When healthy, Hollocher was a first-rate shortstop. He took part in two triple plays
and twice led the league in fielding average. The lefthanded hitter batted second
and seldom struck out. He led the NL with 161 hits and 509 at-bats as a rookie in
1918, and his .340 in 1922 was the highest mark for a shortstop since Honus Wagner's
.354 in 1908. He never fulfilled his great promise due to recurrent illness, and
committed suicide at age 44.
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FROM THE BASEBALL CHRONOLOGY
»May 30, 1922: Between games of the Memorial Day A.M.-P.M. doubleheader, the Cubs swap OF Max Flack to the Cards for OF Cliff Heathcote. Flack, who lives just three blocks from Cubs Park, went home for lunch between games, and arrived back in the Cubs clubhouse to find that he'd been traded. The players, who both played in the morning game, trade uniforms and play for their new teams in the afternoon. Heathcote is 0-for-3 as a Card, 2-for-4 as a Cub. Flack is hitless in the first game, 1–for-4 in the 2nd, as the Cubs win both, 4–1 and 3–1. George Stueland wins the opener and Vic Aldridge is the winner in the afternoon. In the nitecap, Cubs SS Charlie Hollocher strikes out for the first time this year, on a Bill Doak spitter. A .304 career hitter, he will whiff five times in 1922. In three years he will fan 33 times in 372 games.
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