Billy Holm

William Frederick Holm

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: July 21, 1912 in Chicago, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1943
Teams (by GP): Cubs/RedSox 1943-1945

Final Game: September 30, 1945
Died: July 27, 1977 in East Chicago, IN
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Portage, IN
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Standard Batting

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	Awards
1932	19	KNX,CBS	A,B	24	37	37		7	0	0	1						.189	.189	.270	.459		10					KNX,CBS · SOUA,SEAL
1933	20	NYY-min	C	88	305	305		73	5	4	5						.239	.239	.331	.570		101					WHE · MATL
1934	21	NYY-min	C,B	70	241	241		54	6	7	5						.224	.224	.369	.593		89					NFK,WHE,SNG · PIED,MATL,NEAN
1935	22	NYY-min	C,B	92	256	256		61	11	2	3						.238	.238	.332	.570		85					AKR,NFK · MATL,PIED
1936	23	NYY-min	B	95	271	271		85	17	4	10						.314	.314	.517	.830		140					NFK · PIED
1937	24	NYY-min	A	92	282	282		72	16	6	2						.255	.255	.376	.631		106					BNG · NYPL
1938	25	NYY-min	AA	80	219	219		58	11	2	5						.265	.265	.402	.667		88					NWK,KCY · IL,AA
1939	26	NYY-min	AA	84	221	221		59	10	0	7						.267	.267	.407	.674		90					NWK · IL
1940	27	CHC-min	AA	102	281	281		65	15	2	1						.231	.231	.310	.541		87					LOS · PCL
1941	28	CHC-min	AA	77	226	198	18	39	8	1	5	17	3		25	29	.197	.296	.323	.620		64		3	0		LOS · PCL
1942	29	CHC-min	A1,AA	114	327	327		68	9	2	1	0	0				.208	.208	.257	.465		84					TUL,LOS · TL,PCL
1943	30	CHC-min	AA	97	320	271	39	79	11	3	2	28	4		36	24	.292	.381	.376	.757		102		3	10		LOS · PCL
1943	30	CHC	NL	7	17	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	.067	.176	.067	.243	-28	1	0	0	0	/2
1944	31	CHC	NL	54	155	132	10	18	2	0	0	6	1		16	19	.136	.235	.152	.386	11	20	2	1	5	2
1945	32	BOS	AL	58	166	135	12	25	2	1	0	9	1	1	23	17	.185	.317	.215	.532	54	29	3	3	5	2
1946	33	POR	AAA	101	263	238	24	42	8	1	1	16	3		21	37	.176	.246	.231	.477		55		1	3		POR · PCL
1947	34	POR	AAA	9	9	9	2	4	1	0	0	1	0				.444	.444	.556	1.000		5					POR · PCL
1948	35	NYY-min	AAA	24	41	33	13	9	0	0	1	6	0		8	6	.273	.415	.364	.778		12		0	0		NWK · IL
1949	36	NYY-min	AAA	7	5	5		1									.200	.200									KCY · AA
1950	37	NYY-min	D	24	52	52		10	3	0	0						.192	.192	.250	.442		13					NWR · OHIN
1952	39	WPB	B	12	27	27		6	0	0	0						.222	.222	.222	.444		6					WPB · FLIN
3 Yrs				119	338	282	22	44	4	1	0	15	2	1	41	40	.156	.272	.177	.449	30	50	5	4	10
162 Game Avg.				162	460	384	30	60	5	1	0	20	3		56	54	.156	.272	.177	.449	30	68	7	5	14

CHC (2 yrs)				61	172	147	10	19	2	0	0	6	1		18	23	.129	.229	.143	.372	7	21	2	1	5
BOS (1 yr)				58	166	135	12	25	2	1	0	9	1	1	23	17	.185	.317	.215	.532	54	29	3	3	5

NL (2 yrs)				61	172	147	10	19	2	0	0	6	1		18	23	.129	.229	.143	.372	7	21	2	1	5
AL (1 yr)				58	166	135	12	25	2	1	0	9	1	1	23	17	.185	.317	.215	.532	54	29	3	3	5

