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. 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. They had a son named Robert and a daughter named Margaret.
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.

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