Born in Detroit, Michigan, Poholsky appeared in 159 games, 104 as a starting pitcher, for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs.

As a minor leaguer with the Rochester Red Wings, he won the International League Most Valuable Player Award in 1950.

Over the course of the next two seasons, Poholsky went 37-11 combined and quickly a promotion to the top club in St Louis' chain, the Rochester Red Wings.

[2] Poholsky earned the win when Rochester's Don Richmond hit a Tomasic pitch that scored Dick Cole.

After one final season in the minor leagues with the Houston Buffs of the American Association, Poholsky retired from baseball at the age of 29, but on the heels of a fourteen-year pro career.