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1943	30	CHC	NL	7	17	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.463	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
1944	31	CHC	NL	54	155	-15	-0	0	-1	1	-15	-1.7	5	-10	-1.2	.469	.490	-1.1	0.0	-9	$	2
1945	32	BOS	AL	58	166	-7	0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	2
3 Seasons				119	338	-24	-0	0	-2	3	-24	-2.7	9	-15	-1.8	.478	.495	-1.6	0.1	-13	$

CHC (2 yrs)				61	172	-17	-0	0	-1	1	-17	-1.9	5	-12	-1.4	.469	.494	-1.3	0.0	-11	$
BOS (1 yr)				58	166	-7	0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.8	4	-3	-0.4	.487	.495	-0.3	0.0	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1943	30	CHC	NL	17	14	0	0.0	88	.091	.067	.262	.176	.331	.067	.356	.243	.687	-28	.000	-2.4	-0.3	.214	.133	.000
1944	31	CHC	NL	155	121	5	1.1	93	.159	.136	.267	.235	.334	.152	.375	.386	.709	11	.080	-15.4	-1.6	.328	.144	.015	.0
1945	32	BOS	AL	166	119	9	2.0	90	.212	.185	.264	.317	.336	.215	.359	.532	.695	54	.235	-7.0	-0.8	.482	.200	.030	.0
3 Yrs				338	254	14	1.5	91	.182	.156	.265	.272	.335	.177	.366	.449	.701	30	.138	-24.9	-2.7	.393	.170	.021	.0
162 Game Avg.				460	346	19	1.5	91	.182	.156	.265	.272	.335	.177	.366	.449	.701	30	.138	-24.9	-2.7	.393	.170	.021

CHC (2 yrs)				172	135	5	1.0	93	.153	.129	.266	.229	.333	.143	.373	.372	.706	7	.068	-17.9	-1.9	.315	.143	.014	.0
BOS (1 yr)				166	119	9	2.0	90	.212	.185	.264	.317	.336	.215	.359	.532	.695	54	.235	-7.0	-0.8	.482	.200	.030	.0

NL (2 yrs)				172	135	5	1.0	93	.153	.129	.266	.229	.333	.143	.373	.372	.706	7	.068	-17.9	-1.9	.315	.143	.014	.0
AL (1 yr)				166	119	9	2.0	90	.212	.185	.264	.317	.336	.215	.359	.532	.695	54	.235	-7.0	-0.8	.482	.200	.030	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	IP%
1943	30	CHC	NL	17	0.0%	23.5%	11.8%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.8			65%
1944	31	CHC	NL	155	0.0%	12.3%	10.3%	1.3%	11%	1.19	6.9		22.0	73%
1945	32	BOS	AL	166	0.0%	10.2%	13.9%	1.8%	12%	0.74	7.9		15.0	71%
3 Yrs				338	0.0%	11.8%	12.1%	1.5%	11%	0.98	7.1		18.8	72%
MLB Averages					1.0%	8.7%	8.6%	5.6%	24%	1.01	10.3	86.5	9.1	80%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	30	7	17	15	0	1	0	0	0	0		2	4	.067	.176	.067	.243	-28	1	0	0	0
1944	31	61	172	147	10	19	2	0	6	1		18	23	.129	.229	.143	.372	7	21	2	1	5
1945	32	119	338	282	22	44	4	1	15	2	1	41	40	.156	.272	.177	.449	30	50	5	4	10

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1943	30	7	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	7
1944	31	56	162	138	11	20	2	0	7	1	18	20	.145	.248	.159	.408	5	54
1945	32	61	180	145	14	29	2	1	11	1	27	18	.200	.337	.228	.565	11	58
3 Yrs		124	360	299	25	49	4	1	18	2	47	42	.164	.286	.184	.470	16	119
162 Game Avg.		162	470	391	33	64	5	1	24	3	61	55	.164	.286	.184	.470	21	119

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1945 AL 3 (10th)

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1945 AL 3 (10th)

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