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Honus Wagner

John Peter Wagner (The Flying Dutchman)

Positions: Shortstop, Rightfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 24, 1874 in Chartiers, PA (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1897 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Colonels 1897-1917

Final Game: September 17, 1917 (Age 43)
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 1936 (215/226 ballots). Induction ceremony in Cooperstown held in 1939.
   View Honus Wagner Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Died: December 6, 1955 in Carnegie, PA
Buried: Jefferson Memorial Park, Pittsburgh, PA
Relatives: Brother of Butts Wagner
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #5. Ty Cobb… #6. Tris Speaker… #7. Lou Gehrig… #8. HONUS WAGNER… #9. Hank Aaron… #10. Rogers Hornsby… #11. Nap Lajoie… 

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1897 23 LOU NL 62 263 242 38 81 18 4 2 39 20 15 14 .335 .376 .467 .843 125 113 1 5 O/4
1898 24 LOU NL 151 635 588 80 176 29 3 10 105 27 31 20 .299 .341 .410 .751 115 241 6 10 354
1899 25 LOU NL 148 630 575 100 196 45 13 7 114 37 40 38 .341 .395 .501 .895 145 288 11 4 5O/43
1900 26 PIT NL 135 580 527 107 201 45 22 4 100 38 41 17 .381 .434 .573 1.007 176 302 8 4 *O/5431
1901 27 PIT NL 140 619 549 101 194 37 11 6 126 49 53 39 .353 .417 .494 .911 159 271 7 10 6O5/4
1902 28 PIT NL 136 599 534 105 176 30 16 3 91 42 43 51 .330 .394 .463 .857 162 247 14 8 O63/41
1903 29 PIT NL 129 571 512 97 182 30 19 5 101 46 44 17 .355 .414 .518 .931 160 265 7 8 *6O/3
1904 30 PIT NL 132 558 490 97 171 44 14 4 75 53 59 44 .349 .423 .520 .944 188 255 4 5 *6/O34
1905 31 PIT NL 147 616 548 114 199 32 14 6 101 57 54 54 .363 .427 .505 .932 175 277 7 7 *6/O
1906 32 PIT NL 142 590 516 103 175 38 9 2 71 53 58 31 .339 .416 .459 .875 168 237 10 6 *6/O5
1907 33 PIT NL 142 580 515 98 180 38 14 6 82 61 46 39 .350 .408 .513 .921 187 264 5 14 *6/3
1908 34 PIT NL 151 641 568 100 201 39 19 10 109 53 54 22 .354 .415 .542 .957 205 308 5 14 *6
1909 35 PIT NL 137 591 495 92 168 39 10 5 100 35 66 24 .339 .420 .489 .909 177 242 3 27 *6/O
1910 36 PIT NL 150 640 556 90 178 34 8 4 81 24 59 47 .320 .390 .432 .822 133 240 5 20 *63/4
1911 37 PIT NL 130 558 473 87 158 23 16 9 89 20 67 34 .334 .423 .507 .930 156 240 6 12 63/O MVP-3
1912 38 PIT NL 145 634 558 91 181 35 20 7 102 26 59 38 .324 .395 .496 .891 144 277 6 11 *6 MVP-2
1913 39 PIT NL 114 454 413 51 124 18 4 3 56 21 11 26 40 .300 .349 .385 .734 113 159 5 10 *6 MVP-8
1914 40 PIT NL 150 616 552 60 139 15 9 1 50 23 51 51 .252 .317 .317 .634 93 175 2 11 *65/3
1915 41 PIT NL 156 625 566 68 155 32 17 6 78 22 15 39 64 .274 .325 .422 .747 127 239 4 16 *643
1916 42 PIT NL 123 485 432 45 124 15 9 1 39 11 0 34 36 .287 .350 .370 .721 121 160 8 10 63/4
1917 43 PIT NL 74 263 230 15 61 7 1 0 24 5 24 17 .265 .337 .304 .642 95 70 1 9 35/46
21 Yrs 2794 11748 10439 1739 3420 643 252 101 1733 723 26 963 737 .328 .391 .467 .858 151 4870 125 221
162 Game Avg. 162 681 605 101 198 37 15 6 100 42 56 43 .328 .391 .467 .858 151 282 7 13
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
PIT (18 yrs) 2433 10220 9034 1521 2967 551 232 82 1475 639 26 877 665 .328 .394 .468 .862 154 4228 107 202
LOU (3 yrs) 361 1528 1405 218 453 92 20 19 258 84 86 72 .322 .369 .457 .826 129 642 18 19

