Albert Wagner (September 17, 1871 – November 26, 1928), was an American professional

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player. He played one year of

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for two different teams during the 1898 season. He was

Honus Wagner Johannes Peter "Honus" Wagner ( ; February 24, 1874 – December 6, 1955) was an American baseball shortstop who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1897 to 1917, mostly with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicknamed "the Flying Dutc ...

's older brother.

Career

Born in Chartiers,

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, he began the 1898 season with the Washington Senators and later on was loaned to the

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. On July 4, Wagner replaced an injured Duke Farrell in

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and hit a

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, the only home run of his career, along with a

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and scored three runs in a 9–5 Bridegroom victory. Wagner died in

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at the age of 57, and is interred at the Chartiers Cemetery in

Popular culture

Butts Wagner is depicted as an

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during a boy's long

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in Joseph Romain's book ''The Mystery of the Wagner Whacker''. Wagner invents an automatic

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machine, and the boy helps defend him from organized crime figures who want to steal the invention. In

Dan Gutman Dan Gutman (born October 19, 1955) is an American writer, primarily of children's fiction. His works include the '' Baseball Card Adventures'' children's book series that began with '' Honus & Me'', ''The Genius Files'' series'','' and '' My Wei ...

's book ''

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'', the main character Joe Stoshack pretends to be Butts to avoid being kicked out of a stadium.

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