Woody Wagenhorst

Ellwood Otto Wagenhorst

• Bats Left, Throws Unknown
• Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.
• School Princeton University
• Debut June 25, 1888
• Final Game June 26, 1888
• Born June 3, 1863 in Gouldsboro, PA USA
• Died February 14, 1946 in Washington, DC USA

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Biographical Information

]Wagenhorst at Princeton in 1888

Woody Wagenhorst came out of Princeton University to play two games for the 1888 Philadelphia Quakers. He was five years older than Ed Delahanty, a rookie and teammate who had made his major league debut a month earlier than Woody.

A number of sources say that Wagenhorst also attended Penn.

"Wagenhorst, late of Princeton, played third base and did well." - Sporting Life's report of Woody Wagenhorst's first major league game on June 25, 1888