Lloyd Waner

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Lloyd Waner
Lloyd Waner baseball card (1936)
Lloyd Waner baseball card (1936)
Center Fielder
Born: March 16, 1906
Harrah ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Died on: July 22, 1982
Oklahoma City ,  United StatesUnited StatesUnited States 
Suggested: Left Threw: Right
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 12,  1927  with the  Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB assignment
September 16,  1945  with the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
(until end of career)
Batting average    .316
Hits    2,459
Home runs    27
Runs Batted In    598
Teams
Awards
member of
☆☆☆Baseball Hall of Fame☆☆☆
Recorded     1967
Special selection    Veterans Committee
Last update: December 26th, 2018

Lloyd James Waner , nickname Little Poison , (born March 16, 1906 in Harrah , Oklahoma , † July 22, 1982 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of center fielder . Most of his career he was under contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates , where he played in the outfield with his brother Paul for 13 years.

In 1927 Waner ran for the Pirates against the New York Yankees in the World Series . He was elected to the All-Star Team in 1938 and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1967 . After his active career as a player, Waner worked as a scout for the Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles .

Early life

Waner grew up as the fourth of five children of the farmer Ora Lee and his wife Etta Lenora, nee Beavers, on their father's farm. Aside from daily chores, the family's only pastime was baseball. Influenced by his father, who also played high-class baseball in Oklahoma City, his talent developed over the years. Waner attended McLoud High School and studied at East Central University in Ada , Oklahoma, where he also played baseball. After three semesters of study, he switched to professional baseball.

Waner started his professional baseball career in 1925 with the San Francisco Seals in the Pacific Coast League . He hit only 13 hits in 31 games. At the insistence of his brother, who had already been discovered in Ada by Pirates scout Joe Devine, he was offered a tryout for the Pirates. By 1926 he had a batting average of .345 in the B Class of the South Atlantic League. In the same year he was  named the league's Most Valuable Player (MVP).

MLB career

1927-1929

Waner made his MLB debut for the Pirates on April 12, 1927 and quickly gained the reputation of a so-called slap hitter , who also had a lot of discipline at home plate . In his days as a rookie , he hit a batting average of .355 with 223 hits and only 23  strikeouts (the highest number of strikeouts in a season in his entire career). Waner led the National League (NL) in 1927 with 133  runs . This record has never been broken by any other rookie. In 1927 the Pirates played against the New York Yankees in the World Series . Waner hit a .400 batting average during the World Series, but the Yankees won it 4–0 games. That was the only time Waner competed in the World Series.

After the 1929 season, in which Waner hit a batting average of .353, he missed much of the following season with appendicitis . Waner had an operation in the winter and had trouble recovering from the operation and was hospitalized again in May 1930. Because of the problems, he worried that he would have to give up his active career in professional baseball.

Waner hit a total of 678 hits in his first three MLB seasons (1927-1929). Only Ichirō Suzuki came close to Waner in his first three MLB years with 662 hits. Waner was among the top ten for the MLB MVP award in 1927 and 1929 , but could not win it.

1931-1938

Waner came back in 1931 and led the NL's attacking statistics with 214 hits. In the following years he was unable to build on his achievements from the 1920s and was therefore not shortlisted for the MLB MVP award between 1932 and 1937. In January 1936, Waner fell ill with pneumonia , but was able to return to the Pirates in April despite the illness. In 1938 he took part in the All-Star Game .

1941-1945

Waner left the Pirates in 1941, for which he worked as an active player for 14 years. After brief stints with the Boston Braves , the Cincinnati Reds , the Philadelphia Phillies and the Brooklyn Dodgers , Waner returned to the Pirates in 1944. After two mixed seasons in which he only played 41 games, he ended his career in September 1945.

After the career

After Waner ended his career as an active player, he worked from 1946 to 1950 for the Pirates and 1955 for the Baltimore Orioles as a scout. Between 1950 and 1967 he was employed by the City of Oklahoma City .

Waner was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. The Saber Optometrist Bill James called Waner as one of ten players who were inducted into the Hall of Fame wrongly.

Waner died on July 22, 1982 of complications from emphysema . He left a wife and two children.

literature

Web links

Commons : Lloyd Waner  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Paul & Lloyd Waner ( memento of July 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 26, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Lloyd Waner. Pennsylvania State University , accessed December 26, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Tom Kensler: Hall of Famer Lloyd Waner, 76, Dies Speed ​​Was Game of "Little Poison". NewsOK.com , July 23, 1982, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Parker, p. 52.
  5. ^ William: The Best Rookie Seasons in Baseball History. HowTheyPlay, February 21, 2017, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Lloyd Waner in Hospital. Milwaukee Journal, May 30, 1930, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Waner, Rajah May Be Lost. The Pittsburgh Press, May 14, 1930, accessed December 26, 2018 .
  8. ^ Statistics from Ichirō Suzuki. Baseball-Reference.com , accessed December 26, 2018 .
  9. ↑ a b c Statistics from Lloyd Waner. Baseball-Reference.com, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Lloyd Waner Sick; Condition Serious. Spokane Daily Chronicle, January 26, 1936; accessed December 26, 2018 .
  11. ^ The 1936 PIT N Regular Season Batting Log for Lloyd Waner. Retrosheet, accessed on December 26, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Lloyd Waner, Baseball Star. New York Times , July 23, 1982, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  13. ^ Stephen J. Dubner: Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions. April 1, 2008, accessed December 27, 2018 .
  14. ↑ The Obit For Lloyd Waner. New York Times, July 23, 1982, accessed December 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Waner, Lloyd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waner, Lloyd James (full name); Little Poison (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Harrah , Oklahoma
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 1982
Place of death Oklahoma City , Oklahoma