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Tommy
Holmes		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 29, 1917 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1943   
Gold Glove 1943    1945    1946    1949   
All-Star Selections 1943   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1942 25 NYA AL     9 9 8 3 3 3 7 8 7 5 6 6 10 10 10
1943 26 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1944 27 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1945 28 NYA AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
1946 29 NYA AL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 3 3 3 8 8 8 5 6 5 10 10 10
1947 30 NYA AL $ 3,328,571   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1948 31 SDP NL $ 3,328,571   9 9 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1949 32 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1950 33 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 7 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1951 34 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 8 8 8 4 5 5 10 10 10
1952 35 SDP NL $ 2,500,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 4 3 10 10 10
1953 36 SDP NL     6 6 6 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 4 3 9 9 9
1954 37 BSN NL $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,328,571   9 9 8 3 3 3 8 9 8 5 6 6 10 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1942 25 AAA   136 501 84 178 33 1 10 63 14 3 82 7 .355 .446 .485 .931 104.6  
1943 26 NYA AL 153 578 88 187 34 7 5 89 0 1 56 21 .324 .381 .433 .814 86.1 17.7
1944 27 NYA AL 129 484 77 131 28 3 4 62 1 1 56 12 .271 .349 .366 .715 59.0 7.4
1945 28 NYA AL 156 553 71 158 42 3 9 74 0 1 56 17 .286 .350 .421 .771 76.4 12.1
1946 29 NYA AL 154 570 74 182 40 8 7 82 0 0 72 14 .319 .394 .454 .848 95.0 17.2
1947 30 NYA AL 153 578 78 171 36 7 3 75 0 0 52 21 .296 .352 .398 .750 76.1 11.0
1948 31 SDP NL 154 569 64 167 33 5 5 91 0 0 57 25 .293 .356 .395 .751 76.2 13.4
1949 32 SDP NL 153 527 65 156 34 4 7 78 0 0 64 23 .296 .372 .416 .788 73.7 12.7
1950 33 SDP NL 127 399 43 120 25 2 2 54 0 0 34 17 .301 .356 .388 .745 47.9 6.8
1951 34 SDP NL 126 399 50 125 34 3 2 72 0 0 45 12 .313 .380 .429 .809 58.6 9.9
1952 35 SDP NL 138 456 51 135 26 8 4 69 0 0 24 13 .296 .331 .414 .746 52.1 6.1
1953 36 SDP NL 103 212 16 52 4 4 0 17 0 0 18 8 .245 .300 .302 .602 17.5 0.2
1954 37 AAA   129 464 56 122 17 2 5 52 2 3 43 55 .263 .325 .341 .666 51.7  
11 Years Sim 1546 5325 677 1584 336 54 48 763 1 3 534 183 .297 .360 .408 .768 718.6 114.6
2 Years AAA 265 965 140 300 50 3 15 115 16 6 125 62 .311 .389 .416 .804 156.3  
162 Game Average 557 70 165 35 5 5 79 0 0 55 19 .297 .360 .408 .768 75.3  
Career Highs 156 578 88 187 42 8 9 91 1 1 72 25 .324 .394 .454 .848 95.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3901 493 1198 230 38 30 542 0 2 414 135 .307 .372 .409 .781 579.0
vs LH   1424 184 386 106 16 18 221 1 1 120 48 .271 .327 .406 .733 182.9
Home 755 2576 341 791 159 30 21 362 0 3 243 101 .307 .365 .417 .782 376.7
Away 791 2749 336 793 177 24 27 401 1 0 291 82 .288 .356 .400 .756 385.1
RISP   1471 0 451 83 20 17 675 0 0 160 59 .307 .367 .425 .792 227.0
Pinch Hitting   109 12 36 9 2 2 22 0 0 15 5 .330 .417 .505 .922 21.0
Close/Late   595 57 189 34 4 7 78 0 0 65 19 .318 .385 .424 .808 93.8
Mar/Apr 249 862 113 262 52 9 8 110 0 1 87 32 .304 .366 .413 .779 126.5
May 264 898 120 270 56 6 7 142 0 0 96 32 .301 .366 .400 .766 129.5
June 250 884 106 239 58 8 10 124 0 1 81 25 .270 .332 .388 .720 111.3
July 245 844 110 244 42 13 11 110 1 0 80 31 .289 .350 .409 .759 118.4
August 277 936 118 282 63 11 4 125 0 1 105 36 .301 .370 .405 .775 137.2
Sep/Oct 261 901 110 287 65 7 8 152 0 0 85 27 .319 .376 .433 .809 139.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1943 26 NYA AL CF 138 134 1166.7 352 19 3 3 .992 2.86   6.3
    SS 7 7 63.0 11 15 2 6 .929 3.71   0.2
    RF 3 2 19.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.32    
    1B 3 1 11.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 9.82   0.0
1944 27 NYA AL CF 103 98 888.7 278 9 2 1 .993 2.91   4.6
    RF 7 7 62.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.47    
    1B 6 6 49.0 53 5 0 8 1.000 10.65   0.1
    SS 4 4 34.0 5 17 0 5 1.000 5.82   0.3
1945 28 NYA AL CF 147 146 1248.7 371 5 2 2 .995 2.71   5.3
