World Series Play
In the 1912 World Series, Speaker batted .300, Hooper batted .290 and Lewis batted .188. All had three extra base hits in the series. In addition, Hooper made a famous bare-handed catch to rob the New York Giants' Larry Doyle of a home run to preserve a Red Sox victory in game 7 of the series.
In the 1915 World Series, all members of the trio had solid hitting performances, with Lewis batting .444, Hooper .350 and Speaker .294. In addition Speaker made a spectacular catch to rob Dode Paskert of an extra base hit that would have won game 2 for the Philadelphia Phillies. After the series, which the Red Sox won in five games, sportswriter George R. Holmes proclaimed that the Golden Outfield was the greatest outfield of all time. In October 1965, Baseball Digest wrote that the 1915 Boston performance was the greatest by an outfield in World Series history. It would be the last time that all three men played on the same team, as Speaker was traded to Cleveland before the 1916 season.
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