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Paul Waner

Birthdate:

4/16/1903

Died:

8/29/1965

Height / Weight:

' " / 153 lbs.

Place of Birth:

Harrah, OK, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

One of the best all around players in baseball history. Waner ranks tenth in lifetime doubles up until year 2000 with 605 and thirteenth in triples with 191. In eight different years his slugging pct was over .500 including each of his first 5 years in the majors, twelve different years it was over .450. Eight times, Paul got over 200 hits in a year; the third highest in baseball history. Nine times he scored over 100 runs in a season and nine times he hit 10 triples or more. In his rookie year, 1926, Waner hit 22 triples to led the National League, and slugged 35 doubles, while batting .336. In 1927, Paul had an extra base hit in 14 straight games, which is still a major league record. Played in the 1927 World Series against the NY Yankees.

In 1928, he ripped 50 doubles to lead the majors and again in 1932, he led with an amazing 62.

Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball History 'Voted the most valuable player in the National League in 1927, Paul Waner keeps right on batting them out and stopping them in the outfield. He stays consistently over the .300 mark, but dropped to .309 last year as against his .341 in 1931. He started out to be a pitcher but switched to the outfield when the San Francisco (minors) club found itself short in that spot. He has stayed there ever since. Graduated to the National League in 1926 via the Pittsburgh gate and has been a Pirate ever since. 'Waner was born in Harrah, Okla., in 1903. He is a left-hander, stands 5 feet, 8 1/2 inches high and weighs 160 pounds.

Check his batting average; from 1926 to 1937: .336, .380, .370,.336,.368, .322, .341,.309, .362,.321,.373,.354! What a career! Paul Waner's Hall of Fame lifetime records: BA .333; games played 2549; AB - 9459, hits - 3152, Runs - 1627, RBI's 1309, walks- 1091, Ks - 376. Paul Waner, you were a great baseball player; Top of the Line. baseballhistorian.com archives Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
22 years		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1926	PIT (NL)	144	536	101	180	35	22	8	79	66	19	11	0	0	4	12	0	.336	.413	SLG
1927	PIT (NL)	155	623	114	237	42	18	9	131	60	14	5	0	0	3	23	0	.380	.437	SLG
1928	PIT (NL)	152	602	142	223	50	19	6	86	77	16	6	0	0	5	13	0	.370	.446	SLG
1929	PIT (NL)	151	596	131	200	43	15	15	100	89	24	15	0	0	3	15	0	.336	.424	SLG
1930	PIT (NL)	145	589	117	217	32	18	8	77	57	18	18	0	0	4	15	0	.368	.428	SLG
1931	PIT (NL)	150	559	88	180	35	10	6	70	73	21	6	0	0	4	10	0	.322	.404	SLG
1932	PIT (NL)	154	630	107	215	62	10	8	82	56	24	13	0	0	2	9	0	.341	.397	SLG
1933	PIT (NL)	154	618	101	191	38	16	7	70	60	20	3	0	0	2	14	0	.309	.372	SLG
1934	PIT (NL)	146	599	122	217	32	16	14	90	68	24	8	0	0	2	8	0	.362	.429	SLG
1935	PIT (NL)	139	549	98	176	29	12	11	78	61	22	2	0	0	3	10	0	.321	.392	SLG
1936	PIT (NL)	148	585	107	218	53	9	5	94	74	29	7	0	0	3	4	0	.373	.446	SLG
1937	PIT (NL)	154	619	94	219	30	9	2	74	63	34	4	0	0	0	8	0	.354	.413	SLG
1938	PIT (NL)	148	625	77	175	31	6	6	69	47	28	2	0	0	1	7	0	.280	.331	SLG
1939	PIT (NL)	125	461	62	151	30	6	3	45	35	18	0	0	0	0	10	0	.328	.375	SLG
1940	PIT (NL)	89	238	32	69	16	1	1	32	23	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.290	.352	SLG
1941	BRO (NL)	11	35	5	6	0	0	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.171	.326	SLG
1941	BSN (NL)	95	294	40	82	10	2	2	46	47	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.378	SLG
1942	BSN (NL)	114	333	43	86	17	1	1	39	62	20	2	0	0	1	8	0	.258	.376	SLG
1943	BRO (NL)	82	225	29	70	16	0	1	26	35	9	0	0	0	1	6	0	.311	.406	SLG
1944	NYY (AL)	9	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	SLG
1944	BRO (NL)	83	136	16	39	4	1	0	16	27	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.287	.405	SLG
1945	NYY (AL)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.1000	SLG
22 years		2549	9459	1627	3152	605	191	113	1309	1091	376	104	0	0	38	174	0	.333	.404	.SLG

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