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.

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1915 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	11 (10)	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,0-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
2	12	Apr 25	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
3	13	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-12	CG	40	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	22 (8)	May 9	CLE		PHA	W,3-0	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
5	23	May 11	CLE		NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
6	24	May 12	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
7	25	May 13	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
8	26	May 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
9	27	May 16	CLE		BOS	L,0-3	CG	50	14.0	1	2	0	3	0
10	28	May 19	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	GS	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	35 (6)	May 31 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,12-1	GF	20	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	39 (3)	Jun 4	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
13	40	Jun 5	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	6	1	7	0
14	41	Jun 7	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
15	42	Jun 8	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	29	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	43	Jun 9	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
17	44	Jun 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-11	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
18	45	Jun 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	2
19	46	Jun 12	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
20	47	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
21	48	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
22	51 (2)	Jun 19 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
23	52	Jun 20 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-7	CG	43	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
24	53	Jun 20 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	54	Jun 22	CLE		CHW	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
26	58 (3)	Jun 26	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
27	59	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
28	60	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
29	61	Jun 30	CLE	@	DET	L,2-7	CG	0	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	62	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
31	63	Jul 3 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
32	64	Jul 3 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
33	65	Jul 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
34	66	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	0	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
35	67	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
36	72 (4)	Jul 12	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	73	Jul 13 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
38	74	Jul 13 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	75	Jul 14 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
40	76	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-7	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
41	77	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
42	78	Jul 17 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	79	Jul 17 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,4-10	CG	0	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
44	80	Jul 18 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	13.0	5	6	1	12	2
45	81	Jul 18 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
46	82	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	L,4-11	CG	0	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
47	83	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
48	84	Jul 23	CLE		PHA	W,11-3	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
49	85	Jul 24 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
50	86	Jul 24 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,12-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
51	87	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	7	2	10	1
52	88	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
53	89	Jul 27	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	0	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
54	90	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
55	91	Jul 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	9.2	0	7	0	7	0
56	92	Jul 30	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
57	93	Jul 31	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	94	Aug 2	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
59	95	Aug 7 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	96	Aug 7 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
61	97	Aug 9	CLE	@	NYY	T,1-1	CG	23	5.2	3	2	1	6	0
62	98	Aug 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
63	99	Aug 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
64	100	Aug 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
65	101	Aug 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
66	102	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
67	103	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	104	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,1-0	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
69	105	Aug 16 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-6	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
70	106	Aug 16 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-3	GS	0	8.0	1	7	2	10	1
71	107	Aug 17 (1)	CLE		DET	L,3-10	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
72	108	Aug 17 (2)	CLE		DET	L,3-7	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
73	109	Aug 18	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
74	110	Aug 19	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
75	111	Aug 20	CLE		WSH	L,0-8	CG	0	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
76	112	Aug 21	CLE		PHA	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
77	113	Aug 22	CLE		PHA	L,1-6	CG	0	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
78	114	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	29	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
79	115	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
80	116	Aug 26	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
81	117	Aug 27	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
82	118	Aug 28 (1)	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
83	119	Aug 28 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	GS	0	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
84	120	Aug 29	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
85	121	Aug 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	122	Sep 1	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
87	124 (1)	Sep 3	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
88	125	Sep 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
89	126	Sep 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-0	CG	0	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
90	127	Sep 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-4	CG	0	8.0	2	3	2	7	0
91	128	Sep 6 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	1	6	0
92	129	Sep 6 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	0	8.0	3	5	1	9	0
93	130	Sep 7	CLE		SLB	L,1-4	CG	0	11.0	1	0	1	2	0
94	131	Sep 8	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
95	132	Sep 9	CLE		DET	L,5-6	GS	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
96	133	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
97	134	Sep 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
98	135	Sep 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	GS	0		1	4	0	5	0
99	137 (1)	Sep 15	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-0	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
100	138	Sep 17 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
101	139	Sep 17 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	T,3-3	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
102	140	Sep 18 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
103	141	Sep 18 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
104	142	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
105	143	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
106	144	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
107	145	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
108	146	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
109	147	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	0	4	0	4	0
110	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
111	149	Sep 25 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
112	150	Sep 25 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	0	8.0	2	1	2	5	0
113	151	Sep 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
							113gm		963.0	169	306	35	510	28