:Oris Hockett

{{Short description|American baseball player (1909–1969)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Oris Hockett

|position=Outfielder

|image=

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1909|9|29}}

|birth_place=Amboy, Indiana, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1969|3|23|1909|9|29}}

|death_place=Torrance, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate= September 4

|debutyear= 1938

|debutteam= Brooklyn Dodgers

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 7

|finalyear=1945

|finalteam=Chicago White Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.276

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=13

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=214

|teams=

|highlights=

}}

Oris Leon Hockett (September 29, 1909 – March 23, 1969) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Brooklyn Dodgers (1938–39), Cleveland Indians (1941–44) and Chicago White Sox (1945). Hockett batted left-handed and threw right-handed. He was born in Amboy, Indiana.

In a seven-season career, Hockett was a .276 hitter with 13 home runs and 214 RBI in 551 games played.

Hockett died in Torrance, California, at age 59.

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