Harry Hooper — public-domain portrait (Library of Congress / Wikimedia Commons)

1918RED SOX

OUTFIELD

HARRY HOOPER1918

Harry Hooperoutfield · 1918 red sox

Ht 5'10"Wt 168Bats LThrows RBorn 1887 · Bell Station, CA

Nineteen eighteen kept the meter mean in a war-shortened book. Harry Hooper hit .289 with one hundred thirty-seven hits and eighty-one runs for Boston — championship dust in ash-grey flannel. SkillScore one hundred thirty-one point five seven. The three frames ahead keep the Series year humming.

Harry Hooper 1918 — .289 CLIP BOARD

.289 CLIP BOARD

A .289 clipboard in a war-shortened book — championship weather attached.

Harry Hooper 1918 — 81-RUN TROLLEY

81-RUN TROLLEY

Eighty-one runs pouring off the trolley — Boston dust included.

Harry Hooper 1918 — SERIES DUST

SERIES DUST

World Series dust shaped like a trophy — four rings already humming.

Major League Batting — Year vs Life

GABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGOBPSLG
19181264748113726131440.2890.3910.405
Life2,3098,7851,4292,466389160758170.2810.3680.387

SkillScore

131.571918 · BOS

ComponentsAVG 0.289OBP 0.391SLG 0.405

Harry Hooper, Boston AL. Wikimedia Commons (File:Harry_Hooper_1915.jpg). Public domain.