{{Short description|American baseball player (1881–1947)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jack Hoey |position=Outfielder |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1881|11|10}} |birth_place=Watertown, Massachusetts, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1947|11|14|1881|11|10}} |death_place=Waterbury, Connecticut, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate= June 27 |debutyear= 1906 |debutteam= Boston Americans |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=October 7 |finalyear=1908 |finalteam=Boston Red Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.232 |stat2label=Hits |stat2value=116 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=35 |teams= * Boston Americans/Red Sox (1906–1908) }} '''John Bernard Hoey''' (November 10, 1881 – November 14, 1947) was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1906 through 1908 for the Boston Americans/Red Sox. Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=9}}, 185 lb., Hoey batted and threw left-handed. A native of Watertown, Massachusetts, he was signed by Boston out of the College of the Holy Cross.
In a three-season career, Hoey was a .232 hitter (116-for-500) with 39 runs and 35 RBI in 146 games, including 10 doubles, five triples and 13 stolen bases. He did not hit a home run. He also made 126 outfield appearances at left field (111), right (11) and center (4), committing 19 error in 218 chances for a collective .913 fielding percentage. Hoey died in Waterbury, Connecticut at age 66.
==Sources== *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hoeyja01.shtml Baseball Reference] *[http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/H/Phoeyj101.htm Retrosheet]
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