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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
Cuban Giants (1886–1888, 1891)

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. He died in Washington, D.C., in 1949 at age 91.

References

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

External links

• Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads

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