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1897 23 LOU NL 62 263 9 2 0 -1 -3 7 0.5 8 14 1.3 .509 .503 1.4 -0.3 15 $1,500 O/4
1898 24 LOU NL 151 635 11 -0 0 1 2 13 1.2 20 33 3.2 .508 .508 3.1 0.2 32 $1,650 354
1899 25 LOU NL 148 630 33 1 0 8 -1 41 3.6 19 60 5.5 .525 .523 4.9 0.6 52 $1,950 5O/43
1900 26 PIT NL 135 580 55 1 0 2 -6 51 4.5 16 68 6.2 .534 .528 6.0 -0.4 66 $2,100 *O/5431
1901 27 PIT NL 140 619 42 3 0 4 2 51 4.9 18 68 6.7 .536 .531 6.4 0.5 64 $2,700 6O5/4
1902 28 PIT NL 136 599 36 2 0 10 -1 48 5.2 17 65 6.9 .539 .533 5.8 1.0 55 $3,600 O63/41
1903 29 PIT NL 129 571 41 3 0 10 7 60 5.8 16 76 7.4 .545 .536 6.4 1.7 66 $5,000 *6O/3
1904 30 PIT NL 132 558 48 5 0 -2 8 59 6.4 17 76 8.1 .549 .540 8.4 0.7 78 $5,000 *6/O34
1905 31 PIT NL 147 616 48 4 0 14 10 76 8.1 18 94 10.0 .555 .550 8.5 2.7 80 $5,000 *6/O
1906 32 PIT NL 142 590 40 4 0 10 9 63 7.3 18 81 9.1 .552 .546 8.0 2.3 71 $5,000 *6/O5
1907 33 PIT NL 142 580 47 8 0 -5 9 59 6.9 18 77 8.7 .549 .543 9.5 0.5 82 $5,000 *6/3
1908 34 PIT NL 151 641 62 4 0 1 10 77 9.4 19 96 11.3 .562 .558 11.3 1.4 95 $10,000 *6
1909 35 PIT NL 137 591 45 1 0 7 9 62 7.2 18 79 9.0 .552 .544 8.1 2.0 72 $10,000 *6/O
1910 36 PIT NL 150 640 23 -1 0 -1 9 30 3.3 18 47 5.1 .522 .520 5.2 0.9 48 $10,000 *63/4
1911 37 PIT NL 130 558 37 -2 0 7 6 48 4.7 15 63 6.3 .538 .530 5.7 1.3 56 $10,000 63/O MVP-3
1912 38 PIT NL 145 634 33 -1 0 20 10 62 6.2 18 80 7.9 .543 .538 6.0 3.0 60 $10,000 *6 MVP-2
1913 39 PIT NL 114 454 7 2 0 -2 7 14 1.5 13 26 2.8 .513 .509 3.0 0.6 28 $10,000 *6 MVP-8
1914 40 PIT NL 150 616 -3 -1 0 9 9 14 1.5 17 31 3.2 .511 .510 2.3 2.0 22 $10,000 *65/3
1915 41 PIT NL 156 625 16 1 0 5 8 30 3.4 18 47 5.2 .523 .522 4.7 1.6 42 $10,000 *643
1916 42 PIT NL 123 484 11 -1 0 -7 5 8 1.0 14 22 2.4 .508 .506 3.2 -0.2 29 $10,000 63/4
1917 43 PIT NL 74 264 -1 -0 0 -5 -1 -7 -0.9 7 0 -0.1 .488 .495 0.5 -0.7 5 $10,000 35/46
21 Seasons 2794 11748 637 33 0 85 107 863 91.7 341 1203 126.2 .533 .527 118.4 21.3 1118 $138,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
PIT (18 yrs) 2433 10220 584 31 0 77 109 802 86.4 294 1096 116.2 .536 .530 109.0 20.8 1019 $133,400
LOU (3 yrs) 361 1528 53 2 0 8 -2 60 5.3 47 107 10.0 .515 .511 9.4 0.5 99 $5,100

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1903 29 PIT NL WS BOS L 8 32 27 2 6 1 0 0 3 3 1 3 4 .222 .323 .259 .582 7 0 1 1 0 0
1909 35 PIT NL WS DET W 7 30 24 4 8 2 1 0 6 6 2 4 2 .333 .467 .500 .967 12 0 2 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 15 62 51 6 14 3 1 0 9 9 3 7 6 .275 .393 .373 .766 19 0 3 1 0 0
2 WS 15 62 51 6 14 3 1 0 9 9 3 7 6 .275 .393 .373 .766 19 0 3 1 0 0

