Oris Hockett

Oris Leon Hockett (Brown)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: September 29, 1909 in Amboy, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1938
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox/Dodgers 1938-1945

Final Game: September 7, 1945
Died: March 23, 1969 in Torrance, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1938	BRO	NL	28	OF	17	16	14		28	24	1	3	0	.893		1.47	.976		2.34
1938	BRO	NL	28	CF	13	12	11		22	19	1	2	0	.909		1.54	.978		2.73
1938	BRO	NL	28	LF	4	4	3		6	5	0	1	0	.833		1.25	.972		2.22
1939	BRO	NL	29	LF	1	1	1		2	1	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.975		2.20
1939	BRO	NL	29	OF	1	1	1		2	1	1	0	0	1.000		2.00	.975		2.30
1941	CLE	AL	31	CF	2	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.975		2.80
1941	CLE	AL	31	OF	2	2	2		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.975		2.40
1942	CLE	AL	32	OF	145	145	140		302	284	12	6	3	.980		2.04	.976		2.38
1942	CLE	AL	32	RF	143	142	138		293	275	12	6	3	.980		2.01	.969		2.07
1942	CLE	AL	32	CF	2	2	1		6	6	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.982		2.80
1942	CLE	AL	32	LF	1	1	1		3	3	0	0	0	1.000		3.00	.973		2.30
1943	CLE	AL	33	OF	139	139	134		375	347	13	15	3	.960		2.59	.977		2.47	MVP-17
1943	CLE	AL	33	CF	79	77	74		217	205	3	9	1	.959		2.63	.978		2.79	MVP-17
1943	CLE	AL	33	LF	37	37	37		97	88	6	3	1	.969		2.54	.979		2.40	MVP-17
1943	CLE	AL	33	RF	26	25	23		61	54	4	3	1	.951		2.23	.973		2.21	MVP-17
1944	CLE	AL	34	OF	110	103	100		285	275	6	4	1	.986		2.55	.974		2.47	AS
1944	CLE	AL	34	CF	68	65	63		186	182	1	3	1	.984		2.69	.979		3.01	AS
1944	CLE	AL	34	LF	43	37	36		98	91	5	2	0	.980		2.23	.972		2.35	AS
1944	CLE	AL	34	RF	1	1	1		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.970		2.10	AS
1945	CHW	AL	35	CF	106	105	100		285	273	7	5	3	.982		2.64	.982		2.80
1945	CHW	AL	35	OF	106	105	100		285	273	7	5	3	.982		2.64	.978		2.40
	7 Seasons			OF	520	511	491		1279	1206	40	33	10	.974		2.40	.976		2.43
	6 Seasons			CF	270	263	251		718	687	12	19	5	.974		2.59	.980		2.85
	3 Seasons			RF	170	168	162		356	331	16	9	4	.975		2.04	.970		2.09
	5 Seasons			LF	86	80	78		206	188	12	6	1	.971		2.33	.975		2.36
	7 Seasons			TOT	520	511	491		1279	1206	40	33	10	.974		2.40	.976		2.43
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
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Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1938	BRO	NL	28	21	16	21	17	4	13	0	17	4	0
1939	BRO	NL	29	9	1	9	1	1	0	0	1	8	0
1941	CLE	AL	31	2	2	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0
1942	CLE	AL	32	148	145	148	145	1	2	143	145	1	2
1943	CLE	AL	33	141	139	141	139	37	79	26	139	2	0
1944	CLE	AL	34	124	103	124	110	43	68	1	110	17	0
1945	CHW	AL	35	106	105	106	106	0	106	0	106	0	0
	7 Seasons			551	511	551	520	86	270	170	520	32	2

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1944	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1943 AL (17, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 79 (5th) 1945 AL 106 (5th)	Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 205 (5th) 1945 AL 273 (5th)
Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 9 (2nd) 1945 AL 5 (3rd)	Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 143 (1st)	Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 275 (2nd)	Assists as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 12 (2nd)
Putouts as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 347 (4th)	Assists as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 13 (4th)	Errors Committed as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 15 (1st)	Range Factor/Game as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL 2.63 (3rd) 1945 AL 2.64 (4th)
Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1943 AL .959 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL 2.01 (5th)	Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1942 AL .980 (2nd)	Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y 1943 AL 2.59 (5th)

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