Honus Wagner and His Pittsburgh Pirates - by Ronald T Waldo (Paperback)

About the Book

Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book assembles the many stories about Wagner that circulated among his teammates, opposing players, writers and fans--reminiscences that define both his career and his life as a citizen in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie.

Book Synopsis

Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book assembles the many stories about Wagner that circulated among his teammates, opposing players, writers and fans--reminiscences that define both his career and his life as a citizen in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie.

Review Quotes

"Waldo gives an entertaining compilation of the familiar and not so familiar yarns touching Wagner and those around him. In doing so he captures the temper and tone of the era.... What is undeniable is that this is a labor of love, a very individual expression of Waldo's long held affection for the early Pirates."-Gail Rowe, The Inside Game (SABR Deadball Era Committee Newsletter).

About the Author

Ronald T. Waldo, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, lives in Pittsburgh. His articles have appeared in Pittsburgh Pride Magazine and Sports Collectors Digest, and he is the author of several books on baseball history.