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Tommy Holmes

Thomas Francis Holmes (Kelly)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 29, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Brooklyn Technical HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Teams (by GP): Braves/Dodgers 1942-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: April 14, 2008 in Boca Raton, FL
Buried: Forest Lawn North Cemetery, Pompano Beach, FL
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All-Star

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 SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 25 BSN NL 141 633 558 56 155 24 4 4 41 2 64 10 .278 .353 .357 .710 111 199 2 1 10 *O8/9
1943 26 BSN NL 152 697 629 75 170 33 10 5 41 7 58 20 .270 .334 .378 .712 107 238 7 2 8 *O8/79 MVP-29
1944 27 BSN NL 155 705 631 93 195 42 6 13 73 4 61 11 .309 .372 .456 .828 128 288 7 2 11 *O8/7 MVP-23
1945 28 BSN NL 154 714 636 125 224 47 6 28 117 15 70 9 .352 .420 .577 .997 175 367 11 4 3 *O97/8 MVP-2
1946 29 BSN NL 149 642 568 80 176 35 6 6 79 7 58 14 .310 .377 .424 .801 126 241 15 3 13 *O9/87 MVP-19
1947 30 BSN NL 150 676 618 90 191 33 3 9 53 3 44 16 .309 .360 .416 .776 107 257 15 5 9 *9O
1948 31 BSN NL 139 638 585 85 190 35 7 6 61 1 46 20 .325 .375 .439 .814 121 257 18 1 7 *O9 AS
1949 32 BSN NL 117 424 380 47 101 20 4 8 59 1 39 6 .266 .337 .403 .740 102 153 10 2 4 *O9
1950 33 BSN NL 105 363 322 44 96 20 1 9 51 0 33 8 .298 .370 .450 .821 120 145 10 4 4 O9/7
1951 34 BSN NL 27 32 29 1 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 4 .172 .250 .241 .491 37 7 0 0 0 /O79
1952 35 BRO NL 31 40 36 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .111 .200 .139 .339 -5 5 1 0 0 /O9
11 Yrs 1320 5564 4992 698 1507 292 47 88 581 40 0 480 122 .302 .366 .432 .798 122 2157 96 24 69
162 Game Avg. 162 683 613 86 185 36 6 11 71 5 59 15 .302 .366 .432 .798 122 265 12 3 8
BSN (10 yrs) 1289 5524 4956 696 1503 291 47 88 580 40 0 476 118 .303 .367 .434 .801 123 2152 95 24 69
BRO (1 yr) 31 40 36 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 .111 .200 .139 .339 -5 5 1 0 0

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 Awards
1942 25 BSN NL 141 633 9 0 0 6 -1 14 1.5 19 34 3.5 .512 .510 2.8 0.5 28 $ *O8/9
1943 26 BSN NL 152 697 6 -0 0 5 -1 10 1.1 21 31 3.2 .507 .507 2.6 0.4 26 $ *O8/79 MVP-29
1944 27 BSN NL 155 705 25 -0 0 0 -1 23 2.4 21 44 4.5 .516 .515 4.5 -0.1 44 $ *O8/7 MVP-23
1945 28 BSN NL 154 714 64 -0 0 2 -7 58 5.9 21 79 8.0 .538 .536 7.8 -0.5 77 $ *O97/8 MVP-2
1946 29 BSN NL 149 642 20 -1 0 4 -7 16 1.8 23 39 4.1 .512 .511 3.6 -0.3 35 $ *O9/87 MVP-19
1947 30 BSN NL 150 676 8 0 0 10 -7 11 1.2 24 35 3.5 .508 .507 2.5 0.4 25 $ *9O
1948 31 BSN NL 139 638 18 -0 -0 3 -6 14 1.4 22 36 3.5 .510 .509 3.3 -0.3 33 $ *O9 AS
1949 32 BSN NL 117 424 3 -1 -1 6 -5 1 0.1 15 16 1.5 .501 .501 1.0 0.1 10 $ *O9
1950 33 BSN NL 105 363 11 -1 -0 2 -4 8 0.7 12 20 1.9 .507 .505 1.8 -0.3 18 $ O9/7
1951 34 BSN NL 27 32 -2 -1 0 0 -0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ /O79
1952 35 BRO NL 31 40 -5 0 0 0 -0 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.4 .482 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $ /O9
11 Seasons 1320 5564 156 -5 -1 38 -40 147 15.2 181 328 33.0 .512 .509 29.2 -0.1 290 $
BSN (10 yrs) 1289 5524 161 -5 -2 38 -40 152 15.8 180 332 33.4 .512 .510 29.6 -0.1 294 $
BRO (1 yr) 31 40 -5 0 0 0 -0 -5 -0.6 1 -4 -0.4 .482 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -4 $

