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Any player/Any era: Honus Wagner

Posted: 7th April 2011 by Graham Womack in Honus Wagner
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What he did: I read something in The Glory of Their Times on Wagner, the Deadball Era legend and arguably the greatest shortstop in baseball history. Tommy Leach spoke of learning of Wagner’s prowess when he joined him on the Louisville ball club in 1898, shortly before both men were transferred to the Pittsburgh Pirates. [...]