32 Facts About Paul Waner

Paul Waner won three National League batting titles, led the NL in hits twice and collected over 200 hits in eight seasons from 1926 to 1934.

On June 19,1942, Paul Waner became the seventh member of the 3,000 hit club, with a single off of Rip Sewell.

Paul Waner led the NL in putouts four times and holds the career record for most putouts by a right fielder.

When his younger brother Lloyd Paul Waner got elected to the Hall of Fame they became the second pair of brothers in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, after Harry and George Wright.

Paul Waner was born in Harrah in the Oklahoma Territory, four years before the region became a state.

Related searches

Paul Waner's younger brother Lloyd Waner is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame; Ora had once been offered a contract by the Chicago White Stockings but declined it, instead settling a 400-acre farm.

Paul Waner was born with the middle name of 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.

Paul Waner stated that he learned batting from hitting corncobs on his father's farm, learning the way to follow the ball by seeing the movement of the cobs.

Paul Waner's father had wanted him to be a teacher, but Waner wanted to play pro baseball and dropped out of college as a result.

Paul Waner signed with the team in Joplin, Missouri in the Class A Western League.

Paul Waner only pitched one game for the Seals, in 1924 before he was moved to the outfield.

Paul Waner finished 12th in MVP voting as the Pirates finished in third place, 4.

Paul Waner set the major league record for consecutive games with an extra-base hit, with 14 ; since then this feat has been accomplished by Chipper Jones in 2006.

Paul Waner collected at least 200 hits for the third season in a row and hit.

Paul Waner played in all 154 games, and set the National League record for doubles in a season with 62.

Paul Waner finished 2nd in MVP voting and was selected to his second MLB All-Star Game.

In 1935 it was suggested by manager Pie Traynor that Paul Waner give up hard liquor and switch to beer, and this resulted in Paul Waner only hitting.

Famous for his ability to hit while hung over, when Paul Waner gave up drinking in 1938 at management's request, he hit only.

Paul Waner had 1,959 of his 3,152 career hits in the 1930s, with five seasons during the decade with over 200 hits.

The Pirates only finished with a losing record three times while Paul Waner was on the team, and finished as one of the top three teams in the NL a total of seven times from 1926 to 1940.

On January 31,1941, Paul Waner was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and would patrol the outfield with Hall of Famer Joe Medwick.

Paul Waner was signed by the Boston Braves two weeks later, and he hit for.

Paul Waner got his 3,000th hit off old Pirate teammate Rip Sewell on June 19,1942, becoming the seventh hitter to do so.

Paul Waner played one game for the Yankees in 1945, making one plate appearance as a pinch hitter in which he drew a walk.

Paul Waner led the National League in batting on three occasions and accumulated over 3,000 hits during his 20-year baseball career.

Related searches

Paul Waner hit 605 doubles, which at the time of his retirement was fifth-most all-time.

Paul Waner recorded one six-hit game, 5 five-hit games, and 55 four-hit games in his career.

Stengel once stated that Paul Waner was the best right fielder in National League history.

Paul Waner was one of the people instrumental in starting the National Baseball Players Golf Tournament.

Paul Waner was named to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 21,1952.

Paul Waner was interviewed for the 1966 book The Glory of Their Times.

Paul Waner died on August 29,1965, in Sarasota, Florida after a respiratory arrest from emphysema complicated by pneumonia at the age of 62.