Background
He was born in 1894 in Jesup, Iowa.
He was born in 1894 in Jesup, Iowa.
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 southern
Later examination of National League archives proved the allegation incorrect.
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.