Friday, January 20, 2023

Jim Holmes

Career: Appeared in three games with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1906 and 13 games with Brooklyn in 1908. 

Did you know? Defeated Hall of Famer Joe McGinnity of the New York Giants for his lone big league victory, on June 29, 2008.

Post-game: Worked as a sales clerk at retail stores in Ohio, Oklahoma and Florida, retiring around 1950 ... died on March 10, 1960 at age 78 after an illness of several months.

Sources: Baseball-Reference; Ancestry.com; Florida Times Union, 3/12/1960; Hartford Courant, 3/11/1960; Richmond News-Leader, 3/11/1960; The Sporting News, 3/23/1960.

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