Wayne Ambler

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 165lb (173cm, 74kg)

Born: November 8, 1915 in Abington, PA us

Died: January 3, 1998 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

High School: George School (Newtown, PA)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: June 4, 1937 (Age 21-208d, 8,266th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 4, 1939 (Age 23-300d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Wayne Harper Ambler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.4

782

175

.224

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.279

OPS

.577

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1938 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 19	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-9	GF	20	4.0	1	2	1	4	0
2	3	Apr 20	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	4	4	0	8	0
3	4	Apr 23	PHA		BOS	L,4-10	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
4	5	Apr 24	PHA		BOS	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
5	6	Apr 25	PHA		NYY	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
6	7	Apr 26	PHA		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
7	8	Apr 27	PHA		NYY	L,2-9	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
8	9	Apr 28	PHA		WSH	L,2-7	CG	38	9.0	2	5	1	8	3
9	10	Apr 29	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	11	May 1	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
11	12	May 2	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	2
12	13	May 3	PHA		CHW	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
13	14	May 4	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
14	15	May 5	PHA		CHW	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
15	16	May 6	PHA		CLE	L,1-4	GS	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
16	17	May 7	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
17	18	May 8	PHA		DET	W,7-6	CG	41	10.0	1	5	0	6	1
18	19	May 11	PHA		SLB	L,5-9	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
19	20	May 13	PHA	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
20	21	May 14	PHA	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG	21	5.0	1	2	0	3	0
21	22	May 16	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	9.1	0	5	0	5	1
22	23	May 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-5	CG	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
23	24	May 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	0	4	1	5	1
24	25	May 19	PHA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
25	26	May 20	PHA	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
26	27	May 21	PHA	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	1	4	1	6	1
27	28	May 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-5	CG	45	10.0	1	1	0	2	2
28	29	May 24	PHA	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	32	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
29	30	May 25	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	31	May 26	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-1	GS	27	7.0	3	1	0	4	1
31	32	May 28	PHA		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
32	33	May 29	PHA		NYY	W,11-9	GS	34	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
33	34	May 30 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-9	GS	40	7.0	4	2	0	6	0
34	35	May 30 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,9-1	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	36	Jun 1	PHA		CLE	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
36	37	Jun 2	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
37	38	Jun 3	PHA		CLE	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
38	39	Jun 4	PHA		CHW	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
39	40	Jun 5 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,2-8	GS	37	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
40	41	Jun 5 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
41	42	Jun 7	PHA		DET	L,4-5	GS	28	7.0	3	3	0	6	1
42	43	Jun 8	PHA		DET	L,1-5	GS	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	44	Jun 9	PHA		DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
44	45	Jun 10	PHA		SLB	L,4-8	GS	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
45	46	Jun 11	PHA		SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
46	47	Jun 12 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
47	48	Jun 12 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,1-0	CG	16	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
48	49	Jun 14	PHA	@	DET	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
49	50	Jun 15	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
50	51	Jun 16	PHA	@	DET	L,3-12	CG	45	8.0	5	2	3	10	0
51	52	Jun 17	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-8	CG	42	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
52	53	Jun 18	PHA	@	CLE	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
53	54	Jun 19	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
54	55	Jun 21	PHA	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
55	56	Jun 22	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	1	7	2
56	57	Jun 23	PHA	@	SLB	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
57	58	Jun 29 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-10	CG	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
58	59	Jun 29 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-13	CG	43	8.0	6	2	0	8	1
59	60	Jun 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-7	GS	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	61	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,7-12	CG	44	9.0	4	8	2	14	0
61	62	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
62	63	Jul 3 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
63	64	Jul 3 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,2-14	CG	52	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
64	65	Jul 4 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,5-8	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
65	66	Jul 4 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	2	6	0	8	1
66	67	Jul 8	PHA	@	WSH	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
67	68	Jul 9	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
68	69	Jul 10 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	70	Jul 10 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	0	8.2	2	1	0	3	1
70	71	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
71	72	Jul 13	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
72	73	Jul 14	PHA		CHW	L,8-9	GS	30	5.0	2	1	0	3	0
73	76 (2)	Jul 17	PHA		CLE	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
74	77	Jul 24 (1)	PHA		DET	L,6-7	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
75	78	Jul 24 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-7	GS	28	6.0	2	1	0	3	1
76	79	Jul 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
77	80	Jul 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,11-12	CG	39	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
78	81	Jul 29	PHA	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	34	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
79	82	Jul 30 (1)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
80	83	Jul 30 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	84	Aug 1	PHA	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	40	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
82	92 (7)	Aug 7 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-5	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
83	95 (2)	Aug 10	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
84	96	Aug 11	PHA		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
85	97	Aug 12 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
86	98	Aug 12 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-16	CG	49	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
87	99	Aug 13	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-11	GS	34	6.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	100	Aug 14 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
89	101	Aug 14 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
90	102	Aug 16	PHA	@	BOS	W,14-11	CG	0	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
91	103	Aug 17 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
92	104	Aug 17 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	105	Aug 18	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
94	106	Aug 19	PHA		NYY	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
95	107	Aug 20	PHA		NYY	L,3-11	CG	45	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
96	108	Aug 21 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
97	109	Aug 21 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,1-8	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
98	110	Aug 23 (1)	PHA		DET	L,5-13	CG	46	9.0	0	2	2	4	0
99	111	Aug 23 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-8	GS	38	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
100	112	Aug 24 (1)	PHA		DET	W,10-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
101	113	Aug 24 (2)	PHA		DET	W,11-2	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
102	114	Aug 25 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,5-8	CG	64	13.0	3	3	0	6	0
103	115	Aug 25 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
104	116	Aug 26 (1)	PHA		SLB	W,11-6	CG	40	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
105	117	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,4-6	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
106	118	Aug 27 (1)	PHA		SLB	L,3-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
107	119	Aug 27 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
108	120	Aug 28 (1)	PHA		CHW	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
109	121	Aug 28 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
110	122	Aug 30	PHA		CLE	L,8-10	CG	41	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
111	123	Aug 31	PHA		CLE	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
112	124	Sep 1	PHA		CLE	L,4-11	GS	28	5.0	2	1	1	4	1
113	125	Sep 2	PHA		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	126	Sep 3	PHA		WSH	L,0-7	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
115	128 (1)	Sep 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-12	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
116	130 (1)	Sep 5 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-6	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0
117	146 (15)	Sep 24	PHA		WSH	L,3-7	CG	45	10.0	3	8	0	11	2
118	148 (1)	Sep 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	CG	33	7.0	5	4	0	9	1
119	153 (4)	Oct 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
120	154	Oct 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
							120gm		993.0	221	326	32	579	58