Mortimer Martin "Mert" Hackett (November 11, 1859 – February 22, 1938), was an American

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 Major League Baseball

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 player from Cambridge, Massachusetts

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, who played mainly as a catcher

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 from 1883 to 1887 for three different team; the Boston Beaneaters

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, Kansas City Cowboys

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, and Indianapolis Hoosiers

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. His brother, Walter Hackett

Walter Hackett (baseball)

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, and cousins John Clarkson

John Clarkson

John Gibson Clarkson was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played from 1882 to 1894. Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Clarkson played for the Worcester Ruby Legs , Chicago White Stockings , Boston Beaneaters , and Cleveland Spiders .He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in...

, Walter Clarkson

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, and Dad Clarkson

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 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..

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