Arkansas Baseball Encyclopedia

Dozier Charles Hood , born November 22nd, 1912 in Morrilton, AR1 was a Negro League baseball player with the Kansas City Monarchs around 1944-1945.

Biography

Hood was the son of William Hood and Josephine (nee Rosser) Hood.2 Hood was raised in Morrilton, AR.3

Hood moved to Kansas City around 1932.4 He may have played catcher with the Fourth Ward Democrats in Kansas City from 1933-1934.5 A driver by trade,6 7 8 Hood became a bus driver for the Kansas City Monarchs in the mid 1940s.9 He may have become associated with the team through his connection with Monarch's pitcher Booker McDaniel who was also from the Morrilton area. Hood also occasionally served as a backup catcher for the Monarchs in 1944 and 1945.10

Hood was convicted of forgery in 1947 and spent several years at in prison at Leavenworth, KS.11 12

Hood died on February 9th, 1978 in Kansas City, MO.13 14 He was cremated.

Stats

Statistics at Baseball-Reference.com.

Statistics at the Seamheads Negro Leagues Database.

1 Hood's WWII Draft Card

2 "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMP2-DHH : Sat Mar 09 19:33:59 UTC 2024), Entry for William Hood and Josephine Posser, 9 March 1911.

3 1920 U.S. Census, 1930 U.S Census and 1940 U.S. Census

4 Kansas City Call, 2/17/1978

5 Kansas City Call, 7/31/1933; 8/17/1934

6 Kansas City Call, 2/17/1978

7 Kansas City Times, 12/21/1932

8 Kansas City Times, 4/11/1952

9 Voices from the Negro Leagues: Conversations with 52 Baseball Standouts of the Period 1924-1960, by Brent Kelley

10 Dozier Hood's Retrosheet.com page.

11 Emporia Gazette, 6/7/1951

12 "United States Census, 1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6F7G-ZFTC : Tue Oct 03 06:40:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Dozier C Hood, April 4, 1950.

13 Social Security Death Index.

14 Kansas City Call, 2/17/1978

Structures

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