Ducky Holmes
1897–1905 · bats L / throws R · Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), Chicago White Sox, Detroit Tigers, Louisville Colonels, New York Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, Washington Senators (1901-60)
932G
.282AVG
.337OBP
.367SLG
More career statistics
1,014H
17HR
374RBI
236SB
1–1W–L
26.0IP
3K
6.58ERA
2GS
5Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 932 | 847 |
| Batting · At bats | 3,601 | 3,304 |
| Batting · Doubles | 142 | 129 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,014 | 916 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 64 | 56 |
| Batting · Home runs | 17 | 14 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 14 | 253 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 4,014 | 3,669 |
| Batting · Runs | 539 | 486 |
| Batting · RBI | 374 | 330 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 236 | 218 |
| Batting · Triples | 58 | 54 |
| Batting · Walks | 236 | 205 |
| Pitching · Games | 4 | 0 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 130 | 0 |
| Pitching · p cg | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p er | 19 | 0 |
| Pitching · p gs | 2 | 0 |
| Pitching · p h | 42 | 0 |
| Pitching · p hr | 1 | 0 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 78 | 0 |
| Pitching · p k | 3 | 0 |
| Pitching · p r | 34 | 0 |
| Pitching · p w | 12 | 0 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 932 | 4,014 | 3,601 | 539 | 1,014 | 142 | 58 | 17 | 374 | 236 | 14 | 236 | 0 | 64 | 0 | 1,323 | .282 | .337 | .367 | .704 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.58 | 2.077 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1903-09-12 to 1904-04-18
27longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1905-06-28 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1898-07-12 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Three-Steal Game | 1898-06-27 | 1 in 96 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 429 | 1826 | 491 | 6 | 168 | 112 | 118 | .303 | .330 | .382 |
| Away | 418 | 1843 | 425 | 8 | 162 | 93 | 135 | .253 | .281 | .342 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 63 | 280 | 66 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 19 | .259 | .289 | .349 |
| May | 156 | 686 | 173 | 4 | 67 | 34 | 36 | .277 | .302 | .384 |
| June | 168 | 728 | 189 | 3 | 76 | 34 | 54 | .285 | .306 | .378 |
| July | 170 | 753 | 176 | 2 | 51 | 55 | 51 | .268 | .307 | .341 |
| August | 158 | 669 | 164 | 2 | 52 | 33 | 43 | .272 | .294 | .352 |
| September | 109 | 468 | 125 | 1 | 50 | 24 | 39 | .292 | .318 | .364 |
| October | 23 | 85 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 11 | .315 | .388 | .315 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| boston-red-sox | 77 | 320 | 85 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 20 | .291 | .303 | .404 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 74 | 322 | 84 | 1 | 27 | 11 | 8 | .279 | .295 | .362 |
| cleveland-guardians | 68 | 297 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 30 | 18 | .226 | .293 | .294 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 62 | 266 | 69 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 36 | .280 | .301 | .370 |
| st-louis-browns | 45 | 190 | 35 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 6 | .212 | .258 | .255 |
| detroit-tigers | 41 | 184 | 38 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 22 | .248 | .293 | .314 |
| chicago-cubs | 37 | 155 | 37 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 24 | .268 | .303 | .355 |
| cleveland-spiders | 37 | 160 | 46 | 2 | 28 | 5 | 12 | .305 | .319 | .411 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Louisville Colonels, New York Giants | 82 | 315 | 82 | 1 | 45 | 30 | .260 | – | – |
| 1898 | Baltimore Orioles (1897-99), St. Louis Cardinals | 137 | 544 | 150 | 1 | 64 | 30 | .276 | – | – |
| 1899 | BOBaltimore Orioles (1897-99) | 138 | 551 | 177 | 4 | 66 | 48 | .321 | – | – |
| 1901 |  Detroit Tigers | 131 | 537 | 158 | 4 | 62 | 35 | .294 | – | – |
| 1902 | Detroit Tigers | 92 | 363 | 93 | 2 | 33 | 16 | .256 | – | – |
| 1903 | Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators (1901-60) | 107 | 414 | 112 | 1 | 26 | 35 | .271 | – | – |
| 1904 |  Chicago White Sox | 68 | 252 | 78 | 1 | 19 | 13 | .310 | – | – |
| 1905 | Chicago White Sox | 92 | 328 | 66 | – | 15 | 11 | .201 | – | – |