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)

Compared to Contemporary Shortstops (Top 50)

Glossary

#	Players	Pos	Yrs	Career	HoF	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1	Willie Wells	SS	25	1924-1948	✔	69.5	50.0	11.3	0.1	8.4
2	Sam Bankhead	SS	17	1932-1948		30.5	17.0	9.8	0.3	3.4
3	Silvio García	SS	8	1936-1947		21.1	17.2	0.9	0.2	2.8
4	Monte Irvin	SS	10	1938-1948	✔	17.8	18.0	-0.9	0.0	0.7
5	Jesse Williams	SS	8	1939-1946		15.4	8.1	5.0	0.0	2.3
6	Tommy Butts	SS	11	1938-1948		14.5	3.2	7.6	0.0	3.6
7	Chester Williams	SS	13	1930-1942		14.4	5.9	4.4	0.0	4.1
8	Bus Clarkson	SS	6	1938-1946		12.5	12.2	-1.1	0.0	1.3
9	Leroy Morney	SS	13	1932-1944		5.3	4.9	-1.2	0.0	1.6
10	Francisco Correa	SS	11	1926-1941		3.7	0.8	0.4	0.0	2.5
11	Apolinar Pulido	SS	7	1940-1946		1.9	0.1	-1.3	0.0	3.0
12	Ralph Wyatt	SS	6	1941-1946		1.5	1.0	-0.3	0.0	0.8
13	Hoss Walker	SS	19	1929-1948		1.3	-3.2	2.4	0.2	2.0
14	Skeeter Scalzi	SS	2	1940-1946		0.8	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
15	Clarence Lamar	SS	9	1936-1944		0.6	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.6
16	Larnie Jordan	SS	4	1936-1942		0.6	1.1	-0.8	0.0	0.4
17	T. J. Brown	SS	9	1939-1948		0.4	0.3	-0.9	0.0	1.0
18	John Lyles	SS	9	1932-1943		0.4	1.5	-1.4	0.0	0.4
19	Emmett Mueller	SS	4	1936-1942		0.3	0.4	-0.2	0.0	0.1
20	Jimmy Johnson	SS	4	1932-1943		0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3
21	Vernon Riddick	SS	2	1939-1941		0.1	-0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
22	Oscar Givens	SS	3	1939-1948		0.0	0.3	-0.4	0.0	0.1
23	Vicente Moctezuma	SS	1	1941		-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
24	Ulysses Redd	SS	2	1940-1941		-0.1	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.2
25	Ormond Sampson	SS	4	1932-1941		-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.1	0.2
26	Melvin Coleman	SS	2	1937-1944		-0.2	0.2	-0.4	0.0	0.1
27	Ramón Lagunas	SS	3	1940-1942		-0.2	-1.6	0.0	0.0	1.4
28	Leo Sanders	SS	3	1937-1942		-0.2	-0.2	-0.1	0.0	0.1
29	Anthony Cooper	SS	10	1928-1941		-0.3	-2.1	1.6	-0.4	0.6
30	Flash Miller	SS	8	1934-1945		-0.4	0.2	-1.1	0.0	0.4
31	Philly Holmes	SS	5	1937-1945		-0.4	0.1	-0.6	-0.2	0.3
32	Rabbit Martínez	SS	10	1935-1947		-0.5	-2.2	0.0	0.0	1.6
33	Johnny Lockett	SS	1	1941		-0.5	-0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.1
34	Bozo Jackson	SS	5	1933-1945		-0.6	0.0	-0.7	0.0	0.1
35	Bill Sadler	SS	4	1935-1944		-0.7	0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.2
36	Curtis Henderson	SS	8	1936-1946		-0.8	0.1	-1.1	0.0	0.3
37	Sy Morton	SS	4	1940-1947		-0.8	-1.1	0.0	0.0	0.3
38	Tice James	SS	5	1936-1946		-1.3	-0.4	-1.2	0.0	0.3
39	Leamon Johnson	SS	6	1940-1945		-2.0	-0.6	-1.7	0.0	0.2
40	Marcelino Bauza	SS	5	1930-1945		-2.5	-4.0	0.1	0.0	1.4
41	Jelly Jackson	SS	9	1934-1945		-3.1	-6.2	1.1	0.0	1.9

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