Bill Holland (right-handed pitcher)
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Elvis William Holland (February 28, 1901 – December 3, 1973) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues. He was a pitcher and played from 1919 to 1941. In newspaper reports, he is often referred to as "Bill" Holland, and had the nicknames of "Speed" and "Devil."
Early career
Holland debuted in Richmond, Indiana as a teenager in 1918 with the Richmond Giants, a team that had also featured Negro league legends
Lincoln Giants, Brooklyn Royal Giants, and the New York Black Yankees
.
Later career
In 1930 Holland went 29-2 for the
Lincoln Giants and was the first black player to ever pitch at Yankee Stadium. He was also voted to the 1939 East-West All-Star Game.[2]
At age 51, Holland received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.[3]
Rankings In Negro league history
According to Seamheads, in official league games across Negro league history, Holland ranks fifth in strikeouts and complete games (1,094 and 173 respectively), and tenth in wins (116).
References
- Notes
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Negro League Baseball Museum at the Wayback Machine (archived February 24, 2012)