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1900 26 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 16 2.333 9.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1902 28 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 21 1.125 6.8 0.0 3.4 8.4 2.50
2 Yrs 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 7 5 0 0 6 6 0 0 3 37 1.560 7.6 0.0 6.5 6.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 0 0 0.00 68 0 68 0 0 0 282 238 170 0 0 204 204 0 0 102 1258 1.560 7.6 0.0 6.5 6.5 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1900 26 PIT NL 3.0 1 0 3 9.00 5.21 0.29 0.00 98.0 4.82 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .389 .499 $2,100
1902 28 PIT NL 5.1 1 0 2 3.38 3.77 0.29 0.00 98.0 3.41 0 0.0 1.0 -0.0 0.0 0 .508 .500 $3,600
2 Seasons 8.1 2 0 5 5.40 4.29 0.29 0.00 98.0 3.92 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .449 .500 $5,700

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1897 LOU NL 23 OF 53 136 107 17 12 5 .912 2.34 .936 2.09 1-53-0
1897 LOU NL 23 2B 9 47 23 20 4 2 .915 4.78 .936 5.61
1898 LOU NL 24 1B 75 792 729 41 22 44 .972 10.27 .977 10.33
1898 LOU NL 24 3B 65 237 101 118 18 11 .924 3.37 .902 3.48
1898 LOU NL 24 2B 10 53 17 33 3 2 .943 5.00 .943 5.62
1899 LOU NL 25 3B 76 286 94 169 23 10 .920 3.46 .902 3.59
1899 LOU NL 25 OF 61 125 107 14 4 5 .968 1.98 .944 2.15 3-0-58
1899 LOU NL 25 2B 7 39 21 16 2 3 .949 5.29 .941 5.54
1899 LOU NL 25 1B 4 47 42 3 2 2 .957 11.25 .977 10.50
1900 PIT NL 26 OF 118 199 181 11 7 4 .965 1.63 .940 2.17 0-0-118
1900 PIT NL 26 3B 9 33 7 21 5 1 .848 3.11 .895 3.82
1900 PIT NL 26 2B 7 26 12 13 1 3 .962 3.57 .938 5.27
1900 PIT NL 26 1B 3 16 16 0 0 1 1.000 5.33 .979 10.53
1900 PIT NL 26 P 1 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1901 PIT NL 27 SS 61 437 177 224 36 31 .918 6.57 .925 5.73
1901 PIT NL 27 OF 54 83 79 2 2 0 .976 1.50 .942 2.06 1-0-53
1901 PIT NL 27 3B 24 97 37 50 10 3 .897 3.63 .888 3.21
1901 PIT NL 27 2B 1 8 4 4 0 0 1.000 8.00 .941 5.10
1902 PIT NL 28 OF 61 132 121 11 0 2 1.000 2.16 .945 1.97 20-11-30
1902 PIT NL 28 SS 44 262 89 145 28 12 .893 5.32 .912 5.42
1902 PIT NL 28 1B 32 334 315 15 4 19 .988 10.31 .981 10.57
1902 PIT NL 28 2B 1 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 11.00 .947 5.40
1902 PIT NL 28 P 1 5.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 1.00 .930 2.70 2.70
1903 PIT NL 29 SS 111 750 303 397 50 51 .933 6.31 .911 5.48
1903 PIT NL 29 OF 12 22 20 1 1 0 .955 1.75 .942 1.94 1-0-11
1903 PIT NL 29 1B 6 67 63 3 1 2 .985 11.00 .977 10.57
1904 PIT NL 30 SS 121 690 274 367 49 46 .929 5.30 .920 5.38
1904 PIT NL 30 OF 8 14 13 0 1 0 .929 1.63 .947 1.89 6-2-0
1904 PIT NL 30 1B 3 32 30 1 1 0 .969 10.33 .983 10.67
1904 PIT NL 30 2B 2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 5.00 .942 5.35
1905 PIT NL 31 SS 145 930 353 517 60 64 .935 6.00 .931 5.58
1905 PIT NL 31 OF 2 10 10 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 .955 1.95 2-0-0
1906 PIT NL 32 SS 137 858 334 473 51 57 .941 5.89 .933 5.39
1906 PIT NL 32 OF 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 .960 1.90 0-0-2
1906 PIT NL 32 3B 1 2 0 1 1 0 .500 1.00 .930 3.20
1907 PIT NL 33 SS 138 791 314 428 49 32 .938 5.38 .932 5.18
1907 PIT NL 33 1B 4 45 44 1 0 1 1.000 11.25 .984 10.58
1908 PIT NL 34 SS 151 873 354 469 50 47 .943 5.45 .930 5.30
1909 PIT NL 35 SS 136 823 344 430 49 58 .940 5.69 .926 5.33
1909 PIT NL 35 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.10 1-0-0
1910 PIT NL 36 SS 138 802 337 413 52 62 .935 5.43 .924 5.20
1910 PIT NL 36 1B 11 116 103 13 0 5 1.000 10.55 .984 10.40
1910 PIT NL 36 2B 2 4 2 1 1 0 .750 1.50 .952 5.25
1911 PIT NL 37 SS 101 572 221 312 39 55 .932 5.28 .925 5.12 MVP-3
1911 PIT NL 37 1B 28 266 250 9 7 21 .974 9.25 .985 10.23 MVP-3
1911 PIT NL 37 OF 1 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.00 .960 2.20 0-1-0 MVP-3
1912 PIT NL 38 SS 143 835 341 462 32 74 .962 5.62 .931 5.19 MVP-2
1913 PIT NL 39 SS 105 636 289 323 24 47 .962 5.83 .937 5.33 MVP-8
1914 PIT NL 40 SS 132 785 322 424 39 45 .950 5.65 .925 5.38
1914 PIT NL 40 3B 17 54 17 33 4 1 .926 2.94 .931 3.20
1914 PIT NL 40 1B 1 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 8.00 .988 10.60
1915 PIT NL 41 SS 131 731 298 395 38 53 .948 5.29 .931 5.44
1915 PIT NL 41 2B 12 47 22 25 0 3 1.000 3.92 .955 5.05
1915 PIT NL 41 1B 10 109 101 8 0 6 1.000 10.90 .990 10.61
1916 PIT NL 42 SS 92 90 83 517 226 261 30 32 .942 5.29 .926 5.52
1916 PIT NL 42 1B 24 23 20 197 183 11 3 13 .985 8.08 .987 10.80
1916 PIT NL 42 2B 4 3 2 20 8 10 2 1 .900 4.50 .951 5.12
1917 PIT NL 43 1B 47 44 39 462 433 22 7 27 .985 9.68 .988 10.92
1917 PIT NL 43 3B 18 15 14 58 32 23 3 0 .948 3.06 .942 3.24
1917 PIT NL 43 2B 2 0 0 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 3.00 .957 5.35
1917 PIT NL 43 SS 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 .930 5.30
17 Seasons SS 1887 90 83 11293 4576 6041 676 766 .940 5.63 .927 5.36
11 Seasons OF 373 727 643 56 28 16 .961 1.87 .942 2.09 35-67-272
13 Seasons 1B 248 67 59 2491 2314 130 47 141 .981 9.85 .982 10.54
7 Seasons 3B 210 15 14 767 288 415 64 26 .917 3.35 .905 3.46
11 Seasons 2B 57 3 2 271 118 140 13 14 .952 4.53 .944 5.37
2 Seasons P 2 8.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.08 0.50 .930 2.70 2.65
21 Seasons TOT 2777 175 158 8.1 15550 7940 6782 828 963 .947 1.08 5.30 .936 2.70 5.24 35-67-272
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1936 Veterans ( 6.4%)
1936 BBWAA (95.1%)
Selected to HOF in 1936 by BBWAA

