finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date death_place finaldate image statlabel debutteam name throws caption birth_place debutdate bats position article_title
1915 27 november 1973 1906 .231 1 78 pittsburgh rebels 6 july 1879 williamsport , pennsylvania june 6 ed holly 1907.jpg batting average home runs runs batted in st. louis cardinals ed holly right holly in 1907 chicago , illinois july 18 right shortstop ed holly

ed holly

edward william holly -lrb- 1879 -- 1973 -rrb- , born edward william ruthlavy , was a major league baseball shortstop .
he played all or part of four seasons in the majors .
he is also a member of the international league hall of fame .
holly 's professional career began in with the western league 's milwaukee brewers .
in , he played for the st. paul saints .
after eight years in the minor leagues , holly was acquired from the johnstown johnnies , where he had batted .298 in by the st. louis cardinals .
he played 10 games for the cards , batting just .059 , but was apparently impressive enough to be handed the starting shortstop job in , replacing forrest crawford .
holly played 150 games for st. louis that year , batting .229 .
he was let go after the season .
in , holly was back in the minor leagues , playing for the rochester bronchos of the eastern league , the predecessor of the international league .
he spent the next six seasons in that league , with the bronchos , montreal royals , and toronto maple leafs , where he built his reputation as a top defensive shortstop .
three of his teams won the league championship during his tenure : rochester in and , and montreal in .
it would take a third major league to bring holly back to the majors in .
that year , holly joined the pittsburgh rebels of the upstart federal league .
he served as their starting shortstop that year , batting .246 in 100 games .
the next season , however , he was on the bench behind marty berghammer , who had jumped over from the cincinnati reds .
after the season , the federal league folded , and holly retired as an active player .
holly returned to the international league in as manager of the montreal royals .
he managed the club for three full seasons and parts of two others -- including winning 96 games in -- before being let go partway through the season .
he was also a long-time scout for several different major league teams .
he was elected to the il hall of fame in .
