{{Short description|American baseball player (1893–1945)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Hack Eibel |position=Outfielder/Pitcher |image= |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date|1893|12|6|mf=y}} |birth_place=Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1945|10|16|1893|12|6}} |death_place=Macon, Georgia, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 13 |debutyear=1912 |debutteam=Cleveland Naps |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=July 17 |finalyear=1920 |finalteam=Boston Red Sox |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.174 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=6 |stat4label=Earned run average |stat4value=3.48 |stat5label=Innings pitched |stat5value=10 1/3 |stat6label=Games Finished |stat6value=2 |teams= * Cleveland Naps (1912) * Boston Red Sox (1920) }} '''Henry Hack Eibel''' (December 6, 1893 – October 16, 1945) was an American utility player in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Naps ({{by|1912}}) and Boston Red Sox ({{by|1920}}). Listed at {{height|ft=5|in=11}} and 220 lb., Eibel batted and threw left-handed. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to emigrant parents of German extraction.<ref>[https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/c1e46a1f 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. "</ref> Eibel first played in the majors at the age of 18.
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 10⅓ innings and did not have a decision.
Eibel shot himself to death in Macon, Georgia at age 51.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 17, 1945 |title=Hack Eibel Fatally Shot |page=2 |work=The Macon Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/108114172/the-macon-telegraph/ |access-date=August 22, 2022 |via=newspapers.com}}</ref> Macon was also the town of Eibel's final professional ball club team. Eibel retired from baseball in 1924.
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==Sources== * [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/e/eibelha01.shtml Baseball Reference]
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