Born September 23, 1880
New York, NY, USA
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.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Baseball Magazine All-Star | 1 | 1912 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | NYG | 17 | 56 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | .214 |
| 1906 | BOS | 9 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| 1907 | BOS | 111 | 385 | 29 | 82 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 31 | 29 | 20 | .213 |
| 1908 | BOS | 153 | 526 | 62 | 130 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 27 | 43 | 20 | .247 |
| 1909 | BOS | 124 | 430 | 53 | 110 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 49 | 35 | 31 | 18 | .256 |
| 1910 | BOS | 142 | 491 | 61 | 134 | 26 | 7 | 1 | 52 | 44 | 52 | 26 | .273 |
| 1911 | BOS | 80 | 261 | 34 | 67 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 38 | 29 | 29 | 15 | .257 |
| 1912 | BOS | 144 | 504 | 75 | 138 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 68 | 62 | 57 | 21 | .274 |
| 1913 | BOS | 110 | 365 | 43 | 83 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 40 | 29 | 9 | .227 |
| 1915 | BOS | 84 | 267 | 38 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 37 | 34 | 8 | .240 |
| 1916 | BOS | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .500 |
| 1918 | BOS | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .125 |
| Career | — | 983 | 3333 | 402 | 834 | 128 | 47 | 10 | 343 | 310 | 311 | 144 | .250 |
New York, NY, USA
Heinie Wagner made a major-league debut on July 1, 1902.
Heinie Wagner played a final major-league game on July 3, 1918.
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