Walter Hackett

Walter Henry Hackett (August 15, 1857 – October 2, 1920) was a Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the 1884 Boston Reds in the Union Association and the 1885 Boston Beaneaters in the National League. He later played in the minor leagues through 1889. His brother, Mert Hackett and cousins Dad Clarkson, John Clarkson and Walter Clarkson all also played professional baseball. Sources Family History, great-grandson Walter Henry Hackett, III, Attorney at Law, CA SBN230607 Major League Baseball shortstops Boston Reds (UA) players Boston Beaneaters players Baseball players from Massachusetts 19th-century baseball players 1857 births 1920 deaths Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players Rochester Maroons players Troy Trojans (minor league) players Hartford Dark Blues (minor league) players Lowell (minor league baseball) players