Word: waner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tris Speaker, 3,515; Honus Wagner, 3,430; Eddie Collins, 3,313; Nap Lajoie, 3,251; Paul Waner, 3,152; Cap Anson...
...week's end the Pirates were still handsomely in the first division, only one game back of the leading Cincinnati Redlegs. Hesitantly, softly, some fans in Pittsburgh were beginning to talk about the pennant (the last was in 1927, in the great days of Pie Traynor and the Waner brothers). But knowing what the pressure of July and August can do to a young ball club, many would gladly settle for any place in the first division. For the moment, they felt like the man who painted the Pirates' rosy picture. "I'm so happy about this...
...Detroit Outfielder Harry Heilmann and Pittsburgh Outfielder Paul ("Big Poison") Waner, niches No. 61 and 62 in baseball's Hall of Fame. Heilmann, who died last July, led the American League batters four times between 1921-27, ended 1923 with a fabulous .403. Waner, in his 20-year career, topped the National League hitters three times...
Among those who failed to get the necessary votes (170), and still have to be content with unofficial immortality: Paul Waner (162 votes), Harry Heilmann (153), Dizzy Dean...