Hopkins was born in Chester, Connecticut. His major league debut came on the same day that Babe Ruth hit his record-tying 59th home run on September 29, 1927. Hopkins said he did not know that he would be facing Ruth when he entered the game in the fifth inning with the bases loaded. He finished his career with a record of 1–1, 11 strikeouts, and a 2.96 earned run average in 11 games; he left St. Louis following the 1929 season after injuring a tendon.
Hopkins died in Deep River, Connecticut, at 99 years of age, having worked for the University of Illinois' RSC division for years. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former major league player.[2]
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"Then he (Babe Ruth) strolled out from the Yankee bench and walked up to the plate. I was not excited or awed." – Paul Hopkins in The Hartford Courant (1998).
paul, hopkins, baseball, paul, henry, hopkins, september, 1904, january, 2004, right, handed, relief, pitcher, major, league, baseball, played, washington, senators, 1927, 1929, louis, browns, 1929, paul, hopkinspitcherborn, 1904, september, 1904chester, conne. Paul Henry Hopkins September 25 1904 January 2 2004 was a right handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators 1927 1929 and St Louis Browns 1929 1 Paul HopkinsPitcherBorn 1904 09 25 September 25 1904Chester ConnecticutDied January 2 2004 2004 01 02 aged 99 Middletown ConnecticutBatted RightThrew RightMLB debutSeptember 29 1927 for the Washington SenatorsLast MLB appearanceJuly 12 1929 for the St Louis BrownsMLB statisticsGames pitched11Win loss record1 1Earned run average2 96Strikeouts11TeamsWashington Senators 1927 1929 St Louis Browns 1929 Hopkins was born in Chester Connecticut His major league debut came on the same day that Babe Ruth hit his record tying 59th home run on September 29 1927 Hopkins said he did not know that he would be facing Ruth when he entered the game in the fifth inning with the bases loaded He finished his career with a record of 1 1 11 strikeouts and a 2 96 earned run average in 11 games he left St Louis following the 1929 season after injuring a tendon Hopkins died in Deep River Connecticut at 99 years of age having worked for the University of Illinois RSC division for years At the time of his death he was the oldest living former major league player 2 Quotation edit Then he Babe Ruth strolled out from the Yankee bench and walked up to the plate I was not excited or awed Paul Hopkins in The Hartford Courant 1998 References edit Zenardi Pete Paul Hopkins Society for American Baseball Research Retrieved 2019 02 04 Goldstein Richard 2004 01 06 Paul Hopkins Pitcher 99 Oldest Living Major Leaguer The New York Times Retrieved 2019 02 04 External links editCareer statistics and player information from ESPN or Baseball Reference Paul Hopkins at Find a Grave nbsp Records Preceded byRay Hayworth Oldest recognized verified living baseball playerSeptember 25 2002 January 2 2004 Succeeded byRay Cunningham nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to an American baseball pitcher born in the 1900s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Hopkins baseball amp oldid 1218812261, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
