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Bruce Hocker

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Bruce Hocker
First baseman
Born: (1894-08-06)August 6, 1894
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Died: August 1, 1975(1975-08-01) (aged 80)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
debut
1913, for the West Baden Sprudels
Last appearance
1920, for the Dayton Marcos
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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]

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