Paul Waner Stats

Paul Waner was born on Thursday, April 16, 1903, in Harrah, Oklahoma. Waner was 22 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 13, 1926, with the Pittsburgh Pirates. 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 Paul Waner baseball stats page.

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"He (Paul Waner) could drink pretty good. That's no secret. But he could also sober himself up in a hurry. He would do backflips. He had remarkable agility, like an acrobat. Fifteen or twenty minutes of backflips and he was cold sober, ready to go out to the ball park and get his three hits." - Hassett, Buddy. Baseball Between the Lines. 1976.

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Birth Name:   Paul Glee Waner
Nickname:   Big Poison
Born On:   04-16-1903  (Aries)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Harrah, Oklahoma
Year of Death Data Died On:   08-29-1965 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sarasota, Florida
Cemetery:   Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, Florida Click For Grave Photo
High School:   McLoud High School (McLoud, OK)
College:   East Central State Normal School
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Left
Player Height Chart Height:   5-08˝   Player Weight Chart Weight:   153
First Game:   04-13-1926 (Age 22)
Last Game:   04-26-1945
Draft:   Not Applicable

Paul Waner

Paul Waner Pitching Stats

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Paul Waner Hitting Stats

1926 23 Pirates 144 536 101 180 35 22 8 0 79 66 4 19 12 0 4 7 .336 .413 .528
1927 24 Pirates 155 623 114 237 42 18 9 0 131 60 2 14 23 0 3 11 .380 .437 .549
1928 25 Pirates 152 602 142 223 50 19 6 1 86 77 1 16 13 0 5 5 .370 .446 .547
1929 26 Pirates 151 596 131 200 43 15 15 0 100 89 3 24 15 0 3 20 .336 .424 .534
1930 27 Pirates 145 589 117 217 32 18 8 0 77 57 0 18 15 0 4 13 .368 .428 .525
1931 28 Pirates 150 559 88 180 35 10 6 0 70 73 4 21 10 0 4 16 .322 .404 .453
1932 29 Pirates 154 630 107 215 62 10 8 0 82 56 3 24 9 0 2 15 .341 .397 .510
1933 30 Pirates 154 618 101 191 38 16 7 0 70 60 7 20 14 0 2 10 .309 .372 .456
1934 31 Pirates 146 599 122 217 32 16 14 0 90 68 5 24 8 0 2 15 .362 .429 .539
1935 32 Pirates 139 549 98 176 29 12 11 1 78 61 1 22 10 0 3 15 .321 .392 .477
1936 33 Pirates 148 585 107 218 53 9 5 0 94 74 3 29 4 0 3 15 .373 .446 .520
1937 34 Pirates 154 619 94 219 30 9 2 0 74 63 5 34 8 0 0 11 .354 .413 .441
1938 35 Pirates 148 625 77 175 31 6 6 0 69 47 3 28 7 0 1 16 .280 .331 .378
1939 36 Pirates 125 461 62 151 30 6 3 0 45 35 5 18 10 0 0 12 .328 .375 .438
1940 37 Pirates 89 238 32 69 16 1 1 0 32 23 2 14 0 0 0 4 .290 .352 .378
1941 38 Dodgers 11 35 5 6 0 0 0 0 4 8 0 0 1 0 0 2 .171 .326 .171
1941 38 Braves 95 294 40 82 10 2 2 1 46 47 2 14 0 0 0 8 .279 .378 .347
1942 39 Braves 114 333 43 86 17 1 1 0 39 62 2 20 8 0 1 7 .258 .376 .324
1943 40 Dodgers 82 225 29 70 16 0 1 0 26 35 0 9 6 0 1 9 .311 .406 .396
1944 41 Dodgers 83 136 16 39 4 1 0 0 16 27 1 7 1 0 0 3 .287 .405 .331
1944 41 Yankees 9 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 .143 .333 .143
1945 42 Yankees 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000
20 Years 2,549 9,459 1,627 3,152 605 191 113 3 1,309 1,091 54 376 174 0 38 214 .333 .404 .473

