HONUS WAGNER·1904

Nineteen four belonged to the barrel-chested Dutchman in Pittsburgh flannel. Honus Wagner hit .349 with forty-four doubles and fourteen triples, claiming the gaps as private property and swiping fifty-three bags from the shortstop hole. Bow-legged and beautiful, he turned base hits into mayhem. The Flying Dutchman was already flying — the lore frames that follow keep the gap year loud.

GAP KING

Forty-four doubles into the alleys — the barrel-chested Dutchman owned the gaps.

BARREL SHORTSTOP

Bow-legged and beautiful at short — bad hops died in hands the size of mitts.

53 STEALS

Fifty-three steals from the shortstop hole — base hits turned into mayhem.

1905 Honus Wagner, National Police Gazette. Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.