Tommy Holmes

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-10, 180lb (178cm, 81kg)

Born: March 29, 1917 in Brooklyn, NY us

Died: April 14, 2008 in Boca Raton, FL

Buried: Forest Lawn North Cemetery, Pompano Beach, FL

High School: Brooklyn Technical HS (Brooklyn, NY)

Debut: April 14, 1942 (Age 25-016d, 9,201st in major league history)
vs. PHI 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 28, 1952 (Age 35-183d)
vs. BSN 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1942 season

Full Name: Thomas Francis Holmes

Nicknames: Kelly

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

35.7

4992

1507

.302

698

RBI

581

OBP

.366

SLG

.432

OPS

.798

OPS+

122

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 88 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 26 go ahead, 1 lacking some details

1 Tm
BSN	88

Platoon
vs RHP	75
vs LHP	13

Home/Road
Home	50
Away	38

Outs
1	33
0	31
2	23
Unk	1

7 Opps
NYG	22
STL	18
CIN	16
PIT	10
CHC	9
PHI	7
BRO	6

61 Pitchers
Larry Jansen	4
Jim Hearn	3
Ken Raffensberger	3
Bill Voiselle	3
Red Barrett	2
Ted Wilks	2
Herm Wehmeier	2
Blix Donnelly	2
Claude Passeau	2
Harry Feldman	2
Charlie Sproull	2
Dick Barrett	2
Don Newcombe	2
Murry Dickson	2
Xavier Rescigno	2
Carl Hubbell	2
Elmer Riddle	2
Ed Heusser	2
Ken Burkhart	2
Harry Gumbert	2
Vern Kennedy	2
Joe Bowman	2
Ray Poat	1
Max Butcher	1
Bill Werle	1
Lon Warneke	1
Jim Konstanty	1
Paul Derringer	1
Ace Adams	1
Charlie Fuchs	1
Johnny Vander Meer	1
Hank Borowy	1
Jack Creel	1
Al Gerheauser	1
Johnny Grodzicki	1
Frank Dasso	1
Elmer Singleton	1
Charlie Gassaway	1
Red Munger	1
George Dockins	1
Nick Strincevich	1
Johnny Klippstein	1
Fritz Ostermueller	1
Glenn Gardner	1
Johnny Beazley	1
Curt Davis	1
Dick Mauney	1
Hal Schumacher	1
Bill Fleming	1
Hal Gregg	1
Ewald Pyle	1
Bill Trotter	1
Doyle Lade	1
Rube Melton	1
Hy Vandenberg	1
Bob Carpenter	1
Ewell Blackwell	1
Hank Behrman	1
Kirby Higbe	1
Rip Sewell	1
Dave Koslo	1

8 Parks
Braves Fld (BOS)	50
Polo Grounds (NYC)	13
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	6
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Crosley Fld (CIN)	5
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	4
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	3
Forbes Fld (PIT)	2

Where Hit
9	69
89	5

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	76
2·HR gms	6

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	26
12-	5
-2-	5
--3	2
1-3	2
-23	1

137 RBI
RISP	15
0 on	46
1 on	33
2 on	8
Any on	41

Inning
1	10
2	6
3	13
4	5
5	9
6	12
7	16
8	11
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	29
4-6	26
7-end	33

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	4
+2	7
+1	14
Tied	19
-1	12
-2	8
-3	7
-4..	12
Unk	1

