Mert Hackett Baseball player

Mortimer Martin "Mert" Hackett (November 11, 1859 – February 22, 1938), was an American Major League Baseball player from Cambridge, Massachusetts, who played mainly as a catcher from 1883 to 1887 for three different team; the Boston Beaneaters, Kansas City Cowboys, and Indianapolis Hoosiers. His brother, Walter Hackett, and cousins John Clarkson, Walter Clarkson, and Dad Clarkson as well as Tim Keefe and Joe Kelley (all born in Cambridge, Mass.) also played in the majors.Hackett died in his hometown of Cambridge at the age of 78, and is interred at St. Paul Cemetery. His brother, Walter, named one of his sons Mortimer Martin Hackett after him.

Personal facts

Mert Hackett
Alias (AKA)Hackett Mortimer Martin
Birth dateNovember 11, 1859
Birth place
Cambridge Massachusetts
Date of deathFebruary 22, 1938
Place of death
Cambridge Massachusetts

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Baseball player

Career startMay 02, 1883
Career endOctober 06, 1887
batting sideRight
former teams
Atlanta Braves
St. Louis Maroons / Indianapolis Hoosiers
position
Catcher
teams
Atlanta Braves
Kansas City Cowboys (National League)
St. Louis Maroons / Indianapolis Hoosiers
throwing sideRight

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