Bill Wagner (baseball), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetBill Wagner (baseball)
American baseball player
Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1894
Place of Birth: Jesup, Iowa, United States
Date of Death: 11-Jan-1951
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Bill Wagner (baseball)
- William (Bill) Joseph Wagner (January 2, 1894 – January 11, 1951) was an American baseball catcher.
- He was born in 1894 in Jesup, Iowa.
- Wagner played five seasons in Major League Baseball and was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1914 to 1917 and the Boston Braves in 1918.
- He played in 93 career games with 50 hits and 1 home run on a batting average of .207.
- Bill Wagner died in 1951 in Waterloo, Iowa. Over a decade after Bill Wagner's death, a controversy arose whether he had pinch hit for teammate Honus Wagner in 1917, making him the only player to have done so.
- Later examination of National League archives proved the allegation incorrect.
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