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Paul Waner Fielding Stats

1926 Pirates LF 6 5 123 30 5.0 30 28 2 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.59
1926 Pirates RF 133 132 3,456 326 2.5 318 2,299 19 8 3 n/a n/a n/a .997 18.11
1927 Pirates 1B 14 12 321 112 8.0 109 104 5 3 8 n/a n/a n/a .973 9.17
1927 Pirates RF 143 143 423 353 2.5 346 326 20 7 4 n/a n/a n/a .980 22.09
1928 Pirates 1B 24 23 555 246 10.3 242 234 8 4 17 n/a n/a n/a .984 11.77
1928 Pirates RF 131 129 3,375 321 2.5 313 299 14 8 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.50
1929 Pirates 1B 7 9 228 73 10.4 73 70 3 0 2 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 8.64
1929 Pirates RF 143 141 3,750 348 2.4 343 328 15 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .986 2.47
1930 Pirates CF 6 5 117 213 35.5 212 212 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .995 48.92
1930 Pirates LF 2 2 54 5 2.5 5 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.50
1930 Pirates RF 136 135 3,489 350 2.6 336 327 9 14 4 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.60
1931 Pirates 1B 10 10 273 102 10.2 102 99 3 0 10 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 10.09
1931 Pirates LF 1 1 39 7 7.0 7 6 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.85
1931 Pirates RF 138 135 3,585 379 2.7 370 342 28 9 8 n/a n/a n/a .976 2.79
1932 Pirates CF 10 7 183 23 2.3 23 22 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.39
1932 Pirates RF 146 146 3,786 367 2.5 357 345 12 10 3 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.55
1933 Pirates RF 154 154 462 369 2.4 362 346 16 7 2 n/a n/a n/a .981 21.16
1934 Pirates RF 145 145 3,777 343 2.4 338 323 15 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.42
1935 Pirates RF 136 136 3,570 301 2.2 296 283 13 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.24
1936 Pirates RF 145 145 3,858 352 2.4 338 323 15 14 7 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.37
1937 Pirates 1B 3 3 48 32 10.7 30 27 3 2 3 n/a n/a n/a .938 16.88
1937 Pirates RF 150 148 3,921 296 2.0 287 271 16 9 3 n/a n/a n/a .970 1.98
1938 Pirates CF 1 0 - 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1938 Pirates RF 147 147 438 302 2.1 295 284 11 7 0 n/a n/a n/a .977 18.18
1939 Pirates RF 106 105 2,754 223 2.1 218 206 12 5 4 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.14
1940 Pirates 1B 8 7 201 95 11.9 94 88 6 1 12 n/a n/a n/a .989 12.63
1940 Pirates RF 45 44 675 66 1.5 65 62 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .985 2.60
1941 Braves CF 3 3 48 5 1.7 5 4 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.81
1941 Braves LF 12 7 156 18 1.5 18 18 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.12
1941 Braves RF 66 60 1,506 118 1.8 113 107 6 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .958 2.03
1941 Dodgers RF 9 8 213 13 1.4 12 12 0 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .923 1.52
1941 Braves 1B 7 1 27 22 3.1 20 19 1 2 0 n/a n/a n/a .909 20.00
1942 Braves RF 94 89 1,968 161 1.7 156 150 6 5 3 n/a n/a n/a .969 2.14
1943 Dodgers LF 1 0 15 1 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1943 Dodgers RF 56 54 1,137 124 2.2 119 115 4 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .960 2.83
1944 Dodgers LF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1944 Dodgers RF 31 22 546 158 5.1 157 154 3 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .994 7.76
RF Totals 2,254 2,218 46,689 5,270 2.3 5,139 6,902 237 131 53 n/a n/a n/a .982 4.13
1B Totals 73 65 1,653 682 9.3 670 641 29 12 52 n/a n/a n/a .982 10.94
LF Totals 23 15 396 61 2.7 61 58 3 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 4.16
CF Totals 20 15 348 241 12.1 240 238 2 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .996 18.62
19 Years 2,370 2,313 49,086 6,254 2.6 6,110 7,839 271 144 105 n/a n/a n/a .983 4.46

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Paul Waner Miscellaneous Stats

1926 Pirates 11 9 .550 5 0 n/a 67.0 28.2 6.8 - - -
1927 Pirates 5 6 .455 0 0 n/a 69.2 44.5 4.8 - - -
1928 Pirates 6 9 .400 0 0 n/a 100.3 37.6 7.0 - - -
1929 Pirates 15 9 .625 1 0 n/a 39.7 24.8 6.0 - - -
1930 Pirates 18 9 .667 2 0 n/a 73.6 32.7 7.6 - - -
1931 Pirates 6 9 .400 2 0 n/a 93.2 26.6 8.0 - - -
1932 Pirates 13 12 .520 0 0 n/a 78.8 26.3 7.7 - - -
1933 Pirates 3 4 .429 0 0 n/a 88.3 30.9 8.8 - - -
1934 Pirates 8 4 .667 1 0 n/a 42.8 25.0 6.7 - - -
1935 Pirates 2 8 .200 3 0 n/a 49.9 25.0 7.0 - - -
1936 Pirates 7 2 .778 3 0 n/a 117.0 20.2 6.2 - - -
1937 Pirates 4 3 .571 2 0 n/a 309.5 18.2 8.4 - - -
1938 Pirates 2 8 .200 1 0 n/a 104.2 22.3 9.1 - - -
1939 Pirates 0 3 .000 20 0 n/a 153.7 25.6 10.2 - - -
1940 Pirates 0 0 .000 36 0 n/a 238.0 17.0 7.4 - - -
1941 Dodgers 0 0 .000 2 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 8.8 - - -
1941 Braves 1 5 .167 17 0 n/a 147.0 21.0 6.4 - - -
1942 Braves 2 0 1.000 19 1 n/a 333.0 16.7 8.5 - - -
1943 Dodgers 0 0 .000 25 0 n/a 225.0 25.0 8.7 - - -
1944 Dodgers 0 0 .000 52 0 n/a 0.0 19.4 8.5 - - -
1944 Yankees 1 0 1.000 9 0 n/a 0.0 7.0 7.0 - - -
1945 Yankees 0 0 .000 1 0 n/a 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - -
20 Years 104 100 .510 201 1 n/a 83.7 25.2 7.2 - - -

