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                      Tony Boeckel-3B, (Pirates/Braves)

                      Born: August 25, 1892, Los Angeles, CA.

                      Died: September 15, 1924, Inglewood, CA(car Accident, 31 Years Old)


                      

                      Drafted in 1917 in the 10th round(Pick #134) by the peoria Caterpillars

                      Drafted in 1919 in the 2nd round(Pick #18) by the Coal Dredgers

                      Drafted in 1921 in the 2nd round(Pick #24) by the Georgia Pines

                      


  Norman Doxie “Tony”Boeckel, was a member of the 1921 Wild Card Georgia Pines. He hit .263 with an rbi triple in the Wild Card loss to the Shamokin Stogies. In 1923, his final season, he was a member of the SCL Champion Pines. He did not appear in post season play.


SCL STATS:

Team           AVG   OBP   SPC    G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS

PC      1917  .229  .329  .229   81   70   16   0   0   0    0    4    9   14   2   1   2   1

SCD     1919  .245  .328  .300  154  587  144   8   6   4   77   50   70   35   3   0  16   4

HC      1920  .213  .269  .245   51  155   33   3   1   0   18   14   12   15   0   0   1   2

GP      1921  .268  .310  .377  108  369   99  16   9   2   43   61   24   41   1   1   3   3

GP      1922  .240  .286  .314   87  258   62   6   2   3   23   39   13   27   5   0   1   3

GP      1923  .288  .338  .394   25   66   19   1   0   2    9    5    4    5   1   0   0   2

              .248  .311  .316  506 1505  373  34  18  11  170  173  132  137  12   2  23  15     



Tony Boeckel was a decent hit, poor fielding 3rd baseman for the Pirates and the Braves.  He led the league in errors at 3rd in 3 different seasons.  


While driving through San Diego with Bob Meusel, Boeckel was involved in a car crash. Meusel escaped with minor injuries, but Boeckel was pinned underneath the car, and died the following day from his injuries.

  

                                                  G    AB    R    H   2B   3B  HR   RBI   AVG   OBP   SLG

Real Life Totals: 1917-1923   777  2880  372  813  130  36  27   596  .282  .339  .381