    SS 8 0 17.0 4 7 0 1 1.000 5.82   0.1
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1946 29 NYA AL CF 145 140 1221.7 389 15 2 3 .995 2.98   6.3
    LF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    RF 1 1 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    SS 3 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1947 30 NYA AL CF 135 133 1162.0 348 15 3 4 .992 2.81   2.5
    3B 7 7 62.3 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.74   0.0
    1B 4 4 32.3 39 1 0 1 1.000 11.14   0.1
    RF 1 1 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1948 31 SDP NL CF 113 111 951.7 282 3 1 1 .997 2.70   2.2
    SS 37 35 296.3 55 122 3 32 .983 5.38   1.3
    RF 3 2 20.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1949 32 SDP NL CF 149 146 1259.7 380 12 3 7 .992 2.80   4.3
    RF 4 2 18.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1950 33 SDP NL CF 101 96 837.7 227 10 0 2 1.000 2.55   3.2
    RF 9 8 64.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.83    
    SS 12 0 22.7 3 12 1 0 .938 5.96   0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1951 34 SDP NL CF 109 108 931.0 270 10 0 1 1.000 2.71   4.0
    SS 6 0 13.0 3 6 1 2 .900 6.23   0.1
    RF 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1952 35 SDP NL CF 103 99 862.3 242 13 3 4 .988 2.66   3.7
    RF 16 10 95.0 26 1 1 0 .964 2.56    
    SS 14 5 63.7 10 36 2 8 .958 6.50   0.6
1953 36 SDP NL CF 37 34 293.7 92 2 1 0 .989 2.88   2.1
    SS 30 4 88.3 14 35 1 4 .980 4.99   0.5
    RF 13 7 70.0 19 1 1 0 .952 2.57    
    1B 6 1 22.3 33 2 1 2 .972 14.11   0.0
  CF 1280 1245 10823.6 3231 113 20 28 .994 2.78   44.8
  SS 123 55 606.0 105 253 10 58 .973 5.32   3.3
  RF 59 40 366.0 99 2 2 0 .981 2.48    
  1B 22 12 120.7 144 9 1 12 .994 11.41   0.2
  3B 7 7 62.3 4 15 0 1 1.000 2.74   0.0
  LF 2 2 18.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00    
Career Totals   1493 1361 11996.6 3585 392 33 99 .992 2.98   48.4
Career Highs   156 148 1277.7 393 125 6 33 .997 3.76    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1943 26 NYA AL 14 55 8 16 5 0 0 5 0 0 6 1 .291 .361 .382 .742
1945 28 NYA AL 6 23 5 5 1 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 .217 .308 .261 .569
1950 33 SDP NL 7 25 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .240 .269 .240 .509
1951 34 SDP NL 6 24 3 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 .208 .259 .333 .593
Career Post-Season Batting 33 127 17 32 6 0 1 13 0 0 11 3 .252 .314 .323 .637
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1943-7-.324
1946-8-.319
1947-10-.296
 Games
1945-5-156
1946-10-154
 At-Bats
1947-9-578
 Hits
1943-5-187
1946-7-182
1947-8-171
 Singles
1943-2-141
1947-5-125
1948-9-124
 Doubles
1945-7-42
1946-6-40
1947-7-36
1948-7-33
1949-6-34
1951-6-34
Triples
1946-5-8
1947-4-7
1948-9-5
1952-2-8
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 40    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  4. Red Worthington (923)
  5. Barney McCosky (923)
  6. Randy Moore (922)
  7. Pete Lacock (920)
  8. Terry Puhl (919)
  9. Lyman Bostock (919)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 7th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1942
Injured on 7/7/1942 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 7 weeks
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/2/1943, off Joe Krakauskas (DET)
Was selected to the 1943 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1943
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1945
2/1/1946: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1946
2/1/1947: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 9 runs against Brooklyn on 5/20/1947
2/1/1948: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from New York (A) to San Diego on 2/1/1948 (Going to SDP: 3B Ellis Clary, CF Tommy Holmes, P Ray Scarborough. Going to NYA: C Stan Andrews)
9/22/1948: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Won Gold Glove at Centerfield in 1949
Won World Series with San Diego in 1950
6/1/1951: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $2,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Released by San Diego on 10/20/1953
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/6/1954 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
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