What years did Honus Wagner play?

Honus Wagner played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917.

Was Honus Wagner a pitcher?

No. Honus Wagner was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 2 career games.

How many home runs did Honus Wagner hit?

Honus Wagner hit 101 career home runs with 3,420 hits.

What teams did Honus Wagner play for?

Honus Wagner played for 2 teams: the Louisville Colonels (1897–1899) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–1917).

What were Honus Wagner's career stats?

In 2,794 games, Honus Wagner had 3,420 hits, 101 home runs, 1,733 RBI, 1,739 runs, and 723 stolen bases, with a .328 batting average.

What position did Honus Wagner play?

Honus Wagner played primarily as a shortstop, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Honus Wagner and how much did he weigh?

Honus Wagner was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 200 pounds.

How many home runs did Honus Wagner hit each season?

Honus Wagner's home runs by season: 2 in 1897, 10 in 1898, 7 in 1899, 4 in 1900, 6 in 1901, 3 in 1902, 5 in 1903, 4 in 1904, 6 in 1905, 2 in 1906, 6 in 1907, 10 in 1908, 5 in 1909, 4 in 1910, 9 in 1911, 7 in 1912, 3 in 1913, 1 in 1914, 6 in 1915, 1 in 1916, and 0 in 1917. His most in one season was 10, in 1898 and 1908.

What was Honus Wagner's career batting average?

Honus Wagner batted .328 over his career, with 3,420 hits in 10,439 at bats.

How many RBI did Honus Wagner have?

Honus Wagner drove in 1,733 runs in his career.

What was Honus Wagner's career ERA?

Honus Wagner finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 6 strikeouts.

Honus Wagner

Shortstop · Career Stats, Hall of Fame Bio & Records (1897-1917)

Honus Wagner was a shortstop who played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917 for the Louisville Colonels and the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 21 seasons. In 2,794 career games, he hit .328 with 3,420 hits, 101 home runs, and 1,733 RBI. Honus Wagner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936. His career PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of offensive impact — is 59,177.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated October 15, 2026

⭐ Hall of Fame 1936

AVG .328

HR 101

RBI 1,733

H 3,420

OPS .858

PIV 59,177

Position: Shortstop
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 200 lb
Born: 2/24/1874 in Chartiers, PA, USA
Died: 12/6/1955 in Carnegie, PA, USA
MLB Debut: 1897-07-19
Last Game: 1917-09-17
Hall of Fame: Inducted 1936 (BBWAA)

Full name: John Peter Wagner

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Career Batting Statistics

Honus Wagner — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
2,794	10,439	1,739	3,420	643	252	101	1,733	723	963	735	.328	.391	.467	.858	59,177

Career AVG .328 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — +27.3% above league average.

Career OBP .391 vs. league average .320 across their career seasons — +22.3% above league average.

Career SLG .467 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — +38.6% above league average.

