Tommy Holmes
1942–1952 · bats L / throws L · Brooklyn Dodgers, Boston Braves, CDA, NLS
1,320G
.302AVG
.366OBP
.432SLG
More career statistics
1,507H
88HR
581RBI
40SB
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 · At bats | 4,992 | 4,991 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 0 | 26 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,507 | 1,506 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 24 | 25 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 122 | 123 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 5,565 | 5,563 |
| Batting · Runs | 698 | 697 |
| Batting · RBI | 581 | 578 |
| Batting · Walks | 480 | 478 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,320 | 5,565 | 4,992 | 698 | 1,507 | 292 | 47 | 88 | 581 | 480 | 122 | 40 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2,157 | .302 | .366 | .432 | .798 |
Streaks
37longest hitting streak · 1945-06-06 to 1945-07-08
38longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1945-06-13 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1951-07-02 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1945-05-15 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 669 | 2785 | 758 | 50 | 297 | 260 | 51 | .306 | .366 | .447 |
| Away | 651 | 2778 | 748 | 38 | 281 | 218 | 72 | .298 | .348 | .417 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 88 | 368 | 103 | 4 | 38 | 25 | 6 | .312 | .348 | .415 |
| May | 196 | 854 | 236 | 11 | 87 | 84 | 13 | .314 | .375 | .454 |
| June | 250 | 1080 | 304 | 16 | 111 | 91 | 18 | .314 | .366 | .446 |
| July | 265 | 1106 | 287 | 27 | 128 | 105 | 32 | .290 | .354 | .455 |
| August | 266 | 1098 | 298 | 17 | 109 | 84 | 21 | .298 | .348 | .422 |
| September | 243 | 1010 | 265 | 12 | 101 | 88 | 32 | .292 | .350 | .392 |
| October | 12 | 47 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | .302 | .298 | .442 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 196 | 826 | 223 | 7 | 86 | 62 | 16 | .298 | .345 | .395 |
| new-york-giants | 195 | 784 | 197 | 22 | 102 | 77 | 21 | .285 | .349 | .447 |
| chicago-cubs | 194 | 835 | 231 | 9 | 87 | 67 | 22 | .306 | .357 | .432 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 184 | 800 | 220 | 10 | 74 | 61 | 10 | .303 | .351 | .428 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 183 | 776 | 232 | 18 | 97 | 70 | 17 | .331 | .389 | .491 |
| cincinnati-reds | 183 | 786 | 218 | 16 | 65 | 69 | 16 | .312 | .365 | .447 |
| brooklyn-dodgers | 180 | 747 | 183 | 6 | 66 | 71 | 20 | .276 | .340 | .384 |
| boston-braves | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 |  Boston Braves | 141 | 558 | 155 | 4 | 41 | 2 | .278 | – | – |
| 1943 | Boston Braves | 152 | 629 | 170 | 5 | 41 | 7 | .270 | – | – |
| 1944 | Boston Braves | 155 | 631 | 195 | 13 | 72 | 4 | .309 | – | – |
| 1945 | Boston Braves | 154 | 636 | 224 | 28 | 116 | 15 | .352 | – | – |
| 1946 | Boston Braves | 149 | 568 | 176 | 6 | 79 | 7 | .310 | – | – |
| 1947 | Boston Braves | 150 | 617 | 190 | 9 | 53 | 3 | .308 | – | – |
| 1948 | Boston Braves | 139 | 585 | 190 | 6 | 60 | 1 | .325 | – | – |
| 1949 | Boston Braves | 117 | 380 | 101 | 8 | 58 | 1 | .266 | – | – |
| 1950 | Boston Braves | 105 | 322 | 96 | 9 | 52 | – | .298 | – | – |
| 1951 | Boston Braves | 27 | 29 | 5 | – | 5 | – | .172 | – | – |
| 1952 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 31 | 36 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .111 | – | – |