Ahead	29
Tied	19
Behind	39
Unk	1

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	62
CF	21
LF	4
PH	1

OrderPos
3rd	31
1st	23
2nd	13
6th	9
7th	5
4th	5
5th	2

Leverage
High Lev	14
Medium Lev	31
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1942	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1942-04-28	BSN	@	CHC	Bill Fleming	ahead 5-3	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.035	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1942-05-01	BSN	@	STL	Lon Warneke	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	8	0.103	60%	Lead-Off,IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
3	3	3	1	1942-07-03	BSN	@	NYG	Bob Carpenter	behind 0-4	t 3	2	---	1	1	8	0.055	15%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1942-09-26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 0-2	t 3	1	12-	3	1	8	0.289	60%		Home Run; W. Wietelmann Scores; B. Donovan Scores
1943	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1943-05-29	BSN	@	CHC	Claude Passeau	behind 1-2	t 6	0	---	1	2	8
6	6	2	1	1943-06-12	BSN	@	BRO	Curt Davis	tied 1-1	t 8	1	---	1	3	8	0.289	74%		Home Run
7	7	3	1	1943-06-19	BSN		NYG	Carl Hubbell	behind 2-5	b 7	0	---	1	1	8	0.086	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	4	1	1943-08-17 (2)	BSN		PIT	Xavier Rescigno	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	2	8
9	9	5	1	1943-08-18 (1)	BSN		CIN	Elmer Riddle	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1--	2	2	8	0.136	89%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Tobin Scores
1944	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1944-05-28 (2)	BSN		CHC	Hy Vandenberg	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	---	1	3	8	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	2	1	1944-05-30 (1)	BSN		STL	Harry Gumbert	tied 0-0	b 8	1	---	1	3	8	0.296	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	3	1	1944-06-11 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	Rube Melton	behind 1-4	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	0.082	21%		Home Run
13	13	4	1	1944-06-17 (2)	BSN		NYG	Ewald Pyle	behind 2-6	b 9	1	1-3	3	1	8	0.064	11%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Macon Scores; B. Nieman Scores/unER
14	14	5	1	1944-06-22 (2)	BSN		PHI	Dick Barrett	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	8			Lead-Off
15	15	6	1	1944-06-25 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	Bill Voiselle	behind 0-4	t 9	0	---	1	1	8	0.017	3%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	7	1	1944-07-26 (2)	BSN		CIN	Harry Gumbert	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	1	1	8	0.089	29%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	8	1	1944-08-05	BSN	@	BRO	Charlie Fuchs	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.173	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Macon Scores
18	18	9	1	1944-08-29	BSN		NYG	Bill Voiselle	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	8	0.154	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Wietelmann Scores
19	19	10	1	1944-09-16 (1)	BSN		BRO	Hal Gregg	behind 0-4	b 6	1	12-	3	3	8	0.221	35%		Home Run; W. Wietelmann Scores; M. Macon Scores
20	20	11	1	1944-09-21 (2)	BSN		STL	Ted Wilks	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	---	1	3	8
21	21	12	1	1944-09-22	BSN		STL	Bill Trotter	ahead 9-2	b 8	2	1--	2	3	8	0.001	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); W. Wietelmann Scores
22	22	13	1	1944-09-29	BSN		CHC	Charlie Gassaway	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	1--	2	2	8	0.132	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Andrews Scores/unER; T. Holmes Scores/unER
1945	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1945-05-05 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Harry Feldman	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	1--	2	2	9	0.150	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Culler Scores
24	24	2	2	1945-05-05 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	Harry Feldman	behind 3-7	t 7	1	1--	2	2	9	0.089	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Culler Scores
25	25	3	1	1945-05-28	BSN	@	CIN	Frank Dasso	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	0.102	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	4	1	1945-05-31	BSN	@	STL	Jack Creel	behind 2-8	t 6	0	---	1	4	9	0.021	5%		Home Run
27	27	5	1	1945-06-02	BSN	@	CHC	Paul Derringer	behind 1-2	t 3	1	1--	2	4	9	0.207	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Workman Scores
