Lloyd Waner

Infobox MLB retired
name=Lloyd Waner
position=Outfielder


bats=Left
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date|1906|3|16
city-state|Harrah|Oklahoma
deathdate=death date and age|1982|7|22|1906|3|16
city-state|Oklahoma City|Oklahoma
debutdate=April 12
debutyear=by|1927
debutteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
finaldate=September 16
finalyear=by|1945
finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.316
stat2label=Hits
stat2value=2,459
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=598
teams=
* Pittsburgh Pirates (by|1927-by|1941, by|1944-by|1945)
* Boston Braves (by|1941)
* Cincinnati Reds (by|1941)
* Philadelphia Phillies (by|1942)
* Brooklyn Dodgers (by|1944)
highlights=
* All-Star selection (1938)
* Led NL in hits in 1931 with 214
hofdate=by|1967
hofmethod=Veteran's Committee

Lloyd James Waner (March 16, 1906 - July 22, 1982) was a Major League Baseball player. His small stature and 150 pound (68 kg) weight made him one of the smallest players of the time. He is the brother of fellow Major Leaguer Paul Waner.

Waner broke into the Major Leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in by|1927 and quickly built the reputation of a slap hitter with an astute sense of plate discipline. In his rookie campaign, he batted .355 with 223 hits while only striking out 23 times (the highest strikeout total of his career).

Waner played for the Pirates until the beginning of the by|1941 season. In the preceding years he batted .300 or higher ten times, finished in the top ten in MVP voting twice (by|1927 and by|1929) and was an All-Star once (by|1938).

After splitting time in by|1941, by|1942 and by|1944 with the Boston Braves, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and Brooklyn Dodgers, Waner returned to Pittsburgh, where he finished his career in by|1945. He finished with a career .316 batting average.

He (2,459) and his older brother, Paul (3,152), hold the career record for hits by brothers (5,611), outpacing the three Alou brothers (5,094): Felipe (2,101), Matty (1,777) and Jesús (1,216), and the three DiMaggio brothers (4,853): Joe (2,214), Dom (1,680) and Vince (959), among others. For most of the period from by|1927 to by|1940, Paul patrolled right field at Forbes Field while Lloyd covered the ground next to him in center field. Paul was known as "Big Poison" and Lloyd was known as "Little Poison." A possibly apocryphal story claims that their nicknames reflect a Brooklyn Dodgers fan's pronunciation of "Big Person" and "Little Person." In by|1927, the season the brothers accumulated 460 hits, the fan is said to have remarked, "Them Waners! It's always the little poison on thoid (third) and the big poison on foist (first)!" But given that Lloyd was actually taller, this story would seem somewhat incongruous.Fact|date=February 2008

Waner was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in by|1967. Sabermetrician Bill James has listed Waner as one of ten examples of Hall of Fame inductees who do not deserve the honor. [ [http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/bill-james-answers-all-your-baseball-questions/#more-1967 Bill James Answers All Your Baseball Questions] , an April 2008 entry from the "Freakonomics" blog]

ee also

* List of major league players with 2,000 hits
* List of Major League Baseball players with 100 triples
* List of Major League Baseball players with 1000 runs
* List of Major League Baseball runs scored champions
* List of Major League Baseball triples champions

References

External links

*bbhof|id=123904
* [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Waner.Lloyd.Obit.html The Deadball Era]
*Find A Grave|id=4653