Yes, his given name is William Edward Hooker. According to Baseball.com and SABR, his nickname was Buck, although I have seen Bock used as his nickname. As Val posted from the T206Society website, he is identified as Bock, although Buck is used in his bio.
The Bock reference could be due to a spelling error when he was playing, a not uncommon mistake in the minor leagues during the Deadball era since copy-editing was not an exact science in 1909-1910. The classic misspelled name is Jacksonville's Juan Viola, a Cuban, who appears as Violat on his T206 card.
BTW, Val, that is one sweet E222 of Hooker!
Cheers, Mike
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