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Johannes Peter " Honus " Wagner (/ ˈhɒnəs ˈwæɡnər / HON-əs WAG-nər; February 24, 1874 [1] – December 6, 1955 [2]), was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1897 to 1917, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. [3] Nicknamed " the Flying Dutchman " due to his superb speed and German ...
The T206 Honus Wagner baseball card depicts the Pittsburgh Pirates ' Honus Wagner, known as "The Flying Dutchman", a dead-ball era baseball player who is widely considered to be one of the best players of all time. [1] The card was designed and issued by the American Tobacco Company (ATC) from 1909 to 1911 as part of its T206 series.
The 1909 World Series was the championship series in Major League Baseball for the 1909 season. The sixth edition of the World Series, it featured the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates [a] against the American League champion Detroit Tigers. The Pirates won the Series in seven games to capture their first championship of the modern ...
List of most expensive sports cards. Mickey Mantle (left) and Honus Wagner are the subjects of some of the most valuable unique sports cards ever sold. [. The first sports card to sell for one million dollars was a T206 Honus Wagner which went for $1,265,000 at auction in 2000 (equivalent to $2,238,133 in 2023).
Location. PNC Park. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. The statue of Honus Wagner was dedicated by the Pittsburgh Pirates to honor their Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop Honus Wagner. Created by sculptor Frank Vittor, it originally stood outside Forbes Field but now stands outside the home plate entrance of PNC Park, the Pirates' current ballpark.
The original Honus Wagner card (left) released in 1909, reissued by Topps in 2002 with blue background (right) The T206 Wagner is the most valuable baseball card in existence, and even damaged examples are valued at $100,000 or more. [ 1 ]
1910 →. The 1909 Pittsburgh[b] Pirates season was the 28th season for the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise, during which they won the National League pennant with a record of 110–42 and their first World Series over the Detroit Tigers. Led by shortstop Honus Wagner and outfielder-manager Fred Clarke, the Pirates scored the most runs in the majors.
Honus Wagner, bothered by injuries, batted only 6-for-27 (.222) in the Series and committed six errors. The shortstop was deeply distraught by his performance. The following spring, Wagner (who in 1903 led the National League in batting average) refused to send his portrait to a "Hall of Fame" for batting champions.