Albert Wagner (September 17, 1871 – November 26, 1928), was an American professional baseball player. He played one year of Major League Baseball[1] for two different teams during the 1898 season. He was Honus Wagner's older brother.[1]
| Butts Wagner | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: September 17, 1871 Chartiers, Carnegie, Pennsylvania | |
| Died: November 26, 1928 (aged 57) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 27, 1898, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 10, 1898, for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .226 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 34 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Career
editBorn in Chartiers, Carnegie, Pennsylvania, he began the 1898 season with the Washington Senators and later on was loaned to the Brooklyn Bridegrooms.[1] On July 4, Wagner replaced an injured Duke Farrell in center field and hit a home run, the only home run of his career, along with a double and scored three runs in a 9-5 Bridegroom victory.[2]
Wagner died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the age of 57, and is interred at the Chartiers Cemetery in Carnegie, Pennsylvania.[3]
Popular culture
editButts Wagner is depicted as an eccentric inventor during a boy's long dream sequence in Joseph Romain's book The Mystery of the Wagner Whacker. Wagner invents an automatic bat machine, and the boy helps defend him from organized crime figures who want to steal the invention.[4] In Dan Gutman's book Honus & Me, the main character Joe Stoshack pretends to be Butts to avoid being kicked out of a stadium.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Butts Wagner's career statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ "1898 Chronology". baseballlibrary.com. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ "Career statistics". retrosheet.org. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
- ^ "The Mystery of the Wagner Whacker". amazon.com. Retrieved August 13, 2007.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)