Ox Eckhardt
Baseball Player
1901 – 1951
Who was Ox Eckhardt?
Oscar George "Ox" Eckhardt 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. 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.
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- Born
- Dec 23, 1901
Yorktown - Profession
- Education
- University of Texas at Austin
- Lived in
- Texas
- Yorktown
- Died
- Apr 22, 1951
Yorktown
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on July 23, 2013
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