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 (May 30)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1924 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	BOS		NYY	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	6	4	2	12	2
2	2	Apr 16	BOS		NYY	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	1	4	1	6	1
3	3	Apr 17	BOS		NYY	W,9-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
4	4	Apr 19	BOS		PHA	W,12-0	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
5	5	Apr 21	BOS		PHA	L,0-4	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
6	6	Apr 23	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-13	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
7	7	Apr 24	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
8	8	Apr 25	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	3	3	0	6	2
9	9	Apr 26	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	46	10.1	4	3	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 27	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	11	Apr 28	BOS	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG	30	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
12	12	Apr 29	BOS	@	WSH	W,15-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	BOS	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	3	1	7	3
14	14	May 2	BOS	@	PHA	W,11-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
15	15	May 3	BOS	@	PHA	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
16	16	May 5	BOS		WSH	W,8-3	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
17	17	May 6	BOS		WSH	W,14-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
18	18	May 7	BOS		WSH	L,4-5	CG	44	11.0	2	2	0	4	0
19	19	May 8	BOS		WSH	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
20	20	May 13	BOS		SLB	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
21	21	May 14	BOS		CHW	W,12-0	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
22	22	May 15	BOS		CHW	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
23	23	May 16	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	50	12.0	6	4	0	10	1
24	24	May 17	BOS		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
25	25	May 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	1	1	2	0
26	26	May 19	BOS		DET	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	27	May 21	BOS		DET	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
28	28	May 22	BOS		DET	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
29	29	May 23	BOS		CLE	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
30	30	May 24	BOS		CLE	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
31	31	May 26	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	46	9.0	4	3	0	7	2
32	32	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
33	33	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
34	34	May 30 (1)	BOS		WSH	W,9-4	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
35	35	May 30 (2)	BOS		WSH	L,5-10	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
36	36	May 31	BOS		WSH	L,0-12	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	37	Jun 3	BOS	@	SLB	W,8-7	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
38	38	Jun 4	BOS	@	SLB	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
39	39	Jun 5	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
40	40	Jun 6	BOS	@	SLB	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
41	41	Jun 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
42	42	Jun 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-10	CG	43	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
43	43	Jun 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
44	44	Jun 10	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	50	12.0	4	6	0	10	1
45	45	Jun 11	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
46	46	Jun 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
47	47	Jun 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	7	5	1	13	1
48	48	Jun 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	41	10.2	2	2	0	4	1
49	49	Jun 15	BOS	@	DET	L,4-10	CG	49	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
50	50	Jun 16	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	1
51	51	Jun 17	BOS	@	DET	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	6	4	0	10	2
52	52	Jun 18	BOS	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
53	53	Jun 21 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	54	Jun 21 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	T,3-3	CG	22	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	55	Jun 22	BOS	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
56	56	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
57	57	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	6	2	1	9	1
58	58	Jun 24	BOS		PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
59	59	Jun 25	BOS		PHA	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	60	Jun 26	BOS		NYY	W,8-5	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	61	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,7-12	CG	47	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
62	62	Jun 27 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	2	6	1	9	1
63	63	Jun 28	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	47	12.0	4	2	1	7	0
64	64	Jun 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	65	Jun 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,2-1	CG	42	11.0	2	8	0	10	1
66	66	Jun 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
67	67	Jul 1 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	37	8.0	6	1	0	7	0
68	68	Jul 1 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	2
69	69	Jul 2	BOS	@	WSH	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
70	70	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-8	CG	0	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
71	71	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-6	CG	0	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
72	72	Jul 5 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	2
73	73	Jul 5 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
74	74	Jul 7 (1)	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-6	CG	0	8.0	3	2	1	6	0
75	75	Jul 7 (2)	BOS	@	PHA	L,3-6	CG	0	8.0	5	6	0	11	0
76	76	Jul 8	BOS		SLB	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
77	77	Jul 9 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
78	78	Jul 9 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
79	79	Jul 10	BOS		SLB	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