Career OPS .858 vs. league average .656 across their career seasons — +30.7% above league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Honus Wagner Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1897	LS3	NL	62	242	38	81	18	4	2	39	20	15	14	.335	.291 (+15%)	.354 (+6%)	.387 (+21%)	.741 (+14%)	547.0
1898	LS3	NL	151	588	80	176	29	3	10	105	27	31	20	.299	.270 (+11%)	.333 (+2%)	.347 (+18%)	.680 (+10%)	1028.7
1899	LS3	NL	148	575	100	196	45	13	7	114	37	40	36	.341	.282 (+21%)	.343 (+15%)	.366 (+37%)	.710 (+26%)	2905.4
1900	PIT	NL	135	527	107	201	45	22	4	100	38	41	17	.381	.279 (+37%)	.338 (+28%)	.366 (+56%)	.705 (+43%)	4342.2
1901	PIT	NL	140	549	101	194	37	11	6	126	49	53	39	.353	.271 (+30%)	.326 (+28%)	.359 (+37%)	.686 (+33%)	3634.5
1902	PIT	NL	136	534	105	176	30	16	3	91	42	43	51	.330	.266 (+24%)	.321 (+23%)	.343 (+35%)	.665 (+29%)	2952.3
1903	PIT	NL	129	512	97	182	30	19	5	101	46	44	17	.355	.261 (+36%)	.316 (+31%)	.345 (+50%)	.662 (+41%)	3857.2
1904	PIT	NL	132	490	97	171	44	14	4	75	53	59	44	.349	.246 (+41%)	.300 (+41%)	.321 (+62%)	.622 (+52%)	4584.8
1905	PIT	NL	147	548	114	199	32	14	6	101	57	54	53	.363	.248 (+46%)	.307 (+39%)	.322 (+57%)	.629 (+48%)	4869.3
1906	PIT	NL	142	516	103	175	38	9	2	71	53	58	31	.339	.247 (+37%)	.307 (+35%)	.315 (+46%)	.622 (+41%)	3971.5
1907	PIT	NL	142	515	98	180	38	14	6	82	61	46	40	.350	.245 (+42%)	.304 (+34%)	.308 (+66%)	.613 (+50%)	4479.4
1908	PIT	NL	151	568	100	201	39	19	10	109	53	54	22	.354	.240 (+47%)	.298 (+39%)	.306 (+77%)	.605 (+58%)	5671.8
1909	PIT	NL	137	495	92	168	39	10	5	100	35	66	24	.339	.244 (+39%)	.306 (+37%)	.312 (+56%)	.618 (+47%)	4287.7
1910	PIT	NL	150	556	90	178	34	8	4	81	24	59	47	.320	.249 (+28%)	.317 (+23%)	.326 (+32%)	.644 (+28%)	2923.1
1911	PIT	NL	130	473	87	158	23	16	9	89	20	67	34	.334	.266 (+25%)	.336 (+26%)	.356 (+42%)	.693 (+34%)	3298.6
1912	PIT	NL	145	558	91	181	35	20	7	102	26	59	38	.324	.268 (+21%)	.335 (+18%)	.358 (+38%)	.694 (+28%)	3069.8
1913	PIT	NL	114	413	51	124	18	4	3	56	21	26	40	.300	.259 (+16%)	.325 (+7%)	.345 (+11%)	.670 (+9%)	696.4
1914	PIT	NL	150	552	60	139	15	9	1	50	23	51	51	.252	.255 (-1%)	.322 (-2%)	.339 (-7%)	.661 (-4%)	-320.9
1915	PIT	NL	156	566	68	155	32	17	6	78	22	39	64	.274	.250 (+9%)	.318 (+2%)	.332 (+27%)	.651 (+15%)	1282.6
1916	PIT	NL	123	432	45	124	15	9	1	39	11	34	36	.287	.248 (+15%)	.314 (+11%)	.326 (+13%)	.640 (+12%)	988.2
1917	PIT	NL	74	230	15	61	7	1	0	24	5	24	17	.265	.248 (+7%)	.312 (+8%)	.323 (-6%)	.635 (+1%)	107.1
Career · 21 seasons			2,794	10,439	1,739	3,420	643	252	101	1,733	723	963	735	.328	—	—	—	—	59,177

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Pitching Statistics

Honus Wagner — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
0	0	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	7	0	0	6	6	0.00	0.0

Career ERA 0.00 vs. league average 3.34 across their career seasons — 100.0% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Honus Wagner — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	G	IP	H	BB	SO	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1900	PIT	NL	1	3.0	3	4	1	—	0.0
1902	PIT	NL	1	5.1	4	2	5	—	0.0
Career · 2 seasons			2	8.1	7	6	6	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Honus Wagner — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	51	6	14	3	1	0	9	7	6	.275

Playoff Batting by Year

Honus Wagner — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1909	WS	PIT	7	24	4	8	2	1	0	6	4	2	.333
1903	WS	PIT	8	27	2	6	1	0	0	3	3	4	.222

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Honus Wagner — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	1370	4983	810	1676	42	853	.336
Away	1366	5220	891	1662	57	784	.318

