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Harry Hooper

Birthdate:

8/24/1887

Died:

12/18/1974

Height / Weight:

5' 10" / 168 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Bell Station, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / R

Baseball Historian Biography

This skillful outfielder and leadoff hitter was the top fielding rightfielder of his era, made running catches and leaped high on the walls. Hooper played in the same Red Sox outfield in 1914-15, along with Ruth and Speaker. Hooper suggested to manager Ed Barrow 'hat Barrow put Babe Ruth in the outfield as he hits to well to be a pitcher'. Ruth, whose greatest days were with the Yankees went on to hit 714 career homers. Hall of Famer Harry Hooper, in his big league career got on base 3,602 times and stole 375 bases including a .281 lifetime batting average. Hooper was a top all-around player.

The Red Sox outfield of Hooper, Speaker and Ruth is the only outfield in history to have 3 Hall of Famer playing alongside each other for a full season. baseballhistorian.com archives

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1913	BOS (AL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
17 years		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1909	BOS (AL)	81	255	29	72	3	4	0	12	16	0	15	0	0	5	6	0	.282	.337	SLG
1910	BOS (AL)	155	584	81	156	9	10	2	27	62	0	40	0	0	8	34	0	.267	.346	SLG
1911	BOS (AL)	130	524	93	163	20	6	4	45	73	0	38	0	0	4	13	0	.311	.399	SLG
1912	BOS (AL)	147	590	98	143	20	12	2	53	66	0	29	0	0	7	21	0	.242	.326	SLG
1913	BOS (AL)	148	586	100	169	29	12	4	40	60	51	26	0	0	5	13	0	.288	.359	SLG
1914	BOS (AL)	142	530	85	137	23	15	1	41	58	47	19	14	0	4	7	0	.258	.336	SLG
1915	BOS (AL)	149	566	90	133	20	13	2	51	89	36	22	20	0	3	17	0	.235	.342	SLG
1916	BOS (AL)	151	575	75	156	20	11	1	37	80	35	27	11	0	1	14	0	.271	.361	SLG
1917	BOS (AL)	151	559	89	143	21	11	3	45	80	40	21	0	0	6	22	0	.256	.355	SLG
1918	BOS (AL)	126	474	81	137	26	13	1	44	75	25	24	0	0	4	16	0	.289	.391	SLG
1919	BOS (AL)	128	491	76	131	25	6	3	49	79	28	23	0	0	5	12	0	.267	.374	SLG
1920	BOS (AL)	139	536	91	167	30	17	7	53	88	27	16	18	0	2	5	0	.312	.411	SLG
1921	CHW (AL)	108	419	74	137	26	5	8	58	55	21	13	7	0	1	12	0	.327	.406	SLG
1922	CHW (AL)	152	602	111	183	35	8	11	80	68	33	16	12	0	5	10	0	.304	.379	SLG
1923	CHW (AL)	145	576	87	166	32	4	10	65	68	22	18	18	0	7	14	0	.288	.370	SLG
1924	CHW (AL)	130	476	107	156	27	8	10	62	65	26	16	13	0	4	14	0	.328	.413	SLG
1925	CHW (AL)	127	442	62	117	23	5	6	55	54	21	12	8	0	5	17	0	.265	.351	SLG
17 years		2309	8785	1429	2466	389	160	75	817	1136	412	375	121	0	76	247	0	.281	.368	.SLG

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