Honus Wagner

Full Name: John Peter Wagner Primary Position: SS,OF Height/Weight: 5' 11"/200 First Game: July 19, 1897 Birthdate: February 24, 1874 Final Game: September 17, 1917 Birthplace: Chartiers, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 21 years Died: December 6, 1955 Deathplace: Carnegie, Pennsylvania Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936

Biography

Honus Wagner (John Peter Wagner) was born on February 24, 1874 in Chartiers, Pennsylvania. He made his Major League debut on July 19, 1897 for the Louisville Colonels. In 1897, his rookie year, he hit .338 with 2 home runs and 39 RBI. Wagner played for the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates over the course of his 21 year career.

Most people believe that Honus Wagner's best season was 1908, when he stole 53 bases, hit for a .354 average and knocked in 109 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1897	LOU	N	61	237	37	80	2	39	.338	.379	.468	17	4	15	0	1	5	19	0	0
1898	LOU	N	151	588	80	176	10	105	.299	.341	.410	29	3	31	0	6	10	27	0	0
1899	LOU	N	147	571	98	192	7	113	.336	.391	.494	43	13	40	0	11	4	37	0	0
1900	PIT	N	135	527	107	201	4	100	.381	.434	.573	45	22	41	0	8	4	38	0	0
1901	PIT	N	140	549	101	194	6	126	.353	.417	.494	37	11	53	0	7	10	49	0	0
1902	PIT	N	136	534	105	176	3	91	.330	.394	.463	30	16	43	0	14	8	42	0	0
1903	PIT	N	129	512	97	182	5	101	.355	.414	.518	30	19	44	0	7	8	46	0	0
1904	PIT	N	132	490	97	171	4	75	.349	.423	.520	44	14	59	0	4	5	53	0	0
1905	PIT	N	147	548	114	199	6	101	.363	.427	.505	32	14	54	0	7	7	57	0	0
1906	PIT	N	142	516	103	175	2	71	.339	.416	.459	38	9	58	0	10	6	53	0	0
1907	PIT	N	142	515	98	180	6	82	.350	.408	.513	38	14	46	0	5	14	61	0	0
1908	PIT	N	151	568	100	201	10	109	.354	.415	.542	39	19	54	0	5	14	53	0	0
1909	PIT	N	137	495	92	168	5	100	.339	.420	.489	39	10	66	0	3	27	35	0	0
1910	PIT	N	150	556	90	178	4	81	.320	.390	.432	34	8	59	47	5	20	24	0	0
1911	PIT	N	130	473	87	158	9	89	.334	.423	.507	23	16	67	34	6	12	20	5	8
1912	PIT	N	145	558	91	181	7	102	.324	.395	.496	35	20	59	38	6	11	26	0	0
1913	PIT	N	114	413	51	124	3	56	.300	.349	.385	18	4	26	40	5	10	21	0	0
1914	PIT	N	150	552	60	139	1	50	.252	.317	.317	15	9	51	51	2	11	23	0	0
1915	PIT	N	156	566	68	155	6	78	.274	.325	.422	32	17	39	64	4	16	22	0	0
1916	PIT	N	123	432	45	124	1	39	.287	.350	.370	15	9	34	36	8	10	11	0	0
1917	PIT	N	74	230	15	61	0	24	.265	.337	.304	7	1	24	17	1	9	5	0	0
Total			2792	10430	1736	3415	101	1732	.327	.391	.466	640	252	963	327	125	221	722	5	8

