Paul Waner

Position: Rightfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-8, 153lb (173cm, 69kg)

Born: April 16, 1903 in Harrah, OK us

Died: August 29, 1965 in Sarasota, FL

Buried: Manasota Memorial Park, Bradenton, FL

High School: Central HS (Oklahoma City, OK)

School: East Central University (Ada, OK)

Debut: April 13, 1926 (Age 22-362d, 6,361st in major league history)
vs. STL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 26, 1945 (Age 42-010d)
vs. PHA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1952. (Voted by BBWAA on 195/234 ballots)
View Paul Waner's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1926 season

Full Name: Paul Glee Waner

Nicknames: Big Poison

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject

Relatives: Brother of Lloyd Waner

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

74.8

9459

3152

113

.333

1627

RBI

1309

104

OBP

.404

SLG

.473

OPS

.878

OPS+

134

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 23	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
2	6 (1)	Apr 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
3	7	Apr 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
5	9	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	10	May 1	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	11	May 2	PIT	@	BRO	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
8	12	May 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	5	0	1	6	0
9	13	May 5	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-7	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	14	May 6	PIT	@	PHI	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	5	0	0	5	0
11	15	May 7	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	16	May 8	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
13	17	May 10	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
14	18	May 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
15	19	May 13	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
16	20	May 14	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	21	May 15	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
18	22	May 16	PIT		PHI	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
19	23	May 17	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
20	24	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	0	0	1	0
21	25	May 19	PIT		BSN	L,2-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
22	26	May 20	PIT		BSN	W,12-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
23	27	May 21	PIT		NYG	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	28	May 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
25	29	May 23	PIT		NYG	W,13-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
26	30	May 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
27	31	May 25	PIT		BRO	L,2-8	CG	45	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
28	32	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	33	May 27	PIT	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	34	May 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
31	35	May 29	PIT	@	STL	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	36	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	37	May 30 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,14-8	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	38	Jun 1	PIT	@	PHI	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
35	47 (8)	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	48	Jun 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
37	49	Jun 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
38	50	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	CG	0	11.0	0	0	0	0	0
39	51	Jun 16	PIT		BSN	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
40	52	Jun 17	PIT		PHI	L,2-11	CG	47	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
41	53	Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	54	Jun 22	PIT		NYG	W,8-7	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
43	55	Jun 23	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
44	56	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
45	57	Jun 25	PIT		BRO	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
46	58	Jun 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	90 (31)	Aug 2	PIT		BRO	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
48	91	Aug 3	PIT		BRO	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
49	92	Aug 4	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
50	94 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	95	Aug 6 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,6-0	CG	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	97 (1)	Aug 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	39	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
53	98	Aug 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
54	99	Aug 13	PIT	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	100	Aug 14	PIT	@	CIN	L,8-9	GS	28	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	103 (2)	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		STL	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
57	104	Aug 17	PIT		STL	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
58	105	Aug 18	PIT		STL	L,0-3	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	106	Aug 19	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
60	107	Aug 20 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
61	108	Aug 20 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-0	CG	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
62	109	Aug 22	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	110	Aug 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
64	111	Aug 23 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
65	112	Aug 24	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
66	113	Aug 26 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	114	Aug 26 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-8	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
68	115	Aug 27 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-3	CG	28	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
69	116	Aug 27 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	117	Aug 31 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
71	118	Aug 31 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	119	Sep 2	PIT	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
73	120	Sep 3 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-14	CG	47	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
74	121	Sep 3 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-3	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	122	Sep 4 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
76	123	Sep 4 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
77	124	Sep 6 (1)	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	CG	50	11.0	5	0	0	5	0
78	125	Sep 6 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	CG	47	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
79	126	Sep 7	PIT		CIN	W,8-7	CG	53	11.0	3	0	0	3	0
80	127	Sep 8	PIT		CIN	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	128	Sep 9	PIT		STL	L,2-12	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
82	129	Sep 10 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
83	130	Sep 10 (2)	PIT		STL	L,4-11	CG	50	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	131	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	132	Sep 13 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	133	Sep 13 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
87	134	Sep 14 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
88	135	Sep 14 (2)	PIT		BRO	L,4-8	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
89	136	Sep 15	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	0	10.0	3	0	0	3	0
90	137	Sep 16	PIT		BRO	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
91	138	Sep 17 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	139	Sep 17 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
93	140	Sep 18	PIT		PHI	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
94	141	Sep 19	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
95	142	Sep 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
96	143	Sep 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,7-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
97	144	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
98	145	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,9-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
99	146	Sep 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
100	147	Sep 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
101	148	Sep 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
102	149	Sep 27 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,8-9	CG	45	10.0	4	0	0	4	0
103	150	Sep 27 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,5-9	CG	50	10.0	2	0	0	2	0
104	151	Sep 29	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
105	152	Oct 1 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
106	153	Oct 1 (2)	PIT		CIN	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
							106gm			181	13	5	199	4