HAROLD 'HOOKS' TINKER
(deceased)

Hooks was an outfieldder for the Pittsburgh Monarchs and the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1922 to 1931, and also managed the Crawfords for a few years, but he is perhaps best known for discovering a young catcher by the name of Josh Gibson in 1927.

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