Paul Waner

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Paul Glee Waner (April 16, 1903 – August 29, 1965), better known as Big Poison, was an American professional baseball right fielder who competed in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four franchises between 1926 and 1945, most notably for his first 15 seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In his second season, he won the 1927 NL Most Valuable Player Award, garnering a team record 237 hits.

In 1932, Waner set a new NL record for doubles in a season, including in 1932 when he set the NL record for doubles in a season with 62.

In the Pirates' 1927 World Series loss to the New York Yankees, he scored.333 in his first postseason appearance of his career.

Waner has won three National League (NL) batting titles and led the NL in hits twice and totaling over 200 hits in eight seasons from 1926 to 1934. Waner made his seventh appearance of the 3,000 hit club on June 19, 1942, with a single off of Rip Sewell.

He led the NL in putouts four times and holds the record for the most putouts by a right fielder in history.

His 191 triples are the highest in all time, and his 605 doubles are his highest doubles ever.

He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952, as a career.333 hitter and best known for his ability to strike while inebriated or hangover.

Lloyd Waner, his younger brother, was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame for the second time after Harry and George Wright.

(512), 621), Paul and Lloyd also have the most hits recorded by brothers.

Waner's No. 1 on July 21, 2007. The Pittsburgh Pirates cut 11 people off.

Early life

Waner was born in Harrah, Oklahoma Territory, four years before the area was declared a state. He was Ora and Etta Waner's third child. Lloyd Waner, Ora's younger brother, has also signed the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Ora had been given a Chicago White Stockings contract but turned down, settling a 400-acre farm. Waner was born with the middle name John, but his middle name was changed from John to Glee after an uncle named Glee gave him a shotgun at the age of 6. He said he learned batting on his father's farm, and he learned the game by watching the cobs move. Waner had an astigmatism; he did not like wearing glasses on the field because it made the ball appear smaller and in focus, but without glasses, the ball looked grapefruit-sized. Due to the baseball's greater apparent size, he was able to strike the center more often.

In 1922, Waner played baseball at East Central State Teachers College (now known as East Central University) in Ada, Oklahoma; he set a new record of 23–4 runs per season. Waner wanted him to be a tutor, but as a result, he dropped out of college. In the Class A Western League, he signed with the team in Joplin, Missouri. Then, he was sent to Muskogee, Iowa, before being sold to the Class AA San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1923, which was former Pirate John "Dots" Miller. In 1924, he only played one game for the Seals before being moved to the outfield. He was.378 in three seasons with the Seals, including.401 in 1925, 1925 championship season.

Later life and legacy

Waner was batting on three occasions and saw over 3,000 hits in his 20-year baseball career. He made 605 doubles, the fifth-most all-time at the time of his retirement. He hit 200 or more times on eight occasions, collected 50 or more doubles in three seasons, and had a lifetime batting average of.333, tied for fifth best (with Eddie Collins) for a 3,000 hit team. His 191 triples are the highest on record. Waner's career saw six hits, 5 five-hit games, and 55 four-hit games. Waner was once praised as the best right fielder in National League history, according to Stengel. "Paul was a quick outfielder with possibly the most arm in a Pittsburgh outfield before the arrival of Roberto Clemente," Russo said. Waner had a reputation for being fearless on the plate. "I never let them [pitchers] get the better of me," he said. You're done if you flinch and show any fear.

Joe (2,151), Justin (609) and Lloyd (2,459), all surpassed the three Alou brothers (5,611) in hits by brothers (4,109), as well as three others (3,853). For the majority of the period 1927 to 1940, Paul patrolled right field at Forbes Field, while Lloyd covered the ground next to him in center field. The brothers took back-to-back home runs against Cliff Melton of the New York Giants on September 15, 1938. The source of Paul and his younger brother Lloyd's nicknames "Big Poison" and "Little Poison" comes from a game at the Polo Grounds during the 1927 season, where a fan called "person" as he called out to the brothers.

Since retiring, he continued to play, fishing, shooting, golfing, golfing, and being a part-time hitting coach for the Philadelphia, Cardinals, and Braves. Ted Williams praised Waner for advising him to move away from the plate in order to avoid the "Williams" shift. Russo also stated that "Like Babe Ruth[Waner's] resentment of discipline made him an inappropriate candidate for leadership." Waner, a highly skilled golfer, could hit the 70s at a rate of 70 holes. He was one of the key players in the National Basketball Players Golf Tournament's inception. In his spare time, he loved Seneca, and he even wrote a comedy skit in which he and Heinie Manush appeared.

On July 21, 1952, Waner was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. "Gee." It's what I've been waiting for a long time, but I've almost given up on making it," he said. "I'd say I've fulfilled my life's aspirations." Any baseball player's aspirations." They became the second brother pair to be inducted into the Hall of Fame following Lloyd's induction in 1967 (with Harry and George Wright being the other two brothers). Waner was interviewed for The Glory of Their Times, a 1966 book. He died in Sarasota, Florida, on August 29, 1965, after suffering from a respiratory arrest due to pneumonia at the age of 62.

He was ranked number 62 on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players in 1999, and he was selected as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Centure Team. The Waner family and two longtime Pirates fans, who had pleaded with Pirates then-owner Kevin McClatchy to honor Waner by removing his uniform number, were eventually able to separate, and were ultimately successful. The No. 1 on Waner's left the Pirates for the rest of his career. On July 21, 2007, five years to the day of his induction into the Hall of Fame, 11 people attended a service before their game against the Astros. In the interior of PNC Park to celebrate Waner's jersey's retirement.