Awards (yr lg award)
1900 NL batting_title
1903 NL batting_title
1904 NL batting_title
1906 NL batting_title
1907 NL batting_title
1908 NL batting_title
1909 NL batting_title
1911 NL batting_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (3, 36%)
1912 NL (2, 67%)
1913 NL (8, 17%)
1.20 Career Shares (200th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1900 NL  6.1 (3rd)
1901 NL  6.7 (7th)
1902 NL  6.9 (4th)
1903 NL  7.4 (3rd)
1904 NL  8.1 (2nd)
1905 NL  10.0 (1st)
1906 NL  9.1 (1st)
1907 NL  8.7 (1st)
1908 NL  11.3 (1st)
1909 NL  9.0 (2nd)
1910 NL  5.1 (6th)
1911 NL  6.3 (5th)
1912 NL  7.9 (2nd)
1915 NL  5.2 (9th)
Career  126.1 (10th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1899 NL  5.5 (5th)
1900 NL  6.2 (1st)
1901 NL  6.7 (3rd)
1902 NL  6.9 (1st)
1903 NL  7.4 (1st)
1904 NL  8.1 (1st)
1905 NL  10.0 (1st)
1906 NL  9.1 (1st)
1907 NL  8.7 (1st)
1908 NL  11.3 (1st)
1909 NL  9.0 (1st)
1910 NL  5.1 (2nd)
1911 NL  6.3 (1st)
1912 NL  7.9 (1st)
1915 NL  5.2 (4th)
Career  126.2 (7th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1899 NL  4.9 (5th)
1900 NL  6.0 (1st)
1901 NL  6.4 (2nd)
1902 NL  5.8 (1st)
1903 NL  6.4 (1st)
1904 NL  8.4 (1st)
1905 NL  8.5 (1st)
1906 NL  8.0 (1st)
1907 NL  9.5 (1st)
1908 NL  11.3 (1st)
1909 NL  8.1 (1st)
1910 NL  5.2 (2nd)
1911 NL  5.7 (2nd)
1912 NL  6.0 (2nd)
1915 NL  4.7 (3rd)
Career  118.4 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1902 NL  1.0 (8th)
1903 NL  1.7 (3rd)
1905 NL  2.7 (3rd)
1906 NL  2.3 (3rd)
1908 NL  1.4 (5th)
1909 NL  2.0 (3rd)
1910 NL  0.9 (8th)
1911 NL  1.3 (3rd)
1912 NL  3.0 (1st)
1914 NL  2.0 (3rd)
1915 NL  1.6 (6th)
Career  21.3 (40th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1899 NL  .341 (10th)
1900 NL  .381 (1st)
1901 NL  .353 (4th)
1902 NL  .330 (4th)
1903 NL  .355 (1st)
1904 NL  .349 (1st)
1905 NL  .363 (2nd)
1906 NL  .339 (1st)
1907 NL  .350 (1st)
1908 NL  .354 (1st)
1909 NL  .339 (1st)
1910 NL  .320 (5th)
1911 NL  .334 (1st)
1912 NL  .324 (6th)
1913 NL  .300 (10th)
1916 NL  .287 (8th)
Career  .328 (35th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1900 NL  .434 (5th)
1901 NL  .417 (4th)
1902 NL  .394 (5th)
1903 NL  .414 (8th)
1904 NL  .423 (1st)
1905 NL  .427 (3rd)
1906 NL  .416 (4th)
1907 NL  .408 (1st)
1908 NL  .415 (1st)
1909 NL  .420 (1st)
1910 NL  .390 (8th)
1911 NL  .423 (2nd)
1912 NL  .395 (8th)
1916 NL  .350 (10th)
Career  .391 (98th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1899 NL  .501 (4th)
1900 NL  .573 (1st)
1901 NL  .494 (6th)
1902 NL  .463 (1st)
1903 NL  .518 (2nd)
1904 NL  .520 (1st)
1905 NL  .505 (2nd)
1906 NL  .459 (2nd)
1907 NL  .513 (1st)
1908 NL  .542 (1st)
1909 NL  .489 (1st)
1910 NL  .432 (7th)
1911 NL  .507 (3rd)
1912 NL  .496 (3rd)
1915 NL  .422 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1899 NL  .895 (7th)
1900 NL  1.007 (1st)
1901 NL  .911 (4th)
1902 NL  .857 (1st)
1903 NL  .931 (4th)
1904 NL  .944 (1st)
1905 NL  .932 (2nd)
1906 NL  .875 (1st)
1907 NL  .921 (1st)
1908 NL  .957 (1st)
1909 NL  .909 (1st)
1910 NL  .822 (6th)
1911 NL  .930 (1st)
1912 NL  .891 (3rd)
Career  .858 (143rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1898 NL  151 (8th)
1901 NL  140 (3rd)
1915 NL  156 (4th)
Career  2,794 (23rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1901 NL  549 (10th)
1902 NL  534 (10th)
1908 NL  568 (9th)
1912 NL  558 (8th)
Career  10,439 (18th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1901 NL  619 (6th)
1902 NL  599 (7th)
1912 NL  634 (8th)
Career  11,748 (21st)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1900 NL  107 (5th)
1901 NL  101 (10th)
1902 NL  105 (1st)
1903 NL  97 (8th)
1904 NL  97 (2nd)
1905 NL  114 (4th)
1906 NL  103 (1st)
1907 NL  98 (3rd)
1908 NL  100 (2nd)
1909 NL  92 (3rd)
1910 NL  90 (10th)
1912 NL  91 (9th)
Career  1,739 (23rd)

