HONUS WAGNER·1907

The Flying Dutchman cut through 1907 like a coal train through a summer night. Honus Wagner hit .350 for Pittsburgh and stole sixty-one bases, all iron wrists and barrel chest, swiping bags while shortstopping the league into fits. Six homers, eighty-two ribbies, fourteen triples — the damage came with a workman’s grunt, not a showman’s bow. When Honus broke, the game bent. The three frames ahead catch the flight.

.350 CLIP

A .350 summer in Pittsburgh flannel — iron wrists and a workman’s grunt.

FLYING DUTCHMAN

The nickname in full flight — shortstop who ran like an outfielder on fire.

61 STEALS

Sixty-one steals — when Honus broke, the game bent.

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