Ducky Holmes Stats

Ducky Holmes was born on Thursday, January 28, 1869, in Des Moines, Iowa. Holmes was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on August 8, 1895, with the Louisville Colonels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Ducky Holmes baseball stats page.

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Ducky Holmes
 
 
Career All-Star Division LCS World Series Trades Awards
Birth Name:   James William Holmes
Nickname:   Ducky
Born On:   01-28-1869
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Des Moines, Iowa
Zodiac:   Aquarius
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-06-1932
Place of Death Data Died In:   Truro, Iowa
Cemetery:   Hartman Cemetery, Truro, Iowa
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left
Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-06
Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   08-08-1895 (Age 26)
Last Game:   09-29-1905
Draft:   Not Applicable
Ducky Holmes

Ducky Holmes Pitching Stats

G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
1895 Colonels 2 1 1 1 0 1.000 5.79 1 0 0 14.0 0 16 9 11 1 4 - 0 3 0 0 -
1896 Colonels 2 1 1 0 1 .000 7.50 0 0 0 12.0 0 26 10 23 0 8 - 3 0 0 0 -
G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD
2 Years 4 2 2 1 1 .500 6.58 1 0 0 26.0 0 42 19 34 1 12 - 3 3 0 0 -
Ducky Holmes

Ducky Holmes Hitting Stats

G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
1895 Colonels 40 161 33 60 10 2 3 0 20 12 - 9 3 - 3 - .373 .426 .516
1896 Colonels 47 141 22 38 3 2 0 0 18 13 - 5 4 - 7 - .270 .360 .319
1897 Colonels 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 0 - 0 - .000 .200 .000
1897 Giants 79 306 51 82 8 6 1 0 44 18 - - 6 - 4 - .268 .317 .343
1898 Browns 23 101 9 24 1 1 0 0 0 2 - - 0 - 1 - .238 .260 .267
1898 Orioles 113 442 54 126 10 9 1 0 64 23 - - 9 - 9 - .285 .333 .355
1899 Orioles 138 553 80 177 31 7 4 0 66 39 - - 16 - 15 - .320 .381 .423
1901 Tigers 131 537 90 158 28 10 4 1 62 37 - - 9 - 6 - .294 .347 .406
1902 Tigers 92 362 50 93 15 4 2 0 33 28 - - 9 - 5 - .257 .319 .337
1903 Senators 21 71 13 16 3 1 1 0 8 5 - - 2 - 1 - .225 .286 .338
1903 White Stockings 86 344 53 96 7 5 0 0 18 25 - - 17 - 4 - .279 .335 .328
1904 White Sox 68 251 42 78 11 9 1 0 19 14 - - 9 - 3 - .311 .354 .438
1905 White Sox 92 328 42 66 15 2 0 0 22 19 - - 29 - 6 - .201 .258 .259
G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG
10 Years 932 3,601 539 1,014 142 58 17 1 374 236 - 14 113 - 64 - .282 .337 .367
Ducky Holmes