Hits s c a p y
1899 NL  196 (8th)
1900 NL  201 (3rd)
1901 NL  194 (4th)
1902 NL  176 (4th)
1903 NL  182 (4th)
1904 NL  171 (3rd)
1905 NL  199 (3rd)
1906 NL  175 (2nd)
1907 NL  180 (2nd)
1908 NL  201 (1st)
1909 NL  168 (3rd)
1910 NL  178 (1st)
1912 NL  181 (5th)
Career  3,420 (7th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1899 NL  288 (4th)
1900 NL  302 (1st)
1901 NL  271 (4th)
1902 NL  247 (2nd)
1903 NL  265 (3rd)
1904 NL  255 (1st)
1905 NL  277 (3rd)
1906 NL  237 (1st)
1907 NL  264 (1st)
1908 NL  308 (1st)
1909 NL  242 (1st)
1910 NL  240 (5th)
1911 NL  240 (9th)
1912 NL  277 (3rd)
1915 NL  239 (5th)
Career  4,870 (22nd)

Doubles s c a p y
1898 NL  29 (7th)
1899 NL  45 (2nd)
1900 NL  45 (1st)
1901 NL  37 (3rd)
1902 NL  30 (1st)
1903 NL  30 (4th)
1904 NL  44 (1st)
1905 NL  32 (3rd)
1906 NL  38 (1st)
1907 NL  38 (1st)
1908 NL  39 (1st)
1909 NL  39 (1st)
1910 NL  34 (5th)
1912 NL  35 (3rd)
1915 NL  32 (7th)
Career  643 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1900 NL  22 (1st)
1902 NL  16 (3rd)
1903 NL  19 (1st)
1904 NL  14 (2nd)
1905 NL  14 (7th)
1907 NL  14 (3rd)
1908 NL  19 (1st)
1911 NL  16 (6th)
1912 NL  20 (2nd)
1915 NL  17 (2nd)
Career  252 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1898 NL  10 (2nd)
1899 NL  7 (6th)
1901 NL  6 (9th)
1902 NL  3 (5th)
1903 NL  5 (9th)
1905 NL  6 (6th)
1907 NL  6 (4th)
1908 NL  10 (2nd)
1909 NL  5 (5th)
1911 NL  9 (8th)
1915 NL  6 (8th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1898 NL  105 (6th)
1899 NL  114 (4th)
1900 NL  100 (3rd)
1901 NL  126 (1st)
1902 NL  91 (1st)
1903 NL  101 (2nd)
1904 NL  75 (4th)
1905 NL  101 (3rd)
1906 NL  71 (5th)
1907 NL  82 (2nd)
1908 NL  109 (1st)
1909 NL  100 (1st)
1910 NL  81 (5th)
1911 NL  89 (7th)
1912 NL  102 (1st)
1915 NL  78 (4th)
Career  1,733 (21st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1901 NL  53 (8th)
1904 NL  59 (4th)
1908 NL  54 (10th)
1909 NL  66 (6th)
Career  963 (134th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1899 NL  38 (9th)
1902 NL  51 (10th)
1915 NL  64 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1900 NL  38 (5th)
1901 NL  49 (1st)
1902 NL  42 (1st)
1903 NL  46 (3rd)
1904 NL  53 (1st)
1905 NL  57 (3rd)
1906 NL  53 (4th)
1907 NL  61 (1st)
1908 NL  53 (1st)
1909 NL  35 (8th)
Career  723 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1901 NL  140 (6th)
1903 NL  128 (7th)
1905 NL  147 (5th)
1906 NL  126 (7th)
1907 NL  122 (7th)
1908 NL  133 (2nd)
1910 NL  132 (2nd)
Career  2,424 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1899 NL  145 (6th)
1900 NL  176 (1st)
1901 NL  159 (6th)
1902 NL  162 (1st)
1903 NL  160 (3rd)
1904 NL  188 (1st)
1905 NL  175 (2nd)
1906 NL  168 (2nd)
1907 NL  187 (1st)
1908 NL  205 (1st)
1909 NL  177 (1st)
1910 NL  133 (7th)
1911 NL  156 (2nd)
1912 NL  144 (3rd)
1915 NL  127 (10th)
Career  151 (32nd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1899 NL  111 (6th)
