Wattie Holm
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| Wattie Holm | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: December 28, 1901 Peterson, Iowa, U.S. | |
| Died: May 19, 1950 (aged 48) Everly, Iowa, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 15, 1924, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| August 8, 1932, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .275 |
| Home runs | 6 |
| Runs batted in | 174 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Roscoe Albert Holm (December 28, 1901 – May 19, 1950) was a Major League Baseball player. Holm played for the St. Louis Cardinals for seven seasons between 1924 and 1932, missing the 1930 and 1931 seasons. Holm was a member of the Cardinals first World Series in 1926. He batted and threw right-handed. Holm suffered from mental illness later in life. Nearly two decades after leaving professional baseball, he murdered his wife shortly before killing himself.
Holm was born in Peterson, Iowa, and as a child he moved with his family to Alton, Iowa. Holm received his nickname, "Wattie", when he was young.[1] Holm's father encouraged him to pursue dental school. attended the University of Iowa for a year before leaving to pursue a baseball career.
Holm married the former Ella Powell in Spencer, Iowa, in 1923. She was a schoolteacher.[2] They had a son named Robert and a daughter named Margaret.
Career
Holm made his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1924, after playing minor league baseball at Syracuse the season before. He spent much of his career back and forth between the major leagues and the minor leagues, but he stayed in the major leagues between 1926 and 1929. His best season came in 1927, when Holm had a .286 batting average and drove in 66 runs while playing 110 games for St. Louis.
In the fall of 1929, the Cardinals advised Holm to have surgery on his tonsils and nose. He refused at the time, but underwent the procedure in the spring of 1930, causing a delay in his preparation for the 1930 season.[3] He played for the Houston Buffaloes in 1930 and the Rochester Red Wings in 1931.
Holm split 1932, his last year in professional baseball, between the Cardinals, the Red Wings and the Columbus Red Birds.
In 436 games over seven seasons, Holm recorded a .275 batting average (410-for-1493) with 207 runs, 6 home runs and 174 RBI. He posted a career .955 fielding percentage. In two World Series (1926 and 1928), he hit .136 (3-for-22) with 2 RBI.