Born in St. Louis, Hollocher was a shortstop for the Chicago Cubs from 1918 to 1924. His cousin Bob Klinger was also a Major League Baseball player.\n', '

Hollocher helped the Cubs win the National League pennant in 1918. (In that year the professional baseball season was prematurely curtailed due to World War I.) That season he led the National League in games (131), at bats (509), hits (161), total bases (202), singles (130) and runs created (76, although this statistic was a retroactive metric).\n', '

In 1922 he led the National League in at bats per strikeout (118.4), which to this day remains the Cubs\' single season record. His five strikeouts for the entire season remains the National League record by a player with a minimum of 150 games.\n', '

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