Bobo Holloman

Alva Lee Holloman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 207 lb.

Born: March 7, 1923 in Thomaston, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Team: Browns 1953

Final Game: July 19, 1953
Died: May 1, 1987 in Athens, GA
Buried: Evergreen Memorial Park, Athens, GA
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1946	23	-min	D	20	5	.800	2.33	37						216.0	154	82	56		114							1.241	6.4		4.8			MOU · GAFL
1947	24	CHC-min	A	18	17	.514	3.49	45						294.0	298	154	114		160							1.558	9.1		4.9			MAC · SALL
1948	25	CHC-min	A,AA	15	5	.750	4.10	43						169.0	147	98	77		143							1.716	7.8		7.6			MAC,NVL · SALL,SOUA
1949	26	CHC-min	AA	17	10	.630	4.46	36						222.0	247	134	110		120							1.653	10.0		4.9			NVL · SOUA
1950	27	CHC-min	AA	13	13	.500	4.43	41	13					201.0	217	111	99		112							1.637	9.7		5.0			NVL,SHV · SOUA,TL
1951	28	CHC-min	A,AA	11	12	.478	3.29	40	21					194.0	187	79	71		116							1.562	8.7		5.4			AUG,NVL · SALL,SOUA
1952	29	-min	AAA	16	7	.696	2.51	26	19		12	3		183.0	123	62	51		96	75	2	1	10			1.197	6.0		4.7	3.7	0.78	SYR · IL
1953	30	-min	AAA	4	3	.571	5.07	13	8		1	1		55.0	53	39	31	7	43	23	2	0	1			1.745	8.7	1.1	7.0	3.8	0.53	TTO · IL
1953	30	SLB	AL	3	7	.300	5.23	22	10	1	1	1	0	65.1	69	41	38	2	50	25	1	1	2	305	81	1.821	9.5	0.3	6.9	3.4	0.50
1954	31	MIN-STL-min	AA,A,B,AAA	4	8	.333		20																								CNG,AUG,TTO,SPT,CLB · SOUA,SALL,IL,FLIN,AA
1 Season				3	7	.300	5.23	22	10	1	1	1	0	65.1	69	41	38	2	50	25	1	1	2	305	81	1.821	9.5	0.3	6.9	3.4	0.50
162 Game Avg.				6	15	.300	5.23	47	21	2	2	2	0	139	147	87	81	4	106	53	2	2	4	648	81	1.821	9.5	0.3	6.9	3.4	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1953	30	SLB	AL	65.1	10	41	38	-1	1.0	-3	0.0	$
1 Season				65.1	10	41	38	-1	1.0	-3	0.0	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1946	23	-min	D	44	99	99		21	0	1	1						.212	.212	.263	.475		26				MOU · GAFL
1947	24	CHC-min	A	45	112	112		23	4	2	0						.205	.205	.277	.482		31				MAC · SALL
1948	25	CHC-min	A,AA	46	62	62		5	2	0	0						.081	.081	.113	.194		7				MAC,NVL · SALL,SOUA
1949	26	CHC-min	AA	36	92	92		15	2	1	1						.163	.163	.239	.402		22				NVL · SOUA
1950	27	CHC-min	AA	44	70	70		12	1	0	0						.171	.171	.186	.357		13				NVL,SHV · SOUA,TL
1951	28	CHC-min	A,AA	35	60	60		15	0	1	0						.250	.250	.283	.533		17				AUG,NVL · SALL,SOUA
1952	29	-min	AAA	26	69	61	6	10	0	0	0	3	0		4	20	.164	.215	.164	.379		10		0	4	SYR · IL
1953	30	-min	AAA	13	23	19	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		3	5	.263	.364	.263	.627		5		0	1	TTO · IL
1953	30	SLB	AL	22	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	-44	2	0	0	3	1
1954	31	MIN-STL-min	B,A,AA,AAA	21	25	25		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0				SPT,AUG,TTO,CNG,CLB · FLIN,SALL,IL,SOUA,AA
1 Season				22	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.105	.105	.105	.211	-44	2	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	162	140	0	15	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	44	.105	.105	.105	.211	-44	15	0	0	22

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1953	30	SLB	AL	22	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$	1
1 Season				22	-4	0	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%
1953	SLB	AL	30	P	22	10	1	65.1	20	8	9	3	1	.850	2.34	0.77	.957	1.94	1.93	2	0%
	1 Season			P	22	10	1	65.1	20	8	9	3	1	.850	2.34	0.77	.957	1.94	1.93	2	0%
	1 Season			TOT	22	10	1	65.1	20	8	9	3	1	.850	2.34	0.77	.957	1.94	1.93	2	0%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

Before 1947 Season: Sent from Moultrie (Georgia-Florida) to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
Before 1951 Season: Purchased by Augusta (South Atlantic) from the Chicago Cubs.
October, 1952: Traded by Syracuse (International) to the St. Louis Browns for Duke Markell and $35,000.
July 23, 1953: Purchased by Toronto (International) from the St. Louis Browns for $7,500.

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