Harry Hooper

Hall of Fame

Right Field

1909—1925

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Player LeveL
Star
Top 100 Rank
NR
Right Field RANK
#62

Player Detail

Harry Bartholomew
GIVEN NAME
Hooper
SURNAME
August 24, 1887, in Bell Station, CA
BORN
December 18, 1974, in Santa Cruz, CA, USA
DIED
1909—1925
Playing Career
Played from 21-37
PLAYING AGE
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Teams Played For
Right Field
PRIMARY POSITION
Boston Red Sox
PRIMARY TEAM
1912, 1915-16, 1918
World Series titles
Hoop
NICKNAME
none
UNIFORM NUMBER
#4 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
5-10 / 168
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Left / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 16, 1909
Major League Debut
October 4, 1925
FINAL GAME

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WHO IS Harry Hooper?

Hall of Fame right fielder who urged Babe Ruth to give up pitching to focus on smashing home runs.
Hooper was instrumental in convincing the Red Sox to switch Babe Ruth from pitcher to the outfield to reap benefits from his booming bat.

60

HITTING

50

POWER

60

RUNNING

80

FIELDING

60

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
2309
2466
75
816
.281

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
41.8
58.5

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.755
.759
99.5

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.281
.368
.387

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Teammate Team

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:

Harry Hooper Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Hooper
515
144
84
23
9
4
48
67
29
22
199
215
.281
.368
.387
755
AVG RF
525
151
77
24
9
5
54
42
19
210
210
.287
.359
.400
.759

Harry Hooper Rankings

AT Right Field BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
62
34
67
29
33
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Right Field BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
24
54
65
60
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Harry Hooper PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
53.2
30.4
20.2
16.3
3.73
73.7
43.4
30.3
21.5
5.03
BLUE = Harry Hooper
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
324.9
165.4
118.5
79.5
22.7
389.8
205.2
143.3
96.9
26.7
BLUE = Harry Hooper
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME RF