Bruce Hocker

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

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]