New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Wallace (Wally) Ebert

First Baseman

Selected 1990

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

          Wally Ebert started his career with the New Ulm Millers in 1943. He moved up to the Brewers for the following year and played with the Brewers for 10 years until 1952. Ebert then returned to finish his career with the Millers for the 1953 and 1954 seasons. He always played first base.

          Wally was a member of the 1947 and 1949 Brewers state tournament teams. His Brewers also won the championship of the Western Minnesota League in 1946 and 1948 and the championship of the Tomahawk League in 1953.

          Ebert was known for his home-run swing which produced 21 career homers and over 200 career strike-outs. He also was famous for doing the "splits" while fielding at first base. His best seasons as a Brewer were in 1948 and '49, when he hit .277 and .252 with five homeruns in each year. Ebert batted .378 and .300 in his final two seasons with New Ulm Millers and had slugging average of .800 with 1953 Millers.