Samuel Mitchell Holmes Sr. (December 11, 1915–November 8, 2010), was an American baseball player. He played in the Negro leagues for the

Monroe Monarchs The Monroe Monarchs were a professional baseball team based in Monroe, Louisiana, which played in the Negro leagues from the late 1920s to about 1935, mostly as a minor league team loosely associated with the Kansas City Monarchs. The team was cr ...

(though it is assumed he played for them after they left the major Negro Southern League following 1932), and the Denver White Elephants, a semi-professional team. He was born in Bosco, Louisiana.

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