Cardinal Hall of Honor
Lamar University’s first player to be drafted by a major-league team, Eddie Rundle was the fourth-round pick of the San Diego Padres in 1969.
An All-Southland Conference selection in 1968, Rundle led the team with four home runs, 31 runs batted in and a .322 batting average. He set the LU school for RBIs in a game with six and single-season RBI average at 1.15 per game. Rundle also led the team in total bases (49) and was tied for the team lead in hits (29) in 1968.
Rundle’s two home runs against Northeast Louisiana on April 27, 1968, were the second-best single-game total in LU history.
