Harry Hooper
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 University to study engineering before he graduated in 1909 a contract with the Boston Red Sox as a professional baseball player. His debut in the American League he gave on April 16, 1909. Together with Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis, he was the one million U.S. dollars of the Red Sox outfield.
Hooper scored three times in his career, more than 100 runs, had five times a batting average of over 30 % and stole nine times more than 20 bases. Overall, he was able to win with the Boston Red Sox four times the World Series. 1912 Red Sox defeated the New York Giants, 1915 Philadelphia Phillies, 1916, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs in 1918. Hooper is thus the only player the Red Sox, who won four World Series titles with Boston. In 1915 he was the first player to hit two home runs in one game in the World Series.
1921 Harry Hooper moved to the Chicago White Sox, with whom he played his last game in the major leagues on 4 October 1925. 1971 Harry Hooper was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. In 1974, he died at the age of 87 years.