80	80	Jul 11 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,1-8	CG	45	9.0	1	4	1	6	0
81	81	Jul 11 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,7-6	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
82	82	Jul 12	BOS		CHW	L,8-17	CG	51	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
83	83	Jul 14	BOS		CHW	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
84	84	Jul 15	BOS		CHW	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
85	85	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
86	86	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-11	CG	47	9.0	1	4	0	5	2
87	87	Jul 18	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	42	11.0	2	5	0	7	2
88	88	Jul 19 (1)	BOS		DET	L,1-18	CG	50	9.0	3	3	0	6	2
89	89	Jul 19 (2)	BOS		DET	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
90	90	Jul 21	BOS		CLE	L,1-2	CG	34	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
91	91	Jul 22	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	44	11.0	5	3	0	8	1
92	92	Jul 23	BOS		CLE	W,16-12	CG	51	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
93	93	Jul 24	BOS		CLE	W,10-9	CG	56	10.0	3	2	0	5	1
94	94	Jul 26	BOS	@	SLB	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	1
95	95	Jul 27	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-9	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
96	96	Jul 28	BOS	@	SLB	T,10-5	CG	47	10.0	4	4	0	8	2
97	97	Jul 29	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	6	2	1	9	1
98	98	Jul 30	BOS	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	42	8.2	1	4	0	5	1
99	99	Jul 31	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
100	100	Aug 1	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
101	101	Aug 2	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
102	102	Aug 3	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
103	103	Aug 4	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-14	CG	46	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
104	104	Aug 5	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	4	4	0	8	2
105	105	Aug 6	BOS	@	CLE	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	1
106	106	Aug 7	BOS	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	2
107	107	Aug 8	BOS	@	DET	L,5-14	CG	43	8.0	1	0	1	2	0
108	108	Aug 9	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	0	10.1	4	4	0	8	0
109	109	Aug 10	BOS	@	DET	L,7-13	CG	48	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
110	110	Aug 13 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
111	111	Aug 13 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	1
112	112	Aug 14	BOS		CHW	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
113	113	Aug 15	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	114	Aug 16 (1)	BOS		SLB	L,2-10	CG	44	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
115	115	Aug 16 (2)	BOS		SLB	L,4-6	CG	40	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
116	116	Aug 18	BOS		SLB	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
117	117	Aug 19	BOS		SLB	W,11-5	CG	38	9.0	4	6	0	10	2
118	118	Aug 20	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	4	7	0	11	2
119	119	Aug 21	BOS		CLE	W,2-1	CG	40	10.0	6	4	1	11	1
120	120	Aug 22	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
121	121	Aug 23	BOS		CLE	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
122	122	Aug 25	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	0	11.0	3	4	0	7	1
123	123	Aug 27 (1)	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
124	124	Aug 27 (2)	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
125	125	Aug 28 (1)	BOS		PHA	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
126	126	Aug 28 (2)	BOS		PHA	W,8-7	CG	0	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
127	127	Aug 29	BOS		PHA	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	128	Aug 30 (1)	BOS		PHA	L,7-18	CG	0	9.0	3	4	1	8	0
129	129	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		PHA	L,2-7	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
130	130	Sep 1 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-3	CG	33	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
131	131	Sep 1 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-12	CG	44	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
132	132	Sep 2 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,14-6	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
133	133	Sep 2 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
134	134	Sep 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,6-11	CG	42	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
135	135	Sep 4	BOS	@	WSH	L,5-12	CG	49	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
136	136	Sep 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-8	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	1
137	137	Sep 7	BOS	@	WSH	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
138	138	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
139	139	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
140	140	Sep 11 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	4	1	1	6	0
141	141	Sep 11 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,3-8	CG	48	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
142	142	Sep 13 (1)	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-6	GS	30	6.1	4	2	1	7	1
143	144 (1)	Sep 14	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	3
144	145	Sep 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	3	1	7	2
145	146	Sep 16	BOS	@	CHW	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
146	147	Sep 17	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
147	148	Sep 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	1	7	0	8	0
148	149	Sep 19	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	0	12.0	5	7	0	12	3
149	150	Sep 21 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	1	1	0
150	151	Sep 21 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	0	9.0	5	5	0	10	0
151	152	Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	0	8.0	3	4	1	8	1
152	153	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	1	2	0	3	1
153	154	Sep 26	BOS		WSH	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
154	155	Sep 27	BOS		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
155	156	Sep 29	BOS		WSH	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
156	157	Sep 30	BOS		WSH	W,13-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
							156gm		1379.0	463	494	37	994	100