Baseball Hall of Immortals – Inductee #43: Honus Wagner

One of the greatest shortstops to play the game, Honus Wagner is the 43rd inductee into the Hall of Immortals.

Playing almost his entire 21-year career in Pittsburgh during the dead-ball era, Wagner excelled in every aspect of the game, hitting for average and power, speed on the basepaths, and a quick, accurate glove in the field.

During the first decade of the 20th century, The Flying Dutchmen led the majors in hits, runs, doubles, total bases, extra-base hits, runs batted in, stolen bases, batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage!  

100 years after he played his final game, Wagner is stil in the top 10 all-time for hits (8th), doubles (10th), triples (3rd), and stolen bases (10th).  For those who like newer stats, his career WAR of 130.8 ranks 10th all-time

There is no doubt that Hones Wagner is an Immortal

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For some background on what this is, check out the introduction post here.

 

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