Ox Eckhardt

Oscar Eckhardt Right fielder Born: (1901-12-23)December 23, 1901 Yorktown, Texas Died: April 22, 1951(1951-04-22) (aged 49) Yorktown, Texas Batted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut April 16, 1932, for the Boston Braves Last MLB appearance May 15, 1936, for the Brooklyn Dodgers MLB statistics Batting average .192 Home runs 1 RBI 7
Teams
*Boston Braves (1932) Brooklyn Dodgers (1936)

Date of birth:	(1901-12-23)December 23, 1901
Place of birth:	Yorktown, Texas
Date of death:	April 22, 1951(1951-04-22) (aged 49)
Career information
Position(s):	Running back Quarterback
Organizations
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 was later inducted in the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.

He also played fullback, halfback, and quarterback for the Texas Longhorns and the New York Giants.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
West Texas State Buffaloes (Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1925–1927)
1925	West Texas State	4–4	1–3	T–10th
1926	West Texas State	2–6	0–4	9th
1927	West Texas State	6–3–1
West Texas State:		12–13–1
Total:		12–13–1
†Indicates BCS bowl, Bowl Alliance or Bowl Coalition game.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Ox Eckhardt at Find a Grave