Lefty Holmes
New York Lincoln Giants 1929; Baltimore Black Sox 1932; Philadelphia Stars 1934–1935; New York Cubans 1936; Washington Elite Giants 1936; Washington Black Senators 1938; New York Cubans 1940
Percentile snapshot
1935 season — qualified pitchers
of 96 qualified 1935 pitchers (min 68 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .364 | .455 | .818 | 95.7 | 98.7 | .372 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 18 | 49 | 44 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .289 | .364 | .653 | 76.4 | 79.6 | .306 | 1.9 |
| 1934 | 20 | 50 | 46 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .304 | .333 | .348 | .681 | 90.8 | 91.1 | .324 | 3.4 |
| 1935 | 19 | 33 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .355 | .355 | .387 | .742 | 86.9 | 87.1 | .338 | -0.3 |
| 1936 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .222 | .375 | .597 | 51.4 | 55.9 | .270 | -0.1 |
| 1938 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | 37.9 | 32.4 | .231 | -0.2 |
| 1940 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -84.7 | -100.0 | .000 | -0.2 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 17.0 | 4.76 | 1.529 | 4.76 | 6.88 | 126.3 | 114.4 | 0.3 |
| 1932 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 108 | 47 | 50 | 68 | 2 | 116.0 | 3.65 | 1.362 | 5.28 | 3.98 | 95.3 | 114.5 | 1.9 |
| 1934 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 86 | 33 | 33 | 78 | 2 | 107.0 | 2.78 | 1.112 | 6.56 | 3.78 | 83.8 | 162.6 | 3.4 |
| 1935 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 86 | 57 | 35 | 45 | 4 | 75.0 | 6.84 | 1.613 | 5.40 | 4.95 | 97.0 | 74.5 | -0.3 |
| 1936 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 19.3 | 6.52 | 1.655 | 5.12 | 4.28 | 83.7 | 78.4 | -0.1 |
| 1938 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 12.3 | 7.30 | 2.189 | 5.11 | 7.29 | 144.2 | 69.2 | -0.2 |
| 1940 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 12.00 | 2.000 | 3.00 | 11.70 | 224.0 | 43.5 | -0.2 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-06-24 | CRS @ PHS Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 1932-06-16 | BBS @ HIL Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1934-05-13 | PHS @ ND Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 1936-05-31 | NYC @ BEG Gameday | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1934-05-30 | TIC @ PHS Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934-06-15 | BEG @ PHS Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| 1934-06-24 | CRS @ PHS Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1932-05-08 | WPI @ BBS Gameday | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 1934-08-23 | PHS @ ND Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1934-07-12 | TIC @ PHS Gameday | 8.0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.