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Major League Baseball career

The Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League purchased Waner and teammate Hal Rhyne from the Seals for $100,000 in October 1925. He hit the Cincinnati Reds on April 17, 1926, his first major league hit. Waner had 6 hits in 6 at-batches during a game against the Giants on August 26, and he did a good job with six different bats. He had a.336 batting average in his first season and led the nation in triples with 22. The Pirates finished in third place, 4.5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals, who finished 12th in MVP voting. Lloyd Waner, the Pirates' younger brother, had hit the team in his second season; together they had accumulated 460 hits in the 1927 season. Paul's 1927 season was a standout year for him. He appeared in a career-high 155 games (which led to the league) and led the NL in hits (237), a team record, triples (18), and RBIs (131). With 14 games, he tied for consecutive games with an extra-base strike (June 3-19, 1927); since then, Chipper Jones has also achieved this feat. Pittsburgh's 1927 World Series was aided by the Waner brothers' contributions. Lloyd went 5-for-15 with 3 RBIs and a.333 batting average in his first postseason appearance, but the New York Yankees defeated the Pirates 4-0. The National League has given him the NL Most Valuable Player Award for his efforts during the 1927 season.

In 1928, Waner earned 142 runs scored (a career high) and doubles (50) in the United States, leading the NL in runs scored (142, a career high) and doubles (50). His 223 hits in 1928 tied for second most in team history (with his younger brother Lloyd). In 1929, he hit a record of 15 home runs. For the second season in a row, he hit.336 with 43 doubles and 100 RBIs. During the 1930 season, he played in 145 games (the fewest since his rookie year) but he still has 217 hits with a.368 batting average and 117 runs. 1931 was a miserable year for Waner, who was injured and missed time in spring training. Despite this, he managed to hit.322 with 180 hits in 150 games. For the first time in Paul's career, the Pirates fell below.500 with a 75–79 record.

Waner was.341 in 1932 with 215 hits (his fifth season with over 200 hits) coming off a down year. He appeared in all 154 games and set a new National League record for doubles in a season with 62 points. He hit four doubles in a game on May 12, equaling a major league record for doubles hits in a game. He hit.309 in 1933, the first time his average dropped below.320, and he had 191 hits. The 1933 season was also the first year Major League Baseball played in the inaugural MLB All-Star Game, in which Waner was selected as a reserve outfielder. Both 1932 and 1933, the Pirates finished second in the National League behind the Chicago Cubs and then five games behind the New York Giants in second place in 1932 and 1933.

He won his second NL batting title in 1934, hitting.362 and leading the league in hits (217), his sixth time seeing 200 or more hits, as well as runs (122). He finished second in MVP voting and was chosen for his second MLB All-Star Game. Waner's 1935 manager Pie Traynor recommended that Waner give up hard liquor and move to beer, but Waner's original target,.242, was only reached on May 18. Traynor and Waner went to a bar before playing the Giants on May 19, and Waner's order said, "He'll like Hell." Give him a shot of whisky." With a batting average of.321 and 176 hits in 139 games, the Waner defeated him in the remaining games to finish the season. In 1935, he was selected to his third MLB All-Star Game. With a batting average of.373, his second best in his career), 53 doubles (second highest), and 218 hits, he won his third NL batting title in 1936. He hit over 200 runs in 1937, when he had a.354 batting average while driving in 74. The 1937 season was his eighth appearance in a season; at the time, only Hall of Famer Ty Cobb had more than 200 hits (9). It was also his fourth and final MLB All-Star Game pick.

Waner dropped.280, the first of only two times he failed to reach.300 as a Pirate, and was known for his ability to hit when hanging over. In 148 games, he had 69 RBIs, 31 doubles, and 175 hits. "He had to be a very graceful player," Casey Stengel said in lauding his base-running abilities, because he could slide without breaking the bottle on his hip." With 45 RBIs and 151 hits in 125 games, he bounced back to a.328 average in 1939; this was his first season with over 100 hits. He had 1,959 of his 3,152 career hits in the 1930s, with five seasons in the decade producing over 200 hits. During the decade, he received votes for MVP five times, finishing 4th in 1934, 5th in 1936, and 8th in 1937. He died as a Pirate in 1940, during his last days as a Pirate. He hit for 290 runs in 89 games, pulling the ligaments in his right knee after stepping awkwardly on a base and missing three weeks due to recovery. He was released on December 5, 1940. He had 2,868 hits, 558 doubles, 187 triples, and a.340 batting average in 2,154 games during his 15-year with the Pirates. Although Waner was on the team, the Pirates only finished with a losing record three times, and they finished as one of the top three teams in the Netherlands for a total of seven times from 1926 to 1940.

Waner was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers on January 31, 1941 and will watch the outfield with Hall of Famer Joe Medwick. He was given the starting position in spring after an exciting spring workout. He was released by the Dodgers after only hitting.171 with 6 hits in 11 games. He was signed by the Boston Braves two weeks later, hitting for.267, collected 50 RBIs, and had 88 hits in 106 combined games during the season. He spent the next season with the team, posting a.258 average, 39 RBIs, and 86 hits in 114 games. On June 19, 1942, Waner struck old Pirate teammate Rip Sewell, becoming the seventh hitter (after Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker, Honus Wagner, Nap Lajoie, and Cap Anson) to do so. He was released by Boston on January 19, 1943. The Dodgers signed him two days later. A spike injury to his foot meant he missed time in 82 games, but he still had 36 RBIs and 70 hits, which was a season low for a whole season. His last full season was in 1944. After being released by the former on September 1, he played 92 games, 83 with the Dodgers and nine with the Yankees, batting.280 with 17 RBIs and 40 hits. In 1945, he appeared in one game for the Yankees, making one plate appearance as a pinch hitter in which he drew a walk.

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