Paul Waner (Paul Glee Waner) was born on April 16, 1903 in Harrah, Oklahoma. He made his Major League debut on April 13, 1926 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 1926, his rookie year, he hit .336 with 8 home runs and 79 RBI. Waner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves over the course of his 19 year career.
There is some disagreement on what was Paul Waner's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1927, when he hit for a .380 average and knocked in 131 runs. However, others believe that it was 1929, when he slugged 15 home runs, hit for a .336 average and knocked in 100 runs.
Statistics[]
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1926
PIT
N
144
536
101
180
8
79
.336
.413
.528
35
22
66
19
4
12
11
0
0
1927
PIT
N
155
623
114
237
9
131
.380
.437
.549
42
18
60
14
3
23
5
0
0
1928
PIT
N
152
602
142
223
6
86
.370
.446
.547
50
19
77
16
5
13
6
0
0
1929
PIT
N
151
596
131
200
15
100
.336
.424
.534
43
15
89
24
3
15
15
0
0
1930
PIT
N
145
589
117
217
8
77
.368
.428
.525
32
18
57
18
4
15
18
0
0
1931
PIT
N
150
559
88
180
6
70
.322
.404
.453
35
10
73
21
4
10
6
0
0
1932
PIT
N
154
630
107
215
8
82
.341
.397
.510
62
10
56
24
2
9
13
0
0
1933
PIT
N
154
618
101
191
7
70
.309
.372
.456
38
16
60
20
2
14
3
0
10
1934
PIT
N
146
599
122
217
14
90
.362
.429
.539
32
16
68
24
2
8
8
0
15
1935
PIT
N
139
549
98
176
11
78
.321
.392
.477
29
12
61
22
3
10
2
0
15
1936
PIT
N
148
585
107
218
5
94
.373
.446
.520
53
9
74
29
3
4
7
0
15
1937
PIT
N
154
619
94
219
2
74
.354
.413
.441
30
9
63
34
0
8
4
0
11
1938
PIT
N
148
625
77
175
6
69
.280
.331
.378
31
6
47
28
1
7
2
0
16
1939
PIT
N
125
461
62
151
3
45
.328
.375
.438
30
6
35
18
0
10
0
0
12
1940
PIT
N
89
238
32
69
1
32
.290
.352
.378
16
1
23
14
0
0
0
0
4
1941
BRO
N
11
35
5
6
0
4
.171
.326
.171
0
0
8
0
0
1
0
0
2
1941
BOS
N
95
294
40
82
2
46
.279
.378
.347
10
2
47
14
0
0
1
0
8
1941
TOT
N
106
329
45
88
2
50
.267
.372
.328
10
2
55
14
0
1
1
0
10
1942
BOS
N
114
333
43
86
1
39
.258
.376
.324
17
1
62
20
1
8
2
0
7
1943
BRO
N
82
225
29
70
1
26
.311
.406
.396
16
0
35
9
1
6
0
0
9
1944
NY
A
9
7
1
1
0
1
.143
.333
.143
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
1944
BRO
N
83
136
16
39
0
16
.287
.405
.331
4
1
27
7
0
1
0
0
3
1944
Total
92
143
17
40
0
17
.280
.401
.322
4
1
29
8
0
1
1
0
3
1945
NY
A
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1.000
.000
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
NL
2539
9452
1626
3151
113
1308
.333
.404
.474
605
191
1088
375
38
174
103
0
127
Total
AL
10
7
1
1
0
1
.143
.400
.143
0
0
3
1
0
0
1
0
0
Total
2549
9459
1627
3152
113
1309
.333
.404
.473
605
191
1091
376
38
174
104
0
127
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1926
PIT
N
OF
139
0
0
307
21
8
3
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1927
PIT
N
OF
143
0
0
326
20
7
4
0
0
0
0
0
.980
1927
PIT
N
1B
14
0
0
104
5
3
8
0
0
0
0
0
.973
1928
PIT
N
OF
131
0
0
299
14
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
.975
1928
PIT
N
1B
24
0
0
234
8
4
17
0
0
0
0
0
.984
1929
PIT
N
1B
7
0
0
70
3
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1929
PIT
N
OF
143
0
0
328
15
5
5
0
0
0
0
0
.986
1930
PIT
N
OF
143
0
0
344
9
15
4
0
0
0
0
0
.959
1931
PIT
N
1B
10
0
0
99
3
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
1.000
1931
PIT
N
OF
138
0
0
342
28
9
8
0
0
0
0
0
.976
1932
PIT
N
OF
154
0
0
367
13
10
3
0
0
0
0
0
.974
1933
PIT
N
OF
154
0
0
346
16
7
2
0
0
0
0
0
.981
1934
PIT
N
OF
145
0
0
323
15
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1935
PIT
N
OF
136
0
0
283
13
5
2
0
0
0
0
0
.983
1936
PIT
N
OF
145
0
0
323
15
14
7
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1937
PIT
N
OF
150
0
0
271
16
9
3
0
0
0
0
0
.970
1937
PIT
N
1B
3
0
0
27
3
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
.938
1938
PIT
N
OF
147
0
0
284
11
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
.977
1939
PIT
N
OF
106
0
0
206
12
5
4
0
0
0
0
0
.978
1940
PIT
N
1B
8
0
0
88
6
1
12
0
0
0
0
0
.989
1940
PIT
N
OF
45
0
0
62
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.985
1941
BRO
N
OF
9
0
0
12
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.923
1941
BOS
N
1B
7
0
0
19
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
.909
1941
BOS
N
OF
77
0
0
129
7
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
.965
1941
TOT
N
OF
86
0
0
141
7
6
3
0
0
0
0
0
.961
1941
TOT
N
RF
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1942
BOS
N
OF
94
0
0
150
6
5
3
0
0
0
0
0
.969
1943
BRO
N
OF
57
0
0
116
4
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
.960
1944
BRO
N
OF
32
0
0
54
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
.983
Total
1B
73
0
0
641
29
12
52
0
0
0
0
0
.982
Total
OF
2288
0
0
4872
241
132
53
0
0
0
0
0
.975
Transactions[]
Sold by San Francisco (PCL) to Pittsburgh Pirates with Hal Rhyne for $100000 plus 3 players to be named (October 13, 1925).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 5, 1940).
