Saturday, February 23, 2013

Harry Hooper MLB Hall of Fame 1971

Harry B Hooper was inducted into the MLB Hall of Fame class of 1971 along with David Bancroft, Jacob Beckley, Chick Hafey, Joseph Kelley, Rube Marquard, Satchel Paige and George Weiss. Hooper was an outfielder with 17 seasons MLB experience playing with the Boston Red Sox (1909-1920) and Chicago White Sox (1921-1925). For his MLB career he hit .281/.368/.387 with 75 HR, 817 RBI, 1429 R, 375 SB in 2309 games. 

I believe his three best seasons were 1922 when he hit .304/.379/.444 with 11 HR, 80 RBI, 111 R, 16 SB in 152 games, 1924 when he hit .328/.413/.481 with 10 HR, 62 RBI, 107 R, 16 SB in 130 games and 1911 when he hit .311/.399/.395 with 4 HR, 45 RBI, 93 R, 38 SB in 130 games. 

Hooper won four World Series Championships with the Red Sox in 1912, 1915, 1916 and 1918.

Hall of Fame page

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