Jim Holt (baseball)

He graduated from Graham High School, also known as Graham Colored High School, and was drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in 1965. He was also drafted by the U.S. and his subsequent service in Vietnam delayed the start of his professional baseball career. He made his major league debut on April 17, 1968 and played his last game on October 3, 1976.

On the Arizona Instructional League team in 1967, Holt batted a team-best .367 on the Athletics' affiliated squad that also included Vida Blue, Bert Campaneris, Rollie Fingers, and Reggie Jackson. Holt was an outfielder and first baseman with the Minnesota Twins from 1968–74 and Oakland Athletics from 1974-76. As a member of the 1974 World Series champion Athletics, he had a pinch-hit single in game one, which the Athletics lost to the Dodgers. He drove in 2 runs with a pinch-hit single in game four, which the A's won. He had a career batting average of .265 with 19 home runs and 177 runs batted in in 707 games. He played in 4 World Series games and 8 American League Championship Series games.

After his major league career ended, he played with the Chihuahua Dorados in 1977 and the Monterrey Sultanes in 1978, both in the Mexican League Northeast.

He lives in Graham, North Carolina.

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Oakland Athletics 1974 World Series Champions

1 Dick Green 2 Ángel Mangual 3 Herb Washington 4 Billy North 6 Sal Bando 8 Manny Trillo 9 Reggie Jackson 10 Ray Fosse 11 Ted Kubiak 12 Larry Haney 13 Blue Moon Odom 14 Vida Blue 15 Claudell Washington 16 Dal Maxvill 18 Gene Tenace 19 Bert Campaneris 22 Jesús Alou 24 John Donaldson 26 Joe Rudi 27 Catfish Hunter 30 Ken Holtzman 32 Darold Knowles 34 Rollie Fingers (World Series MVP) 38 Jim Holt

Manager 5 Alvin Dark Coaches 41 Jerry Adair 42 Wes Stock 43 Bobby Winkles 43 Irv Noren 44 Bobby Hofman

Regular season American League Championship Series

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