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LLOYD JAMES WANER (LITTLE POISON)
Born March 16,1906, at Harrah, Oklahoma
Died July 22, 1982, at Oklahoma City
Height, 5 foot 8 1/2 inch, Weight, 150 pounds.
Threw righthanded, batted lefthanded as career outfielder.
Shares modern National League record for most years leading league in singles (4).
Holds modern National League record for most singles, season (198), 1927.
Scout, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1946 through 1949; Baltimore Orioles,
1955.
Enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 1967.
YEAR CLUB LEAGUE AB. R. H. HR. RBI. B.A. PO.
1925-San Francisco-P.C. 44 7 11 0 1 .250 17
1926-San Francisco-P.C. 20 0 4 0 0 .200 11
1926-Columbia------S.Atl. 498 95 172 6 33 .345 331
1927-Pittsburgh----Nat. 629 133 223 2 27 .355 396
1928-Pittsburgh----Nat. 659 121 221 5 61 .335 418
1929-Pittsburgh----Nat. 662 134 234 5 74 .353 450
1930-Pittsburgh----Nat. 260 32 94 1 36 .362 165
1931-Pittsburgh----Nat. 681 90 214 4 57 .314 484
1932-Pittsburgh----Nat. 565 90 188 2 38 .333 426
1933-Pittsburgh----Nat. 500 59 138 0 26 .276 267
1934-Pittsburgh----Nat. 611 95 173 1 48 .283 405
1935-Pittsburgh----Nat. 537 83 166 0 46 .309 350
1936-Pittsburgh----Nat. 414 67 133 1 31 .321 245
1937-Pittsburgh----Nat. 537 80 177 1 45 .330 312
1938-Pittsburgh----Nat. 619 79 194 5 57 .313 341
1939-Pittsburgh----Nat. 379 49 108 0 24 .285 225
1940-Pittsburgh----Nat. 166 30 43 0 3 .259 90
1941-Pit/Bo/Cin----Nat. 219 26 64 0 11 .292 102
1942-Philadelphia--Nat. 287 23 75 0 10 .261 170
1943-Brooklyn------Nat. (VOLUNTARILY RETIRED)
1944-Brook/Pitts---Nat. 28 5 9 0 3 .321 12
1945-Pittsburgh----Nat. 19 5 5 0 1 .263 2
MAJOR LEAGUE TOTALS:
18 YEARS = AB.-7772, R.-1201, H.-2459, HR.-27, RBI.-598
Career Batting Average .316, PO.-4860
CAREER CHANGES:
Traded to Boston Braves for Pitcher Nick Strincevich, May 1941.
Traded to Cincinnati Reds for Pitcher John Hutchings, June 1941.
Released, October 1941; signed Philadelphia Phillies, December 1941.
Traded to Brooklyn Dodgers with Infielder Al Glossop for First Baseman Babe Dahlgren, March 1943.
Released, June 1944; signed by Pittsburgh Pirates, June 1944.
WORLD SERIES RECORD
YEAR CLUB LEAGUE AB. R. H. HR. RBI. B.A. PO.
1927-Pittsburgh----Nat. 15 5 6 0 0 .400 9
