New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-17
HANS WAGNER
REAL MARVEL
OF Baseball
Has Hit for Average Of .aa
Through a Span Of
Twenty Seasons

Pittsburgh. Dec. e.-Jobn n.
Wagner, having completed tw.,,.as
sons IN the big show as a shorts,,sa
barring a year or 20 IN the outs.x
will next year start all over a1,l,
get "tryout" on first bss. ~, 80
the Pirates. The fact that Ha,r.R
about 70 do this stunt, and Ala - :
he is the sole remaining member go
pennsnt winning Pirates, mass.
seem a ripe time Tor = review a; ~
work in the past The record I, a.
as 20 indicate that the fortv..t,..
yesr-old recruit first baseman 80 49,
make good.
Wagner participated In i23 r-.
last season. making l2f hits ana a
runs. The Flying Dutchmsn had ss,,
GRACE Of .237. which is precisely n
points better than his batting mari :,
1915. His safe wsllops FOR 1915 p..,,;
him 3G extra bases. for he was erss;,,:
with one home run. nine tripls.s A.,
fifteen doubles.
The famous shortstop's consists.
performance for the entire tTs,,,
years is brought out b. a glanes :,
his grand totals for this length Of ~.
He has been az bat 1913 time, a.
his safe swats foot up % 1859. Ia,
he can boast OF a grand average a.
$50 in spite OF the fact that bis a.,
three campaigns have found him beIc,
the coveted 300 mark.
Another interesting fact s di,clo..l
by The records. Hans still has a,
distinction Of having registered a tr,..
ton more than one hit per gan. "a,
his score Of years in the Nation,
League. lie has played in 2,722 game,
This means that he has placed alro~
FIVE drives in safe territory in each Al
his four games, on an average.
Thus 10 is seen that basebalrs grsss
old patriarch continues % uphold ii,
unique record for reliability. Will, 4,
is naturally proud Of his dazzling IN,
mond achievements, Wagner plays bal
for results and not for glory. p,
clouted in the 300 class the larg,r
part Of the past season, but late in ID,
race a series Of injuries got the better
OF him and he fell into a slump vhisA
took him down just sixteen points b.
low the triple century mark a. vhiei
every batsmsn aims.
Ty Cobb May Rival Him
Ty Cobb comes nearer 70 Wagner,
record in this line than any other hi,.
ter now IN baseball. The famous slug.
ger Of the Detroit Americans Ia,
rounded out his eleventh consecutive
campaign as a 800 batsmsn. but 4,
must travel six more seasons at th,
clip before he can equal the Pitts.
lurgher's wonderful mark Of seventeen
straight years. Dan Brouthers, h,
oldtimer, therefore remains second 70
Wagner. Dan smote 300 for fourtee,
seasons.
Wagner played in sixty-one gan.
during 1897, which was his first sesso,
as a major Lacquer. He made g hits
and IS runs out Of PAL times at bat
giving him an average Of Sii as .
starter. He fell back 20 .305 IN bis
second year, getting $50 hits and 6
runs out OF 59l times up and psrtici.
psting in l4S games. In 1899. whi,i
was his third and last season a, Louis
vile, Hans hung up the batting aver
age Of 1853 He took part in IA game,
The Louisville stars were transferred
TO Pittsburgh in 1900. and Wagner con
tinued his wonderful work with the
stick, clouting the ball at $50 His
figures in the following thirtesp sea.
sons we're .352, .329, .355, .34s, 1858, .S5s
$50, .354. 1889, 800. 1874, 1924 and SOC.
BY this time he had rounded out seyer'
teen consecutive seasons without fall
ing below the 300 class. No other player
in fast company ever registered seea
an achievement, and IL is believed that
this enviable record never viii b
equalled in the annals Of modern base
ball
Hans Wagner's first year outside n,
cherished 300 circle was In 1914, whe.
his figures dropped 20 .252. Howeye'
he made 1879 safeties out OF $50 time'
at bat. In 1915 his showing was ".
fe better, for his l55 hits out Of ~
times up gave him a percentage q
PA. The season just ended ne',e'
his l24 hits out of 432 times At bat, hl'
average being .2SI.