Harry Hooper (baseball player)
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: August 24, 1887 Bell Station , United States 
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| Died on: December 18, 1974 Santa Cruz , United States
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| Suggested: Left | Threw: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| April 16, 1909 with the Boston Red Sox | |
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| October 4, 1924 with the Chicago White Sox | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Batting average | , 281 |
| Home runs | 75 |
| Stolen Bases | 375 |
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 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Recorded | 1971 |
| Special selection | Veterans Committee |
Harry Bartholomew Hooper (born August 24, 1887 in Bell Station , California , † December 18, 1974 in Santa Cruz , California) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball . His nickname was Hoop .
biography
Harry Hooper was born in California and graduated from Saint Mary's College with an engineering degree before signing a contract with the Boston Red Sox as a professional baseball player in 1909 . He made his debut in the American League on April 16, 1909. Together with Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis , he formed the Million Dollar Outfield of the Red Sox.
Hooper scored three times more than 100 runs in his career, had a batting average of more than 30% five times, and stole more than 20 bases nine times. Overall, he was able to win the World Series four times with the Boston Red Sox . The Red Sox defeated the New York Giants in 1912, the Philadelphia Phillies in 1915 , the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1916, and the Chicago Cubs in 1918 . Hooper is the only Red Sox player to win four World Series titles with Boston. In 1915, he became the first player to hit two home runs in one game in the World Series.
In 1921 Harry Hooper moved to the Chicago White Sox , with whom he played his last game in the Major League on October 4, 1925. In 1971 Harry Hooper was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee . He died in 1974 at the age of 87.
His stations as a player
- 1909-1920 Boston Red Sox
- 1921-1925 Chicago White Sox
Web links
- Player information and statistics from Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube (English)
- Biography of Harry Hooper (English)
- Harry Hooper in the Hall of Fame (English)
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| SURNAME | Hooper, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hooper, Harry Bartholomew; Hoop |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bell Station , California |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th December 1974 |
| Place of death | Santa Cruz , California |