	Dusty Decker	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
46	Jimmie Bennett	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0
47	Pitts	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
48	Bill Cooper	C	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
49	Jack Moore	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Willie Lee	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
51	Clarence Palm	C	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	Percy Forrest	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.1	0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
53	David Whatley	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
54	Alonzo Mitchell	RP	3	1937	1939	JRC	0.1	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.0
55	Gabby Kemp	2B	2	1938	1939	BCA/JRC	0.1	0.9	-1.0	0.0	0.1
56	Hoss Walker	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
57	John McFarland	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Leroy Haynes	LF	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Goose Tatum	1B	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
60	Bo Williams	LF	1	1937	1937	JRC	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
61	Roosevelt Davis	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	Buster Haywood	C	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
63	Reese	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	John Henry McQueen	LF	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
65	Charles Dean	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	Jimmy Everett	-	1	1938	1938	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
67	Walter Burch	C	1	1939	1939	JRC	0.0	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
68	Charles Wesley	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
69	George Scales	1B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1
70	Bozo Jackson	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Flash Miller	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
72	Spencer Davis	3B	2	1938	1939	BCA/JRC	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	Specs Ellis	-	1	1937	1937	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
74	Sunny Jim Echols	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	0.0	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
75	Jackson	3B	1	1937	1937	JRC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Gideon Applegate	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	0.0	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
77	Leroy Sutton	-	1	1945	1945	IC	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
78	Willie Bunn	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
79	Marvin Terrell	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	Richard King	1B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
81	Adolphus Grimes	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Henry Merchant	CF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.1	0.2	-0.3	0.0
83	C. L. Williams	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Red Hadley	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	Eugene Tyler	RF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
86	John Williams	-	1	1938	1938	JRC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	Leroy Cromartie	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	0.0	0.0
88	Dick Seay	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
89	Felix Terry	2B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
90	Guy Smith	RF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.1	0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0
91	Dave Harper	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
92	Fred Wilson	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
93	Hunter	-	1	1937	1937	JRC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
94	Rufus Baker	3B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.1	-0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
95	Bill Kelly	C	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
96	Andy Sarvis	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0.0
97	Henry Lewis	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.2	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0
98	Horatio Lamar	2B	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
99	Greene Farmer	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
100	Alonzo Boone	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
101	Willie Burns	-	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
102	Hayes	-	1	1938	1938	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
103	Jack Bruton	LF	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
104	Bill Perkins	C	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.2	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
105	Thad Christopher	LF	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	0.0	-0.1
106	Claude Poole	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.2	0.1	-0.1	-0.3	0.0
107	Harvey Young	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.2	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
108	Leonard Kendrick	-	1	1943	1943	BCA	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.0	0.0
109	Bernard Fernández	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.2	0.0	0.0	-0.2	0.0
110	Ollie Smith	-	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
111	Claude Hayslett	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
112	Henry Smith	SS	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
113	Leonard Walker	-	1	1937	1937	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
114	Johnny Williams	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.3	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	0.0
115	Andrews	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
116	Satchel Davis	-	1	1939	1939	JRC	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
117	Cliff Blackmon	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
118	Johnny Johnson	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.3	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
119	Armando Vázquez	1B	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	0.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.1
120	Lázaro Medina	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
121	Tee Mitchell	RP	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
122	Nish Williams	C	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
123	Lefty Richburg	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0.0
124	Amos Watson	RP	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	0.0
125	Lamb Barbee	RF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.0
126	Walter Hardy	2B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.4	-0.4	-0.1	0.0	0.1
127	Jim Starks	1B	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.4	-0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
128	Raúl Navarro	LF	1	1945	1945	IC	-0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0	0.0
129	Alphonso Gerard	RF	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	0.0	-0.1
130	Sylvester Owens	CF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0
131	Telosh Howard	-	1	1939	1939	BCA	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.6	0.0
132	Joe Royal	RF	3	1937	1939	JRC	-0.5	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	-0.1
133	Clarence Lamar	SS	2	1938	1939	JRC	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.1
134	George Mack	RP	1	1945	1945	NBY	-0.8	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	0.0
135	Donald Reeves	RF	1	1939	1939	BCA	-1.1	0.4	-0.5	-0.8	-0.1

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