Paul Waner
Paul Glee Waner ( born April 16, 1903 in Harrah, Oklahoma, † April 29, 1965 in Sarasota, Florida) was an American baseball player in Major League Baseball. His nickname was Big Poison.
Biography
Paul Waner should be according to the wishes of his father, a businessman, a teacher, but Waner not meet this requirement. He left college and played in the Pacific Coast League for the team of San Francisco. Due to its excellent performance as a hitter ( 36.9 %, 35.6 % and 40.1% in the first three years ), the Pittsburgh Pirates were aware of him and committed him for the major league team. In its first year, 1926, he had a batting average of 33.6 % with 22 triples and led the National League game. 1927 obliged the Pirates still Lloyd Waner, Paul's younger brother. With these two, the Pirates had a dreaded outfield in the National League. Paul Waners performance in 1927 earned him the title of MVP of the National League. He led the National League in batting average ( 38%), base hits (237 ), triples (31) and RBIs (131 ) at. The Pirates won this season's championship of the NL, but subject to the New York Yankees in the World Series in four games.
Together with Lloyd lead the Waners still the statistics of pairs of brothers with the most base hits, they were doing Joe DiMaggio with his brothers Dom and Vince DiMaggio and Felipe, Matty and Jesus Alou behind.
By the end of the season 1940 Waner played with the Pirates, then changed hands to the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Boston Braves and the New York Yankees, where he ended his career on 1 May 1945.
After his time as a player, he worked as a hitting coach for various clubs. In 1952 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.