Pitching — Home / Away

Honus Wagner — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	1	3.0	3	0	4	1	0.00
Away	1	5.1	4	0	2	5	0.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

Honus Wagner — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	2B	BB	SO
1917-09-17	PIT	BSN	L	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917-09-11	PIT	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	1
1917-09-08	PIT	CHC	L	0	0	0	0	1	0
1917-09-03	PIT	CIN	W	2	1	0	0	2	0
1917-09-03	PIT	CIN	W	4	2	1	0	1	0
1917-09-02	PIT	CIN	W	4	1	1	1	1	0
1917-09-01	PIT	STL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-29	PIT	NY1	L	4	0	0	0	0	3
1917-08-28	PIT	NY1	L	4	0	0	0	0	0
1917-08-27	PIT	NY1	W	3	0	1	0	0	0

Last 2 Games — Pitching

Honus Wagner — Last 2 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1902-09-05	PIT	BSN	—	5.1	4	2	0	2	5	0
1900-07-13	PIT	PHI	—	3.0	3	3	0	4	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Honus Wagner — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1B	248	19	2314	130	47	141
2B	57	1	118	140	13	14
3B	210	0	288	415	64	26
OF	373	12	643	56	28	16
P	2	0	1	0	0	0
SS	1887	965	4576	6041	676	766

Season-by-Season Fielding

Honus Wagner — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1897	LS3	2B	9	0	23	20	4	2
1897	LS3	OF	53	0	107	17	12	5
1898	LS3	1B	75	0	729	41	22	44
1898	LS3	2B	10	0	17	33	3	2
1898	LS3	3B	65	0	101	118	18	11
1899	LS3	1B	4	0	42	3	2	2
1899	LS3	2B	7	0	21	16	2	3
1899	LS3	3B	76	0	94	169	23	10
1899	LS3	OF	61	0	107	14	4	5
1900	PIT	1B	3	0	16	0	0	1
1900	PIT	2B	7	0	12	13	1	3
1900	PIT	3B	9	0	7	21	5	1
1900	PIT	OF	118	0	181	11	7	4
1900	PIT	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
1901	PIT	2B	1	0	4	4	0	0
1901	PIT	3B	24	0	37	50	10	3
1901	PIT	OF	54	0	79	2	2	0
1901	PIT	SS	61	0	177	224	36	31
1902	PIT	1B	32	0	315	15	4	19
1902	PIT	2B	1	0	6	5	0	0
1902	PIT	OF	61	0	121	11	0	2
1902	PIT	P	1	0	1	0	0	0
1902	PIT	SS	44	0	89	145	28	12
1903	PIT	1B	6	0	63	3	1	2
1903	PIT	OF	12	0	20	1	1	0
1903	PIT	SS	111	0	303	397	50	51
1904	PIT	1B	3	3	30	1	1	0
1904	PIT	2B	2	0	2	8	0	0
1904	PIT	OF	8	8	13	0	1	0
1904	PIT	SS	121	121	274	367	49	46
1905	PIT	OF	2	2	10	0	0	0
1905	PIT	SS	145	145	353	517	60	64
1906	PIT	3B	1	0	0	1	1	0
1906	PIT	OF	2	2	4	0	0	0
1906	PIT	SS	137	137	334	473	51	57
1907	PIT	1B	4	4	44	1	0	1
1907	PIT	SS	138	138	314	428	49	32
1908	PIT	SS	151	151	354	469	50	47
1909	PIT	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1909	PIT	SS	136	137	344	430	49	58
1910	PIT	1B	11	12	103	13	0	5
1910	PIT	2B	2	1	2	1	1	0
1910	PIT	SS	138	136	337	413	52	62
1911	PIT	1B	28	0	250	9	7	21
1911	PIT	OF	1	0	1	0	1	0
1911	PIT	SS	101	0	221	312	39	55
1912	PIT	SS	143	0	341	462	32	74
1913	PIT	SS	105	0	289	323	24	47
1914	PIT	1B	1	0	5	3	0	0
1914	PIT	3B	17	0	17	33	4	1
1914	PIT	SS	132	0	322	424	39	45
1915	PIT	1B	10	0	101	8	0	6
1915	PIT	2B	12	0	22	25	0	3
1915	PIT	SS	131	0	298	395	38	53
1916	PIT	1B	24	0	183	11	3	13
1916	PIT	2B	4	0	8	10	2	1
1916	PIT	SS	92	0	226	261	30	32
1917	PIT	1B	47	0	433	22	7	27
1917	PIT	2B	2	0	1	5	0	0
1917	PIT	3B	18	0	32	23	3	0
1917	PIT	SS	1	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Honus Wagner Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	2
First Base	251
Second Base	58
Third Base	209
Shortstop	1888
Left Field	36
Center Field	68
Right Field	272

