Heinie Wagner Stats & Facts
Heinie Wagner Essentials Positions: Bats: R Throws: R 69 Weight: 183 Born: 9 23, 1880 in New York, NY USA Died: 3 20 1943 in New Rochelle, NY USA Debut: 7/1/1902 Last Game: 7/3/1918 Full Name: Charles F. Wagner
Rube Marquard spins a masterpiece to tie world series at a game each
October 10, 1912, At Fenway Park Game 2 of the World Series, in the top of the second, Red Murray doubled to center. He advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Fred Merkle and scored on a sacrifice fly by Buck Herzog, giving the Giants a 1–0 lead. Three innings later, Herzog doubled…
Neal Ball completes the first unassisted triple play
1909 – With two men on base, Cleveland shortstop Neal Ball catches Amby McConnell’s line drive, gets Heinie Wagner at second, and then tags Jake Stahl completing the first modern major league unassisted triple play in a 6 – 1 win over the Red Sox. Cleveland wins, 6 – 1, behind Cy Young, but Boston wins the nitecap, 3 – 2.
The Detroit Tigers turn a triple play against the Boston Red Sox for the second day in a row
1908 – The Detroit Tigers turn a triple play against the Boston Red Sox for the second day in a row, but Boston wins, 9 – 5. The two tri-killings in two games is a unique major league record.