Bill Holmes

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Bill Holmes
Charles William Holmes
Bat/Throw: L/R
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 185
Born: 1937-9-9 at Kalamazoo, MI (US)
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Bill Holmes was a professional player.

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Profile

Personal

  • Resided in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1959.
  • Self-identified as being of English ancestry.
  • Shows he is single.
  • Shows his hobbies are hunting, fishing and guns.

Pre-professional career

  • Graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1956.
  • Played baseball, basketball and football in high school.
  • Pitched a no-hit, no-run game his first year in high school.

Achievements

  • Pitching for Lawton in 1957 in the Sooner State League, he had a no-hitter for 8 2/3 innings, allowing the lone hit of the game with only one out to go.
  • Led the 1958 Pioneer League pitchers in games won with 17.
  • Tied for the lead in complete games with 15 in the 1958 Pioneer League.
  • Was second in strikeouts with 203 in the 1958 Pioneer League.
  • Named to the 1958 Pioneer League All-Star team.

Contract signing

  • Signed to his first contract by Tom Demark of the Milwaukee Braves.

Source

  • 1959 Texas League Sketches.


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