Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby’s modern National League record, reaching 200 hits for the 7th time.
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On September 14, 1936 — Pittsburgh’s Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby’s modern National League record, reaching 200 hits for the 7th time.
Paul Waner tied a modern National League batting record today as the Pirates defeated the Phillies, 11 to 4 and 6 to 5. The slugging right fielder of the Buca swatted his 200th hit of the season in the first game. it is the seventh year that “Big Poison” has reached the two-century mark.
His performance d e a d- locked hint with Rogers Hornsby. Ty Cobb holds the American League record with 200 hits in nine seasons. Waner got five hits in ten trips today, giving him a total of 201 for the year. The Bucs combined 11 hits with seven bases on balls off Benge and Kelleher to take the first and second, drove Johnson from the mound in the ninth with a two-run rally to knot the count. They nicked Bowman for the winning counter in the tenth.
Chuck Klein hit his 24th homer of the season in the second game, and Camilli hit his 26th in the opener.
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