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.
Triple Plays: 1 (Jun 2)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1919 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 25	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
2	2	Apr 26	CLE	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
3	3	Apr 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	Apr 30	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	5	May 1	CLE		DET	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
6	6	May 2	CLE		DET	L,6-14	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
7	7	May 3	CLE		DET	W,9-0	CG	30	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
8	8	May 4	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
9	9	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,3-6	CG	53	12.0	2	5	0	7	0
10	10	May 7	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
11	11	May 8	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
12	12	May 10	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	45	11.0	0	3	0	3	1
13	13	May 11	CLE		CHW	L,2-10	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
14	14	May 12	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
15	15	May 13	CLE	@	DET	W,8-5	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,11-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
17	17	May 15	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	3
18	18	May 17	CLE		NYY	L,3-8	CG	46	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
19	19	May 18	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
20	20	May 19	CLE		NYY	L,0-7	CG	44	9.0	1	1	1	3	1
21	21	May 21	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
22	22	May 22	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	40	10.0	2	2	1	5	0
23	23	May 24	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
24	24	May 25	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
25	25	May 26	CLE		BOS	W,12-7	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
26	26	May 27	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	27	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
28	28	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	4	4	0	8	3
29	29	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	1	1	0	2	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
30	30	Jun 1	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
31	31	Jun 2	CLE		SLB	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0
32	32	Jun 3 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,6-14	CG	47	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
33	33	Jun 3 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
34	34	Jun 5	CLE	@	PHA	L,6-10	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0
35	35	Jun 7	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
36	36	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
37	37	Jun 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
38	38	Jun 10	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
39	39	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
41	41	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
42	42	Jun 14	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	51	13.0	3	7	0	10	0
43	43	Jun 16	CLE	@	BOS	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
45	45	Jun 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
46	46	Jun 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,13-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
47	47	Jun 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
48	48	Jun 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 22	CLE		SLB	L,0-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
50	50	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
51	51	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
52	52	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-7	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
53	53	Jun 26	CLE	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	42	11.1	2	2	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 27	CLE	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	34	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
55	55	Jun 28	CLE	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
56	56	Jun 29	CLE	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
57	57	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	L,2-5	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
58	58	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	W,14-9	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
59	59	Jul 2	CLE		CHW	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
60	60	Jul 3	CLE		CHW	L,1-17	CG	50	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
61	61	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
62	62	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,11-1	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
63	63	Jul 5	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	1	6	0	7	0
64	64	Jul 6	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-6	CG	39	8.0	1	5	2	8	0
65	65	Jul 7	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	37	9.2	3	5	0	8	1
66	66	Jul 8	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	3
67	67	Jul 9	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
68	68	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	2	2	2	6	0
69	69	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	0	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
70	70	Jul 11	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
71	71	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,3-6	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
72	72	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,3-5	CG	43	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
73	73	Jul 13	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
74	74	Jul 14	CLE		WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	75	Jul 15	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
76	76	Jul 16	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
77	77	Jul 17	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
78	78	Jul 18	CLE		BOS	L,7-8	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
79	79	Jul 19	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	43	9.0	4	5	0	9	0
80	80	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
81	81	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
82	82	Jul 22	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
83	83	Jul 24	CLE		DET	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	4	6	1	11	2
84	84	Jul 25	CLE		DET	L,5-11	CG	48	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
85	85	Jul 26	CLE		DET	W,9-1	CG	37	9.0	4	6	1	11	3
86	86	Jul 27	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
87	87	Jul 29 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
88	88	Jul 29 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,7-11	CG	44	8.0	5	2	0	7	0
89	89	Jul 30	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	3	2	0	5	2
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
90	90	Aug 1	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
91	91	Aug 2	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-6	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
92	92	Aug 3	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
93	93	Aug 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-7	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
94	94	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,7-8	CG	39	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
95	95	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
96	96	Aug 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
97	97	Aug 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
98	98	Aug 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,15-9	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
99	99	Aug 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
100	100	Aug 14	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
101	101	Aug 15	CLE		WSH	L,2-3	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
102	102	Aug 17	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
103	103	Aug 18	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	7	0	10	2
104	104	Aug 19	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
105	105	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	2	8	0
106	106	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
107	107	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
108	108	Aug 23	CLE		PHA	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
109	109	Aug 24	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
110	110	Aug 25	CLE		PHA	W,12-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
111	111	Aug 26	CLE		DET	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
112	112	Aug 27	CLE		DET	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
113	113	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
114	114	Aug 30	CLE		CHW	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
115	115	Aug 31	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	37	9.0	3	5	1	9	2
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
116	116	Sep 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
117	117	Sep 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	40	10.0	4	3	0	7	0
118	118	Sep 2	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
119	119	Sep 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	56	13.1	2	4	1	7	0
120	120	Sep 5	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-9	CG	38	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
121	121	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	41	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
122	122	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	4	6	0	10	1
123	123	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
124	124	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
125	125	Sep 11	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
126	126	Sep 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
127	127	Sep 13	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
128	128	Sep 16 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
129	129	Sep 16 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-8	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
130	130	Sep 17	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
131	131	Sep 18	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
132	132	Sep 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,12-3	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
133	133	Sep 20 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
134	134	Sep 20 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
135	135	Sep 21	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
136	136	Sep 24	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
137	137	Sep 25	CLE	@	DET	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
138	138	Sep 27	CLE		SLB	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
139	139	Sep 28	CLE		SLB	L,5-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
							139gm		1244.0	342	436	30	808	64