Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-17
HANS STARTS OUT
ON SECOND CAREER
Veteran Getting Ready to In
augurate Another Twenty
Years in Base Ball.
OWNS A GLOWING RECORD

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credited with one home RI, r;nc
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M uaAHns u'" NH aen,eVenhehts,
wagner pays oa'l ,or results and NOT moi
~. s,u'S' iie eiou'eu III the .ooo
eiass tne ,a.sest part Vol the present
y.aa, uu. "a at'. -. III inc .ne rae a series OF
.a}, ;s so' .he oeSt o. nun tha ne
..n "to < stump when ,ook MN
uown Wy ~ points peio~ the Triple
century MARK at WHICH every oase-
'''S Az, AIMS.
/ wagner played IN sxty-one games
curing 1917, wh'cn was MS hrst sea-
son as major leaguer. he made
e'enty-tnree hits and thirty-eight
runs out OF Z4l times at bat, giving
nm an average OF .544 as a starter.
lie Tell back to :3o5 IN his second
year FL getting lou hlts and so runs out
OF e'l times up and participating in
i4o games. In 1899, which was his
tnird and last season at Louisville,
rams ran hung up the batting average OF
JOY, ne look part IN i44 games.
The Louisville stars were trans
TERED to Pittsburgh in 1900, and Wag-
ner continued his wonderful work
with the stick, clouting the ball at
.3oO His hgures in the following
thirteen seasons were .3S2, .32o, .3Ss,
,549, :363, .339, $50, .3s4, $3.50, .320,
$50, .5@4 and 800. By this time he
had rounded out seventeen consecu-
tive I'VE season without falling behind the
''oo class NO other player in fast
company ever registered such an
achievement and it is believed that
this enviatle record never will be
equaled in the annals of modern base
ball
Hans Wagner's first year outside
the cherished 800 circle was in 1914