1900 NL  129 (1st)
1901 NL  111 (4th)
1902 NL  94 (2nd)
1903 NL  108 (1st)
1904 NL  107 (1st)
1905 NL  116 (3rd)
1906 NL  96 (1st)
1907 NL  106 (1st)
1908 NL  126 (1st)
1909 NL  101 (1st)
1910 NL  92 (2nd)
1911 NL  100 (3rd)
1912 NL  108 (3rd)
1915 NL  74 (10th)
Career  1,890 (27th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1899 NL  35 (7th)
1900 NL  54 (2nd)
1901 NL  44 (5th)
1902 NL  39 (1st)
1903 NL  40 (2nd)
1904 NL  54 (1st)
1905 NL  52 (2nd)
1906 NL  45 (1st)
1907 NL  51 (1st)
1908 NL  66 (1st)
1909 NL  48 (1st)
1910 NL  25 (5th)
1911 NL  37 (3rd)
1912 NL  33 (2nd)
Career  669 (18th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1899 NL  3.4 (7th)
1900 NL  5.4 (2nd)
1901 NL  4.6 (5th)
1902 NL  4.4 (1st)
1903 NL  4.1 (2nd)
1904 NL  6.0 (1st)
1905 NL  5.7 (2nd)
1906 NL  5.1 (1st)
1907 NL  6.0 (1st)
1908 NL  7.8 (1st)
1909 NL  5.5 (1st)
1910 NL  2.7 (5th)
1911 NL  3.8 (3rd)
1912 NL  3.3 (2nd)
Career  73.0 (14th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1898 NL  42 (9th)
1899 NL  65 (3rd)
1900 NL  71 (1st)
1901 NL  54 (4th)
1902 NL  49 (1st)
1903 NL  54 (1st)
1904 NL  62 (1st)
1905 NL  52 (3rd)
1906 NL  49 (2nd)
1907 NL  58 (1st)
1908 NL  68 (1st)
1909 NL  54 (1st)
1910 NL  46 (7th)
1911 NL  48 (7th)
1912 NL  62 (3rd)
1915 NL  55 (3rd)
Career  996 (35th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1900 NL  250 (6th)
1901 NL  254 (5th)
1902 NL  233 (3rd)
1903 NL  233 (5th)
1904 NL  234 (2nd)
1905 NL  260 (5th)
1906 NL  243 (1st)
1907 NL  231 (3rd)
1908 NL  260 (1st)
1909 NL  237 (2nd)
1910 NL  242 (4th)
1912 NL  246 (6th)
Career  4,508 (16th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1899 NL  .734 (6th)
1900 NL  .832 (1st)
1901 NL  .788 (4th)
1902 NL  .778 (2nd)
1903 NL  .800 (3rd)
1904 NL  .856 (1st)
1905 NL  .839 (2nd)
1906 NL  .824 (1st)
1907 NL  .853 (1st)
1908 NL  .880 (1st)
1909 NL  .830 (1st)
1910 NL  .723 (6th)
1911 NL  .789 (1st)
1912 NL  .735 (3rd)
Career  .763 (18th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1902 NL  14 (1st)
1906 NL  10 (7th)
1916 NL  8 (5th)
Career  125 (43rd)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1909 NL  27 (10th)
Career  221 (61st)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1898 NL  14.6 (2nd)
1899 NL  11.8 (6th)
1901 NL  10.7 (9th)
1902 NL  5.6 (5th)
1903 NL  9.0 (7th)
1904 NL  7.4 (7th)
1905 NL  10.9 (5th)
1907 NL  10.9 (2nd)
1908 NL  16.8 (1st)
1909 NL  8.8 (5th)
1911 NL  12.4 (8th)
1912 NL  11.0 (8th)
1915 NL  9.4 (7th)
Career  177.2 (116th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1903 NL  30.1 (4th)
1906 NL  16.6 (9th)
1908 NL  25.8 (3rd)
1909 NL  20.6 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1898 NL  58.8 (5th)
1902 NL  178.0 (9th)
1905 NL  91.3 (7th)
1907 NL  85.8 (6th)
1908 NL  56.8 (2nd)
1909 NL  99.0 (5th)
1911 NL  52.6 (7th)
1915 NL  94.3 (9th)