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
1942 25 BSN NL 633 415 70 4.6 84 .278 .278 .253 .353 .324 .357 .351 .710 .675 111 .580 9.0 1.0 .657 .197 .079 2.7
1943 26 BSN NL 697 474 79 4.5 88 .273 .270 .262 .334 .331 .378 .356 .712 .687 107 .559 5.3 0.6 .655 .211 .108 5.8
1944 27 BSN NL 705 454 107 6.3 97 .300 .309 .273 .372 .340 .456 .383 .828 .723 128 .679 24.4 2.5 .801 .250 .147 6.1
1945 28 BSN NL 714 426 153 9.6 97 .327 .352 .273 .420 .343 .577 .377 .997 .720 175 .815 64.6 6.4 1.078 .358 .225 19.5
1946 29 BSN NL 642 420 90 5.7 94 .310 .310 .264 .377 .339 .424 .369 .801 .709 126 .655 20.2 2.1 .759 .229 .114 6.5
1947 30 BSN NL 676 451 91 5.4 104 .307 .309 .272 .360 .347 .416 .403 .776 .749 107 .566 6.4 0.6 .699 .183 .107 4.5
1948 31 BSN NL 638 420 96 6.1 101 .329 .325 .268 .375 .342 .439 .396 .814 .738 121 .638 16.8 1.7 .738 .195 .115 1.7
1949 32 BSN NL 424 293 51 4.7 100 .254 .266 .264 .337 .337 .403 .396 .740 .733 102 .508 1.3 0.1 .675 .242 .137 1.8
1950 33 BSN NL 363 240 53 5.9 103 .285 .298 .262 .370 .338 .450 .407 .821 .745 120 .600 10.5 1.0 .771 .255 .152 .0
1951 34 BSN NL 32 24 2 2.2 97 .200 .172 .259 .250 .332 .241 .392 .491 .724 37 .217 -2.4 -0.2 .417 .172 .069
1952 35 BRO NL 40 33 1 0.8 99 .125 .111 .264 .200 .337 .139 .393 .339 .730 -5 .048 -5.2 -0.6 .273 .139 .028
11 Yrs 5564 3650 793 5.8 96 .297 .302 .266 .366 .338 .432 .380 .798 .718 122 .639 150.8 15.2 .754 .234 .130 55.0
162 Game Avg. 683 448 97 5.8 96 .297 .302 .266 .366 .338 .432 .380 .798 .718 122 .639 19 2 .754 .234 .130 7
BSN (10 yrs) 5524 3617 792 5.9 96 .298 .303 .266 .367 .338 .434 .380 .801 .718 123 .642 156.0 15.8 .759 .235 .131 55.0
BRO (1 yr) 40 33 1 0.8 99 .125 .111 .264 .200 .337 .139 .393 .339 .730 -5 .048 -5.2 -0.6 .273 .139 .028