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1897	LOU	N	2B	9	0	0	23	20	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.915
1897	LOU	N	OF	52	0	0	101	17	12	5	0	0	0	0	0	.908
1898	LOU	N	2B	10	0	0	17	33	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1898	LOU	N	1B	75	0	0	729	41	22	44	0	0	0	0	0	.972
1898	LOU	N	3B	65	0	0	101	118	18	11	0	0	0	0	0	.924
1899	LOU	N	OF	61	0	0	107	14	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	.968
1899	LOU	N	2B	7	0	0	21	16	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.949
1899	LOU	N	3B	75	0	0	90	168	20	10	0	0	0	0	0	.928
1899	LOU	N	1B	4	0	0	42	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1900	PIT	N	OF	118	0	0	181	11	7	4	0	0	0	0	0	.965
1900	PIT	N	1B	3	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1900	PIT	N	3B	9	0	0	7	21	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.848
1900	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1900	PIT	N	2B	7	0	0	12	13	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1901	PIT	N	OF	54	0	0	79	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.976
1901	PIT	N	3B	24	0	0	37	50	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	.897
1901	PIT	N	SS	61	0	0	177	224	36	31	0	0	0	0	0	.918
1901	PIT	N	2B	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	PIT	N	OF	61	0	0	121	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	PIT	N	2B	1	0	0	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	PIT	N	SS	44	0	0	89	145	28	12	0	0	0	0	0	.893
1902	PIT	N	P	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1902	PIT	N	1B	32	0	0	315	15	4	19	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1903	PIT	N	OF	12	0	0	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.955
1903	PIT	N	1B	6	0	0	63	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1903	PIT	N	SS	111	0	0	303	397	50	51	0	0	0	0	0	.933
1904	PIT	N	OF	8	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1904	PIT	N	1B	3	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969
1904	PIT	N	SS	121	0	0	274	367	49	46	0	0	0	0	0	.929
1904	PIT	N	2B	2	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1905	PIT	N	SS	145	0	0	353	517	60	64	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1905	PIT	N	OF	2	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1906	PIT	N	OF	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1906	PIT	N	3B	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1906	PIT	N	SS	137	0	0	334	473	51	57	0	0	0	0	0	.941
1907	PIT	N	1B	4	0	0	44	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1907	PIT	N	SS	138	0	0	314	428	49	32	0	0	0	0	0	.938
1908	PIT	N	SS	151	0	0	354	469	50	47	0	0	0	0	0	.943
1909	PIT	N	SS	136	0	0	344	430	49	58	0	0	0	0	0	.940
1909	PIT	N	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1910	PIT	N	1B	11	0	0	103	13	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1910	PIT	N	2B	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750
1910	PIT	N	SS	138	0	0	337	413	52	62	0	0	0	0	0	.935
1911	PIT	N	1B	28	28	241	250	9	7	21	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1911	PIT	N	CF	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1911	PIT	N	OF	2	1	12.2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500
1911	PIT	N	2B	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1911	PIT	N	SS	101	101	894	221	312	39	55	0	0	0	0	0	.932
1911	PIT	N	LF	1	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1912	PIT	N	SS	143	0	0	341	462	32	74	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1913	PIT	N	SS	105	0	0	289	323	24	47	0	0	0	0	0	.962
1914	PIT	N	1B	1	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1914	PIT	N	SS	132	0	0	322	424	39	45	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1914	PIT	N	3B	17	0	0	17	33	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.926
1915	PIT	N	1B	10	0	0	101	8	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1915	PIT	N	SS	131	0	0	298	395	38	53	0	0	0	0	0	.948
1915	PIT	N	2B	12	0	0	22	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1916	PIT	N	2B	4	0	0	8	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.900
1916	PIT	N	SS	92	0	0	226	261	30	32	0	0	0	0	0	.942
1916	PIT	N	1B	24	0	0	183	11	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1917	PIT	N	2B	2	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	PIT	N	1B	47	0	0	433	22	7	27	0	0	0	0	0	.985
1917	PIT	N	SS	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1917	PIT	N	3B	18	0	0	32	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.948
Total			P	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	58	0	1.1	118	140	13	14	0	0	0	0	0	.952
Total			LF	1	0	3.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	1887	101	894	4576	6041	676	766	0	0	0	0	0	.940
Total			3B	209	0	0	284	414	61	26	0	0	0	0	0	.920
Total			OF	373	1	12.2	637	56	28	16	0	0	0	0	0	.961
Total			1B	248	28	241	2314	130	47	141	0	0	0	0	0	.981
Total			CF	1	1	9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1900	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	.00	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	4	0	0	0
1902	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	.00	5	2	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	0	2	0	3	0
Total			2	0	0	0	.00	6	5	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	0	6	0	3	0

Transactions

• Sold by Paterson (Atlantic) to Louisville Colonels (July, 1897).
• Traded by Louisville Colonels with Rube Waddell, Bert Cunningham, Deacon Phillippe, Jack Wadsworth, Chief Zimmer, Tacks Latimer, Tom Messitt, Mike Kelley, Claude Ritchey, Tommy Leach and Fred Clarke to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Jack Chesbro, Paddy Fox, John O'Brien, Art Madison and $25000 (December 8, 1899).

Trivia

World Series Champion: 1909 Pittsburgh Pirates