Description
Honus Wagner
Oil on paper, 42 cm x 30 cm / 11.7 x 16.5 inches
Price includes Postage and Packaging
| Shortstop |
Born: February 24, 1874
Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania |
Died: December 6, 1955 (aged 81)
Carnegie, Pennsylvania |
| Batted: Right |
Threw: Right |
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| MLB debut |
| July 19, 1897, for the Louisville Colonels |
| Last MLB appearance |
| September 17, 1917, for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
| MLB statistics |
| Batting average |
.329 |
| Hits |
3,430 |
| Home runs |
101 |
| Runs batted in |
1,732 |
| Stolen bases |
722 |
| Teams |
- As player
- Louisville Colonels (1897–1899)
- Pittsburg / Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–1917)
- As manager
- Pittsburgh Pirates (1917)
- As coach
- Pittsburgh Pirates (1933–1951)
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| Career highlights and awards |
- World Series champion (1909)
- 8× NL batting champion (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906–1909, 1911)
- 5× NL RBI leader (1901, 1902, 1908, 1909, 1912)
- 5× NL stolen base leader (1901, 1902, 1904, 1907, 1908)
- Pittsburgh Pirates No. 33 retired
- Major League Baseball All-Century Team
- Major League Baseball All-Time Team
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| Member of the National |
 Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Induction |
1936 |
| Vote |
95.13% (first ballot) |
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