41 Facts About Harry Hooper

Harry Bartholomew Hooper was an American professional baseball right fielder who played in Major League Baseball.

Harry Hooper played for major league teams between 1909 and 1925, spending most of that time with the Boston Red Sox and finishing his career with the Chicago White Sox.

Harry Hooper was often known for his defensive skills, ranking among the league leaders in defensive categories such as putouts and assists by a right fielder.

Harry Hooper is the all-time career leader in assists by a right fielder.

Harry Hooper is one of only two members of four separate Red Sox World Series championship teams.

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Harry Hooper was born on August 24,1887, in Bell Station, California.

Harry Hooper's family had migrated to California as many other families from the United States due to the California Gold Rush.

Harry Hooper's father, Joseph "Joe" Hooper, was born in Morrell, Prince Edward Island in Canada.

Harry Hooper was the youngest child in his family of four; he had a sister named Lulu and twin brothers named George and Charlie.

One of Harry Hooper's teachers helped to convince his parents to allow Harry Hooper to attend a high school in Oakland.

At St Mary's Harry Hooper had demonstrated his skills both academically and on the ballfield.

Harry Hooper was a pitcher when he signed with the Oakland Commuters in 1907 to begin his minor league career, but he converted to a position player role.

Harry Hooper spent the next year with the Sacramento Senators, hitting.

Harry Hooper did not know it at first, but his manager in Sacramento, Charles Graham, was a scout for the Boston Red Sox.

Harry Hooper became a favorite with the fans and he established a reputation as a clutch player.

Harry Hooper became known as a top-caliber defensive right fielder and a solid leadoff hitter.

Harry Hooper invented a maneuver known as the "rump-slide" for catching shallow fly balls.

Harry Hooper led all AL outfielders with 30 assists that season, but he committed a league-high 18 errors.

Boston won the 1912 World Series, during which Harry Hooper made a catch that The Pittsburgh Press referred to as one of the finest plays in baseball history.

Harry Hooper is reserved and bashful, and every action of his upon the baseball field plainly shows these qualities.

On October 13,1915, in Game 5 of the 1915 World Series, Harry Hooper became the second player to hit two home runs in a single World Series game.

Harry Hooper talked Boston manager Ed Barrow into converting Babe Ruth from a pitcher to an outfielder.

Since 1919, Red Sox owner Harry Hooper Frazee had been getting rid of expensive veteran players in what has been called a "fire-sale".

Newspaper accounts said that Harry Hooper had not been warned about the trade, that he would demand a higher salary from the White Sox, and that he was prepared not to play unless the team met his demands.

Harry Hooper had some of his best offensive production with the White Sox.

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In 1922 and again in 1924, Harry Hooper was involved in eight double plays, which led the league for outfielders in both of those seasons.

In 1925, Harry Hooper asked for his release from Chicago so that he could pursue a position as a manager.

Harry Hooper holds the Red Sox franchise records for most triples and stolen bases, as well as Fenway Park records for triples and stolen bases.

Harry Hooper is only one of two players to be a part of four Red Sox World Series championships.

Early in his baseball career, Harry Hooper became involved in business interests that were unrelated to baseball.

Harry Hooper later purchased additional orchards in Yuba City, and he began to produce artichokes and pomegranates.

Harry Hooper received a military draft exemption as a farmer in 1917, but his land was mostly maintained by his father or by foremen that he hired.

Harry Hooper was named player-manager for San Francisco's minor league team in the Pacific Coast League in 1927.

Harry Hooper coached the baseball team at Princeton University for two seasons in the 1930s.

Harry Hooper elected to leave the university when, in a cost-cutting measure prompted by the Great Depression, the administration proposed that his $5,000 annual salary be reduced by 40 percent.

Harry Hooper was active in civic affairs through the chamber of commerce and the improvement club.

In 1939, Harry Hooper agreed to coach Boston's professional indoor baseball league team.

Harry Hooper remained active in later life, enjoying hunting, fishing and following the San Francisco Giants and the Red Sox.

Harry Hooper had been healthy enough to attend that summer's Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremonies and he had gone duck hunting less than a month before he died.

Harry Hooper had surgery for a circulatory issue three weeks before his death, but he seemed to have recovered well from that procedure.

Harry Hooper said that Hooper was the oldest living member of the Hall of Fame before his death.