Paul Wagner
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Paul Allen Wagner is an American
United States
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 former Major League Baseball
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 player. A pitcher, Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates
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 (1992—1997), Milwaukee Brewers
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 (1997—1998), and Cleveland Indians
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 (1999).

On August 29, 1995, while with the Pirates, Wagner had a no-hitter
No-hitter
A no-hitter is a baseball game in which one team has no hits. In Major League Baseball, the team must be without hits during the entire game, and the game must be at least nine innings. A pitcher who prevents the opposing team from achieving a hit is said to have "thrown a no-hitter"...

 broken up against the Colorado Rockies
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 with two out in the ninth on an Andrés Galarraga
Andrés Galarraga
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 single. It was the only hit Wagner would allow in defeating the Rockies 4-0. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1995/B08290PIT1995.htm The no-hitter would have been the first by a Pirate since John Candelaria
John Candelaria
John Robert Candelaria . He attended The Caton School P.S. 249. Nicknamed "The Candy Man," is a former professional left-handed pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and Los Angeles...

 in 1976.

Wagner currently is known to be residing in Neosho, WI and to be working in the Mortgage industry. He is an ESPN sport analyst for Milwaukee-area radio sports talk channel.

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