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Hack Eibel

Hack Eibel

American baseball player (1893-1945)


Henry Hack Eibel (December 6, 1893 โ€“ October 16, 1945) was a utility player in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps (1912) and Boston Red Sox (1920). Listed at 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) and 220 lb., Eibel batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to emigrant parents of German extraction.[1] Eibel first played in the majors at the age of 18.

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During his brief major league career, Eibel did almost everything a player was asked to do, appearing in 30 games, as a relief pitcher (3 games), left fielder (3), right fielder (3), first baseman (1), and pinch-hitter or pinch-runner (20).

In a two-season career, Eibel was a .174 hitter (8-for-43) with four runs and six RBI, including two doubles and one stolen base. He did not hit a home run. In three relief appearances, he posted a 3.48 ERA with five strikeouts and three walks in 10โ…“ innings and did not have a decision.

Eibel shot himself to death in Macon, Georgia at age 51.[2] Macon was also the town of Eibel's final professional ball club team. Eibel retired from baseball in 1924.


References

  1. Society for American Baseball Research"Henry Eibel was born to foreign-born parents. His father, Henry, had come from Germany to America in 1870 and worked as a blacksmith in 1900 and a baker in 1910. His mother, Elizabeth, had been born in England, but to two German parents; she came to America in 1864. "
  2. "Hack Eibel Fatally Shot". The Macon Telegraph. October 17, 1945. p. 2. Retrieved August 22, 2022 โ€“ via newspapers.com.

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