finalyear bats death_date death_place birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1935 left 19 june 1993 edgewood , texas edgewood , texas 1935 may 20 .227 0 4 first baseman/pinch hitter philadelphia athletics batting average home runs runs batted in april 17 29 august 1906 alex hooks
 philadelphia athletics alex hooks left
alex hooks

alexander marcus hooks -lrb- august 29 , 1906 -- june 19 , 1993 -rrb- was an american professional baseball player .
he had a 17-season -lrb- 1928 -- 1943 ; 1946 -rrb- career in minor league baseball , and appeared in 15 major league games as a first baseman and pinch hitter for the philadelphia athletics during the season .
a native of edgewood , texas , he threw and batted left-handed , stood tall and weighed .
hooks attended southern methodist university .
hooks ' major league trial occurred at the outset of the 1935 season when he was 28 years old .
the previous year , he had batted a robust .340 for the tulsa oilers of the texas league .
in his big-league debut , hooks went 2-for-5 against the washington senators , but then went hitless in seven at bats in his next two starts , and failed to hold the athletics ' starting first baseman job .
after his last mlb appearance on may 20 , he was sent to the atlanta crackers of the southern association , where he batted .341 .
hooks also briefly managed in the minors , with the 1938 montreal royals and the 1946 greenville majors .
his ten major-league hits included three doubles .
