Lloyd Waner Baseball player

Lloyd James Waner (March 16, 1906 – July 22, 1982), nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 132 lb (68 kg) made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s. After brief stints with four other teams late in his career, Waner retired as a Pirate.Waner finished with a batting average over .300 in ten seasons. He earned a selection to the MLB All-Star Game in 1938. Lloyd and Paul Waner set the record for career hits by brothers in MLB. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1967. He worked as a scout for the Pirates and the Baltimore Orioles after retiring as a player.

Personal facts

Lloyd Waner
Birth dateMarch 16, 1906
Date of deathJuly 22, 1982
Place of death
Oklahoma City

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Baseball player

Career startApril 12, 1927
Career endSeptember 16, 1945
batting sideLeft
former teams
Pittsburgh Pirates
position
Center fielder
teams
Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
throwing sideRight

Lloyd Waner on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://books.google.com/books?id=-m2seLQAIQAC
  2. http://thedeadballera.com/Obits/Obits_W/Waner.Lloyd.Obit.html