Ducky Holmes Fielding Stats

POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
1895 Colonels 3B 4 - - 12 3.0 9 5 4 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 0.00 -
1895 Colonels OF 29 - - 50 1.7 39 32 7 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .780 0.00 -
1895 Colonels P 2 1 42 5 2.5 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.21 -
1895 Colonels SS 8 - - 35 4.4 28 11 17 7 1 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1896 Colonels 2B 1 - - 3 3.0 2 0 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1896 Colonels OF 33 - - 62 1.9 49 43 6 13 1 n/a n/a n/a .790 0.00 -
1896 Colonels P 2 1 36 3 1.5 3 0 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.25 -
1896 Colonels SS 1 - - 9 9.0 4 1 3 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .444 0.00 -
1897 Colonels SS 1 - - 8 8.0 8 4 4 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00 -
1897 Giants LF 77 - - 135 1.8 122 113 9 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .904 0.00 -
1897 Giants SS 1 - - 9 9.0 6 0 6 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .667 0.00 -
1898 Browns OF 22 - - 50 2.3 45 39 6 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .900 0.00 -
1898 Orioles LF 113 - - 278 2.5 260 247 13 18 4 n/a n/a n/a .935 0.00 -
1899 Orioles OF 138 - - 372 2.7 345 321 24 27 5 n/a n/a n/a .927 0.00 -
1901 Tigers OF 131 - - 259 2.0 235 217 18 24 5 n/a n/a n/a .907 0.00 -
1902 Tigers OF 92 - - 180 2.0 171 155 16 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .950 0.00 -
1903 Senators 2B 2 - - 10 5.0 8 5 3 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1903 Senators 3B 4 - - 11 2.8 10 3 7 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 0.00 -
1903 Senators OF 14 - - 34 2.4 31 26 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .912 0.00 -
1903 White Stockings 3B 3 - - 10 3.3 8 3 5 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .800 0.00 -
1903 White Stockings LF 82 - - 171 2.1 165 151 14 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00 -
1904 White Sox OF 63 - - 122 1.9 119 111 8 3 3 n/a n/a n/a .975 0.00 -
1905 White Sox OF 89 - - 172 1.9 161 150 11 11 1 n/a n/a n/a .936 0.00 -
POS G GS OUTS TC TC/G CH PO A E DP PB CASB CACS FLD% RF ZR
OF Totals 611 0 0 1,301 2.1 1,195 1,094 101 106 24 n/a n/a n/a .919 0.00 --
LF Totals 272 0 0 584 2.1 547 511 36 37 6 n/a n/a n/a .937 0.00 --
SS Totals 11 0 0 61 5.5 46 16 30 15 5 n/a n/a n/a .754 0.00 --
3B Totals 11 0 0 33 3.0 27 11 16 6 0 n/a n/a n/a .818 0.00 --
P Totals 4 2 78 8 2.0 8 1 7 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.77 --
2B Totals 3 0 0 13 4.3 10 5 5 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .769 0.00 --
10 Years 912 2 78 2,000 2.2 1,833 1,638 195 167 35 n/a n/a n/a .917 634.50 --
Ducky Holmes

Ducky Holmes Miscellaneous Stats

SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
1895 Colonels 9 - - - - n/a 53.7 17.9 8.1 0.00 0.00 2.57
1896 Colonels 8 - - - - n/a 0.0 28.2 7.8 0.38 2.25 6.00
1897 Colonels 0 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1897 Giants 30 - - - - n/a 306.0 0.0 7.0 - - -
1898 Browns 4 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
1898 Orioles 25 - - - - n/a 442.0 0.0 6.9 - - -
1899 Orioles 50 - - - - n/a 138.3 0.0 8.4 - - -
1901 Tigers 35 - - - - n/a 134.3 0.0 8.7 - - -
1902 Tigers 16 - - - - n/a 181.0 0.0 11.0 - - -
1903 Senators 10 - - - - n/a 71.0 0.0 8.9 - - -
1903 White Stockings 25 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 19.1 - - -
1904 White Sox 13 - - - - n/a 251.0 0.0 13.2 - - -
1905 White Sox 11 - - - - n/a 0.0 0.0 14.9 - - -
SB CS SB% PH PR DH AB/HR AB/K AB/RBI K/BB K/9 BB/9
10 Years 236 - - - - n/a 211.8 257.2 9.6 0.25 1.04 4.15
Ducky Holmes

Ducky Holmes Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1895 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1896 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 Louisville Colonels n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1897 New York Giants n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 St. Louis Browns n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1898 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1899 Baltimore Orioles n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1901 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1902 Detroit Tigers n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1903 Washington Senators n/a Undetermined n/a -
1903 Chicago White Stockings n/a Undetermined n/a -
1904 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a n/a
1905 Chicago White Sox n/a Undetermined n/a -


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