Lefty Holmes
| Lefty Holmes | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: February 28, 1907 Brunswick, Georgia | |
| Died: December 27, 1987 (aged 80) Brunswick, Georgia | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1929, for the Lincoln Giants | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1940, for the New York Cubans | |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Frank "Lefty" Holmes (February 28, 1907 – December 27, 1987), also nicknamed "Sonny", "Ducky", and "Eddie", was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] A native of Brunswick, Georgia, he was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Philly Holmes, and played from 1929 to 1940 with multiple clubs. Holmes died in his hometown of Brunswick in 1987 at age 80.
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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