Philly Holmes
Jacksonville Red Caps 1938; Cleveland Bears 1939; Indianapolis ABCs/Atlanta Black Crackers 1939; Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 1945; New York Black Yankees 1945
Percentile snapshot
1938 season — qualified batters
of 122 qualified 1938 batters (min 71 PA)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 15 | 76 | 69 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .246 | .307 | .362 | .669 | 92.5 | 92.2 | .317 | 0.2 |
| 1939 | 11 | 42 | 35 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .200 | .317 | .229 | .546 | 72.7 | 60.2 | .282 | 0.0 |
| 1945 | 24 | 100 | 96 | 9 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .271 | .300 | .344 | .644 | 83.6 | 83.7 | .304 | 0.2 |
Career totals
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945-05-30 | NBY @ BEG Gameday | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 1938-05-28 | JRC @ ATL Gameday | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 1945-09-10 | CAG @ IC Gameday | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 1938-07-01 | JRC @ ATL Gameday | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1938-07-02 | JRC @ ATL Gameday | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938-05-23 | ATL @ JRC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-05-24 | ATL @ JRC Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-05-28 | JRC @ ATL Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-06-04 | JRC @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938-06-05 | JRC @ CAG Gameday | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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.