Nicknamed "Hondo", Hollmig was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg); he threw and batted right-handed. He signed with the Phillies after attending Texas A&M University, where he was an All-Conference football player.\n', '

Hollmig spent only one season (1948) in the club\'s farm system before earning a spot with the 1949 Phillies. He started 65 games as a right fielder (left-handed-swinging Bill Nicholson started 79), collected 64 hits and batted .255. On back-to-back days, June 7–8, he hit his only two MLB home runs against the Pittsburgh Pirates\' Vic Lombardi (a three-run shot) and Tiny Bonham (a two-run homer), respectively. In the latter game, he provided all the run support needed for Phillies\' pitcher (and eventual Baseball Hall of Famer) Robin Roberts, who hurled a 2–0, shutout victory.\n', '

Hollmig was a member of the pennant-winning 1950 Whiz Kids, but appeared in only 11 games and had 12 plate appearances all season. Hollmig collected three hits, with two doubles. One of those doubles came September 15 as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning of a game against the Cincinnati Reds at Shibe Park. Batting for Jackie Mayo with the Phils trailing, 5–3, Hollmig rifled a two-bagger to right field, sending Del Ennis to third base. Hollmig was then removed for a pinch runner, who scored along with Ennis on a game-tying double hit by Granny Hamner. The contest went into extra innings, with the Phillies again rallying from a two-run deficit in the 18th to tie the score—then winning 8–7 in the 19th. In his only start of the season, two days later against the Pirates, Hollmig\'s RBI single was a key hit in a five-run rally that carried Philadelphia to a 5–3 victory. Each win was crucial, because the Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers would battle to the season\'s final day before Hollmig\'s club prevailed and averted a best-of-three tie-breaker series. Hollmig did not play in the 1950 World Series.\n', '

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