Boeckel's minor league statistics are only complete for 1913, when he hit for a .268 batting average in 115 games and committed 49 errors in 579 total chances.

[3] He played in 65 games for Pittsburgh that year, hitting .265 and tallying 23 runs batted in (RBI).

Pittsburgh manager Hugo Bezdek was pleased and said that Boeckel's weight had been an impediment the previous year.

[6] Pittsburgh acquired third baseman Walter Barbare in 1919, so the team placed Boeckel on waivers early in the season.

His sixth-inning single accounted for Boston's only RBI and the game was later declared a tie when it became too dark to continue.

He aggravated the injury during the following preseason, but a newspaper report at the time called him "a mighty fine ball player when the veteran is right.

[4] Boeckel played with the Braves from 1919 to 1923;[4] during those seasons, the team did not finish higher than fourth place in the league standings.