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[edit]

^ "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[edit]

Career statistics and player information from 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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