Marty Hopkins

{{Short description|American baseball player (1907–1963)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Marty Hopkins

|position=Third baseman

|image=Marty Hopkins.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1907|2|22|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Wolfe City, Texas, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1963|11|20|1907|2|22}}

|death_place=Dallas, Texas, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 17

|debutyear={{mlby|1934}}

|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 22

|finalyear={{mlby|1935}}

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.211

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=4

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=48

|teams=

}}

Meredith Hilliard Hopkins (February 22, 1907 - November 20, 1963) was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball. He played two seasons in the majors as a reserve infielder, mostly at third base. He debuted in {{mlby|1934}} for the Philadelphia Phillies. Hopkins was sent to the minor league St. Paul Saints a month into the season, then was acquired by the Chicago White Sox in June. He spent the rest of 1934 and all of {{mlby|1935}} with the White Sox, finishing his major league career.

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