Fred James Hoey (May 12, 1884 – November 17, 1949) was an American radio sports announcer who was the first full-time voice of Major League Baseball in Boston.

Hoey would later play semi-professional baseball and work as an usher at the Huntington Avenue Grounds.

[2] In 1903, Hoey was hired as a sportswriter, writing about high school sports, baseball, and hockey.

[3] His only other national assignment was calling the 1936 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, played in Boston, for Mutual.

[2] Hoey died in his home in Winthrop, Massachusetts, of accidental gas asphyxiation on November 17, 1949.