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THE HISTORY

HONUS
WAGNER
SHORTSTOP 1900-17 H/W: 5-11/20O B/T: R/R

None other than Babe Ruth called him the NO DOUBT

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greatest right-handed hitter in baseball history.
Nearly a century after his final game, Baseball-
Reference.com still ranks him No. 10 all-time
in Wins Above Replacement a sabremetric
fomula for measuring a players worth. But
most fans dont need such 21st century tools
to understand his worth. From 1900-17, he Votes out of a
helped the Pirates win four of their nine NL possible 222 that
pennants and their first World Series cham- Wagner received in
election for the in-
pionship. All the while, he led the league in augural class of the
batting eight times, RBIs five times, stolen Pro Baseball Hall of
bases five times and played such a beautiful Fame in 1936. Only
shortstop that, despite a stocky frame and Ty Cobb received
more (222).
bowed legs, it was said you could roll anything
through them except a ground ball.

HE WAS THE
DID YOU
KNOW?
An
condition
condit
near-mint
Honus NEAREST THING TO
A PERFECT PLAYER
Wagner 1909
Wag
T206 baseball
T20
card the Holy
Grail of card col-
lectors and one
lector NO MATTER WHERE
HIS MANAGER
of fewer
few than 60
known to exist
sold for $2.8
million at auc-
millio
tion in 2007.
tio CHOSE TO PLAY HIM.
John McGraw, New York Giants
manager, on Wagner

STATISTICS ALL-STAR HOF (1936) WINS ABOVE REPLACEMENT PLAYER*

11.5
Seasons .............. 18 10.1
9.2 8.9
7.6
Games............2,433 M V PP 8.6
M 9.2 6.3
8.1
Note: The first 8 7.0
7.1 7.6
6.6 9.2
9.3
Runs...............1,521 MLB All-Star 8.3
9.2
Hits.................2,967 game took place 6.6
7.3 AA LL LL -- SS T
T AA RR 6.5
5.1 5.2
5.6
6.5
3.8
WAR

Home runs........... 82 in 1933 16 5

years after 5.2
5.1 3.6
5.2
RBIs ...............1,474 Wagner retired. SS TT AA R
R TT EE RR 3.0
5.2 2.6
4.5
Average ............ .328 2
OPS.................. .862 1900 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

* - Seasons with at least 100 games played

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