Michael Joseph Hopkins (November 1, 1872 – February 5, 1952) was a Major League Baseball catcher, at least for one day, during the 1902 season. He was born in

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. Nicknamed "Skinner", Hopkins is one of only eight players in major league history to be Scottish natives. Hopkins played in one game for the

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on August 24, 1902. Behind the plate, he handled four chances flawlessly for a

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of 1.000. He also had one

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. At the plate, he went 2-for-2 with a

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for a 1.000 batting average and a

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of 1.500. The game was part of a doubleheader against the

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, played at the Palace of the Fans in Cincinnati. Some of his teammates on the pennant-winning 1902 Pirates were

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Jack Chesbro John Dwight Chesbro (June 5, 1874 – November 6, 1931) was an American professional baseball pitcher. Nicknamed "Happy Jack", Chesbro played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1899–1902), the New York Highlanders (1903–1909), and the Boston Red Sox ...

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, and Honus Wagner. He died at the age of 79 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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