28	28	6	1	1945-06-13 (1)	BSN		PHI	Dick Barrett	behind 0-2	b 3	2	---	1	2	7	0.109	39%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	7	1	1945-06-14	BSN		PHI	Charlie Sproull	behind 3-5	b 2	2	--3	2	2	7
30	30	8	1	1945-06-27 (1)	BSN		CIN	Vern Kennedy	behind 1-4	b 7	0	1-3	3	2	9	0.297	59%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Ramsey Scores; D. Culler Scores
31	31	9	1	1945-06-30	BSN		STL	George Dockins	ahead 6-4	b 6	2	1--	2	3	9	0.113	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Masi Scores
32	32	10	1	1945-07-01 (1)	BSN		STL	Ted Wilks	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.105	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	11	1	1945-07-01 (2)	BSN		STL	Blix Donnelly	ahead 3-2	b 2	1	1--	2	3	9	0.153	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Masi Scores
34	34	12	2	1945-07-01 (2)	BSN		STL	Blix Donnelly	behind 5-6	b 7	1	1--	2	3	9	0.407	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Masi Scores
35	35	13	1	1945-07-06 (1)	BSN		PIT	Xavier Rescigno	ahead 11-5	b 8	0	1--	2	3	9	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Culler Scores
36	36	14	1	1945-07-08 (2)	BSN		PIT	Max Butcher	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	1--	2	3	9	0.090	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Culler Scores/unER; T. Holmes Scores/unER
37	37	15	1	1945-07-15 (1)	BSN	@	STL	Ken Burkhart	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	---	1	3	9
38	38	16	1	1945-07-21 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	Al Gerheauser	behind 0-1	t 6	0	---	1	3	9	0.159	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	17	1	1945-07-31 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	Bill Voiselle	ahead 3-0	t 7	2	---	1	3	9	0.054	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	18	1	1945-08-10	BSN		CHC	Hank Borowy	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	---	1	3	9
41	41	19	1	1945-08-15 (1)	BSN		CIN	Elmer Riddle	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	9	0.104	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	20	1	1945-08-15 (2)	BSN		CIN	Ed Heusser	tied 0-0	b 5	2	---	1	3	9	0.159	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	21	1	1945-08-16 (1)	BSN		CIN	Joe Bowman	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	2	3	9	0.215	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Shupe Scores
44	44	22	2	1945-08-16 (1)	BSN		CIN	Joe Bowman	behind 2-4	b 8	1	---	1	3	9	0.122	24%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	23	1	1945-08-16 (2)	BSN		CIN	Vern Kennedy	behind 1-8	b 7	1	---	1	3	9	0.007	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	24	1	1945-08-19 (2)	BSN		STL	Glenn Gardner	behind 3-5	b 13	1	---	1	3	9	0.067	11%		Home Run
47	47	25	1	1945-08-21	BSN		STL	Red Barrett	behind 0-1	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	9	0.164	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Shupe Scores
48	48	26	1	1945-08-26 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	Charlie Sproull	ahead 4-2	t 7	1	1--	2	3	9	0.116	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Shupe Scores
49	49	27	1	1945-09-02 (1)	BSN		PHI	Dick Mauney	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1	3	9
50	50	28	1	1945-09-06 (1)	BSN	@	STL	Red Barrett		t 5			1	3	9
1946	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1946-04-20	BSN	@	PHI	Ken Raffensberger	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23	3	3	9	0.142	79%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF; C. Ryan Scores/unER; J. Hopp Scores
52	52	2	1	1946-04-24	BSN	@	NYG	Ace Adams	ahead 7-4	t 8	0	-2-	2	3	9	0.030	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Hopp Scores
53	53	3	1	1946-07-13 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	Ed Heusser	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1	4	9	0.113	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	4	1	1946-07-29	BSN		STL	Johnny Beazley	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	4	9	0.115	66%		Home Run (Deep RF)
55	55	5	1	1946-08-28 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	Johnny Vander Meer	ahead 5-4	t 8	0	---	1	3	9	0.115	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
56	56	6	1	1946-09-02 (2)	BSN		NYG	Hal Schumacher	ahead 2-0	b 6	0	---	1	4	9
1947	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
57	57	1	1	1947-07-01	BSN	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	9	0.096	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run
58	58	2	2	1947-07-01	BSN	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 1-10	t 3	0	1--	2	1	9	0.019	4%		Home Run; C. Shoun Scores