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Paul Waner Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1926 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $5,400.00 n/a -
1927 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $6,500.00 n/a Stats
1928 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $11,500.00 n/a -
1929 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $14,000.00 n/a -
1930 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $14,000.00 n/a -
1931 Pittsburgh Pirates n/a $14,000.00 n/a -
1932 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $13,750.00 n/a -
1933 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $15,000.00 Stats -
1934 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $13,500.00 Stats -
1935 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $13,500.00 Stats -
1936 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $14,000.00 - -
1937 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $15,500.00 Stats -
1938 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $16,500.00 - -
1939 Pittsburgh Pirates 11 $12,500.00 - -
1940 Pittsburgh Pirates 9, 18 $10,000.00 - -
1941 Brooklyn Dodgers 24 Undetermined - -
1941 Boston Braves 31, 37 Undetermined - -
1942 Boston Braves 8 Undetermined - -
1943 Brooklyn Dodgers 1 Undetermined - -
1944 Brooklyn Dodgers 1 Undetermined - -
1944 New York Yankees 24 Undetermined - -
1945 New York Yankees 22 Undetermined n/a -

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Paul Glee Waner was a Major League Baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates (19261940), Brooklyn Dodgers (1941), Boston Braves (19411942), Brooklyn Dodgers (19431944), and New York Yankees (19441945). His iconic nickname, Big Poison, is quite unique as his brother Lloyd Waner, was nicknamed Little Poison. How did that happen?

Paul Waner Rookie Card | Baseball Almanac

Paul Waner Rookie Card | 1933 Goudey Baseball Card (#25 | Checklist)
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"They used to call us Big Poison and Little Poison. A lot of people have thought we had those nicknames because we were ‘poison’ to the opposing pitchers. But that isn’t the way it came about. It started in 1927, in New York. We were playing the Giants in the Polo Grounds. There used to be this little Italian fellow who always sat in the center-field bleachers. He had a voice on him you could hear all over the park. When he hollered out you heard him no matter where you were.

"Well, Paul and I were hitting against the Giants. This one day we came out of the clubhouse between games of a doubleheader and this fellow started yelling at us. What it sounded like was Big and Little Poison, but what he was really saying was Big and Little Person. He was a real nice fellow and we would wave at him and he finally became our biggest rooter in the Polo Grounds. We got him an autographed baseball one time. But whenever we came in there he would yell that and the newspaperman finally picked it up, except they thought he was saying Poison instead of Person. It became a newspaper nickname, because no ball players ever called us that. And the name has stuck, right down to this day."

Source: Lloyd Waner. The October Heroes. Honig, Donald. Author. Simon & Schuster Publishing. 4 June 1979.

Did you know that when Paul Waner collected 237 hits in 1927, he set the still-standing Pittsburgh Pirates record for most hits in a season? Too easy? Did you know that the players who held the franchise record previously were Jimmy Williams (219 hits 1899), Kiki Cuyler (220 hits in 1925), and Paul's brother, Lloyd Waner, who "only" had 223 hits — during his rookie year — in 1927?

Did you know that when Paul Waner took the field on April 12, 1932, he became the first Pittsburgh Pirate to ever wear #11 in a regular season game? Seventy-five years later, on July 21, 2007, the Bucs retired the number in his honor.

Did you know that after the 1932 season ended, Paul Waner had stroked sixty-two doubles, the most doubles ever hit by a Pirate, the most doubles hit that season by any player, and a (since broken) National League record for most doubles in a season!

Paul Waner Hall of Fame Plaque | Baseball Almanac

Paul Waner | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1952 (HOF)

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