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  • Ox Eckhardt
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  • 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.
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Birth Date
  • 1901-12-23
death place
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  • Right
Name
  • Oscar Eckhardt
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  • --05-15
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  • ECK369148
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  • EckhOx20
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Birth Place
College
death date
  • 1951-04-22
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  • ECKHAOX01
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  • Left
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  • 1
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Years
  • 1926
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  • 1932
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  • Home runs
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  • 7
Position
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  • 0.192000
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  • --04-16
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finalyear
  • 1936
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  • 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.