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 31 BSN NL WS CLE L 6 26 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .192 .192 .192 .385 5 0 0 0 0 0
1952 35 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 9 27 27 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 .370 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 9 27 27 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 .370 5 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 BSN NL 28 DNP
1948 BSN NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 25 BSN NL 633 0.6% 1.6% 10.1% 5.1% 21% 0.16 55.8 139.5 13.6 86%
1943 26 BSN NL 697 0.7% 2.9% 8.3% 6.9% 28% 0.34 31.5 125.8 15.3 87%
1944 27 BSN NL 705 1.8% 1.6% 8.7% 8.7% 31% 0.18 57.4 48.5 8.6 86%
1945 28 BSN NL 714 3.9% 1.3% 9.8% 11.3% 36% 0.13 70.7 22.7 5.4 84%
1946 29 BSN NL 642 0.9% 2.2% 9.0% 7.3% 27% 0.24 40.6 94.7 7.2 85%
1947 30 BSN NL 676 1.3% 2.4% 6.5% 6.7% 24% 0.36 38.6 68.7 11.7 88%
1948 31 BSN NL 638 0.9% 3.1% 7.2% 7.5% 25% 0.43 29.3 97.5 9.6 1.38 88%
1949 32 BSN NL 424 1.9% 1.4% 9.2% 7.6% 32% 0.15 63.3 47.5 6.4 0.73 86%
1950 33 BSN NL 363 2.5% 2.2% 9.1% 8.3% 31% 0.24 40.3 35.8 6.3 0.86 84%
1951 34 BSN NL 32 0.0% 12.5% 9.4% 6.3% 40% 1.33 7.3 5.8 0.33 78%
1952 35 BRO NL 40 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 2.5% 25% 1.00 9.0 36.0 1.15 80%
11 Yrs 5564 1.6% 2.2% 8.6% 7.7% 28% 0.25 40.9 56.7 8.6 0.96 86%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.5% 9.4% 6.0% 26% 1.01 9.4 59.3 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 25 BSN NL 9.0 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 26 BSN NL 5.3 0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 27 BSN NL 24.4 2.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 28 BSN NL 64.6 6.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 29 BSN NL 20.2 2.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 30 BSN NL 6.4 0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 31 BSN NL 16.8 1.7 429 1.1 8.3 -7.1 1.07 0.9 0.2 5.9 0.6 1.00 9.7 1.05 1
1949 32 BSN NL 1.3 0.1 363 0.8 7.4 -6.6 1.09 0.5 0.2 8.3 0.8 1.02 6.3 2.25 9
1950 33 BSN NL 10.5 1.0 278 2.8 6.3 -3.5 .95 1.9 1.0 20.2 2.0 1.01 20.6 1.02 16
1951 34 BSN NL -2.4 -0.2 32 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 1.45 -0.2 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.95 -2.0 1.63 22
1952 35 BRO NL -5.2 -0.6 40 -0.6 0.5 -1.2 1.40 -0.4 -0.0 -6.1 -0.6 0.93 -4.9 1.42 23
11 Yrs 150.8 15.2 1142 4.0 23.2 -19.2 1.07 2.7 1.0 28.9 2.9 1.01 29.7 1.49 71

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 31 BSN NL 2 0 34% 196 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 29% 30 27 3 9 8 1 16 3 12
1949 32 BSN NL 3 0 29% 129 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 34% 15 11 3 5 5 0 12 4 8
1950 33 BSN NL 7 0 28% 97 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 57% 14 6 7 2 0 2 7 3 4
1951 34 BSN NL 0 0 13% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 35 BRO NL 2 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 14 0 32% 437 40 0 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 18 9 36% 62 46 13 16 13 3 36 10 25

