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Tommy Holmes
Thomas Francis Holmes (Kelly)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 29, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Tech (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1937. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1942
Final Game: September 28, 1952
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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 .710 110 199 2 1 10 *O
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 *O 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 *O MVP-23
1945 28 BSN NL 154 713 636 125 224 47 6 28 117 15 70 9 .352 .420 .577 .997 175 367 11 4 3 *O 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 *O 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 *O
1948 31 BSN NL 139 639 585 85 190 35 7 6 61 1 46 20 .325 .375 .439 .814 121 257 18 1 7 *O AS
1949 32 BSN NL 117 425 380 47 101 20 4 8 59 1 39 6 .266 .337 .403 .740 102 153 10 2 4 *O
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 O
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 /O
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 /O
11 Seasons 1320 5565 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 5525 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

Postseason Batting

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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 Seasons (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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1942 BSN NL 25 OF 140 393 373 16 4 4 .990 2.78 .981 2.15 0-137-3
1943 BSN NL 26 OF 152 429 408 18 3 3 .993 2.80 .977 2.27 2-149-1 MVP-29
1944 BSN NL 27 OF 155 444 426 14 4 7 .991 2.84 .980 2.31 2-154-0 MVP-23
1945 BSN NL 28 OF 154 353 334 13 6 4 .983 2.25 .978 2.33 32-2-121 MVP-2
1946 BSN NL 29 OF 146 315 294 17 4 7 .987 2.13 .977 2.16 0-0-146 MVP-19
1947 BSN NL 30 OF 147 352 336 12 4 4 .989 2.37 .977 2.19 0-0-147
1948 BSN NL 31 OF 137 296 283 8 5 4 .983 2.12 .978 2.20 0-0-137 AS
1949 BSN NL 32 OF 103 223 210 10 3 4 .987 2.14 .977 2.25 0-0-103
1950 BSN NL 33 OF 88 157 151 6 0 0 1.000 1.78 .978 2.14 0-0-88
1951 BSN NL 34 OF 3 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 1.000 2.23 2-0-1
1952 BRO NL 35 OF 6 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 .986 2.10 0-0-6
11 Seasons OF 1231 2971 2823 115 33 37 .989 2.39 .978 2.23 38-442-753
11 Seasons TOT 1231 2971 2823 115 33 37 .989 2.39 .967 2.23 38-442-753

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
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 (386th)

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 (186th)

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 (9th)
1943 NL  697 (2nd)
1944 NL  705 (2nd)
1945 NL  713 (3rd)
1946 NL  642 (7th)
1947 NL  676 (7th)
1948 NL  639 (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 (240th)

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 (5th)

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)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 16 (140), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 94 (242), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 55 (347), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 22 (639), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Wally Moses (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Wally Moses (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ken Griffey (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

Before 1937 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 9, 1941: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Boston Braves for players to be named later. The Boston Braves sent Buddy Hassett (December 16, 1941) and Gene Moore (February 5, 1942) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

January 16, 1952: Released by the Boston Braves.

June 17, 1952: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

October 15, 1952: Released by the Brooklyn Dodgers.

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