Wayne Ambler

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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 USA
Died January 3, 1998 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL USA

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Infielder Wayne Ambler was from Abington, Pennsylvania, where his father was former speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, postmaster, state insurance commissioner, and head of a contracting firm. Wayne graduated from Abington High School and went to Duke University where he played football and baseball and was a teammates of Ace Parker and Eric Tipton. When he graduated from Duke in 1937, he went directly to play for the Philadelphia Athletics and made his major league debut on June 4, 1937. He played in 271 big league games from 1937 to 1939. In 1940, he played for the Jersey City Giants in the International League and was with the Indianapolis Indians in the American Association in 1941. After that, Ambler retired from baseball and was working in a paper stock company in Philadelphia, playing semi-pro baseball, and was chairman of the paper committee of the Philadelphia Council of Defense until he accepted a commission in the Navy at Ft. Schyler, NY. He went on active duty on October 28, 1943. He served in the Armed Guard as a gunnery officer on 2 merchant ships, the SS Ross and SS Butterfield in both the European and Pacific theaters and earned 1 battle star. He was released from active duty as a Lieutenant at Philadelphia on February 20, 1946.