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Wayne Ambler
Wayne Harper Ambler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.
School Duke University

Debut June 4, 1937
Final Game September 4, 1939
Born November 8, 1915 in Abington, PA
Died January 3, 1998 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 21 PHA AL  56  162    3   35   5  0   0   11   1  0  13   8  .216  .274  .247   33   40   0           0    
 1938 22 PHA AL 120  393   42   92  21  2   0   38   2  1  48  31  .234  .317  .298   57  117  11           0    
 1939 23 PHA AL  95  227   15   48  13  0   0   24   1  0  22  25  .211  .281  .269   42   61  14           0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      271  782   60  175  39  2   0   73   4  1  83  64  .224  .298  .279   48  218  25   0   0   0  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        467   36  105  23  1   0   44   2  1  50  38  .224  .298  .279   48  130  15   0   0   0   6
 Career High    120  393   42   92  21  2   0   38   2  1  48  31  .234  .317  .298   57  117  14   0   0   0  10
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 21 PHA AL  175  127   11   2.3   115| .216  .287| .274  .362| .247  .428| .521  .790|  33  .180 -16.6  -1.5 100%
 1938 22 PHA AL  452  313   37   3.1   116| .234  .286| .317  .365| .298  .427| .615  .791|  57  .276 -25.2  -2.3  66%
 1939 23 PHA AL  263  203   17   2.2   112| .211  .284| .281  .359| .269  .420| .550  .778|  42  .181 -19.4  -1.8 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       890  643   65   2.7   114| .224  .286| .298  .362| .279  .425| .577  .787|  48  .227 -61.2  -5.6  80%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 21 PHA AL 2B 56 107 149 12 34 .955 .972 4.57 5.28 1938 22 PHA AL SS 116 209 310 32 54 .942 .953 4.47 4.99 2B 4 12 16 0 4 1.000 .966 7.00 5.33 1939 23 PHA AL SS 77 126 184 15 31 .954 .950 4.03 4.68 2B 19 24 24 3 3 .941 .966 2.53 5.14
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 21 PHA AL 2B 56 107 149 12 34 .955 .972 4.57 5.28 1938 22 PHA AL 2B 4 12 16 0 4 1.000 .966 7.00 5.33 1939 23 PHA AL 2B 19 24 24 3 3 .941 .966 2.53 5.14 1938 22 PHA AL SS 116 209 310 32 54 .942 .953 4.47 4.99 1939 23 PHA AL SS 77 126 184 15 31 .954 .950 4.03 4.68
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total SS 193 335 494 47 85 .946 .952 4.30 4.87 2B 79 143 189 15 41 .957 .970 4.20 5.25 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 272 478 683 62 126 .949 .957 4.27 4.98
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Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1938 AL-11-7
1939 AL-14-9

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 7, 1939: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Philadelphia Athletics.

December 12, 1940: Traded by the New York Giants to the Cincinnati Reds for Milt Shoffner.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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