Lefty Holmes

Lefty Holmes
Lefty Holmes
	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
Teams
	Lincoln Giants (1929); Cuban House of David (1931); Baltimore Black Sox (1932); Philadelphia Stars (1933-1934); Washington Elite Giants (1936); New York Cubans (1936, 1940); Washington Black Senators (1938);

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]

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[Riley-1] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

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