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Wayne Ambler

Wayne Harper Ambler

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: November 8, 1915 in Abington, PA
High School: George HS (Abingdon, PA)
School: Duke University (Durham, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1937
Team: Athletics 1937-1939

Final Game: September 4, 1939
Died: January 3, 1998 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1937 PHA AL 21 2B 56 51 38 268 107 149 12 34 .955 4.57 .972 5.64
1938 PHA AL 22 SS 116 114 99 551 209 310 32 54 .942 4.47 .953 5.17
1938 PHA AL 22 2B 4 4 4 28 12 16 0 4 1.000 7.00 .967 5.52
1939 PHA AL 23 SS 77 61 41 325 126 184 15 31 .954 4.03 .950 5.16
1939 PHA AL 23 2B 19 5 4 51 24 24 3 3 .941 2.53 .965 5.56
2 Seasons SS 193 175 140 876 335 494 47 85 .946 4.30 .952 5.17
3 Seasons 2B 79 60 46 347 143 189 15 41 .957 4.20 .971 5.61
3 Seasons TOT 272 235 186 1223 478 683 62 126 .949 4.27 .957 5.30
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1937 PHA AL 21 56 51 56 56 0 0 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1938 PHA AL 22 120 118 120 120 0 0 0 4 0 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1939 PHA AL 23 95 66 95 95 0 0 0 19 0 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 271 235 271 271 0 0 0 79 0 193 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1937 AL  12 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1938 AL  32 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1939 AL  .954 (4th)

             

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