| Lloyd Waner | ||
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| Outfielder | ||
| Born: March 16, 1906 Harrah, Oklahoma |
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| Died: July 22, 1982 (aged 76) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
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| Batted: Left | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| April 12, 1927 for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| Final game | ||
| September 16, 1945 for the Pittsburgh Pirates |
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| Career statistics | ||
| Batting average | . Outfielder is a generic term applied to each of the people playing in the three defensive positions in Baseball farthest from the batter Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Harrah is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma ( is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 316 | |
| Hits | 2459 | |
| Runs batted in | 598 | |
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| Member of the National | ||
 Baseball Hall of Fame |
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| Elected | 1967 | |
| Election Method | Veteran's Committee | |
Lloyd James Waner (March 16, 1906 - July 22, 1982) was a Major League Baseball player. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) His small stature and 150 pound (68 kg) weight made him one of the smallest players of the time. He is the brother of fellow Major Leaguer Paul Waner. Paul Glee Waner ( April 16, 1903 - August 29, 1965) was a German-American player in Professional baseball who along with
Waner broke into the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1927 and quickly built the reputation of a slap hitter with an astute sense of plate discipline. The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Headline Event of the Year Murderers' Row lead New York Yankees to World Series victory In his rookie campaign, he batted . 355 with 223 hits while only striking out 23 times (the highest strikeout total of his career).
Waner played for the Pirates until the beginning of the 1941 season. Headline events of the year Joe Dimaggio hits in 56 consecutive games In the preceding years he batted . 300 or higher ten times, finished in the top ten in MVP voting twice (1927 and 1929) and was an All-Star once (1938). The Most Valuable Player Award (commonly known as the MVP award is an annual award given to one outstanding player in each league of Major League Baseball. Headline Event of the Year Murderers' Row lead New York Yankees to World Series victory Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4-1 Awards and honors Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Chicago Cubs (4-0 All-Star Game
After splitting time in 1941, 1942 and 1944 with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, Waner returned to Pittsburgh, where he finished his career in 1945. Headline events of the year Joe Dimaggio hits in 56 consecutive games Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-1 All-Star Game Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over St The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Detroit Tigers over Chicago Cubs (4-3 All-Star Game He finished with a career . 316 batting average.
He (2,459) and his older brother, Paul (3,152), hold the career record for hits by brothers (5,611), outpacing the three Alou brothers (5,094): Felipe (2,101), Matty (1,777) and Jesús (1,216), and the three DiMaggio brothers (4,853): Joe (2,214), Dom (1,680) and Vince (959), among others. Felipe Rojas Alou (born May 12 1935 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former Outfielder and First baseman in Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou (born December 22 1938 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former Center fielder in Jesús María Rojas Alou (born March 24, 1942 in Bajos de Haina, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball player for the Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio Jr ( November 25, 1914 &ndash March 8, 1999) nicknamed Joltin' Joe Dominic Paul DiMaggio (born February 12 1917 in San Francisco California) is a former Center fielder in Major League Baseball who Vincent Paul "Vince" DiMaggio ( September 6, 1912 - October 3, 1986) was a Major League Baseball Center fielder For most of the period from 1927 to 1940, Paul patrolled right field at Forbes Field while Lloyd covered the ground next to him in center field. Headline Event of the Year Murderers' Row lead New York Yankees to World Series victory Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers (4-3 All-Star Game Position description Outfielders must cover large distances so speed instincts and quickness to react to the ball are key Forbes Field was a Baseball park in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania from 1909 to 1971 A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the Outfielder in Baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position Paul was known as "Big Poison" and Lloyd was known as "Little Poison. " A possibly apocryphal story claims that their nicknames reflect a Brooklyn Dodgers fan's pronunciation of "Big Person" and "Little Person. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA " In 1927, the season the brothers accumulated 460 hits, the fan is said to have remarked, "Them Waners! It's always the little poison on thoid (third) and the big poison on foist (first)!" But given that Lloyd was actually taller, this story would seem somewhat incongruous. Headline Event of the Year Murderers' Row lead New York Yankees to World Series victory
Waner was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967. Champions Major League Baseball World Series: St Louis Cardinals over Boston Red Sox (4-3 Bob Gibson, MVP Sabermetrician Bill James has listed Waner as one of ten examples of Hall of Fame inductees who do not deserve the honor. Sabermetrics is the analysis of Baseball through objective evidence especially Baseball statistics. George William “Bill” James (born October 5, 1949, in Holton Kansas) is a Baseball writer historian and statistician whose work has been [1]
See also
- List of major league players with 2,000 hits
- List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
- List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
- List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
- List of Major League Baseball triples champions
References
- ^ Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions, an April 2008 entry from the Freakonomics blog
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
- Baseball Hall of Fame Biography
- The Deadball Era
- Lloyd Waner at Find A Grave
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