Fred Holmes

{{Short description|American baseball player (1878–1956)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Fred Holmes

|position=First baseman/Catcher

|image=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1878|7|1|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Chicago, Illinois

|death_date={{death date and age|1956|2|13|1878|7|1}}

|death_place=Chicago, Illinois

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 23

|debutyear={{By|1903}}

|debutteam=New York Highlanders

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 24

|finalyear={{By|1904}}

|finalteam=Chicago Cubs

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.333

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=0

|teams=

• New York Highlanders ({{By|1903}})
• Chicago Cubs ({{By|1904}})

}}

Frederick Clarence Holmes (July 1, 1878 – February 13, 1956) was a Major League Baseball first baseman and catcher.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=holmes001fre|title=Fred Holmes Minor Leagues Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}

Holmes played for the New York Highlanders in {{By|1903}} and the Chicago Cubs in {{By|1904}}. In two career games, he had one hit in three at-bats. He batted and threw right-handed.

Holmes was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in Norwood Park, Chicago.