Bruce Hocker

Bruce Hocker
Bruce Hocker
	First baseman
	Born: August 6, 1894; Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
	Died: August 1, 1975 (aged 80); Baltimore, Maryland, US
debut
	1913, for the West Baden Sprudels
Last appearance
	1920, for the Dayton Marcos
Teams
	West Baden Sprudels (1913–1914); Louisville White Sox (1915); Chicago Black Sox (1915); Indianapolis ABCs (1916, 1919); Lincoln Stars (1916); Pennsylvania Red Caps of New York (1917); Hilldale Club (1918); Dayton Marcos (1920);

Bruce William Hocker (August 6, 1894 – August 1, 1975) was a Negro leagues first baseman for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.

Hocker registered for the World War I draft on June 5, 1917, showing his current occupation as a "musician" at the Kipps Parkway Hotel on "South Boulevard in Bronx Park." He is listed as single and no exemptions from the draft.^[2]

References

^ "Twelve Inning Game to Locals" Detroit Free Press, June 9, 1920, Page 18, Column 1
^ "1917 WWI Draft Card for Bruce William Hocker, Registered at New York precinct 38 on June 5, 1917"

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

[marcos1920-1] "Twelve Inning Game to Locals" Detroit Free Press, June 9, 1920, Page 18, Column 1

[hockerdraft1917-2] "1917 WWI Draft Card for Bruce William Hocker, Registered at New York precinct 38 on June 5, 1917"

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