One year earlier, a copy of the same card sold for $6.6 million. UNDATED: Honus Wagner of the Pittsburgh Pirates picks a bat during the season game. Honus Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates ...

Thus ended the first skirmish in the war that was the only meeting between Detroit's Ty Cobb and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner. The Flying Dutchman batted .333 with six runs batted in and six steals ...

including a 1902 photo of shortstop Honus Wagner that inspired one of the most sought-after baseball cards ever produced. The photo, taken by Boston photographer Carl Horner, is thought to be one ...

He glanced toward the shortstop, who had been the hit leader for the decade just ended. Honus Wagner kept on swinging the stick through the 1917 season, retiring at 43 years of age. The shortstop ...