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.

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1921 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	48 (47)	Jun 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-9	GF	9	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
2	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	8.2	3	5	0	8	1
3	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,14-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
4	51	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-6	CG	54	11.0	3	4	0	7	0
5	52	Jun 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
6	53	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-10	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
7	54	Jun 13	CLE	@	WSH	W,10-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
8	55	Jun 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,7-8	CG	50	10.0	3	5	0	8	0
9	56	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-5	CG	53	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
10	57	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	4	6	4	14	2
11	58	Jun 18	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-8	CG	43	8.0	7	0	0	7	0
12	59	Jun 19	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	43	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
13	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
14	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
15	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
16	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
17	64	Jun 25	CLE		SLB	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
18	65	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,15-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	66	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
20	67	Jun 28	CLE		SLB	W,12-4	CG	43	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
21	68	Jun 29	CLE		DET	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	2	4	1	7	0
22	69	Jun 30	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	70	Jul 2	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
24	71	Jul 3	CLE		DET	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
25	72	Jul 4 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
26	73	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
27	74	Jul 5	CLE		CHW	W,16-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
28	75	Jul 7	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
29	76	Jul 9	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
30	77	Jul 10 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,10-0	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
31	78	Jul 10 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
32	79	Jul 12 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
33	80	Jul 12 (2)	CLE		BOS	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
34	81	Jul 13	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
35	82	Jul 14	CLE		BOS	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
36	83	Jul 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	GS	31	7.0	2	1	0	3	0
37	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	W,8-4	GS	6	1.0	1	1	0	2	0
38	87 (2)	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
39	88	Jul 20	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
40	89	Jul 21	CLE		NYY	W,17-8	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
41	90	Jul 23	CLE		NYY	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
42	91	Jul 24	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
43	92	Jul 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,8-2	CG	37	10.0	0	2	0	2	0
44	93	Jul 27	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
45	94	Jul 28	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
46	95	Jul 29	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
47	96	Jul 30	CLE	@	NYY	W,16-1	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
48	97	Jul 31	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	43	8.0	1	7	0	8	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	98	Aug 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	5	0	5	0
50	99	Aug 4 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
51	100	Aug 4 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
52	101	Aug 5	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	102	Aug 6	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
54	103	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
55	104	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
56	105	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-6	CG	57	13.0	5	1	1	7	0
57	106	Aug 9	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
58	107	Aug 10	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-9	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
59	108	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	109	Aug 13	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	110	Aug 14	CLE		CHW	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
62	111	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
63	112	Aug 17	CLE		PHA	W,15-8	CG	40	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
64	113	Aug 18	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	45	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
65	114	Aug 20	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
66	115	Aug 21	CLE		BOS	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
67	116	Aug 22	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
68	117	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
69	118	Aug 24	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	0	2	1	3	0
70	119	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	W,15-1	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
71	120	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	2	0	7	3
72	121	Aug 27	CLE		WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
73	122	Aug 28	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
74	123	Aug 31 (1)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	2
75	124	Aug 31 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-7	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
76	125	Sep 1	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	55	11.2	3	4	0	7	0
77	126	Sep 2	CLE	@	DET	W,12-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
78	127	Sep 3	CLE	@	DET	L,7-10	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
79	128	Sep 4	CLE	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
80	129	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,10-5	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
81	130	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		SLB	L,8-12	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
82	131	Sep 6	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
83	132	Sep 7	CLE		DET	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
84	133	Sep 8	CLE		DET	L,1-15	CG	54	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
85	134	Sep 10 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
86	135	Sep 10 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	2
87	136	Sep 11	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
88	137	Sep 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,11-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
89	138	Sep 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
90	139	Sep 15 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,17-3	CG	42	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
91	140	Sep 15 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,6-0	CG	35	9.0	6	3	1	10	0
92	141	Sep 16	CLE	@	WSH	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
93	142	Sep 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	3
94	143	Sep 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	0	4	1	5	0
95	144	Sep 20	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
96	145	Sep 21	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
97	146	Sep 22	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	54	12.0	3	3	1	7	0
98	147	Sep 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
99	148	Sep 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-0	CG	35	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
100	149	Sep 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-21	CG	52	8.0	4	5	0	9	1
101	150	Sep 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	35	8.0	4	3	1	8	0
102	151	Sep 29	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-5	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
103	152	Sep 30	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
104	153	Oct 1	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-8	CG	40	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
105	154	Oct 2	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
							105gm		923.0	271	263	20	554	54