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Harry Hooper

Outfield
  • Series: Pilgrims
  • City: Boston
  • Team: Red Sox
  • League: American League
  • Hall: National Baseball Hall of Fame

Harry Bartholomew Hooper (1887-1974) anchored right field for one of the best outfields in baseball for the Red Sox with Tris Speaker and Duffy Lewis from 1910-15. Still holds Boston club records for triples and SBs. Entered the Hall of Fame in 1971 with 2466 hits and a career .281 BA.

  • First player to lead-off both games of a doubleheader with a home run
  • With Heinie Wagner, was part of a record four Sox World Series championships

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T201 Mecca Canvas: Roy Miller

Larry Gardner

Second Base
  • Series: Pilgrims
  • City: Boston
  • Team: Red Sox
  • League: American League

William Lawrence Gardner (1886-1976) is celebrated in his hometown of Enosburg Falls, VT as the best baseball player to come out of the Green Mt state. He anchored 3B for the Red Sox and Indians winning 4 world titles. Was the hero of the 1912 Series, driving in the winning run after two Giants’ miscues in the 10th inning.

  • Gardner’s 3 hits propelled rookie Babe Ruth to his 1st win as a Red Sox pitcher
  • Ruth beat Walter Johnson 1-0 three times in 1916, the last via Gardner’s 13th inning hit
  • Claims to have hit a HR off Jack Coombs in Ebbets Field with his eyes closed

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T201 Mecca Canvas: Larry Gardner

Ed Cicotte

Pitcher
  • Series: Pilgrims
  • City: Boston
  • Team: Red Sox
  • League: American League

Edward Victor “Knuckles” Cicotte (1884-1969) won 208 games and a World Series with the White Sox in 1917. The Sporting News said in 1918 that “Perhaps no pitcher in the world has such a varied assortment of wares….” But it was Eddie’s first pitch of the 1919 Series that plunked Morrie Rath in the back and signaled the fix was in. No one was ever convicted of the infamous Black Sox scandal but Cicotte, with seven teammates, never played ML ball after his tearful confession following the ’20 season.

  • Cicotte, Shoeless Joe, and other banned Sox players went on to barnstorm under false names
  • His mastery of the knuckleball led to a transformation of his career. His control improved to the point of walking only 89 in 572 innings in 1918/19 combined.

Auction History

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T201 Mecca Canvas: Ed Cicotte