Paul Waner

Paul Waner
Paul Waner baseball card (1933)
Right fielder
Born: April 16, 1903 Harrah , United States
Died on: April 29, 1965 Sarasota , United States
Suggested: Left	Threw: Left
Debut in Major League Baseball
April 13,  1936  with the  Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB assignment
April 26,  1945  with the  New York Yankees
MLB statistics (until end of career)
Batting average	.333
Hits	3.152
Home runs	113
Runs batted in	1,309
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1926 - 1940 ) Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1941 ) Boston Braves ( 1941 - 1942 ) Brooklyn Dodgers ( 1943 - 1944 ) New York Yankees ( 1944 - 1945 )
Awards
4 × All-Star ( 1933 - 1935 , 1937 ) NL MVP (1927) In his honor, the # 11 is no longer awarded by the Pittsburgh Pirates
member of
Baseball Hall of Fame
Recorded	1952
Quota	83.33%

Paul Glee Waner , nickname Big Poison , (born April 16, 1903 in Harrah , Oklahoma, † April 29, 1965 in Sarasota , Florida ) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB) on the position of right fielders . Most of his career he was under contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates , where he played in the outfield with his brother Lloyd for 13 years.

biography

Paul Waner was to become a teacher at the request of his father, a businessman, but Waner did not live up to his wish. He left college and played in the Pacific Coast League for the San Francisco team . Due to his excellent performance as a batsman (36.9%, 35.6% and 40.1% in the first three years), the Pittsburgh Pirates noticed him and signed him for the major league team. In his first year 1926, he had a batting average of 33.6% and led the National League with 22 triples . In 1927, the Pirates signed up Lloyd Waner , Paul's younger brother. With these two, the Pirates had an outfield that was feared in the National League. Paul Waner's accomplishments in 1927 earned him the title of MVP of the National League. He led the National League on the batting average (38%), basehits (237), triples (31) and RBIs (131). The Pirates won the NL championship that season, but lost to the New York Yankees in the World Series in four games.

Together with Lloyd, the Waners still lead the statistics of the pairs of brothers with the most base hits, leaving Joe DiMaggio with his brothers Dom and Vince DiMaggio as well as Felipe , Matty and Jesus Alou behind.

Until the end of the 1940 season, Waner played for the Pirates, then moved to the Brooklyn Dodgers , the Boston Braves and the New York Yankees, where he ended his career on May 1, 1945.

After his time as a player, he worked as a hitting coach for various clubs. In 1952 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame .

Web links

• Player information and statistics from MLB  or  Baseball Reference  or  The Baseball Cube  or  Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
• Biography of Paul Waner (English)
• Paul Waner in the Baseball Hall of Fame (English)