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.

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1925 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	7 (6)	Apr 22	BOS		PHA	L,5-6	CG	42	11.0	0	2	0	2	1
2	8	Apr 23	BOS		PHA	L,4-15	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	0
3	9	Apr 24	BOS		PHA	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
4	10	Apr 25	BOS		PHA	W,3-2	CG	43	11.0	3	3	1	7	0
5	11	Apr 27	BOS		WSH	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
6	12	Apr 28	BOS		WSH	L,2-9	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
7	13	May 1	BOS		NYY	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	3	5	0	8	4
8	14	May 2	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	15	May 3	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	0	1	2	3	0
10	16	May 5	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
11	17	May 6	BOS	@	WSH	L,8-10	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
12	18	May 8	BOS	@	DET	W,15-7	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
13	19	May 9	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	40	8.2	0	3	0	3	0
14	20	May 10	BOS	@	DET	L,5-13	CG	44	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
15	21	May 11	BOS	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	0	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
16	22	May 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-9	CG	38	8.0	6	2	0	8	0
17	23	May 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
18	24	May 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	36	8.2	1	6	0	7	0
19	25	May 15	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-10	CG	43	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
20	26	May 16	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-10	CG	46	9.2	4	4	0	8	1
21	27	May 17	BOS	@	SLB	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	1	1	0
22	28	May 18	BOS	@	SLB	W,12-7	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	29	May 19	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
24	30	May 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-10	CG	44	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
25	31	May 21	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-7	CG	41	9.0	3	8	0	11	1
26	32	May 23	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	42	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
27	33	May 26 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
28	34	May 26 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
29	35	May 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
30	36	May 28 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
31	37	May 28 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	1
32	38	May 29	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	1	6	1	8	0
33	39	May 30 (1)	BOS	@	WSH	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
34	40	May 30 (2)	BOS	@	WSH	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	2
35	41	May 31	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	0	12.0	2	7	0	9	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42	Jun 1	BOS		PHA	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
37	43	Jun 2	BOS		PHA	L,2-15	GS	24	4.0	2	0	0	2	0
38	44	Jun 3	BOS		PHA	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
39	45	Jun 4	BOS		PHA	L,2-12	CG	52	9.0	6	7	1	14	0
40	46	Jun 5	BOS		CLE	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
41	47	Jun 6	BOS		CLE	L,4-8	CG	45	9.0	5	6	1	12	1
42	48	Jun 8	BOS		CLE	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
43	49	Jun 9	BOS		CLE	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	50	Jun 10	BOS		SLB	L,8-15	CG	50	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
45	51	Jun 11	BOS		SLB	L,7-9	CG	47	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
46	52	Jun 12	BOS		SLB	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
47	53	Jun 13	BOS		SLB	L,4-7	CG	37	9.0	4	5	1	10	2
48	54	Jun 15	BOS		CHW	W,13-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
49	55	Jun 16	BOS		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
50	56	Jun 17 (1)	BOS		CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
51	57	Jun 17 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	58	Jun 18	BOS		CHW	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
53	59	Jun 19	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	0	10.0	5	4	1	10	0
54	60	Jun 20	BOS		DET	L,9-11	GS	25	5.0	1	1	0	2	0
55	61	Jun 22	BOS		DET	L,4-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	1	2	1
56	62	Jun 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	4	4	0	8	2
57	63	Jun 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	41	8.1	3	2	0	5	0
58	64	Jun 25	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	5	0	7	1
59	65	Jun 27 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,5-10	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
60	66	Jun 27 (2)	BOS		NYY	L,1-5	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
61	67	Jun 29	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
62	68	Jun 30	BOS		NYY	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	69	Jul 1	BOS		NYY	L,8-11	GS	25	5.0	2	1	0	3	1
64	70	Jul 2 (1)	BOS		WSH	L,4-6	GF	15	3.0	1	2	0	3	1
65	78 (7)	Jul 10	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	0	8.0	3	4	0	7	2
66	79	Jul 11	BOS	@	CLE	W,14-7	CG	44	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
67	80	Jul 12	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-13	GS	28	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	81	Jul 13	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-11	CG	49	9.0	1	5	1	7	1
69	82	Jul 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
70	83	Jul 15	BOS	@	SLB	L,3-11	CG	43	8.0	1	2	1	4	1
71	87 (3)	Jul 20 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
72	88	Jul 20 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	3	1	1	5	1
73	89	Jul 21 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
74	90	Jul 21 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	35	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
75	91	Jul 23	BOS	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	92	Jul 24	BOS	@	PHA	L,0-6	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
77	93	Jul 25	BOS	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	44	9.1	1	4	0	5	0
78	94	Jul 27	BOS	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	7	0	9	1
79	95	Jul 28	BOS		CLE	L,7-16	CG	52	9.0	9	0	1	10	3
80	96	Jul 29	BOS		CLE	L,5-10	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0
81	97	Jul 30	BOS		CLE	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	14	2	0	16	1
82	98	Jul 31	BOS		CLE	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	10	0	0	10	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
83	99	Aug 1	BOS		SLB	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	1
84	100	Aug 3	BOS		SLB	L,4-12	GS	18	3.0	1	0	0	1	0
85	112 (11)	Aug 18	BOS	@	CHW	L,2-4	GF	14	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	113	Aug 19	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	11	2.0	0	1	1	2	0
87	114	Aug 20	BOS	@	CHW	L,7-11	CG	46	8.0	0	2	2	4	0
88	115	Aug 21	BOS	@	SLB	L,7-9	CG	39	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
89	116	Aug 22	BOS	@	SLB	W,10-4	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	2
90	117	Aug 23	BOS	@	SLB	L,2-5	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	118	Aug 24	BOS	@	SLB	L,0-4	GS	19	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
92	120 (1)	Aug 26	BOS	@	DET	L,2-10	CG	0	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
93	121	Aug 27	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
94	122	Aug 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
95	123	Aug 29	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	2	5	0	7	2
96	124	Aug 30	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	33	8.2	1	6	0	7	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	125	Sep 1	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS	22	7.0	1	3	0	4	1
98	128 (2)	Sep 5	BOS	@	WSH	L,6-7	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
99	131 (2)	Sep 8 (1)	BOS		NYY	L,4-5		7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
100	133 (1)	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
101	134	Sep 11	BOS	@	WSH	L,4-5	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
102	135	Sep 12	BOS	@	WSH	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	1	1	0	2	1
103	136	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
104	137	Sep 15	BOS		SLB	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
105	138	Sep 17 (1)	BOS		SLB	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
106	139	Sep 17 (2)	BOS		SLB	W,4-0	CG	38	9.0	8	4	0	12	3
107	140	Sep 18	BOS		CLE	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
108	141	Sep 19 (1)	BOS		CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	10.0	6	8	1	15	1
109	142	Sep 19 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,0-5	GS	11	2.2	1	0	1	2	0
							109gm		881.0	301	330	27	658	65