Outs Made s c a p y
Career  7,266 (36th)

Assists† s c a p y
1903 NL  401 (4th)
1905 NL  517 (4th)
1906 NL  474 (2nd)
1908 NL  469 (5th)
1909 NL  430 (4th)
1910 NL  427 (4th)
1912 NL  462 (4th)
1914 NL  460 (3rd)
Career  6,782 (18th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1905 NL  60 (3rd)
1906 NL  52 (4th)
1907 NL  49 (4th)
1908 NL  50 (2nd)
1909 NL  49 (5th)
1910 NL  53 (3rd)
1911 NL  47 (5th)
Career  828 (13th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  111 (5th)
1905 NL  145 (5th)
1906 NL  137 (4th)
1908 NL  151 (2nd)
1909 NL  136 (4th)
1910 NL  138 (3rd)
1912 NL  143 (2nd)
1914 NL  132 (4th)
1916 NL  92 (5th)
Career  1,887 (26th)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  303 (2nd)
1905 NL  353 (2nd)
1906 NL  334 (2nd)
1907 NL  314 (4th)
1908 NL  354 (1st)
1909 NL  344 (2nd)
1910 NL  337 (1st)
1911 NL  221 (5th)
1912 NL  341 (2nd)
1913 NL  289 (3rd)
1914 NL  322 (3rd)
1916 NL  226 (5th)
Career  4,576 (4th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  397 (3rd)
1905 NL  517 (3rd)
1906 NL  473 (2nd)
1907 NL  428 (4th)
1908 NL  469 (4th)
1909 NL  430 (4th)
1910 NL  413 (3rd)
1912 NL  462 (3rd)
1914 NL  424 (4th)
Career  6,041 (22nd)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  50 (5th)
1905 NL  60 (3rd)
1906 NL  51 (4th)
1907 NL  49 (3rd)
1908 NL  50 (2nd)
1909 NL  49 (4th)
1910 NL  52 (2nd)
1914 NL  39 (5th)
Career  676 (10th)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  51 (1st)
1904 NL  46 (5th)
1905 NL  64 (3rd)
1906 NL  57 (1st)
1908 NL  47 (3rd)
1909 NL  58 (1st)
1910 NL  62 (2nd)
1911 NL  55 (3rd)
1912 NL  74 (1st)
1913 NL  47 (4th)
1914 NL  45 (4th)
1915 NL  53 (5th)
Career  766 (72nd)

