Ducky Holmes

{{Short description|American baseball player (1869–1932)}} {{about||Howard Elbert Holmes (with the same nickname)|Ducky Holmes (catcher)|other people with similar name|James Holmes (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Ducky Holmes |position=Outfielder |image=DuckyHolmes.jpg |caption=Image from ''Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago History Museum''. |bats=Left |throws=Right |birth_date={{birth date|1869|1|28}} |birth_place=Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1932|8|6|1869|1|28}} |death_place=Truro, Iowa, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=August 8 |debutyear=1895 |debutteam= Louisville Colonels |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 29 |finalyear=1905 |finalteam= Chicago White Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.282 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=17 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=375 |stat4label=Stolen bases |stat4value=236 |teams= * Louisville Colonels ({{mlby|1895}}–{{mlby|1897}}) * New York Giants ({{mlby|1897}}) * St. Louis Browns ({{mlby|1898}}) * Baltimore Orioles ({{mlby|1898}}–{{mlby|1899}}) * Detroit Tigers ({{mlby|1901}}–{{mlby|1902}}) * Washington Senators ({{mlby|1903}}) * Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1903}}–{{mlby|1905}}) |highlights= }}

'''James William "Ducky" Holmes''' (January 28, 1869 – August 6, 1932) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball. He played ten seasons in the National League and American League with the Louisville Colonels (1895–97), New York Giants (1897), St. Louis Browns (1898), Baltimore Orioles (1898–99), Detroit Tigers (1901–02), Washington Senators (1903), and Chicago White Sox (1903–05). His minor league career included stops in Lincoln (1906–07) as player manager, Sioux City as player manager (1908–09), and as manager in Toledo (1910), Mobile (1911), Nebraska City (1912), Sioux City again (1912–13), Butte (1914), Lincoln (1916–17), Sioux City (1918), Beatrice (1922), and Fort Smith (1922). He was the player manager of the Western League Sioux City Packers playing alongside one time White Sox teammate Danny Green.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=holmes003jam|title = Ducky Holmes Minor Leagues Statistics & History}}</ref> Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

Holmes spent his first two seasons with the Colonels and played the next two seasons with four clubs. After a season's absence, he returned to play in the American League's inaugural season in 1901. In 932 career games, Holmes batted .282 with 236 stolen bases and 1,014 hits.

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