HONUS WAGNER·1908

In the summer of 1908, Honus Wagner swung the heaviest lumber of his life. He hit .354 with two hundred one hits and nineteen triples that kicked off outfield walls like buckshot, then drove in one hundred nine from shortstop — a position most men played with a prayer and a bandage. Fifty-three steals rode along for the chaos. That was the year Pittsburgh learned the difference between a great player and a one-man storm. The frames that follow keep the crest counting.

201 HITS

Two hundred one knocks on a .354 clip — the loudest counting summer.

19 TRIPLES

Nineteen triples kicking off the walls like buckshot — gaps turned into triples.

109 RBI

One hundred nine ribbies from shortstop — a one-man storm in Pittsburgh.

Honus Wagner by Charles M. Conlon (era portrait). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.