Paul Louis Wanninger (December 12, 1902 – March 7, 1981) was a backup shortstop in Major League Baseball who played in 1925 and 1927 for the New York Yankees (1925), Boston Red Sox (1927) and Cincinnati Reds (1927).

A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Wanninger is best known as the player who ended one consecutive-game streak and helped start another.

On June 1, 1925 Lou Gehrig started his famous 2,130 game consecutive streak when he pinch hit for Wanninger.

He was on the 1927 Red Sox Opening Day lineup and was obtained by Cincinnati in midseason.

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