Harry Hooper

Trivia

• Hooper was a career .281 hitter with 75 home runs, 817 RBI, 1429 runs, 2466 hits, 389 doubles, 160 triples, and 375 stolen bases in 2309 games.
• Hooper is the only person to be a part of four Red Sox World Series championships: in 1912, 1915, 1916 and 1918.
• On May 30, 1913 Hooper became the first player to hit a home run to lead off both games of a doubleheader, a mark only matched by Rickey Henderson 80 years later.
• Rightfielder for Boston Red Sox (1909-1920) and Chicago White Sox (1921-1925).
• Red Sox record holder for most triples in a season (13) and stolen bases for a career (300).
• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans in 1971.
• First to hit two home runs in a single World Series game in 1915.
• Was a Major League Baseball player in the early 20th century.

Quotes

• "Sometimes I still can't believe what I saw. This 19-year-old kid, crude, poorly educated, only lightly brushed by the social veneer we call civilization, gradually transformed into the idol of American youth and the symbol of baseball the world over - a man loved by more people and with an intensity of feeling that perhaps has never been equaled before or since."