leroy, holmes, baseball, leroy, holmes, december, 1912, october, 1985, nicknamed, philly, buddy, american, negro, league, shortstop, between, 1937, 1945, leroy, holmesshortstopborn, 1912, december, 1912brunswick, georgiadied, october, 1985, 1985, aged, atlanta. Leroy Holmes December 12 1912 October 7 1985 nicknamed Philly and Buddy was an American Negro league shortstop between 1937 and 1945 Leroy HolmesShortstopBorn 1912 12 12 December 12 1912Brunswick GeorgiaDied October 7 1985 1985 10 07 aged 72 Atlanta GeorgiaBatted LeftThrew RightNegro league baseball debut1937 for the Jacksonville Red CapsLast appearance1945 for the Cincinnati ClownsTeamsJacksonville Red Caps 1937 1938 Cleveland Bears 1939 Indianapolis ABCs 1939 New York Black Yankees 1945 Cincinnati Clowns 1945 A native of Brunswick Georgia Holmes was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Lefty Holmes and attended Bethune Cookman College He made his Negro leagues debut in 1937 for the Jacksonville Red Caps and played for Jacksonville again the following season Holmes split 1939 with the Cleveland Bears and Indianapolis ABCs then played for the New York Black Yankees and Cincinnati Clowns in 1945 1 2 He died in Atlanta Georgia in 1985 at age 72 References Edit Philly Holmes seamheads com Retrieved October 7 2020 Leroy Holmes baseball reference com Retrieved October 7 2020 External links EditCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads This Negro league baseball infielder article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leroy Holmes baseball amp oldid 1159921013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
