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

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Relatives: Brother of Lloyd Waner

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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.

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1940 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	5 (4)	Apr 25	PIT		STL	L,9-10	CG	52	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
2	6	Apr 26	PIT		STL	W,10-4	GS	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	7	Apr 27	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
4	9 (1)	Apr 29	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
5	10	Apr 30	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
6	16 (5)	May 10	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
7	17	May 11	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
8	18	May 12	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
9	21 (2)	May 18	PIT	@	BSN	L,5-15	CG	48	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	22	May 19	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	0	0	0	0	0
11	23	May 20	PIT	@	PHI	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	3	0	1	4	0
12	24	May 22	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-3	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
13	25	May 25	PIT		CHC	W,12-7	GF	23	4.0	1	0	0	1	0
14	26	May 26	PIT		CHC	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
15	27	May 27 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
16	28	May 27 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
17	29	May 28	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
18	30	May 29	PIT		CIN	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	31	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
20	33 (1)	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
21	34	Jun 4	PIT		BSN	W,14-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
22	35	Jun 6	PIT		BSN	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
23	36	Jun 7	PIT		PHI	W,10-4	CG	0	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
24	37	Jun 8	PIT		PHI	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
25	38	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
26	39	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,11-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	40	Jun 10	PIT		BRO	L,7-8	GS	37	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	74 (33)	Jul 15 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,1-10	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
29	79 (4)	Jul 20	PIT		BSN	W,17-6	GS	34	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
30	80	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	81	Jul 21 (2)	PIT		BSN	W,16-2	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
32	83 (1)	Jul 25	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	84	Jul 26	PIT	@	BSN	W,9-0	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	86 (1)	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,5-2	GS	27	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
35	87	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	BSN	W,7-3	GS	0		1	0	0	1	0
36	88	Jul 29	PIT	@	BRO	L,6-7	GS	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
37	89	Jul 30	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-2	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	90	Aug 1 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,3-8	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
39	91	Aug 1 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,7-8	GS	13	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
40	101 (9)	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,7-3	GS	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
41	102	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		CHC	W,5-1	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
42	103	Aug 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
43	104	Aug 13	PIT		CIN	L,3-4	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0
44	105	Aug 14	PIT	@	STL	L,6-7	CG	51	10.2	12	2	0	14	2
45	107 (1)	Aug 16 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,5-9	CG	43	8.0	14	0	0	14	1
46	108	Aug 17	PIT	@	CHC	L,5-6	CG	55	12.2	18	1	0	19	4
47	110 (1)	Aug 19	PIT		BSN	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	13	0	0	13	0
48	111	Aug 20	PIT		BSN	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	4
49	112	Aug 21	PIT		BSN	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	12	1	0	13	1
50	113	Aug 22 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,4-5	GS	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
51	120 (6)	Aug 28 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	6	1	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	125 (4)	Sep 2 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	137 (11)	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							53gm		69.0	151	9	2	162	12