Honus Wagner(1874-1955)

Actor

American baseball player, born in Mansfield (now Carnegie), Pennsylvania. His real name was John Peter Wagner. He played semi-professional ball in Ohio and was given a contract (1896) by the Paterson, New Jersey, club before entering (1897) major-league play with the Louisville (Kentucky) club of the National League, Hans (a nickname also much used) soon anchored himself at shortstop with the Pirates. Wagner, called the Flying Dutchman by his fans, came to be regarded as one of the outstanding players of baseball. He led the National League in batting eight times (1900, 1903-4, 1906-9, 1911) had a lifetime batting average of .329 (batting over .200 in 17 consecutive years), made 3,430 base hits, scored close to 1,800 runs, and played in 2,785 games. Wagner, agile though massively built, excelled at fielding; he also led the National League five times in stolen bases. In 1917 he retired from baseball, but returned to the Pirates as coach (1933-52). In 1936 he was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Known for

Spring Fever

8.2

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Honus Wagner

1919

The Baseball Revue of 1917

Self

1917

Al You Know Me

Short

Self - Chicago Cubs Player

1915

Animated Weekly, No. 77

Short

Self

1917

Credits

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Actor

Spring Fever
8.2
Short
- Honus Wagner
- 1919

Personal details

Official site
- The Official Site of Honus Wagner
Height
- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
Born
- February 24, 1874
- Chartiers, Pennsylvania, USA
Died
- December 6, 1955
- Carnegie, Pennsylvania, USA
Spouse
- Bessie Baine SmithDecember 30, 1916 - December 6, 1955 (his death, 3 children)
Relatives
- Wagner, Butts(Sibling)
Other works
In September, 1919 he signed a contract to star in four films to be made by a local Pittsburgh Company. One was supposed to be a two-reel comedy with a baseball finish. The others would be educational, dealing with hunting, fishing and other aspects of outdoor life. It became time-consuming and took two weeks to film with Production beginning September 15, 1919 and a release for October 1, 1919. They were: Two-Reel Comedy with a Baseball Finish (1919) Educational (1919) Dealing with Hunting (1919) Dealing with Fishing and Other Aspects of Life (1919) Little evidence remains of these projects.
Publicity listings
- 6 Print Biographies
- 1 Portrayal

Did you know

Trivia
The most expensive sports card is the American Tobacco Company 1909 Wagner from its T-206 series. Included in packages of cigarettes, Wagner demanded that his card be withdrawn; only 50 are known to exist. On 15 July 2000 a PSA-graded NM-MT 8 Wagner sold on eBay for $1,265,000, breaking its own record of $640,500 set in 1996. As two of its previous owners were Wayne Gretzky and Bruce McNall, who bought it in 1991, PSA dubbed the card the "McNall/Gretzky" to distinguish it from the other Wagners. On 31 August 2007, the "McNall/Gretzky" Wagner was sold to an unidentified buyer for a record $2.8 million, just over six months after it was bought for a then-record $2.35 million.

Quotes
I don't want my picture in any cigarettes, but I also don't want you to lose the ten dollars, so I'm enclosing my check for that sum. - to a tobacco company which had already printed a card with his picture