Paul Waner
Paul Glee Waner
Born: April 16, 1903
Harrah, OK USA
Deceased: 1965
Sarasota, FL USA
Primary Position: RF
All Position(s) Played: 1B, RF, CF, LF, OF, PH, PR
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 153
College: East Central University
Career: 1926-1945
Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952.
Minor League Statistics
Paul Waner compiled a career batting average of .333 with 113 home runs and 1309 RBI in his 2550-game career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees. He began playing during the 1926 season and last took the field during the 1945 campaign. Waner was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1952.
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Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 144 | 618 | 536 | 101 | 180 | 35 | 22 | 8 | 79 | 11 | 0 | 66 | 19 | .336 | .413 | .528 | .941 | 283 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 155 | 709 | 623 | 114 | 237 | 42 | 18 | 9 | 131 | 5 | 0 | 60 | 14 | .380 | .437 | .549 | .986 | 342 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 152 | 697 | 602 | 142 | 223 | 50 | 19 | 6 | 86 | 6 | 0 | 77 | 16 | .370 | .446 | .547 | .992 | 329 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 151 | 703 | 596 | 131 | 200 | 43 | 15 | 15 | 100 | 15 | 0 | 89 | 24 | .336 | .424 | .534 | .958 | 318 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 145 | 665 | 589 | 117 | 217 | 32 | 18 | 8 | 77 | 18 | 0 | 57 | 18 | .368 | .428 | .525 | .952 | 309 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 150 | 646 | 559 | 88 | 180 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 21 | .322 | .404 | .453 | .857 | 253 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 697 | 630 | 107 | 215 | 62 | 10 | 8 | 82 | 13 | 0 | 56 | 24 | .341 | .397 | .510 | .906 | 321 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 694 | 618 | 101 | 191 | 38 | 16 | 7 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 60 | 20 | .309 | .372 | .456 | .828 | 282 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 146 | 677 | 599 | 122 | 217 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 68 | 24 | .362 | .429 | .539 | .968 | 323 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1935 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 139 | 623 | 549 | 98 | 176 | 29 | 12 | 11 | 78 | 2 | 0 | 61 | 22 | .321 | .392 | .477 | .869 | 262 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1936 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 666 | 585 | 107 | 218 | 53 | 9 | 5 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 74 | 29 | .373 | .446 | .520 | .965 | 304 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1937 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 154 | 690 | 619 | 94 | 219 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 34 | .354 | .413 | .441 | .855 | 273 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1938 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 148 | 680 | 625 | 77 | 175 | 31 | 6 | 6 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 28 | .280 | .331 | .378 | .709 | 236 | 16 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1939 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 125 | 506 | 461 | 62 | 151 | 30 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 18 | .328 | .375 | .438 | .813 | 202 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 1940 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 89 | 261 | 238 | 32 | 69 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 14 | .290 | .352 | .378 | .731 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 11 | 44 | 35 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | .171 | .326 | .171 | .497 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1941 | NL | Boston Braves | 95 | 341 | 294 | 40 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 14 | .279 | .378 | .347 | .725 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1942 | NL | Boston Braves | 114 | 404 | 333 | 43 | 86 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 20 | .258 | .376 | .324 | .701 | 108 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1943 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 82 | 267 | 225 | 29 | 70 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 9 | .311 | .406 | .396 | .802 | 89 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | 83 | 164 | 136 | 16 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 7 | .287 | .405 | .331 | .736 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1944 | AL | New York Yankees | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .143 | .333 | .143 | .476 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1945 | AL | New York Yankees | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 2549 | 10762 | 9459 | 1627 | 3152 | 605 | 191 | 113 | 1309 | 104 | 0 | 1091 | 376 | .333 | .404 | .473 | .878 | 4478 | 127 | 38 | 174 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 139 | 0 | 0.0 | 307 | 21 | 8 | 3 | .976 | 2.360 | |
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 104 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .973 | 7.786 | |
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 326 | 20 | 7 | 4 | .980 | 2.420 | |
| 1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 24 | 0 | 0.0 | 234 | 8 | 4 | 17 | .984 | 1.083 | |
| 1928 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 131 | 0 | 0.0 | 299 | 14 | 8 | 0 | .975 | 2.389 | |
| 1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 1.429 | |
| 1929 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 328 | 15 | 5 | 5 | .986 | 2.399 | |
| 1930 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 143 | 0 | 0.0 | 344 | 9 | 15 | 4 | .959 | 2.469 | |
| 1931 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1.000 | 1.200 | |
| 1931 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 138 | 0 | 0.0 | 342 | 28 | 9 | 8 | .976 | 2.681 | |
| 1932 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 367 | 13 | 10 | 3 | .974 | 2.468 | |
| 1933 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 154 | 0 | 0.0 | 346 | 16 | 7 | 2 | .981 | 2.351 | |
| 1934 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 15 | 5 | 1 | .985 | 2.331 | |
| 1935 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 136 | 0 | 0.0 | 283 | 13 | 5 | 2 | .983 | 2.176 | |
| 1936 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 145 | 0 | 0.0 | 323 | 15 | 14 | 7 | .960 | 2.331 | |
| 1937 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .938 | 1.000 | |
| 1937 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 150 | 0 | 0.0 | 271 | 16 | 9 | 3 | .970 | 1.913 | |
| 1938 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 147 | 0 | 0.0 | 284 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .977 | 2.007 | |
| 1939 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 106 | 0 | 0.0 | 206 | 12 | 5 | 4 | .978 | 2.057 | |
| 1940 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 1B | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 12 | .989 | 11.750 | |
| 1940 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | 45 | 0 | 0.0 | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .985 | 1.444 | |
| 1941 | NL | Boston Braves | 1B | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .909 | 2.857 | |
| 1941 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | OF | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .923 | 1.333 | |
| 1941 | NL | Boston Braves | OF | 77 | 0 | 0.0 | 129 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .965 | 1.766 | |
| 1942 | NL | Boston Braves | OF | 94 | 0 | 0.0 | 150 | 6 | 5 | 3 | .969 | 1.660 | |
| 1943 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | OF | 57 | 0 | 0.0 | 116 | 4 | 5 | 1 | .960 | 2.105 | |
| 1944 | NL | Brooklyn Dodgers | OF | 32 | 0 | 0.0 | 54 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .983 | 1.781 | |
| Totals | 2361 | 0 | 0.0 | 5513 | 270 | 144 | 105 | .976 | 2.449 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | 4 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .294 | .400 | .694 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 4 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .294 | .400 | .694 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1927 | NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | WS | RF | 4 | 4 | 34.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 2.000 |
| Totals | 4 | 4 | 34.7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.077 | 2.000 |
Awards
1927 - NL Most Valuable Player
1927 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1928 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star OF
1934 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1936 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
1937 - NL Baseball Magazine All-Star RF
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