June 9, 1914: Wagner's 3000th hit // Share yours

[gunboat82]

[cgjackson222]

Doug, those are awesome images!

[gabrinus]

Here is Honus ungraded...Jerry

[z28jd]

You'll be able to post this again in 19 days if you want. Wagner actually collected his 3,000th hit on June 28, 1914 in the second game of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds, with Pete Schneider on the mound.

The difference in date comes from an early error in his hit totals, which led people to believe he collected his 3,000th hit on June 9, 1914. In reality, that was hit 2,990 he collected that day, a double off of Erskine Mayer.

The numbers were updated at a much later date, which lowered Wagner from 3,430 career hits down to 3,420 (there was also a brief time many years ago when his hit total was believed to be 3,415, but research corrected that). The extra ten ghost hits added to his earlier total were stats from prior to 1914, which changed his actual 3,000th hit date to almost three weeks later.

[DeanH3]

Some legendary cards shown. Amazing stuff. Thanks to all for sharing.

[brianp-beme]

June 9th, June 28th, let's call the whole thing off.

Brian (but not before I show this Orange Border Honus Wagner, and a D381 Pete Schneider from the web)

[brianp-beme]

Cool, interesting postcard, but what in the heck is Honus recruiting these kids for...the Dawson Springs Dunce Club?

Brian