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Heinie Wagner

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b. September 23, 1880 · New York Giants 1902, Boston Americans 1906–1907, Boston Red Sox 1908–1913, 1915–1916, 1918

Wagner's best season came for Boston in 1912, when he collected 138 hits, scored 75 runs, drove in 68 and stole 21 bases while hitting .274. He finished tenth in American League Most Valuable Player voting that year and twelfth the next.

Twelve seasons gave him 834 hits, 128 doubles, 144 stolen bases, 343 runs batted in and a .250 average across 983 games. He played 822 games at shortstop and 138 at second base, with only nine appearances elsewhere.

Wagner debuted for the Giants in 1902, spent three years outside the majors and returned with the Boston Americans in 1906. He remained as the club became the Red Sox and made seven final appearances in 1918. In 1930 he managed Boston to a 52-102 record and eighth place. He died in 1943, at sixty-two.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
Baseball Magazine All-Star 1 1912

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1902 NYG 1756412 100 2073 .214
1906 BOS 93219 000 4102 .281
1907 BOS 1113852982 1042 21312920 .213
1908 BOS 15352662130 1151 46274320 .247
1909 BOS 12443053110 1671 49353118 .256
1910 BOS 14249161134 2671 52445226 .273
1911 BOS 802613467 1381 38292915 .257
1912 BOS 14450475138 2562 68625721 .274
1913 BOS 1103654383 1482 3440299 .227
1915 BOS 842673864 1120 2937348 .240
1916 BOS 6824 100 0302 .500
1918 BOS 3801 000 0100 .125
Career 9833333402834 1284710 343310311144 .250

On this day & linked events

1880

Born September 23, 1880

New York, NY, USA

1943

Died March 20, 1943

1902

Major-league debut: Heinie Wagner

Heinie Wagner made a major-league debut on July 1, 1902.

1918

Final major-league game: Heinie Wagner

Heinie Wagner played a final major-league game on July 3, 1918.

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