Career
Eckhardt holds the all-time professional baseball record for batting average, counting both major and minor league statistics 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 statistics
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.