So then, I wondered, is price low due to his lack of fan interest in his later Senators days, or were bidders hesitating because the signature has some red flags I didn’t catch. I can just google it I suppose but Probably not the most popular of his pictures and didn’t even cross the $100 mark in auction. Was he a Player/Manager? I’m guessing towards the end of his career most likely. Shows Williams in a Washington Senators uniform which is a part of his baseball history I was unaware of. I wanted to show you guys this Ted Williams signed photo that was recently up for auction online at a lesser known auction site, and this one didn’t come with a COA.
Wagner and Ted Williams were roommates as members of the Boston Red Ĥ4AAE5D2-AAAA-4525-A718-82259B999517.jpeg.He spoke to the crowd, "Let's Play Ball." Wagner died a year later in 2006 at age 93 after suffering a heart attack in his car following a Reading Phillies game. Wagner appeared before the Boston faithful on Opening Day 2005. He was crowned as the inaugural "King of Baseballtown" by Reading club in 2003 as he entered the Reading Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992.
He was a staple for years at Reading Phillies games in his hometown, where the press box was named in his honor in 2000. He later worked as a special assignment instructor in the Red Sox minor league system, and was still consulted about the organization's prospects into his 90s. He was the Red Sox' Major League pitching coach for the 1970 season, on the staff of first-year manager Eddie Kasko. He then scouted for Boston from 1961 to 1969 and from 1971 to 1992. His only miscue occurred Augin the fifth inning against the Senators at Fenway Park on an errant pickoff throw.įollowing his retirement as a player, Wagner became the Red Sox' assistant director of minor league operations from 1947 to 1960. 992 fielding percentage with only one error in 127 total chances. 118 batting average (20-for-170) with just 8 RBI in his major league career, he was an excellentįielding pitcher, recording a. In a six-season career, Wagner posted a 32–23 record with 157 strikeouts and a 3.91 earned run average in 527 2⁄ 3 innings pitched.Īlthough posting only a. He pitched his final game on August 8, 1946, ending with a 1–0 mark in 30 2⁄ 3 innings. Wagner returned to the Red Sox in 1946, along with teammates Ted Williams, Dom DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, Johnny Pesky, Tex Hughson and Joe Dobson. After the season, he left his team to serve in the Navy during World War II. In 1942, Wagner compiled career-highs in victories (14, eight in AL), starts (26), complete games (17, seventh in AL), strikeouts (52), innings pitched (205 1⁄ 3), and had a 3.29 ERA.
Wagner finished with a 12–8 record and three shutouts, and his 3.07 earned run average was the best on the Boston pitching staff and the third best in the American League, being surpassed only by Thornton Lee (2.37) and Al Benton (2.97), and over Marius Russo (3.09). He was the second in a pitching rotation that included Dick Newsome, Mickey Harris and Lefty Grove.
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After being used in both starting and relief duties, he enjoyed his first full season as a starter in 1941. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Wagner signed with the Red Sox in 1935 and made his MLB pitching debut on April 19, 1938.