Clay Hopper/pagetext

From SABR Encyclopedia

Contents 1 Profile 1.1 Personal 1.2 Pre-professional career 1.3 Achievements 1.4 Outside of baseball 1.5 Contract signing 1.6 Career notes 2 Sources

[edit] Profile

[edit] Personal

• Resided in Greenwood, Mississippi in 1952 and 1953.
• Self-identified as being of Scottish-Irish ancestry.
• Was married and has two children Jimmy age 23 and Janice age 19.
• Was a player-manager a good many years before retiring to the dugout to mastermind.

[edit] Pre-professional career

• Attended Mississippi A & M.
• Was a football and baseball star at Mississippi A & M.

[edit] Achievements

• Had a .330 batting average for his career.
• Was named Minor League Manager of the Year in 1946 after leading Montreal to the pennant, the Governor's Cup and the Junior World Series.
• Was named "Manager of The Year" in 1952 by the Pacific Coast League Baseball Writers Association.

[edit] Outside of baseball

• Was a cotton merchant during the off-season in 1952.

[edit] Contract signing

• Was signed by Portland at the National Association meeting in December, 1951.

[edit] Career notes

• Out of baseball in 1943 and 1944.

[edit] Sources

• 1952 Pacific Coast League Thumbnail Sketches.
• 1953 Pacific Coast League Sketch Book.