Tony Boeckel

Tony Boeckel
Norman "Tony" Boeckel 1922 baseball card
Third baseman
Born: (1892-08-25)August 25, 1892
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died: February 16, 1924(1924-02-16) (aged 31)
La Jolla, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
July 23, 1917, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
October 6, 1923, for the Boston Braves
MLB statistics
Batting average.282
Home runs27
Runs batted in337
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Teams

Norman Doxie "Tony" Boeckel (August 25, 1892 – February 16, 1924) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) infielder who played six seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Braves of the National League (NL). He drove in one of the runs scored in a 1–1 tie game on May 1, 1920 that lasted a record-breaking 26 innings. Boeckel was an active MLB player when he was killed in an automobile accident.