Tony Boeckel | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: Los Angeles, California, U.S. | August 25, 1892|
Died: February 16, 1924 La Jolla, California, U.S. | (aged 31)|
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 runs | 27 |
Runs batted in | 337 |
Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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.