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    Honus Wagner

    American baseball player (1874–1955)

    This article is about the American baseball player. For people with similar names, see Hans Wagner (disambiguation). For the baseball card, see T206 Honus Wagner.

    Baseball player

    Honus Wagner

    Wagner in 1903

    Shortstop
    Born:(1874-02-24)February 24, 1874
    Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    Died: December 6, 1955(1955-12-06) (aged 81)
    Carnegie, Pennsylvania, U.S.

    Batted: Right

    Threw: Right

    July 19, 1897, for the Louisville Colonels
    September 17, 1917, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
    Batting average.328
    Hits3,420
    Home runs101
    Runs batted in1,732
    Stolen bases723
    Stats at Baseball Reference 
    As player
    As manager
    As coach
    • World Series champion (1909)
    • 8× NL batting champion (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906–1909, 1911)
    • 4× NL RBI leader (1901, 1902, 1908, 1909)
    • 5× NL stolen base leader (1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1908)
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      Wagner, Honus

      Regarded by most experts as the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Honus Wagner (1874-1955) was the game's most complete star in the early twentieth century. Known as the "Flying Dutchman" for his speedy base-running, Wagner was a perennial batting champion and a versatile fielder during his 21 big-league seasons, 18 of them with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

      One of five men who were the original inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936, Wagner was a stocky, clumsy-looking athlete who had surprising agility and unsurpassed baseball acumen. Perhaps the best all-around player in baseball history, Wagner played every position during his career except catcher. Burly and intimidating on the field, he was known for his kindness and humility off the diamond.

      Up from the Mines

      Johannes Peter Wagner was born in Mansfield, Pennsylvania on February 24, 1874. He was one of nine children born to German immigrants Peter and Katheryn Wagner, who came to weste

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    Easy-going Honus was a Pirates icon
    By Bob Diskin
    Special to ESPN.com


    Game 2 of the 1909 World Series between the stad Tigers and the Pittsburgh Pirates: The man who would lead the majors in hits over the next decade took his lead off first base. He glanced toward the shortstop, who had been the hit leader for the decade just ended.

    The shortstop, as easy-going as his opponent was hard-boiled, expected the runner to try to stjäla second base. He readied his hulking body for the inevitable collision. The runner raced for second, but the catcher's throw was on target. The shortstop slapped the tag -- hard -- on the sliding baserunner's face. A trickle of blood dripped as the umpire called him out. Thus ended the first skirmish in the war that was the only meeting between Detroit's Ty Cobb and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner. The Flying Dutchman batted .333 with six runs batted in and six steals in leading the Pirates to the