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Brooks Holder was born on 2 November, 1914 in Rising Star, Texas, is an American baseball player. Discover Brooks Holder's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 71 years old?
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71 years old |
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Scorpio |
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2 November 1914 |
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2 November |
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Rising Star, Texas |
| Date of death |
7 June, 1986 |
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Pinole, California |
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Brooks Holder Height, Weight & Measurements
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Brooks Holder Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Brooks Holder worth at the age of 71 years old? Brooks Holder’s income source is mostly from being a successful player. He is from . We have estimated Brooks Holder's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Richard Brooks Holder (November 2, 1914 – June 7, 1986) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned 17 seasons, all of which were spent in the minor leagues.
Holder was born on November 2, 1914, in Rising Star, Texas, to John C. and Nora E. Holder, who were of Scotch-Irish descent.
In 1920, the Holder family was living in Liberty, Arizona.
By age 15, Brooks Holder was living in Contra Costa County, California, with his parents and sibling, Volene L. Holder.
Brooks Holder attended high school in Crockett, California, where he played baseball, basketball, and football.
In all three of those sports, he was a league all-star.
During the off-seasons of his playing career, Holder found employment as a factory worker in a sugar refinery.
Holder joined the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in 1935 after a short stint that season in the Western League.
Over his tenure in the PCL, he played for the San Francisco Seals (1935–1942, 1949–1950), the Hollywood Stars (1943–45), the Oakland Oaks (1946–48), and the Portland Beavers (1951).
His career minor-league batting average stands at .295 with 2,540 hits, 417 doubles, 117 triples, and 98 home runs in 2,492 games played.
Despite being left-handed, Holder was used as a second baseman early in his career, a position that is usually reserved for right-handed players.
In 1935, Holder began his professional baseball career.
He played with the Class A Des Moines Demons of the Western League for the first part of the season, batting .304 with 105 hits, 14 doubles, 13 triples, and one home run in 88 games played with Des Moines.
Defensively, Holder, who played exclusively at second base for the Demons that year, compiled a .949 fielding percentage.
Holder managed to place third overall on the league's triples leaderboard, finishing just behind Charles Clements (15) Auggie Luther (14).
During the 1935 season, Holder joined the AAA San Francisco Seals of the PCL.
The Seals brought him in to replace their regular second baseman, Art Garibaldi, who was sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Holder played the remainder of the season with San Francisco, batting .250 with 12 hits in 48 at-bats.
Holder's fielding percentage increased after joining the Seals, going from .946 to a combined .948 between the two clubs.
Overall as a member of the Seals, his fielding percentage was .958.
Holder spent his first full season with the San Francisco Seals in 1936.
In 152 games played, he compiled a .289 batting average with 27 doubles, 11 triples, and one home run.
In the field, Holder played at second base, putting up a .953 fielding percentage.
After the 1937 season, he appeared exclusively as an outfielder.
During his playing career, Holder stood at 5 ft and weighed 180 lb.
Sports journalist David Halberstam noted that Holder was a "great hitter with good speed", but had difficulty on defense, primarily with catching the ball.
In 1937, Holder cracked the Seals' Opening Day batting order.
Holder finished the season with a .319 average with 155 hits, 27 doubles, eight triples, and two home runs in 135 games played.
His fielding percentage that season was .968.
In October 1938, Holder married Arlene Smith of Crockett, California.
In July 1938, the Associated Press noted that Holder might be signing with a Major League Baseball (MLB) team that season, although nothing ever came of it.
On the season, Holder batted .330 with 193 hits, 26 doubles, eight triples, and two home runs in 172 games played.
By 1943, his wife and he had three children.
In 1946, Holder's father died in an automobile accident.
Holder and his family resided in San Francisco during the off-seasons.
In 1951, a February edition of Baseball Digest indicated that Holder worked in a meat packing plant in the San Francisco area.
For recreation, Holder enjoyed outdoor activities, which included hunting and fishing.
In 2004, the PCL enshrined Holder in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.
He was one of 12 players that year to be inducted.