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1948 31 BSN NL 638 67% 190 1 1 0 0 1.05 6 0 12 4 0 4 2 0 4 7 175% 81 18 22% 37 14 38% 256 42 16% 18 11 61% 11 7 64% 0
1949 32 BSN NL 424 66% 101 9 5 1 2 2.25 8 0 12 7 0 5 3 0 3 4 133% 84 10 12% 33 9 27% 264 45 17% 20 8 40% 15 7 47% 0
1950 33 BSN NL 363 73% 96 16 4 0 1 1.02 9 0 9 7 1 5 4 0 2 4 200% 61 10 16% 27 13 48% 195 39 20% 15 10 67% 12 6 50% 0
1951 34 BSN NL 32 97% 5 22 3 0 2 1.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 2 1 50% 20 5 25% 2 2 100% 1 1 100% 0
1952 35 BRO NL 40 83% 4 23 2 0 1 1.42 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0 0% 22 1 5% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 1497 69% 1507 71 15 1 6 1.49 88 0 34 18 1 14 9 0 9 69 767% 239 96 40% 103 37 36% 757 132 17% 57 31 54% 40 21 53% 0
MLB Averages 51% 248% 27% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 25 141 633 558 56 155 24 4 4 41 2 64 10 .278 .353 .357 .710 111 199 2 1 10
1943 26 293 1330 1187 131 325 57 14 9 82 9 122 30 .274 .343 .368 .711 109 437 9 3 18
1944 27 448 2035 1818 224 520 99 20 22 155 13 183 41 .286 .353 .399 .752 116 725 16 5 29
1945 28 602 2749 2454 349 744 146 26 50 272 28 253 50 .303 .370 .445 .815 132 1092 27 9 32
1946 29 751 3391 3022 429 920 181 32 56 351 35 311 64 .304 .372 .441 .813 131 1333 42 12 45
1947 30 901 4067 3640 519 1111 214 35 65 404 38 355 80 .305 .370 .437 .806 126 1590 57 17 54
1948 31 1040 4705 4225 604 1301 249 42 71 465 39 401 100 .308 .370 .437 .808 126 1847 75 18 61
1949 32 1157 5129 4605 651 1402 269 46 79 524 40 440 106 .304 .368 .434 .802 124 2000 85 20 65
1950 33 1262 5492 4927 695 1498 289 47 88 575 40 473 114 .304 .368 .435 .803 123 2145 95 24 69
1951 34 1289 5524 4956 696 1503 291 47 88 580 40 0 476 118 .303 .367 .434 .801 123 2152 95 24 69
1952 35 1320 5564 4992 698 1507 292 47 88 581 40 0 480 122 .302 .366 .432 .798 122 2157 96 24 69

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 25 149 695 608 69 181 28 5 5 51 2 75 11 .298 .376 .385 .761 87 141
1943 26 159 748 672 89 192 37 11 6 49 8 66 21 .286 .351 .400 .752 94 152
1944 27 161 733 656 97 203 44 6 14 76 4 64 11 .309 .373 .459 .831 111 155
1945 28 161 742 663 129 232 49 6 29 121 16 72 9 .350 .417 .573 .990 158 154
1946 29 156 688 606 93 196 39 7 7 92 8 65 15 .323 .392 .446 .837 105 149
1947 30 157 704 644 93 198 34 3 9 55 3 46 17 .307 .358 .411 .770 94 150
1948 31 145 669 613 90 200 37 7 6 64 1 48 21 .326 .376 .439 .815 101 139
1949 32 122 443 396 50 106 21 4 8 62 1 41 6 .268 .339 .402 .741 54 117
1950 33 110 380 337 46 101 21 1 9 54 0 35 8 .300 .372 .448 .820 55 105
1951 34 28 35 31 1 6 2 0 0 6 0 4 4 .194 .286 .258 .544 2 27
1952 35 32 41 37 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 .108 .195 .135 .330 1 31
11 Yrs 1380 5878 5263 759 1619 313 50 93 631 43 520 127 .308 .372 .439 .812 862 1320
162 Game Avg. 162 690 618 89 190 37 6 11 74 5 61 15 .308 .372 .439 .812 101 1320

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1958 BBWAA ( 0.8%)
1960 BBWAA ( 0.7%)

