Honus Wagner

[cpugs22]

I know old Honus is an injury risk, but missing 21 out of the first 72 games seems a bit extreme. Oh well, at least his backup is doing alright....

[Free Radicals]

That's how come I get rid of him if I end up with him after a draft . Let someone else have a player who will miss 30+ games 95+% of the time . Makes his 6+ M not worth it at all .

[JUMA]

Beg to differ. Yeah, he's a risk, but what other ss can deliver these #s in a pitcher's park?

591 122 42 17 58 69 42 41 .332 .503 .405 1L 6.25M

[modmark46]

I hate injuries...yet have used Honus with excellent results several times. Yeah, he'll miss a fair amount of games. But, I pay $$ for a decent backup for him, and find it worth it, i.e. Crosetti, Bancroft. Once even carried Bowa and Honus. Used Bowa as a late inning sub for Honus, and of course, Bowa got in a lot of games when Honus was on the DL. But, that was a $100m league, and generally wouldn't recommend tying up that much money with two players for the same position.

[MIKEPOINTER]

I also hate injuries but Honus is worth most of the time. You do need to make sure you've got an adequate backup though.

[Play By The Rules]

When you think of the Steamshovel, you should think of Bancroft.

They go together like peanut butter and chocolate.

Peanut butter and chocolate, mmmmmh.

[MICHAELTARBELL]

I have always been baffled by honus's propensity to miss a ton of games in almost any league he is in. He played on 137 out of 154 games in 1909, missing 17 games, and yet seems to routinely miss 30-50 games in every league he is in. I have had him twice and he put up great #'s in both cases. he missed 41 games, and yet had the following line in baker...

[code:1:1502de0147]Tm G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA SLG OBP
BEA 121 507 109 171 34 7 8 57 53 75 29 9 .337 .479 .400
[/code:1:1502de0147]

However, the other time i had him was in Sportsman, he missed only 18 games, and his numbers were most impressive...

[code:1:1502de0147]Tm G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA SLG OBP
EXT 144 592 105 204 36 9 8 63 69 95 35 23 .345 .476 .414[/code:1:1502de0147]

So, i think that he is usually worth it, even with the injury risk, and if you happen to get a full season (or close to it) out of him, he is one of, if not THE best bargain in the deck!

my .02... :)