George Hockette

{{Short description|American baseball player (1908–1974)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=George Hockette

|position=Pitcher

|image=George Hockett.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1908|4|7}}

|birth_place=Perth, Mississippi

|death_date={{death date and age|1974|1|20|1908|4|7}}

|death_place=Plantation, Florida

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 17

|debutyear=1934

|debutteam= Boston Red Sox

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=August 5

|finalyear=1935

|finalteam= Boston Red Sox

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=4–4

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=4.08

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=25

|teams=

• Boston Red Sox ({{by|1934}}–{{by|1935}})

}}

George Edward Hockette [Lefty] (April 7, 1908 – January 20, 1974) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1934 through 1935 for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at {{height|ft=6|in=0}}, 174 lb., Hockette batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Perth, Mississippi.

Over parts of two seasons, Hockette posted a 4–4 record with a 4.08 ERA in 26 appearances, including seven starts, three complete games, eight games finished, 25 strikeouts and 28 walks in 88⅓ innings of work.

Hockette died in Plantation, Florida at age 65.