Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner
Wagner with the Pirates in 1903
Shortstop
Born: (1874-02-24)February 24, 1874 Chartiers Borough, Pennsylvania
Died: December 6, 1955(1955-12-06) (aged 81) Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Batted: Right Threw: Right
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)
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 #33 retired Major League Baseball All-Century Team Major League Baseball All-Time Team
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted	1936
Vote	95.13% (first ballot)

Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (/ˈhɒnəs ˈwæɡnər/; February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955) was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in National League history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times. Wagner was nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"). This name was a nod to the popular folk-tale made into a famous opera by another Wagner.

In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. He received the second-highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth.