About this item
Honus Wagner's spectacular baseball career spanned 21 seasons from 1897 through 1917. Widely considered the greatest shortstop in baseball history, Wagner won eight National League batting titles and helped win the pennant four times for his hometown Pittsburgh Pirates. This book assembles the many stories about Wagner that circulated among his teammates, opposing players, writers and fans--reminiscences that define both his career and his life as a citizen in the Pittsburgh suburb of Carnegie.
About the Author
Ronald T. Waldo is a historian and author who has written nine books on the subject of baseball history, with many devoted to examining the Deadball Era and the 1920s. A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania his entire life, he graduated from Point Park University in the spring of 1983 with a Bachelor's Degree in journalism and communications. Following his love and passion for baseball history, Mr. Waldo's first book, titled, "Fred Clarke: A Biography of the Baseball Hall of Fame Player/Manager," was released in December 2010. Some of his other books include a biography about Hazen "Kiki" Cuyler, a compilation of stories connected to the life and career of Honus Wagner, and team related works on the 1902 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, and 1938 Pittsburgh Pirates. Mr. Waldo's most recent book, published by Sunbury Press on October 3, 2023, is titled, "Days of Reckoning: Players Punching Their Ticket Out of Pittsburgh During the Barney Dreyfuss Era. " In 2022, Sunbury Press also released, "Deadball Trailblazers: Single-Season Records of the Modern Era. "Mr. Waldo also participated as a contributing author on the 2018 release, "Unlucky 21: The Saddest Stories and Games in Pittsburgh Sports History," writing the chapter about the 1974-75 Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team titled, "History Gone Bad: Chico and His Men Ruin the Pittsburgh Penguins' 1975 Playoff Party. "A longtime member of the Society for American Baseball Research, each of his five books covering baseball's Deadball Era received nominations for the Larry Ritter Book Award by that organization's Deadball Era Committee. The committee also selected Mr. Waldo's book, "Deadball Trailblazers: Single-Season Records of the Modern Era," as a finalist for the 2023 Larry Ritter Award. Besides being an avid baseball historian, Mr. Waldo also loves following current baseball, football, hockey, and soccer.
