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Batting average
  
.276

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Oris Hockett

Runs batted in
  
214

Home runs
  
13


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Died
  
March 23, 1969, Torrance, California, United States

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)

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