Tommy Holmes
Tommy Holmes
Full name: Thomas Francis Holmes
Born: March 29, 1917, Brooklyn, New York
First Game: April 14, 1942; Final Game: September 28, 1952
Managed First Game: June 20, 1951; Managed Final Game: May 30, 1952
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180
TSN NL MVP (1945)
TSN NL Player of the Year (1945)
OF on TSN All-Star Team (1945)
Tommy Holmes
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1942 BOS N 141 558 56 155 24 4 4 41 64 10 1 10 2 2 .278 .353 .357 1.1 1942 BOS N
1943 BOS N 152 629 75 170 33 10 5 41 58 20 2 8 7 7 .270 .334 .378 -0.2 1943 BOS N
1944 BOS N 155 631 93 195 42 6 13 73 61 11 2 11 7 4 .309 .372 .456 1.7 1944 BOS N
1945 BOS N 154 636 125 224 47 6 28 117 70 9 4 3 11 15 .352 .420 .577 5.1 1945 BOS N
1946 BOS N 149 568 80 176 35 6 6 79 58 14 3 13 15 7 .310 .377 .424 2.2 1946 BOS N
1947 BOS N 150 618 90 191 33 3 9 53 44 16 5 9 15 3 .309 .360 .416 0.7 1947 BOS N
1948 BOS N 139 585 85 190 35 7 6 61 46 20 1 7 18 1 .325 .375 .439 1.1 1948 BOS N
1949 BOS N 117 380 47 101 20 4 8 59 39 6 2 4 10 1 .266 .337 .403 0.4 1949 BOS N
1950 BOS N 105 322 44 96 20 1 9 51 33 8 4 4 10 0 .298 .370 .450 0.9 1950 BOS N
1951 BOS N 27 29 1 5 2 0 0 5 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 .172 .250 .241 -0.3 1951 BOS N
1952 BRO N 31 36 2 4 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 1 0 0 .111 .200 .139 -0.5 1952 BRO N
Total 1320 4992 698 1507 292 47 88 581 480 122 24 69 96 40 0i .302 .366 .432 12.2 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
i - incomplete
World Series Batting Record World Series Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 BOS N Daily Splits 6 26 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 .192 .192 1948 BOS N
1952 BRO N Daily Splits 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1952 BRO N
Total Splits 9 27 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .185 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1948 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1948 NL
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1942 BOS N OF 140 373 16 4 4 .990 0 137 3
1943 BOS N OF 152 408 18 3 3 .993 2 149 1
1944 BOS N OF 155 426 14 4 7 .991 2 154 0
1945 BOS N OF 154 334 13 6 4 .983 32 2 121
1946 BOS N OF 146 294 17 4 7 .987 0 0 146
1947 BOS N OF 147 336 12 4 4 .989 0 0 147
1948 BOS N OF 137 283 8 5 4 .983 0 0 137
1949 BOS N OF 103 210 10 3 4 .987 0 0 103
1950 BOS N OF 88 151 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 88
1951 BOS N OF 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 1
1952 BRO N OF 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 6
Total OF 1231 2823 115 33 37 .989 38 442 753
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
World Series Fielding Record World Series Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1948 BOS N Daily OF 6 6 6 52 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 6
1948 BOS N RF 6 6 6 52 10 2 0 1 0 1.000
1952 BRO N Daily OF 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 0
1952 BRO N LF 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Total OF 9 6 6 57 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 0 6
Total RF 6 6 6 52 10 2 0 1 0 1.000
Total LF 3 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1948 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1948 NL RF 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1.000
Managerial Record Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1951 BOS N 95 48 47 .505 460 427 6-20 5 4
1952 BOS N 35 13 22 .371 125 162 5-30 7 7
Total 130 61 69 .469 585 589
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
Transactions Transactions
Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1937).
Traded by New York Yankees to Boston Braves in exchange for 2 players to be named
later (December 9, 1941 ); New York Yankees received Gene Moore (February 5, 1942 )
and Buddy Hassett (December 16, 1942 ).
Released by Boston Braves (January 16, 1952 ).
Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (June 17, 1952 ).
Released by Brooklyn Dodgers (October 15, 1952 ).
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