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Donald Hoak with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1954).
Added by: John "J-Cat" Griffith on 16 Mar 2012

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Don Hoak Famous memorial
ORIGINAL NAME
Donald Albert Hoak
BIRTH 5 Feb 1928
Roulette, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 9 Oct 1969 (aged 41)
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL Fishing Creek Cemetery
Roulette, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
PLOT Section: CREMATED
Lot: 1969-10 Grave: 1
MEMORIAL ID 6641808 ·
PHOTOS 4
FLOWERS 89

Major League Baseball Player.
Born in Roulette, Pennsylvania, he was a third baseman making his debut for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 18, 1954. For eleven seasons, he played with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1954-55), Chicago Cubs (1956), Cincinnati Reds (1957-58), Pittsburgh Pirates (1959-62) and Philadelphia Phillies (1963-64). He was an All-Star in 1957, plus a member of the World Series Champion Brooklyn Dodgers (1955) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1960).
He concluded his career with 1144 hits, 598 runs scored, 89 home runs, 498 runs batted in and a .265 batting average. After his playing career, he was a Pirates' radio broadcaster for two years, a coach for the Phillies in 1967 and a manager in the Pirates' minor leagues farm system (1968-69).
He died of a heart attack at age 41 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

Gravesite Details
From Allegheny Cemetery Records

Family Members
Parents Andrew George Hoak 1906-1946
Orissa Freda Leitch Hoak 1908-1966
Spouses Phyllis June Warner Hoak 1928-2008 (m. 1950)
Norma Jean Speranza 1935-2021 (m. 1961)
Siblings Betty Jean Hoak Dexter 1926-1987
Robert William Hoak 1938-1938
Children Donald Jeffrey Hoak 1958-2016

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