Bill Wambsganss

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: March 19, 1894 in Cleveland, OH us

Died: December 8, 1985 in Lakewood, OH

Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, OH

Schools: Concordia Seminary-St. Louis (St. Louis, MO), Concordia Theological Seminary (Fort Wayne, IN)

Debut: August 4, 1914 (Age 20-138d, 4,216th in major league history)
vs. WSH 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 27, 1926 (Age 32-192d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1914 season

Full Name: William Adolph Wambsganss

Nicknames: Wamby

Pronunciation: \WHAMS-gans\

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1920 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

5241

1359

.259

710

RBI

521

140

OBP

.328

SLG

.327

OPS

.655

OPS+

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

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1914 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	103 (102)	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	107 (3)	Aug 9	CLE		PHA	L,5-10	GF	0		2	1	0	3	0
3	108	Aug 10	CLE		PHA	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
4	109	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
5	110	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	26	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
6	111	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
7	112	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
8	113	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
9	114	Aug 15	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
10	115	Aug 16	CLE		DET	L,6-13	CG	0	9.0	4	3	2	9	2
11	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
12	117	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
13	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	4	5	2	11	2
14	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
15	120	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
16	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	4	2	1	7	0
17	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
18	123	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	9.2	0	6	0	6	0
19	124	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG	0	14.0	1	2	2	5	0
20	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.1	1	1	0	2	1
21	126	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	43	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	127	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-16	CG	0	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
23	128	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	1
24	129	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
25	130	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
26	131	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	61	15.0	4	3	0	7	0
27	132	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	21	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
28	133	Sep 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	2	1	0	3	0
29	134	Sep 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
30	135	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
31	136	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	137	Sep 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
33	138	Sep 15	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
34	139	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
35	152 (12)	Sep 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
36	153	Sep 28	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
37	154	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
38	155	Sep 30	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	54	12.0	2	4	0	6	0
39	156	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
40	157	Oct 4	CLE	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	0	8.0	2	4	2	8	0
							40gm		348.0	72	117	18	207	16