- Ox Eckhardt
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Oscar Eckhardt Right fielder Born: December 23, 1901
Yorktown, TexasDied: April 22, 1951 (aged 49)
Yorktown, TexasBatted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut April 16, 1932 for the Boston Braves Last MLB appearance May 15, 1936 for the Brooklyn Dodgers Career statistics Batting average .192 Home runs 1 RBI 7 Teams - Boston Braves (1932)
- Brooklyn Dodgers (1936)
Ox Eckhardt Date of birth: December 23, 1901 Place of birth: Yorktown, Texas Date of death: April 22, 1951 (aged 49) Career information Position(s): Running back
QuarterbackCollege: Texas Organizations As player: 1926 New York Giants Playing stats at NFL.com Oscar George "Ox" Eckhardt (December 23, 1901 – April 22, 1951) was an outfielder for the Boston Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers. Eckhardt holds the all-time professional baseball record for batting average, counting both major and minor league stats. His .192 in 57 major league plate appearances barely lowered his .367 career batting average in the minors (second all-time among minor league-only batting averages to Ike Boone's .370). Eckhardt ends up fractionally ahead of #2 Ty Cobb, whose career .366 is also lowered marginally by his minor league stats.
In 1933, Eckhardt hit .414 for the San Francisco Missions.
He also played fullback, halfback, and quarterback for the Texas Longhorns and the New York Giants.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Eckhardt.shtml Baseball-Reference
- Ox Eckhardt at Find a Grave
West Texas A&M Buffaloes head football coaches Jim G. Miller (1910–1911) • No team (1912) • Douglas A. Shirley (1913–1917) • Alonzo P. George (1918) • Walter Willy (1919) • Wayne McCorkle (1920) • Samuel D. Burton (1921–1924) • Ox Eckhardt (1925–1927) • W. Mitchell Jones (1928) • Claude Reeds (1929–1930) • Samuel D. Burton (1931–1932) • Alfred Baggett (1933–1939) • Jack Curtice (1940–1941) • Gus Miller (1942) • No team (1943) • Gus Miller (1944–1946) • Windy Nicklaus (1946) • Frank Kimbrough (1947–1957) • Clark Jarnagin (1958–1959) • Joe Kerbel (1960–1970) • Gene Mayfield (1971–1976) • Bill Yung (1977–1981) • Don Davis (1982–1984) • Bill Kelly (1985–1987) • Steve Graf (1988–1990) • Ron Steele (1992–1993) • Morris Stone (1994–1996) • Stan McGarvey (1997–2001) • Ronnie Jones (2002–2004) • Don Carthel (2005– )
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