Bruce Hocker | |
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First baseman | |
Born: Jeffersonville, Indiana, US | August 6, 1894|
Died: August 1, 1975 Baltimore, Maryland, US | (aged 80)|
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]