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ABOUT
One of the original five Hall of Fame inductees who recorded 3,415 hits while batting .327 across his career with the Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1897 to 1917. His baseball card was so rare that it became the highest priced baseball card of all-time.Because of his extraordinary speed and German origins, he was given the nickname "The Flying Dutchman."Renowned baseball legend Ty Cobb was quoted as saying that he was "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond."
BEFORE FAMEHe was born one of nine children to Peter and Katheryn Wagner, a pair of German immigrants, in a neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
PERSONAL LIFEHe had three daughters with his wife Bessie Baine Smith.
Historical Events in the Life of Honus Wagner
1909-5-2 Honus Wagner steals his way around bases in 1st inning against Cubs
1914-6-9 Honus Wagner is 2nd to get 3,000 hits
1915-7-29 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR
1916-7-1 Honus Wagner, 42, is oldest to hit an inside-the-park HR
1952-2-16 Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33
In all my years of play, I never saw an ump deliberately make an unfair decision. They really called them as they saw em.
Baseball player Honus Wagner were born on Tuesday, birthstone is Amethyst, the seaon was Winter in the Chinese year of , it is 48 days until Honus Wagner next birthday.
