Herm Holshouser | |
Position: | Pitcher |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1907 |
Birth Place: | Rockwell, North Carolina |
Death Place: | Concord, North Carolina |
Debutleague: | MLB |
Debutdate: | April 15 |
Debutyear: | 1930 |
Debutteam: | St. Louis Browns |
Finalleague: | MLB |
Finaldate: | September 16 |
Finalyear: | 1930 |
Finalteam: | St. Louis Browns |
Statleague: | MLB |
Stat1label: | Win–loss record |
Stat1value: | 0–1 |
Stat2label: | Earned run average |
Stat2value: | 7.80 |
Stat3label: | Strikeouts |
Stat3value: | 37 |
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Herman Alexander Holshouser (January 20, 1907 – July 26, 1994) was an American professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 25 games, 24 of them in relief, in Major League Baseball as a member of the 1930 St. Louis Browns.[1] Born in Rockwell, North Carolina, he attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Holshouser threw and batted right-handed, and was listed as 6feet tall and . He began his nine-season pro career in 1926, and in his only big-league campaign, for the second-division Browns, Holshouser posted a 0–1 won–lost mark with one save, and a poor 7.80 earned run average. He allowed 103 hits and 28 bases on balls in 62 innings pitched, with 37 strikeouts.
He twice won over 20 games in minor league baseball, in 1928 and 1933. Holshouser retired after the 1934 season and died in Concord, North Carolina, at the age of 87.