Awards & Honors

Honus Wagner — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1913	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS
1912	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS
1911	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS
1910	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS
1909	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS
1908	Baseball Magazine All-Star	SS

Award Voting History

Honus Wagner — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1913	Most Valuable Player	NL	8th	11.0	64
1912	Most Valuable Player	NL	2nd	43.0	64
1911	Most Valuable Player	NL	3rd	23.0	64

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Honus Wagner: the record in brief

Honus Wagner played a first major league game on July 19, 1897 and a last one on September 17, 1917. The season rows list, in order, the Louisville Colonels (1897 through 1899) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900 through 1917). At 5'11" and 200 pounds, Wagner is listed as a shortstop. The bio says Wagner both batted and threw right-handed. Wagner was born on February 24, 1874, in Chartiers, PA, USA. Wagner died on December 6, 1955, in Carnegie, PA, USA. On the record, Honus Wagner was born John Peter Wagner.

In 2,794 games and 10,439 at bats, Wagner batted .328 with 3,420 hits; the totals also include 101 home runs, 1,733 runs batted in, and 723 stolen bases. The on-base percentage is .391 and the slugging percentage .467, for an OPS of .858. Wagner's .328 average ran 27.3% above the .257 that the league posted over the same seasons. 1898 was Wagner's biggest home run year, with 10. Wagner collected a career-high 201 hits in 1900.

Frequently Asked Questions about Honus Wagner

What years did Honus Wagner play?: Honus Wagner played in Major League Baseball from 1897 to 1917.
Was Honus Wagner a pitcher?: No. Honus Wagner was a position player (Shortstop), though he did pitch in 2 career games.
How many home runs did Honus Wagner hit?: Honus Wagner hit 101 career home runs with 3,420 hits.
Is Honus Wagner in the Hall of Fame?: Yes. Honus Wagner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.
What teams did Honus Wagner play for?: Honus Wagner played for 2 teams: the Louisville Colonels (1897–1899) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (1900–1917).
What were Honus Wagner's career stats?: In 2,794 games, Honus Wagner had 3,420 hits, 101 home runs, 1,733 RBI, 1,739 runs, and 723 stolen bases, with a .328 batting average.
What position did Honus Wagner play?: Honus Wagner played primarily as a shortstop, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Honus Wagner and how much did he weigh?: Honus Wagner was listed at 5 feet 11 inches and 200 pounds.
How many home runs did Honus Wagner hit each season?: Honus Wagner's home runs by season: 2 in 1897, 10 in 1898, 7 in 1899, 4 in 1900, 6 in 1901, 3 in 1902, 5 in 1903, 4 in 1904, 6 in 1905, 2 in 1906, 6 in 1907, 10 in 1908, 5 in 1909, 4 in 1910, 9 in 1911, 7 in 1912, 3 in 1913, 1 in 1914, 6 in 1915, 1 in 1916, and 0 in 1917. His most in one season was 10, in 1898 and 1908.
What was Honus Wagner's career batting average?: Honus Wagner batted .328 over his career, with 3,420 hits in 10,439 at bats.
How many RBI did Honus Wagner have?: Honus Wagner drove in 1,733 runs in his career.
What was Honus Wagner's career ERA?: Honus Wagner finished with a 0.00 career ERA, going 0-0 with 6 strikeouts.