Bruce Hocker Explained

Bruce Hocker
Position:First baseman
Birth Date:1894 8, mf=yes
Birth Place:Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Death Place:Baltimore, Maryland, US
Debutyear:1913
Debutteam:West Baden Sprudels
Finalyear:1920
Finalteam: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]

External links

and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

Notes and References

  1. http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/000137.pdf "Twelve Inning Game to Locals"
  2. http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/002269.pdf "1917 WWI Draft Card for Bruce William Hocker, Registered at New York precinct 38 on June 5, 1917"