--- title: "3 Lloyd Waner Quotes - Famous Baseball player (Big and Little Poison)" description: "Lloyd James Waner, nicknamed \"Little Poison\", was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 13..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b135/author-randy-shilts-60934.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lloyd Waner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b135/author-randy-shilts-60934.jpg) # Lloyd Waner (1906–1982) Baseball Player **3** quotes in **61** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Lloyd Waner was a baseball player, best known for *Big and Little Poison*. ## Quick Facts About Lloyd Waner Born March 16, 1906 Died July 22, 1982 Profession Baseball Player Notable works Big and Little Poison ## About Lloyd Waner Lloyd James Waner, nicknamed "Little Poison", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. His small stature at 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) and 132 lb (60 kg) made him one of the smallest players of his era. Along with his brother, Paul Waner, he anchored the Pittsburgh Pirates outfield throughout the 1920s and 1930s. After brief stints with four other teams late in his career, Waner retired as a Pirate. ## Quotes by Lloyd Waner > [Our sister Alma was the best hitter in the family. We used to soak corn cobs in water so they wouldnt fly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-waner/our-sister-alma-was-the-best-hitter-in-the-family-we-used-to-soak/) [Lloyd Waner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-waner/) [Barn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c16/lloyd-waner-87075_barn_our-sister-alma-was-the-best-hitter-in-t_621247.jpg) > [When I played, a pitcher could throw at you any time he wanted to. In fact, he could tell you he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-waner/when-i-played-a-pitcher-could-throw-at-you-any-time-he-wanted-to-in/) [Lloyd Waner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-waner/) [Any](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/any/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/718/lloyd-waner-87075_any_when-i-played-a-pitcher-could-throw-at-y_1119089.jpg) > [I just loved to play. I liked to study the other ballplayers. I could talk about it for ages, because I played…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lloyd-waner/i-just-loved-to-play-i-liked-to-study-the-other-ballplayers-i-could/) [Lloyd Waner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-waner/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64b/lloyd-waner-87075_about_i-just-loved-to-play-i-liked-to-study-th_2256860.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lloyd-waner/#itemlist", "name": "Lloyd Waner Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our sister Alma was the best hitter in the family. We used to soak corn cobs in water so they wouldnt fly so far when we hit em. 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