All-Star Games
1945--not played
1948 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1943 NL (29, 1%)
1944 NL (23, 2%)
1945 NL (2, 52%)
1946 NL (19, 3%)
0.58 Career Shares (398th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1945 NL  8.0 (1st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1945 NL  8.0 (1st)
1946 NL  4.1 (8th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1944 NL  4.5 (9th)
1945 NL  7.8 (1st)

Batting Average s c a p y
1944 NL  .309 (10th)
1945 NL  .352 (2nd)
1946 NL  .310 (5th)
1947 NL  .309 (7th)
1948 NL  .325 (3rd)
Career  .302 (189th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1945 NL  .420 (4th)
1948 NL  .375 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1945 NL  .577 (1st)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1945 NL  .997 (1st)
1946 NL  .801 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1944 NL  155 (3rd)
1945 NL  154 (2nd)
1946 NL  149 (5th)
1947 NL  150 (10th)

At Bats s c a p y
1943 NL  629 (1st)
1944 NL  631 (2nd)
1945 NL  636 (2nd)
1946 NL  568 (5th)
1947 NL  618 (3rd)
1948 NL  585 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1942 NL  633 (10th)
1943 NL  697 (2nd)
1944 NL  705 (2nd)
1945 NL  714 (3rd)
1946 NL  642 (7th)
1947 NL  676 (7th)
1948 NL  638 (10th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1944 NL  93 (9th)
1945 NL  125 (3rd)
1946 NL  80 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1942 NL  155 (10th)
1943 NL  170 (8th)
1944 NL  195 (3rd)
1945 NL  224 (1st)
1946 NL  176 (4th)
1947 NL  191 (1st)
1948 NL  190 (2nd)

Total Bases s c a p y
1943 NL  238 (8th)
1944 NL  288 (3rd)
1945 NL  367 (1st)
1946 NL  241 (5th)
1947 NL  257 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1943 NL  33 (5th)
1944 NL  42 (3rd)
1945 NL  47 (1st)
1946 NL  35 (2nd)
1947 NL  33 (3rd)
1948 NL  35 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1943 NL  10 (7th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1944 NL  13 (9th)
1945 NL  28 (1st)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1945 NL  117 (2nd)
1946 NL  79 (6th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1945 NL  15 (4th)

Singles s c a p y
1942 NL  123 (3rd)
1944 NL  134 (2nd)
1945 NL  143 (5th)
1946 NL  129 (4th)
1947 NL  146 (1st)
1948 NL  142 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1945 NL  175 (1st)
1946 NL  126 (10th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1944 NL  107 (5th)
1945 NL  153 (1st)
1946 NL  90 (7th)
1948 NL  96 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1945 NL  65 (1st)
1946 NL  20 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1945 NL  6.4 (1st)
1946 NL  2.1 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1943 NL  48 (8th)
1944 NL  61 (5th)
1945 NL  81 (1st)
1946 NL  47 (5th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1942 NL  220 (10th)
1944 NL  258 (7th)
1945 NL  298 (1st)
1946 NL  237 (8th)
1948 NL  237 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1945 NL  .815 (1st)
1946 NL  .655 (9th)
Career  .639 (246th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1946 NL  3 (10th)
1947 NL  5 (3rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1946 NL  13 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1946 NL  15 (4th)
1947 NL  15 (10th)
1948 NL  18 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1943 NL  5.8 (10th)
1945 NL  19.5 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1942 NL  55.8 (1st)
1943 NL  31.5 (4th)
1944 NL  57.4 (1st)
1945 NL  70.7 (1st)
1946 NL  40.6 (1st)
1947 NL  38.6 (2nd)
1948 NL  29.3 (3rd)
Career  40.9 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1945 NL  22.7 (3rd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1943 NL  474 (3rd)
1944 NL  454 (4th)
1946 NL  420 (4th)
1947 NL  451 (4th)
1948 NL  420 (8th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1950 NL  2.8 (10th)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (142), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 94 (244), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 55 (359), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (638), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Name and misspellings: Thomas Francis Kelly tommie Tommy Holmes

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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