: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=
- Brooklyn Dodgers ({{mlby|1938}}–{{mlby|1939}})
- Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1941}}–{{mlby|1944}})
- Chicago White Sox ({{mlby|1945}})
|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.
Highlights
- American League All-Star team (1944)
- Finished 17th in American League MVP Award vote (1943)
External links
{{Baseballstats | br=h/hockeor01|brm=hocket001ori }}
- {{Find a Grave}}
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Category:American League All-Stars
Category:Brooklyn Dodgers players
Category:Chicago White Sox players
Category:Cleveland Indians players
Category:Major League Baseball outfielders
Category:Major League Baseball center fielders
Category:Major League Baseball right fielders
Category:Baseball players from Indiana
Category:Sioux Falls Canaries players
Category:Milwaukee Brewers (minor league) players
Category:Nashville Vols players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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