Harry Hooper of the 1918 Red Sox — 1918: Babe Ruth and the World Champion Boston Red Sox by Allan Wood
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Harry Bartholomew Hooper Debut: April 16, 1909 Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: 1971 |
Harry Hooper was the senior member of the 1918 Red Sox. It was his tenth year with the club and he was named captain in June. He played in every game during the season, batting leadoff, and assisted manager Ed Barrow in running the team. Hooper was instrumental in the decision to move Babe Ruth into Boston’s everyday lineup.
Hooper played an essential role as player representative during the Red Sox’s and Cubs’s battles over the division of World Series revenues. When the National Commission withheld the Red Sox players’ championship emblems (the equivalent of World Series rings), Hooper led a decades-long fight for official recognition. He petitioned every baseball commissioner from Kenesaw Mountain Landis to Bowie Kuhn, but no baseball official was willing to overturn the National Commission’s December 1918 ruling.
After 1918, Hooper played two more years for the Red Sox before salary disputes with Harry Frazee led to his trade to the Chicago White Sox. Hooper played five years in Chicago and retired after the 1925 season.
Hooper is the Red Sox career leader in triples (160) and stolen bases (375). He played in four World Series (all on the winning side) in seven years. In Game 5 of the 1915 World Series, Hooper became the first player to hit two home runs in a World Series game. The second homer came in the top of the ninth inning and gave Boston a series-clinching 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies.
Batting
Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH HBP 1909 21 BOS AL 81 255 29 72 3 4 0 12 15 16 .282 .337 .325 83 6 5 1910 22 BOS AL 155 584 81 156 9 10 2 27 40 62 .267 .346 .327 191 34 8 1911 23 BOS AL 130 524 93 163 20 6 4 45 38 73 .311 .399 .395 207 13 4 1912 24 BOS AL 147 590 98 143 20 12 2 53 29 66 .242 .326 .327 193 21 7 1913 25 BOS AL 148 586 100 169 29 12 4 40 26 60 51 .288 .359 .399 234 13 5 1914 26 BOS AL 142 530 85 137 23 15 1 41 19 14 58 47 .258 .336 .364 193 7 4 1915 27 BOS AL 149 566 90 133 20 13 2 51 22 20 89 36 .235 .342 .327 185 17 3 1916 28 BOS AL 151 575 75 156 20 11 1 37 27 11 80 35 .271 .361 .350 201 14 1 1917 29 BOS AL 151 559 89 143 21 11 3 45 21 80 40 .256 .355 .349 195 22 6 1918 30 BOS AL 126 474 81 137 26 13 1 44 24 75 25 .289 .391 .405 192 16 4 1919 31 BOS AL 128 491 76 131 25 6 3 49 23 79 28 .267 .374 .360 177 12 5 1920 32 BOS AL 139 536 91 167 30 17 7 53 16 18 88 27 .312 .411 .470 252 5 2 1921 33 CHW AL 108 419 74 137 26 5 8 58 13 7 55 21 .327 .406 .470 197 12 1 1922 34 CHW AL 152 602 111 183 35 8 11 80 16 12 68 33 .304 .379 .444 267 10 5 1923 35 CHW AL 145 576 87 166 32 4 10 65 18 18 68 22 .288 .370 .410 236 14 7 1924 36 CHW AL 130 476 107 156 27 8 10 62 16 13 65 26 .328 .413 .481 229 14 4 1925 37 CHW AL 127 442 62 117 23 5 6 55 12 8 54 21 .265 .351 .380 168 17 5 17 Seasons 2309 8785 1429 2466 389 160 75 817 375 121 1136 412 .281 .368 .387 3400 247 76 Pitching Year Ag Tm Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA lgERA ERA+ 1913 25 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 0.00 2.93 0 1 Yr WL% .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 0.00 3.15 0 Fielding Year Ag Tm Lg Pos G PO A E DP FP lgFP RF lgRF 1909 21 BOS AL OF 74 124 14 7 3 .952 .953 1.86 1.82 1910 22 BOS AL OF 155 241 30 18 7 .938 .952 1.75 1.78 1911 23 BOS AL OF 130 181 27 10 1 .954 .951 1.60 1.94 1912 24 BOS AL OF 147 220 22 9 6 .964 .951 1.65 1.99 1913 25 BOS AL OF 147 248 25 9 7 .968 .954 1.86 1.96 P 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .956 0.00 2.32 1914 26 BOS AL OF 140 231 23 7 5 .973 .957 1.81 1.93 1915 27 BOS AL OF 149 255 23 8 7 .972 .959 1.87 2.01 1916 28 BOS AL OF 151 266 19 10 5 .966 .963 1.89 2.06 1917 29 BOS AL OF 151 245 20 8 3 .971 .968 1.75 2.18 1918 30 BOS AL OF 126 221 16 9 8 .963 .963 1.88 2.21 1919 31 BOS AL OF 128 262 19 6 2 .979 .959 2.20 2.17 1920 32 BOS AL OF 139 263 22 11 2 .963 .964 2.05 2.19 1921 33 CHW AL OF 108 182 12 5 3 .975 .959 1.80 2.23 1922 34 CHW AL OF 149 288 19 12 7 .962 .964 2.06 2.23 1923 35 CHW AL OF 143 272 15 12 3 .960 .965 2.01 2.29 1924 36 CHW AL OF 123 251 22 4 8 .986 .970 2.22 2.30 1925 37 CHW AL OF 124 231 16 6 4 .976 .966 1.99 2.30 Position Total OF 2284 3981 344 151 81 .966 .960 1.89 2.09 P 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 0.00 2.30 Overall Total 2285 3981 344 151 81 .966 .960 1.89 2.09
World Series Batting Year Team Opp G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB 1912 BOS NYG 8 31 3 9 2 1 0 2 4 4 .290 .371 .419 2 1915 BOS PHI 5 20 4 7 0 0 2 3 2 4 .350 .409 .650 0 1916 BOS BRO 5 21 6 7 1 1 0 1 3 1 .333 .417 .476 1 1918 BOS CHC 6 20 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .200 .273 .200 0 4 World Series 24 92 13 27 3 2 2 6 11 11 .293 .369 .435 3 Minor League Batting TM LG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SB BA SLG 1907 Oakland/ Sacramento PCL 41 156 27 47 5 4 1 63 5 .301 .404 1908 Sacramento PCL 77 294 47 101 5 4 2 120 41 .344 .408 1927 Missions PCL 78 218 35 62 9 0 1 19 74 4 .284 .339 1929 Marysville SV 1 4 2 1 0 0 3 .500 .750 1930 Santa Cruz CSL 20 82 25 39 14 0 0 53 5 .476 .646 1931 Santa Cruz CSL 7 31 10 12 2 0 2 20 2 .387 .645 1933 Santa Cruz CSL 11 37 6 14 0 0 1 17 1 .378 .459 TOTALS 235 822 150 277 36 8 7 19 350 58 .337 .426 Minor Leagues: PCL - Pacific Coast League; CSL - California State League; SV - Sacramento Valley.