Honus Wagner

Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955 ), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"), was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in the National League from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in NL history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times.

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Acting Credits

1922

In the Name of the Law

1919

Spring Fever (Short Film)

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Dating History

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Batting Stats

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Major League batting statistics for Honus Wagner.

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG
1897	LOU	62	242	38	81	18	4	2	39	20	15		0.335	0.376	0.467
1898	LOU	151	588	80	176	29	3	10	105	27	31		0.299	0.341	0.410
1899	LOU	148	575	100	196	45	13	7	114	37	40		0.341	0.395	0.501
1900	PIT	135	527	107	201	45	22	4	100	38	41		0.381	0.434	0.573
1901	PIT	140	549	101	194	37	11	6	126	49	53		0.353	0.417	0.494
1902	PIT	136	534	105	176	30	16	3	91	42	43		0.330	0.394	0.463
1903	PIT	129	512	97	182	30	19	5	101	46	44		0.355	0.414	0.518
1904	PIT	132	490	97	171	44	14	4	75	53	59		0.349	0.423	0.520
1905	PIT	147	548	114	199	32	14	6	101	57	54		0.363	0.427	0.505
1906	PIT	142	516	103	175	38	9	2	71	53	58		0.339	0.416	0.459
1907	PIT	142	515	98	180	38	14	6	82	61	46		0.350	0.408	0.513
1908	PIT	151	568	100	201	39	19	10	109	53	54		0.354	0.415	0.542
1909	PIT	137	495	92	168	39	10	5	100	35	66		0.339	0.420	0.489
1910	PIT	150	556	90	178	34	8	4	81	24	59	47	0.320	0.390	0.432
1911	PIT	130	473	87	158	23	16	9	89	20	67	34	0.334	0.423	0.507
1912	PIT	145	558	91	181	35	20	7	102	26	59	38	0.324	0.395	0.496
1913	PIT	114	413	51	124	18	4	3	56	21	26	40	0.300	0.349	0.385
1914	PIT	150	552	60	139	15	9	1	50	23	51	51	0.252	0.317	0.317
1915	PIT	156	566	68	155	32	17	6	78	22	39	64	0.274	0.325	0.422
1916	PIT	123	432	45	124	15	9	1	39	11	34	36	0.287	0.350	0.370
1917	PIT	74	230	15	61	7	1	0	24	5	24	17	0.265	0.337	0.304
Career		2794	10439	1739	3420	643	252	101	1733	723	963	327	-	-	-

Fielding Stats

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Major League fielding statistics for Honus Wagner.

Year	Team	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%
1897	LOU	62	-	130	37	16	7	0.913
1898	LOU	151	-	847	192	43	57	0.960
1899	LOU	148	-	264	202	31	20	0.938
1900	PIT	135	-	216	45	13	9	0.953
1901	PIT	140	-	297	280	48	34	0.923
1902	PIT	136	-	532	176	32	33	0.957
1903	PIT	129	-	386	401	52	53	0.938
1904	PIT	132	-	319	376	51	46	0.932
1905	PIT	147	-	363	517	60	64	0.936
1906	PIT	142	-	338	474	52	57	0.940
1907	PIT	142	-	358	429	49	33	0.941
1908	PIT	151	-	354	469	50	47	0.943
1909	PIT	137	-	344	430	49	58	0.940
1910	PIT	150	-	442	427	53	67	0.943
1911	PIT	130	-	472	321	47	76	0.944
1912	PIT	145	-	341	462	32	74	0.962
1913	PIT	114	-	289	323	24	47	0.962
1914	PIT	150	-	344	460	43	46	0.949
1915	PIT	156	-	421	428	38	62	0.957
1916	PIT	123	-	417	282	35	46	0.952
1917	PIT	74	-	466	51	10	27	0.981
Career		2794	-	7940	6782	828	963	-

Pitching Stats

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Major League pitching statistics for Honus Wagner.

Year	Team	W-L	ERA	G	IP	H	R	BB	SO
1900	PIT	0-0	0.00	1	3	3	3	4	1
1902	PIT	0-0	0.00	1	5	4	2	2	5
Career		0-0	-	2	-	7	5	6	6

First Name	John
Middle Name	Peter
Last Name	Wagner
Full Name at Birth	John Peter Wagner
Other Names	The Flying Dutchman Hans
Age	81 (age at death)
Date of Birth	February 24, 1874
Birthplace	Chartiers, PA
Date of Death	December 6, 1955
Location of Death	Carnegie, PA
Cause of Death	unspecified
Buried	Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh, PA
Height	5' 11" (180 cm)
Weight	200 lbs (90.7 kg)
Build	Large
Star Sign	Pisces
Ethnicity	White
Nationality	American
Occupation	Former Major League Baseball Player
Occupation Category	Baseball
Position	Shortstop, Rightfielder, First Baseman
Bats	Right
Throws	Right
MLB Debut	19 July 1897
Last MLB Game	17 September 1917
Hall of Fame	Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (215/226 ballots).
Claim to Fame	Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card