Ben Holmes (baseball)

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Ben Holmes
Third baseman
Born: (1858-04-03)April 3, 1858
King and Queen County, Virginia
Died: May 11, 1949(1949-05-11) (aged 91)
Washington, DC
Negro league baseball debut
1886, for the Cuban Giants
Last appearance
1891, for the Cuban Giants
Teams

Benjamin F. Holmes (April 3, 1858 – May 11, 1949) was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1880s and 1890s.

A native of King and Queen County, Virginia, Holmes played several seasons for the Cuban Giants between 1886 and 1891.[1][2] He died in Washington, D.C., in 1949 at age 91.

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  1. ^ "Ben Holmes". seamheads.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Ben Holmes". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

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