Double Plays Turned as OF s c a p y
1897 NL  5 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  6.31 (1st)
1905 NL  6.00 (1st)
1906 NL  5.89 (2nd)
1907 NL  5.38 (4th)
1908 NL  5.45 (3rd)
1909 NL  5.69 (1st)
1910 NL  5.43 (2nd)
1911 NL  5.28 (3rd)
1912 NL  5.62 (2nd)
1913 NL  5.83 (1st)
1914 NL  5.65 (3rd)
1915 NL  5.29 (5th)
1916 NL  5.29 (4th)
Career  5.63 (11th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1903 NL  .933 (3rd)
1904 NL  .929 (3rd)
1905 NL  .935 (4th)
1906 NL  .941 (3rd)
1907 NL  .938 (5th)
1908 NL  .943 (4th)
1909 NL  .940 (2nd)
1910 NL  .935 (4th)
1912 NL  .962 (1st)
1913 NL  .962 (1st)
1914 NL  .950 (1st)
1915 NL  .948 (1st)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1900 NL  .965 (2nd)

Oldest s c a p y
1911 NL  born 1874-02-24 (7th)
1912 NL  born 1874-02-24 (2nd)
1913 NL  born 1874-02-24 (4th)
1914 NL  born 1874-02-24 (2nd)
1915 NL  born 1874-02-24 (2nd)
1916 NL  born 1874-02-24 (1st)
1917 NL  born 1874-02-24 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 109 (6), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 367 (4), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 316 (12), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 75 (8), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (1st), 126.2 career WAR/64.1 7yr-peak WAR/95.2 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 63.1 career WAR/41.0 7yr-peak WAR/52.1 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Nap Lajoie (828) *
  2. Eddie Collins (799) *
  3. Tris Speaker (763) *
  4. Charlie Gehringer (748) *
  5. Paul Waner (744) *
  6. Cap Anson (738) *
  7. Frankie Frisch (723) *
  8. George Davis (712) *
  9. Sam Crawford (697) *
  10. Paul Molitor (696) *
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  1. Heinie Mueller (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jimmy Bannon (966)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Roger Connor (935) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Home Run Baker (918) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Pete Browning (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Home Run Baker (928) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Pete Browning (900)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Pie Traynor (885) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Nap Lajoie (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Nap Lajoie (915) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Nap Lajoie (939) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Nap Lajoie (927) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Nap Lajoie (922) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Nap Lajoie (910) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Nap Lajoie (896) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Nap Lajoie (892) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  17. Nap Lajoie (883) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  18. Nap Lajoie (869) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  19. Eddie Collins (804) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  20. Eddie Collins (799) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
189723Louisville Colonels$1,5001942 TSN Guide 163$250/month, pro-rated for season
189824Louisville Colonels$1,650Honus Wagner 53
189925Louisville Colonels$1,950Honus Wagner 70
190026Pittsburgh Pirates$2,100BJHA; Honus Wagner 70
190127Pittsburgh Pirates$2,700Honus Wagner 895/20/01 Dayton Herald, 4/27/01 TSN: $2,800
190228Pittsburgh Pirates$3,600Honus Wagner 100
190329Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000Honus Wagner 104
190430Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000Honus Wagner 136
190531Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000Honus Wagner 136
190632Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000Honus Wagner 136
190733Pittsburgh Pirates$5,000Honus Wagner 136
190834Pittsburgh Pirates$10,000BJHA and Honus Wagner, p. 176
190935Pittsburgh Pirates$10,000Honus Wagner 205Never Just a Game, p. 160: $12,000
191036Pittsburgh Pirates$10,0002/10/17 SLII Voigt 65: $18,000
191137Pittsburgh Pirates$10,0002/10/17 SL
191238Pittsburgh Pirates$10,0001913 Munsey's Magazine clip at HOF
191339Pittsburgh Pirates$10,000Honus Wagner, p. 259
191440Pittsburgh Pirates$10,0002/10/17 SL
191541Pittsburgh Pirates$10,000II Seymour at 236
191642Pittsburgh Pirates$10,0003/22/17 TSN; implicitly Honus Wagner 272II Seymour at 236: $6,000
191743Pittsburgh Pirates$10,000Honus Wagner, p. 2722/24/17 SL: $8,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$138,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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