Honus Wagner Stats

Honus Wagner was born on Tuesday, February 24, 1874, in Chartiers, Pennsylvania. Wagner was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on July 19, 1897, with the Louisville Colonels. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Honus Wagner baseball stats page.

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Honus Wagner



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Birth Name:   John Peter Wagner
Nickname:   Hans or The Flying Dutchman
Born On:   02-24-1874  (Pisces)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Chartiers, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   12-06-1955 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Cemetery:   Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
High School:   Undetermined
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-11   Player Weight Chart Weight:   200
First Game:   07-19-1897 (Age 23)
Last Game:   09-17-1917
Draft:   Not Applicable

Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner Pitching Stats

1900 26 Pirates 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 3.0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 -
1902 28 Pirates 1 0 1 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 5.1 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 5 3 0 0 -
2 Years 2 0 2 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 8.1 0 7 0 5 0 6 0 6 3 0 0 -

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Honus Wagner Hitting Stats

1897 23 Colonels 61 237 37 83 17 4 2 0 39 15 - 14 5 - 1 - .350 .391 .481
1898 24 Colonels 151 588 80 180 29 3 10 1 105 31 - 20 10 - 6 - .306 .347 .417
1899 25 Colonels 147 571 98 197 43 13 7 0 113 40 - 36 4 - 11 - .345 .399 .503
1900 26 Pirates 135 527 107 201 45 22 4 0 100 41 - 17 4 - 8 - .381 .434 .573
1901 27 Pirates 140 549 101 196 37 11 6 1 126 53 - 39 10 0 6 - .357 .419 .497
1902 28 Pirates 136 534 105 177 30 16 3 0 91 43 - 51 8 0 14 - .331 .396 .464
1903 29 Pirates 129 512 97 182 30 19 5 0 101 44 - 17 8 0 7 - .355 .414 .518
1904 30 Pirates 132 490 97 171 44 14 4 0 75 59 - 44 5 0 4 - .349 .423 .520
1905 31 Pirates 147 548 114 199 32 14 6 0 101 54 - 53 7 0 7 - .363 .427 .505
1906 32 Pirates 142 516 103 175 38 9 2 0 71 58 - 31 6 0 10 - .339 .416 .459
1907 33 Pirates 142 515 98 180 38 14 6 0 82 46 - 40 14 0 5 - .350 .408 .513
1908 34 Pirates 151 568 100 201 39 19 10 0 109 54 - 22 14 0 5 - .354 .415 .542
1909 35 Pirates 137 495 92 168 39 10 5 1 100 66 - 24 27 0 3 - .339 .420 .489
1910 36 Pirates 150 556 90 178 34 8 4 0 81 59 - 47 20 0 5 - .320 .390 .432
1911 37 Pirates 130 473 87 158 23 16 9 1 89 67 - 34 12 0 6 - .334 .423 .507
1912 38 Pirates 145 558 91 181 35 20 7 0 102 59 - 38 11 0 6 - .324 .395 .496
1913 39 Pirates 114 413 51 124 18 4 3 0 56 26 - 40 10 0 5 - .300 .349 .385
1914 40 Pirates 150 552 60 139 15 9 1 0 50 51 - 51 11 0 2 - .252 .317 .317
1915 41 Pirates 156 566 68 155 32 17 6 1 78 39 - 64 16 0 4 - .274 .325 .422
1916 42 Pirates 123 432 45 124 15 9 1 0 39 34 - 36 10 0 8 - .287 .350 .370
1917 43 Pirates 74 230 15 61 7 1 0 0 24 24 - 17 9 0 1 - .265 .337 .304
21 Years 2,792 10,430 1,736 3,430 640 252 101 5 1,732 963 - 735 221 0 124 - .329 .392 .468

