Autograph of Honus Wagner
date: label: date made
content: 1935
name: label: depicted (sitter); signer
content: Wagner, Honus
label: Associated Name
content: Pittsburgh Pirates
notes: label: Description
content: Autograph of baseball player Honus Wagner given to collector Edwin Rowlands. Rowlands mounted the signature on cardboard along with an image of Wagner.
label: Description
content: Infielder Johannes “Honus” Wagner played professional baseball for the Louisville Colonels (1897-1899) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1900-1917). An eight-time National League batting champion, Wagner had a remarkable .328 lifetime batting average, along with 3,420 hits and 1,732 runs batted in. He led the league in stolen bases for five seasons, amassing 723 in total. Primarily playing shortstop, Wagner was as skilled in the field as he was behind the plate, helping lead Pittsburgh to victory in the 1909 World Series. After his playing days, Wagner served as Manager (1917) and coach (1933-1951) for the Pirates. He was a member of the inaugural class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (1936).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: name of sport or game
content: Baseball
label: Subject
content: Autographs
label: web subject
content: Sports
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Edwin A. Rowlands
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0135.01
label: accession number
content: 1984.0135
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0135.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: autograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: adhesive (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 in x 10 in; 30.48 cm x 25.4 cm