June 9, 1914: Wagner's 3000th hit // Share yours

[brass_rat]

Wagner collected his 3000th hit 110 years ago today.

Share your cards and photos.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/p...agneho01.shtml

"On June 9, 1914, Wagner’s ninth-inning double off the Phillies’ Erskine Mayer at Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl gave him 3,000 hits for his career. At that point, only Cap Anson – then credited with 3,047 hits – had reached that plateau in big league games.

The Tuesday afternoon crowd gave Wagner an ovation after the hit and when he subsequently scored Pittsburgh’s only run in a 3-1 loss."

https://baseballhall.org/discover/in...ith-3000th-hit

[Jay Wolt]

[pherbener]

Wags

[TheBig6]

[Rhotchkiss]

Some early Wags, including one from about 1897. And one from 1909.

Paul, that cabinet is great. I was so torn consigning that one. Enjoy it!!

[frankrizzo29]

Those are all great Wagners!

[JollyElm]

Here he is as a young man...
fakewagnerpic.jpg

Too soon?

[gunboat82]

[cgjackson222]

Doug, those are awesome images!

[gabrinus]

Here is Honus ungraded...Jerry

[z28jd]

You'll be able to post this again in 19 days if you want. Wagner actually collected his 3,000th hit on June 28, 1914 in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, with Pete Schneider on the mound.

The difference in date comes from an early error in his hit totals, which led people to believe he collected his 3,000th hit on June 9, 1914. In reality, that was hit 2,990 he collected that day, a double off of Erskine Mayer.

The numbers were updated at a much later date, which lowered Wagner from 3,430 career hits down to 3,420 (there was also a brief time many years ago when his hit total was believed to be 3,415, but research corrected that). The extra ten ghost hits added to his earlier total were stats from prior to 1914, which changed his actual 3,000th hit date to almost three weeks later.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Here he is as a young man...
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Too soon?

And here he is, even younger. Rare picture of Keith Richards and Honus Wagner.

[molenick]

My only Wagner.

[TUM301]

That is a really nice Pinkerton Cab Sir, outstanding !

[Kawika]

Couple more of the big guy.





Some folks allow that this 1912 Robert Robinson postcard (and magazine cover) image is a likeness of Wagner. Am on the fence myself.

[Rhotchkiss]

Originally Posted by molenick

My only Wagner.

That’s a good one to have!

[packs]

My only Wags:

[doug.goodman]

Originally Posted by molenick

My only Wagner.

Well, if you're only going to have one...