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Honus Wagner Fielding Stats

1897 Colonels 2B 9 - - 47 5.2 43 23 20 4 2 n/a n/a n/a .915 0.00
1898 Colonels 1B 75 - - 792 10.6 770 729 41 22 44 n/a n/a n/a .972 0.00
1898 Colonels 2B 10 - - 53 5.3 50 17 33 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .943 0.00
1898 Colonels 3B 65 - - 237 3.6 219 101 118 18 11 n/a n/a n/a .924 0.00
1899 Colonels 1B 4 - - 47 11.8 45 42 3 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .957 0.00
1899 Colonels 2B 7 - - 39 5.6 37 21 16 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .949 0.00
1899 Colonels 3B 75 - - 278 3.7 258 90 168 20 10 n/a n/a n/a .928 0.00
1900 Pirates 1B 3 - - 16 5.3 16 16 0 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 0.00
1900 Pirates 2B 7 - - 26 3.7 25 12 13 1 3 n/a n/a n/a .962 0.00
1900 Pirates 3B 9 - - 33 3.7 28 7 21 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .848 0.00
1900 Pirates P 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1900 Pirates RF 118 - - 199 1.7 192 181 11 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .965 0.00
1901 Pirates 2B 1 1 18 8 8.0 8 4 4 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.00
1901 Pirates 3B 25 24 651 97 3.9 87 37 50 10 3 n/a n/a n/a .897 3.61
1901 Pirates LF 1 1 24 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1901 Pirates RF 53 53 1,357 82 1.5 80 78 2 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .976 1.59
1901 Pirates SS 61 61 1,624 437 7.2 401 177 224 36 33 n/a n/a n/a .918 6.67
1902 Pirates 1B 32 31 770 334 10.4 330 315 15 4 19 n/a n/a n/a .988 11.57
1902 Pirates 2B 1 1 24 11 11.0 11 6 5 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.38
1902 Pirates CF 11 11 301 31 2.8 31 26 5 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.78
1902 Pirates LF 20 20 513 43 2.2 43 42 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.26
1902 Pirates P 1 0 16 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.69
1902 Pirates RF 30 30 775 58 1.9 58 53 5 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.02
1902 Pirates SS 44 43 1,155 262 6.0 234 89 145 28 11 n/a n/a n/a .893 5.47
1903 Pirates 1B 7 6 159 67 9.6 66 63 3 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .985 11.21
1903 Pirates LF 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1903 Pirates RF 11 11 273 20 1.8 19 18 1 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .950 1.88
1903 Pirates SS 111 111 2,842 745 6.7 698 303 395 47 51 n/a n/a n/a .937 6.63
1904 Pirates 1B 3 3 81 32 10.7 31 30 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .969 10.33
1904 Pirates 2B 2 0 29 10 5.0 10 2 8 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.31
1904 Pirates CF 2 2 48 2 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.13
1904 Pirates LF 6 6 150 12 2.0 11 11 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .917 1.98
1904 Pirates SS 121 121 3,117 690 5.7 641 274 367 49 50 n/a n/a n/a .929 5.55
1905 Pirates LF 2 2 57 10 5.0 10 10 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.74
1905 Pirates SS 145 145 3,699 930 6.4 870 353 517 60 55 n/a n/a n/a .935 6.35
1906 Pirates 3B 1 0 8 2 2.0 1 0 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 3.38
