Honus Wagner

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

⭐ 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

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

Career Arc

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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

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8.3 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

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1900 PIT NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 0 4 1 0.00 — 0.0
1902 PIT NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5.3 4 0 2 5 0.00 — 0.0
Career · 2 seasons 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 8.1 7 0 6 6 0.00 — 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

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

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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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home13704983810167642853.336
Away13665220891166257784.318

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home13.030410.00
Away15.140250.00

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
1917-09-17 PITBSNL 000000000
1917-09-11 PITSTLL 100000001
1917-09-08 PITCHCL 000000010
1917-09-03 PITCINW 210000020
1917-09-03 PITCINW 421000010
1917-09-02 PITCINW 411100010
1917-09-01 PITSTLL 100000000
1917-08-29 PITNY1L 400000003
1917-08-28 PITNY1L 400000000
1917-08-27 PITNY1W 301000000

Last 2 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
1902-09-05 PITBSN — 5.1420250
1900-07-13 PITPHI — 3.0330410

Fielding Statistics

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

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

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

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

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

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1913 Most Valuable Player NL 8th 11.0 64 0
1912 Most Valuable Player NL 2nd 43.0 64 0
1911 Most Valuable Player NL 3rd 23.0 64 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Honus Wagner (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Eddie Collins HOF
    .333 avg, 47 HR
  2. 92
    Nap Lajoie HOF
    .338 avg, 82 HR
  3. 89
    George Davis HOF
    .295 avg, 73 HR
  4. 87
    Jake Beckley HOF
    .308 avg, 87 HR
  5. 84
    Paul Molitor HOF
    .306 avg, 234 HR
  6. 84
    Frankie Frisch HOF
    .316 avg, 105 HR

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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 3420 hits.
Is Honus Wagner in the Hall of Fame?
Yes. Honus Wagner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.