Lloyd Waner
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Lloyd James Waner (March 16, 1906 – July 22, 1982), nicknamed Little Poison, was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder.
His small stature, at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 mm) and 132 lb (68 kg), made him one of the youngest players of his time.
He and his brother, Paul Waner, anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield in the 1920s and 1930s.
Waner retired as a Pirate after brief stints with four other clubs late in his career. In ten seasons, Waner had a batting average over.300.
In 1938, he was granted a ticket to the MLB All-Star Game.
Lloyd and Paul Waner set the highest single hits by brothers in baseball.
In 1967, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
Since retiring as a player, he served as a scout for the Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles.
Early life
Waner was born in Harrah, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1906, and he and his older brother, Paul, grew up on a farm in Harrah, Oklahoma. From dawn to dusk every day, the two were at their best, and baseball was their only form of recreation. Their father, who was a minor league player in Oklahoma City, Paul, and Lloyd's passion and natural talent for the sport has continued to grow over the years. The Waners learned to fight corncobs and cut down saplings in the woods to use as bats. Lloyd graduated from McLoud High School and spent three semesters at East Central State University in Ada, Oklahoma, before going into professional baseball.
Waner began his professional baseball career in 1925 with the San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League, but he failed badly. At the behest of his brother, who had been discovered in Ada by Pirates scout Joe Devine, he was given a tryout for the Pirates. He batted.345 in the Class B South Atlantic League in 1926. He also received the league's Most Valuable Player award.
Later life
Waner, who appeared on television, was a scout for Pittsburgh from 1946 to 1949. In 1955, he appeared for the Baltimore Orioles in the same role. Between 1950 and 1967, he worked in Oklahoma City. Lloyd and Paul Waner suffered with alcohol use. Lloyd Waner Jr. said that although Paul "drank like a fish when he was playing ball," Lloyd Lloyd's drinking increased after his playing career came to an end. Lloyd Jr. said the brothers would have been more known and would have enjoyed their later years if not for alcohol.
When Ralph Waner, his older brother, was fatally shot by his ex-wife Marie in 1950, Lloyd and Paul Waner lost their brother, Ralph Waner. When Marie came into the restaurant, Ralph and his girlfriend were enjoying a steak dinner. Both Ralph and Marie became enraged. Marie took out a pistol as they began to walk outside. Ralph was shot twice and then fought for the weapon. Injuring Marie, it came off one more time. Ralph died a short time later. Ralph had played numerous positions in organized baseball in Pennsylvania.
In 1967, Waner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Waner is one of ten examples of Hall of Fame inductees who do not have the distinction, according to Sabermetrician Bill James. His brother's inclusion was based on his batting averages from the 1920s to 1930s, which assisted several players from the 1920s and 1930s in the Veterans Committee's estimation.
Writer Donald Honig inquired about a former quote in which Waner said he would have played baseball for free, despite Waner's illness. Waner said, "I think I would have asked for expenses." Lloyd quit drinking in the first four to five years of his life, but Lloyd Jr. said it was "much like having a real father around... I'll always remember this time." Waner died of emphysema complications in 1982. He was saved by his wife Frances and his two children.
MLB career
Waner made his way into the major leagues with the Pirates in 1927 and quickly established himself as a slap hitter with an excellent sense of plate discipline. He batted.355 with 223 runs while only striking out 23 times in his rookie campaign (highest strikeout total of his career). With 133 runs scored, he was the leadoff hitter of Pittsburgh's dynamo. The runs scored mark was a rookie record in baseball. Infielders of the time served deep at their positions, according to Al López, but Waner brought them closer to compensate for his speed as a runner.
The Pirates won the 1927 National Pennant; Waner then batted.400 in his first World Series; the New York Yankees won in four games. He started to bat well early in his career. He had a record-breaking 678 hits in his first three seasons (1927–1929). (Ichiro Suzuki's first three years, from 2001 to 2003, he came close to beating the record with 662 hits in his first three years.) In MVP voting 1927 and 1929, Waner came in tenth place.
He missed the majority of the next year due to appendicitis, coming off a.353 season in 1929. In the winter, he underwent surgery for the illness. Waner had trouble recovering from the surgery and re-entered the hospital in May. The Pittsburgh Press expressed concern over the fact that he might have to leave early.
He returned in 1931 and led the NL with 214 hits and 681 at-bats while hitting.314. Waner's average dropped to.276 in 1933, when he finished 13th in MVP voting. Waner's average increased to 283.293 and then.309 over the next two years, but he did not lead the league or finish in any offensive class or place in the MVP poll during those seasons. Waner was diagnosed with pneumonia in January 1936, and his illness was thought to be fatal. By late April, he recovered and was back on the field. Between 1936 and 1938, Waner's average hit between.313 and.330, earning an MLB All-Star Game selection in 1938.
Waner returned to Pittsburgh, where he began his career in the early 1940s with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, and the Brooklyn Dodgers. "The old legs will not hold up anymore," Benswanger asked for his freedom in September 1945, "I'm positive that I'm through." In ten seasons, he had a career of.316 batting average, batting.300 or higher. Waner was also a natural center fielder. He led the league in putouts four times, while his explosive speed covered the wide Forbes Field outfield. He had a 98 percent fielding percentage at that time.
He (2,459) and his older brother Paul (3,152) set the record for hits by brothers (5,611), defeating the three Alou brothers and three DiMaggio brothers, among other items. For the most part of the period 1927 to 1940, Paul patrolled right field at Forbes Field, while Lloyd covered the ground next to him in center. The brothers struck back-to-back home runs against Cliff Melton of the New York Giants on September 15, 1938.
"Big Poison" and Lloyd, "Little Poison," Paul and Lloyd were known as "Big Poison." They obtained their nicknames from a Brooklyn Dodgers fan's pronunciation of "Big Person" and "Little Person," which was then picked up by a sportswriter in the stands. The fan is reported to have said, "Them Waners!" in 1927, the year the brothers' total hits reached 460, according to the fan. It's always the little poison on thoid (third) and the major poison on foist (first)!"