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.

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1922 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 12	CLE		DET	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
2	2	Apr 13	CLE		DET	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
3	3	Apr 15	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
4	4	Apr 16	CLE		SLB	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
5	5	Apr 18	CLE		SLB	W,17-2	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 19	CLE		SLB	L,1-15	CG	51	9.0	4	1	2	7	0
7	7	Apr 20	CLE	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	DET	L,7-15	GS	6	0.2	1	2	0	3	0
9	15 (6)	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	47	9.2	4	2	0	6	1
10	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-11	CG	40	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17	May 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-13	CG	44	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
12	18	May 2	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
13	19	May 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	4	2	0	6	2
14	20	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
15	21	May 6	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
16	22	May 7	CLE		SLB	L,7-10	CG	47	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
17	23	May 8	CLE	@	PHA	W,14-4	CG	42	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
18	24	May 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-15	CG	47	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
19	25	May 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
20	26	May 11	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
21	27	May 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
22	28	May 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
23	29	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
24	30	May 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	2
25	31	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	5	0	6	0
26	33 (1)	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-12	GF	26	6.0	3	2	0	5	1
27	35 (1)	May 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
28	36	May 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
29	37	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
30	38	May 25	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	1
31	39	May 26	CLE	@	DET	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
32	40	May 27	CLE	@	DET	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
33	41	May 28	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	42	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
34	42	May 29	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
35	43	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,0-4	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
36	44	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	48	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
37	45	May 31	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	46	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
39	47	Jun 2	CLE		DET	W,9-4	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
40	48	Jun 3	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	46	10.0	1	2	2	5	0
41	49	Jun 4	CLE		DET	W,14-6	CG	40	9.0	1	6	1	8	0
42	50	Jun 6	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
43	51	Jun 7	CLE		WSH	L,8-9	GS	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
44	56 (4)	Jun 14	CLE		BOS	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
45	57	Jun 15	CLE		BOS	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
46	58	Jun 16	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	5	3	0	8	0
47	59	Jun 17	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	59	14.0	5	7	0	12	2
48	60	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	61	Jun 19	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	62	Jun 20	CLE		NYY	L,5-6	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
51	63	Jun 21	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	46	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
52	64	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
53	65	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	40	9.1	2	1	0	3	1
54	66	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
55	67	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	44	9.2	4	3	0	7	1
56	68	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
57	69	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,9-7	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
58	70	Jun 28	CLE		SLB	L,0-9	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	71	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	40	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	72	Jul 1	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	41	8.2	2	6	0	8	1
61	73	Jul 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-9	CG	42	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
62	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	41	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
63	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,11-4	CG	40	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
64	76	Jul 5	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	46	10.2	1	7	0	8	0
65	77	Jul 6 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
66	78	Jul 6 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
67	79	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
68	80	Jul 8	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
69	81	Jul 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-7	CG	58	13.0	6	7	0	13	1
70	82	Jul 11	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
71	83	Jul 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,11-7	CG	41	9.0	5	3	1	9	2
72	84	Jul 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
73	85	Jul 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
74	86	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
75	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
76	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
77	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
78	90	Jul 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
79	91	Jul 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
80	92	Jul 22	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
81	93	Jul 23	CLE		CHW	L,6-10	CG	49	9.0	8	4	0	12	0
82	94	Jul 24	CLE		CHW	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	95	Jul 25 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,4-0	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
84	96	Jul 25 (2)	CLE		PHA	L,4-11	GS	37	7.0	1	1	1	3	0
85	97	Jul 26	CLE		PHA	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
86	98	Jul 27	CLE		PHA	L,2-11	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
87	99	Jul 28	CLE		PHA	L,3-12	GS	34	6.0	3	3	0	6	0
88	100	Jul 29 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,6-18	CG	56	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
89	101	Jul 29 (2)	CLE		WSH	W,8-7	CG	45	11.0	3	1	0	4	0
90	102	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	W,11-3	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
91	103	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	W,14-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	104	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	W,17-3	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
93	105	Aug 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
94	106	Aug 3	CLE		NYY	L,9-10	CG	48	10.0	1	2	0	3	0
95	107	Aug 4	CLE		NYY	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
96	108	Aug 5	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
97	109	Aug 6	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	50	12.0	3	3	0	6	0
98	110	Aug 7	CLE		BOS	W,7-0	CG	28	7.0	0	4	0	4	1
99	111	Aug 8	CLE		BOS	L,6-15	CG	55	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
100	112	Aug 9	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
101	113	Aug 12	CLE		DET	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
102	114	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
103	115	Aug 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-4	CG	36	9.0	4	5	0	9	3
104	116	Aug 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
105	117	Aug 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,9-10	CG	44	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
106	118	Aug 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-8	CG	41	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
107	120 (1)	Aug 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
108	122 (1)	Aug 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
109	123	Aug 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
110	124	Aug 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	40	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
111	125	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-9	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
112	126	Aug 29	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	1
113	127	Aug 30	CLE		SLB	L,3-11	CG	49	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
114	128	Aug 31	CLE		SLB	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	2	5	1	8	3
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
115	129	Sep 1	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	22	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
116	130	Sep 2	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
117	131	Sep 3	CLE		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
118	132	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
119	133	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-12	CG	43	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
120	134	Sep 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,9-10	CG	41	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
121	135	Sep 6	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-11	GS	43	8.0	5	4	1	10	0
122	136	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,8-9	CG	44	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
123	137	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
124	138	Sep 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
125	139	Sep 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
126	140	Sep 13	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
127	141	Sep 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
128	142	Sep 15	CLE		WSH	W,6-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
129	143	Sep 16	CLE		PHA	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
130	144	Sep 17	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
131	145	Sep 18	CLE		PHA	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
132	146	Sep 19 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
133	147	Sep 19 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
134	148	Sep 20 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
135	149	Sep 20 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	7	3	0	10	1
136	150	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	L,5-15	GS	0	7.0	3	3	0	6	0
137	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	48	9.0	1	2	2	5	1
138	152	Sep 23	CLE		NYY	L,6-7	CG	41	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
139	153	Sep 24	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
140	154	Sep 30	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
141	155	Oct 1	CLE		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
							141gm		1219.0	326	418	34	778	84