New Ulm HALL OF FAME Member

Jack Aufderheide

Outfielder

Selected 1989

Lifetime Baseball Batting Stats Page

          Jack Aufderheide was honored by being selected to the inaugural group of inductees to the New Ulm Baseball Hall of Fame during Johnson Park's 50th Anniversary celebration in 1989.

          Aufderheide was a member of New Ulm's first current era amateur team in 1939. He played with 1941 Class A and mythical state champions before entering service as a bomber pilot. His plane was shot down over Germany, and he became a prisoner of war.

          In his career, Jack played in 166 games, batting .304 with 32 doubles, 20 triples, five home runs and 92 runs batted in.

          As a fleet and colorful outfielder who normally lost his cap flying around the bases, Aufderheide attracted the attention of the House of David baseball team and was offered a contract, which he turned down.

          Jack cut short his baseball career to concentrate on management of New Ulm Brick and Tile, a family business which was started by his father.