59	59	3	1	1947-07-10 (1)	BSN		CIN	Ken Raffensberger	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	1	1	9	0.153	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
60	60	4	2	1947-07-10 (1)	BSN		CIN	Ken Raffensberger	behind 3-4	b 7	0	---	1	1	9	0.226	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	5	1	1947-07-13 (1)	BSN		CHC	Claude Passeau	tied 6-6	b 8	2	1--	2	1	9
62	62	6	1	1947-07-27	BSN	@	STL	Johnny Grodzicki	ahead 7-1	t 5	2	1--	2	1	9	0.029	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Sain Scores
63	63	7	1	1947-07-28	BSN	@	STL	Ken Burkhart	behind 3-4	t 4	2	--3	2	1	9	0.216	58%		Home Run (CF-RF); C. Ryan Scores
64	64	8	1	1947-07-30 (2)	BSN	@	PIT	Nick Strincevich	ahead 5-1	t 6	0	-2-	2	1	9	0.037	97%		Home Run; E. Wright Scores
65	65	9	1	1947-08-10 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 4-5	t 9	2	12-	3	1	9	0.766	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); N. Fernandez Scores; D. Culler Scores
1948	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1948-04-30	BSN	@	NYG	Ray Poat	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	9	0.104	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	2	1	1948-05-18	BSN		PIT	Elmer Singleton	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	1	9	0.205	79%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	3	1	1948-05-19	BSN		PIT	Rip Sewell	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	---	1	1	9	0.050	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
69	69	4	1	1948-05-22	BSN		STL	Murry Dickson	behind 1-2	b 3	2	---	1	1	9	0.126	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	5	1	1948-06-25	BSN		PIT	Fritz Ostermueller	ahead 2-0	b 3	1	---	1	2	9
71	71	6	1	1948-07-20	BSN	@	CIN	Herm Wehmeier	behind 2-6	t 7	0	1--	2	1	9	0.096	18%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. McCormick Scores
1949	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
72	72	1	1	1949-07-04 (1)	BSN		NYG	Larry Jansen	behind 1-8	b 7	1	---	1	7	9	0.006	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	2	1	1949-07-04 (2)	BSN		NYG	Hank Behrman	behind 4-7	b 9	0	1--	2	6	9	0.110	19%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Rickert Scores
74	74	3	1	1949-07-06	BSN		BRO	Don Newcombe	ahead 5-4	b 8	2	1--	2	7	9	0.114	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Russell Scores
75	75	4	1	1949-07-18	BSN		CIN	Ewell Blackwell	behind 0-5	b 5	0	---	1	6	9	0.045	11%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	5	1	1949-08-11	BSN	@	NYG	Kirby Higbe	tied 3-3	t 6	0	12-	3	6	PH	0.235	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Elliott Scores; E. Sauer Scores
77	77	6	1	1949-08-12	BSN	@	BRO	Don Newcombe	behind 1-2	t 4	1	1--	2	6	9	0.216	60%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Heath Scores
78	78	7	1	1949-09-04 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	Jim Konstanty	ahead 6-5	t 5	1	-2-	2	6	9	0.167	83%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Heath Scores
79	79	8	1	1949-10-01	BSN		NYG	Dave Koslo	ahead 1-0	b 8	1	1--	2	2	9
1950	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
80	80	1	1	1950-06-10	BSN	@	CHC	Doyle Lade	ahead 5-4	t 4	1	---	1	3	7	0.111	71%		Home Run
81	81	2	1	1950-06-17	BSN		PIT	Bill Werle	tied 6-6	b 8	1	1--	2	5	9	0.329	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Cooper Scores
82	82	3	1	1950-06-18 (1)	BSN		PIT	Murry Dickson	behind 3-5	b 3	1	1--	2	6	9	0.206	53%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Cooper Scores/unER
83	83	4	1	1950-06-23	BSN		STL	Red Munger	tied 1-1	b 7	2	---	1	5	9	0.240	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
84	84	5	1	1950-07-13	BSN	@	CIN	Herm Wehmeier	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---	1	6	9	0.109	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
85	85	6	1	1950-07-19	BSN	@	CHC	Johnny Klippstein	behind 1-4	t 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.084	22%		Home Run
86	86	7	1	1950-09-08	BSN	@	NYG	Jim Hearn	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	12-	3	7	9	0.206	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Cooper Scores; S. Gordon Scores
87	87	8	1	1950-09-24	BSN		NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 0-3	b 2	1	1--	2	7	9	0.166	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Cooper Scores
88	88	9	2	1950-09-24	BSN		NYG	Jim Hearn	behind 2-12	b 7	1	1--	2	7	9	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Crandall Scores

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