About Tommy Holmes
Thomas Francis Holmes was an American right and center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Boston Braves. He hit over.300 lifetime (.302) and every year from 1944 through 1948, peaking with a.352 mark in 1945 when he finished second in the National League batting race and was runner-up for the NL's Most Valuable Player Award. Holmes, who batted and threw left-handed, signed his first professional contract with the New York Yankees, but could not break into their outfield of Joe DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich and Charlie Keller. List of Major League Baseball player–managers Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors) · Retrosheet · Baseball Almanac Tommy Holmes at Find a Grave.
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