Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Honus Wagner, Connie Mack, Pie Traynor, List of Pittsburgh Pirates managers, Donie Bush, Hugo Bezdek, Jim Leyland, Bill McGunnigle, Fred Haney, Billy Meyer, Spud Davis, Bobby Bragan, Fred Clarke, Clint Hurdle, Frankie Frisch, Patsy Donovan, Chuck Tanner, Bill McKechnie, Jim Tracy, George Gibson, Harry Walker, Gene Lamont, John Russell, Bill Virdon, Billy Herman, Danny Murtaugh, Lloyd McClendon, Ned Hanlon, Pete Mackanin, Larry Shepard, Alex Grammas, Nixey Callahan, Bobby Cuellar, Bill Watkins, Tom Burns, Al Buckenberger, Jewel Ens. Excerpt: As Coach As Manager Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner (; February 24, 1874 - December 6, 1955 ), nicknamed "The Flying Dutchman" due to his superb speed and German heritage ("Dutch" in this instance being an alteration of "Deutsch"), was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He played in the National League from 1897 to 1917, almost entirely for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Wagner won eight batting titles, tied for the most in NL history with Tony Gwynn. He also led the league in slugging six times, and in stolen bases five times. In 1936, the Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Wagner as one of the first five members. He received the second-highest vote total, behind Ty Cobb and tied with Babe Ruth. Although Cobb is frequently cited as the greatest player of the dead-ball era, some contemporaries regarded Wagner as the better all-around player, and most baseball historians consider Wagner to be the greatest shortstop ever. Cobb himself called Wagner "maybe the greatest star ever to take the diamond." Wagner was born to German immigrants Peter and Katheryn Wagner in the Chartiers neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania which is now a part of the borough of Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Wagner was one of five children. As a child, he was called Hans by his mother, which later evolved into Ho...