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.

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1918 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
2	2	Apr 20	CLE		SLB	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
3	3	Apr 21	CLE		SLB	L,7-11	CG	49	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 22	CLE		SLB	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
5	9 (4)	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	41	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
6	10	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	L,3-13	CG	51	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	11	May 1	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
8	12	May 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	6	3	0	9	0
9	13	May 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
10	14	May 4	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
11	15	May 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	3	5	1	9	2
12	16	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	1	3	1	5	1
13	17	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-1	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
14	18	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-9	CG	41	8.0	3	5	0	8	0
15	19	May 9	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
16	20	May 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
17	21	May 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
18	22	May 12	CLE		CHW	L,0-1	CG	19	5.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	23	May 14	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
20	24	May 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	49	12.2	1	4	0	5	0
21	25	May 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	39	8.2	3	3	1	7	0
22	26	May 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
23	27	May 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
24	28	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	48	11.2	3	7	0	10	0
25	29	May 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-11	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
26	30	May 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
27	31	May 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
28	32	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	73	19.0	2	12	1	15	0
29	33	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
30	34	May 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	5	5	0	10	3
31	35	May 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
32	36	May 28	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
33	37	May 29	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	29	7.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	38	May 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	48	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
35	39	May 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
36	40	May 31	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	44	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	41	Jun 1	CLE		WSH	L,6-11	CG	42	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
38	42	Jun 2	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	40	11.0	4	2	0	6	2
39	43	Jun 3	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	2	4	0
40	44	Jun 4	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	45	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	1	2	0	3	1
42	46	Jun 6	CLE		BOS	L,0-1	CG	43	10.0	3	4	1	8	0
43	47	Jun 7	CLE		BOS	W,14-7	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
44	48	Jun 8	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
45	49	Jun 9	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	50	Jun 11	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	48	12.0	8	6	1	15	0
47	51	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0
48	52	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	44	10.0	3	6	1	10	0
49	53	Jun 14	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
50	54	Jun 15	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
51	55	Jun 16	CLE		PHA	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
52	56	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	57	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
54	58	Jun 19	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
55	59	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	1	4	1	6	0
56	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
58	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
59	63	Jun 25 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	8.2	1	4	0	5	0
60	64	Jun 25 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
61	65	Jun 26 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
62	66	Jun 26 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
63	67	Jun 28	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
64	68	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,13-4	CG	42	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
65	69	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,2-10	CG	41	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
66	70	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	5	3	1	9	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	71	Jul 1	CLE		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
68	72	Jul 2	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
69	73	Jul 3	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
70	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
71	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,9-8	CG	48	10.0	3	3	0	6	0
72	76	Jul 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	2	6	2
73	77	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	40	9.1	3	4	0	7	0
74	78	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
75	79	Jul 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-1	CG	44	11.2	8	2	1	11	2
76	80	Jul 10	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-2	CG	18	5.0	1	5	0	6	1
77	81	Jul 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	0
78	82	Jul 12	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	83	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
80	84	Jul 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
81	86 (1)	Jul 16	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	48	10.2	2	8	1	11	0
82	87	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	88	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	5	8	0	13	0
84	89	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	92 (2)	Jul 21 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	39	11.0	2	0	0	2	0
86	93	Jul 21 (2)	CLE		PHA	T,5-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
							87gm		771.0	204	251	23	478	35