Frank "Lefty" Holmes (February 28, 1907 – December 27, 1987), also nicknamed "Sonny", "Ducky", and "Eddie", was an

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in the

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. A native of

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, he was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer

Philly Holmes Leroy Holmes (December 12, 1912 – October 7, 1985), nicknamed "Philly" and "Buddy", was an American Negro league shortstop between 1937 and 1945. A native of Brunswick, Georgia, Holmes was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Lefty Holmes a ...

, and played from 1929 to 1940 with multiple clubs. Holmes died in his hometown of Brunswick in 1987 at age 80.

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