Honus Wagner - Wikipedia. Honus Wagner. Wagner in 1. Shortstop. Born: (1. February 2. 4, 1. Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania. Died: December 6, 1. Carnegie, Pennsylvania.

Batted: Right. Threw: Right. MLB debut. July 1. Louisville Colonels. Last MLB appearance. September 1. 7, 1. Pittsburgh Pirates.

MLB statistics. Batting average. Hits. 3,4. 30. Home runs. Runs batted in. 1,7. Stolen bases. 72.

Teams. As player. As manager. As coach. Career highlights and awards.

World Series champion (1. NL batting champion (1. NL RBI leader (1. NL stolen base leader (1. Pittsburgh Pirates #3.

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Major League Baseball All- Century Team. Major League Baseball All- Time Team. Member of the National. Baseball Hall of Fame. Inducted. 19. 36. Vote. 95. 1. 3% (first ballot)Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (; February 2.

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Major League Baseball from 1. Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in National League history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times.

Wagner was nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"). This name was a nod to the popular folk- tale made into a famous opera by another Wagner.

In 1. 93. 6, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. He received the second- highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth. Although Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead- ball era, some contemporaries regarded Wagner as the better all- around player, and most baseball historians consider Wagner to be the greatest shortstop ever. Cobb himself called Wagner "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond."[2] Honus Wagner is also the featured player of one of the rarest and most valuable baseball cards in existence. Early life[edit]Wagner was born to German immigrants Peter and Katheryn Wagner in the borough of Chartiers, in what is now Carnegie, Pennsylvania.[3][4]Wagner was one of nine children. As a child, he was called Hans by his mother, which later evolved into Honus.

Hans" was also an alternate nickname during his major league career. Wagner dropped out of school at age 1.

In their free time, he and his brothers played sandlot baseball and developed their skills to such an extent that three of his brothers went on to become professionals as well.[5]Wagner's older brother, Albert "Butts" Wagner, who had a brief major league career himself, is often credited with getting Honus his first tryout. Butts persuaded his manager to take a look at his younger brother. Following his brother, Wagner trained to be a barber before becoming successful in baseball.[6]In 1. Wagner married Bessie Baine Smith, and the couple would have three daughters, Elva Katrina (born 1. Betty Baine (born 1. Virginia Mae (born 1.

Professional career[edit]Career before Major League Baseball[edit]Honus' brother Albert "Butts" Wagner was considered the ballplayer of the family. Albert suggested Honus in 1.

Inter- State League team was in need of help. Wagner would play for five teams in that first year, in three different leagues over the course of 8.

In 1. 89. 6 Edward Barrow, from the Wheeling, West Virginia, team that Wagner was playing on, decided to take Honus with him to his next team, the Paterson Silk Sox (Atlantic League). Barrow proved to be a good talent scout, as Wagner could play wherever he was needed, including all three bases and the outfield. Wagner would hit . Paterson in 1. 89.

At shortstop there is only one candidate, the immortal Honus Wagner. He was just head and shoulders above anyone else in that position. Fellows like Marion, Bancroft, Peck and Billy Jurges were all great fielders. But Honus could more than out- field all of them. He was perhaps the greatest right- handed hitter of all time. He had remarkably long arms, hams for hands, and just drew the ball to him.

Ed Barrow once told me he could have been as good in any position but he made his greatest name as shortstop. He led the National League seven times at bat and he was always up with the leaders when he was in his forties." —Babe Ruth[9]Louisville Colonels[edit]Recognizing that Wagner should be playing at the highest level, Barrow contacted the Louisville Colonels, who had finished last in the National League in 1. They were doing better in 1.

Barrow persuaded club president Barney Dreyfuss, club secretary Harry Pulliam, and outfielder- manager Fred Clarke to go to Paterson to see Wagner play. Dreyfuss and Clarke were not impressed with the awkward- looking man, not surprising, as Wagner was oddly built – 5- feet- 1.

Pulliam, though, persuaded Dreyfuss and Clarke to take a chance on him. Wagner debuted with Louisville on July 1. By his second season, Wagner was already one of the best hitters in the National League although he came up short a percentage point from finishing the season at . Following the 1. 89. Watch The Best Of Times Online The Best Of Times Full Movie Online. NL contracted from twelve to eight teams, with the Colonels one of four teams eliminated.

Along with Wagner, owner Barney Dreyfuss, who had purchased half ownership in the Pirates, took many of his other top players with him to Pittsburgh. Tommy Leach recounted his impressions of joining the Louisville club in 1. I hardly had time to get settled before it hits me that this guy the Louisville club had at third base was practically doing the impossible. I'm sitting on the bench the first day I reported, and along about the third inning an opposing batter smacks a line drive down the third- base line that looked like at least a sure double. Well, this big Louisville third baseman jumped over after it like he was on steel springs, slapped it down with his bare hand, scrambled after it at least ten feet, and fired a bullet over to first base.

The runner was out by two or three steps. I'm sitting on the bench and my eyes are popping out.

So I poked the guy sitting next to me, and asked him who the devil that big fellow was on third base. Why, that's Wagner," he says.

He's the best third baseman in the league.". And it also turned out that while Honus was the best third baseman in the league, he was also the best first baseman, the best second baseman, the best shortstop, and the best outfielder.

That was in fielding. And since he led the league in batting eight times between 1. As well as the best base runner. Pittsburgh Pirates[edit]The move to the Pittsburgh Pirates signified Wagner's emergence as a premier hitter.

In 1. 90. 0, Wagner won his first batting championship with a . For the next couple of seasons, Wagner's average did not fall below . In 1. 90. 1, the American League began to sign National League players, creating a bidding war, which depleted the league of many talented players.

Wagner was offered a $2. Chicago White Sox, but turned it down and continued to play with the Pirates. Prior to 1. 90. 4, Wagner had played several positions, but settled into the shortstop role full- time that season, where he became a skilled fielder. His biography on Baseball. Library. com describes his gritty style: "Bowlegged, barrel- chested, long- limbed.. When he fielded grounders, his huge hands also collected large scoops of infield dirt, which accompanied his throws to first like the tail of a comet."[1. In 1. 89. 8, Wagner won a distance contest in Louisville by throwing a baseball more than 4.

In August 1. 89. 9, he became the first player credited with stealing second base, third, and home in succession under the new rule differentiating between advanced bases and stolen bases. He repeated the feat in 1. Wagner retired with the National League record for most steals of home (2. Greasy Neale in 1. In September 1. 90. Wagner signed a contract to produce the first bat with a player's signature, the Louisville Slugger, becoming the first sportsperson to endorse a commercial product; [1.

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