1906 Pirates RF 2 2 51 4 2.0 4 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.12
1906 Pirates SS 138 137 3,589 858 6.2 807 334 473 51 63 n/a n/a n/a .941 6.07
1907 Pirates 1B 4 4 108 45 11.3 45 44 1 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 11.25
1907 Pirates SS 138 138 3,525 791 5.7 742 314 428 49 37 n/a n/a n/a .938 5.68
1908 Pirates SS 151 151 4,069 873 5.8 823 354 469 50 55 n/a n/a n/a .943 5.46
1909 Pirates LF 1 0 4 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1909 Pirates SS 137 137 3,707 823 6.0 773 340 433 50 57 n/a n/a n/a .939 5.63
1910 Pirates 1B 12 12 306 116 9.7 116 103 13 0 7 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.24
1910 Pirates 2B 2 1 11 4 2.0 3 2 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .750 7.36
1910 Pirates SS 137 136 3,597 801 5.8 749 336 413 52 59 n/a n/a n/a .935 5.62
1911 Pirates 1B 28 28 714 266 9.5 259 250 9 7 24 n/a n/a n/a .974 9.79
1911 Pirates CF 1 1 27 2 2.0 1 1 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .500 1.00
1911 Pirates LF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1911 Pirates SS 101 101 2,641 572 5.7 533 221 312 39 56 n/a n/a n/a .932 5.45
1912 Pirates SS 143 143 3,873 835 5.8 803 341 462 32 77 n/a n/a n/a .962 5.60
1913 Pirates SS 105 105 2,794 636 6.1 611 288 323 25 50 n/a n/a n/a .961 5.90
1914 Pirates 1B 1 1 24 8 8.0 8 5 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 9.00
1914 Pirates 3B 17 17 425 54 3.2 50 17 33 4 1 n/a n/a n/a .926 3.18
1914 Pirates SS 132 130 3,516 785 5.9 746 322 424 39 46 n/a n/a n/a .950 5.73
1915 Pirates 1B 10 9 243 109 10.9 109 101 8 0 5 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 12.11
1915 Pirates 2B 12 12 306 47 3.9 47 22 25 0 3 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.15
1915 Pirates SS 131 131 3,398 731 5.6 693 298 395 38 58 n/a n/a n/a .948 5.51
1916 Pirates 1B 25 23 558 197 7.9 194 183 11 3 13 n/a n/a n/a .985 9.39
1916 Pirates 2B 4 3 84 20 5.0 18 8 10 2 2 n/a n/a n/a .900 5.79
1916 Pirates SS 92 90 2,358 517 5.6 487 226 261 30 29 n/a n/a n/a .942 5.58
1917 Pirates 1B 48 44 1,169 471 9.8 464 442 22 7 28 n/a n/a n/a .985 10.72
1917 Pirates 2B 2 0 9 5 2.5 5 1 4 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 15.00
1917 Pirates 3B 17 15 415 58 3.4 55 32 23 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .948 3.58
1917 Pirates SS 1 0 4 1 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.75
SS Totals 1,888 1,880 49,508 11,287 6.0 10,612 4,570 6,042 675 787 n/a n/a n/a .940 5.79
1B Totals 252 161 4,132 2,500 9.9 2,453 2,323 130 47 147 n/a n/a n/a .981 16.03
RF Totals 214 96 2,456 363 1.7 353 334 19 10 7 n/a n/a n/a .972 3.88
3B Totals 209 56 1,499 759 3.6 698 284 414 61 27 n/a n/a n/a .920 12.57
2B Totals 57 18 481 270 4.7 257 118 139 13 16 n/a n/a n/a .952 14.43
LF Totals 32 30 784 68 2.1 67 66 1 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.31
CF Totals 14 14 376 35 2.5 34 29 5 1 1 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.44
P Totals 2 0 25 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.08
21 Years 2,668 2,255 59,261 15,283 5.7 14,475 7,725 6,750 808 985 n/a n/a n/a .947 6.59

Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner Miscellaneous Stats

1897 Colonels 19 - - 0 0 n/a 118.5 16.9 6.1 - - -
1898 Colonels 27 - - 0 0 n/a 58.8 29.4 5.6 - - -
1899 Colonels 37 - - 0 0 n/a 81.6 15.9 5.1 - - -
1900 Pirates 38 - - 0 0 n/a 131.8 31.0 5.3 0.25 3.00 12.00
1901 Pirates 49 - - 0 0 n/a 91.5 14.1 4.4 - - -
1902 Pirates 42 - - 0 0 n/a 178.0 10.5 5.9 2.50 8.44 3.38
1903 Pirates 46 - - 0 0 n/a 102.4 30.1 5.1 - - -
1904 Pirates 53 - - 0 0 n/a 122.5 11.1 6.5 - - -
1905 Pirates 57 - - 0 0 n/a 91.3 10.3 5.4 - - -
1906 Pirates 53 - - 0 0 n/a 258.0 16.6 7.3 - - -
1907 Pirates 61 - - 0 0 n/a 85.8 12.9 6.3 - - -
1908 Pirates 53 - - 0 0 n/a 56.8 25.8 5.2 - - -
1909 Pirates 35 - - 0 0 n/a 99.0 20.6 5.0 - - -
1910 Pirates 24 - - 0 0 n/a 139.0 11.8 6.9 - - -
1911 Pirates 20 - - 0 0 n/a 52.6 13.9 5.3 - - -
1912 Pirates 26 - - 0 0 n/a 79.7 14.7 5.5 - - -
1913 Pirates 21 11 .656 0 0 n/a 137.7 10.3 7.4 - - -
1914 Pirates 23 13 .639 0 0 n/a 552.0 10.8 11.0 - - -
1915 Pirates 22 15 .595 0 0 n/a 94.3 8.8 7.3 - - -
1916 Pirates 11 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 432.0 12.0 11.1 - - -
1917 Pirates 5 7 .417 0 0 n/a 0.0 13.5 9.6 - - -
21 Years 722 46 .940 0 0 n/a 103.3 14.2 6.0 1.00 6.48 6.48

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Honus Wagner Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1897 Louisville Colonels n/a $1,500.00 n/a n/a
1898 Louisville Colonels n/a $1,650.00 n/a n/a
1899 Louisville Colonels n/a $1,950.00 n/a n/a
1900 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $2,100.00 n/a n/a
1901 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $2,700.00 n/a n/a
1902 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $3,600.00 n/a n/a
1903 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $5,000.00 n/a Stats
1904 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $5,000.00 n/a n/a
1905 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1906 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1907 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $5,000.00 n/a -
1908 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1909 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a Stats
1910 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1911 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1912 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1913 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1914 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1915 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1916 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1917 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $10,000.00 n/a -

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1880-1890 Charlie Bennett Buck Ewing
1890-1900 Tom Daly Yank Robinson
1900-1912 Chief Meyers Billy Sullivan
Decade Pitchers Pitchers
1870-1880 Candy Cummings Al Spalding
1880-1890 John Clarkson Old Hoss Radbourn
1890-1900 Amos Rusie Cy Young
1900-1912 Christy Mathewson Rube Waddell
Decade First Base First Base
1870-1880 Wes Fisler Joe Start
1880-1890 Cap Anson Charlie Comiskey
1890-1900 Jake Beckley Dan Brouthers
1900-1912 Hal Chase Fred Tenney
Decade Second Base Second Base
1870-1880 Ross Barnes Al Reach (NA Only)
1880-1890 Fred Dunlap Bid McPhee
1890-1900 Nap Lajoie Fred Pfeffer
1900-1912 Eddie Collins Johnny Evers
Decade Third Base Third Base
1870-1880 Cap Anson Ezra Sutton
1880-1890 Jerry Denny Denny Lyons
1890-1900 John McGraw Billy Nash
1900-1912 Home Run Baker Jimmy Collins
Decade Shortstops Shortstops
1870-1880 Davy Force George Wright
1880-1890 Monte Ward Ned Williamson
1890-1900 Hughie Jennings Herman Long
1900-1912 Honus Wagner Bobby Wallace
Decade Left Fielders Left Fielders
1870-1880 Andy Leonard Lip Pike
1880-1890 Tip O'Neill George Wood
1890-1900 Ed Delahanty Joe Kelley
1900-1912 Fred Clarke Chick Stahl
Decade Center Fielders Center Fielders
1870-1880 Count Sensenderfer (NA Only) Harry Wright
1880-1890 Ned Hanlon Hardy Richardson
1890-1900 Billy Hamilton Bill Lange
1900-1912 Ty Cobb Tris Speaker
Decade Right Fielders Right Fielders
1870-1880 Jack Chapman Cal McVey
1880-1890 Joe Kelley Sam Thompson
1890-1900 Jesse Burkett Mike Tiernan
1900-1912 Sam Crawford Willie Keeler

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