Stan Hollmig
Stan Hollmig (January 2, 1926 – December 4, 1981) was an American baseball outfielder and later a scout. Born in Fredericksburg, Texas, he attended Texas A&M University, where he played football and earned All-Conference honors. He signed with the Philadelphia Phillies and debuted in Major League Baseball in 1949.
Hollmig played three seasons in the majors with the Phillies, appearing in 94 games. He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighed about 190 pounds. In 1949 he started 65 games in right field, notching 64 hits and a .255 batting average. He hit his only two major league home runs on back-to-back days in June 1949 against Pirates pitchers Vic Lombardi and Tiny Bonham. One of those hits helped Robin Roberts earn a 2–0 shutout.
He was part of the 1950 Phillies team known as the Whiz Kids, which won the pennant, but he played in only 11 games that season. He collected three hits, including two doubles; one of his doubles came on September 15 as a pinch hitter in a key late-game rally that helped the Phillies win an 8–7, 19-inning game against the Reds. In 1951 he spent most of the year in the minors before making two final pinch-hitting appearances for Philadelphia that September. He finished his playing career in the minor leagues in 1958.
After retiring as a player, Hollmig worked as a scout for the Cincinnati Reds and the Houston Astros. In the major leagues, he totaled 67 hits, 13 doubles, 6 triples, 2 home runs, and 27 runs batted in, with a .253 batting average. He died of cancer in San Antonio, Texas, at age 55.
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