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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-40 / in Starts: 1-2
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	38 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 66 PAs	2
Actual Runners on Base	41 (18-19-4) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 66 PAs	7
Avg. Runners on Base	43 (21-13-8)

Most Driven In
C Engle	1
F Sigafoos	1
F Welch	0
M Cochrane	0
S Hale	0

Most Driven In By
W French	5
C Perkins	2
A Simmons	1
M Bishop	1
M Cochrane	1
L Grove	0
J Poole	0

1926 Batting Game Log

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1926 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1441	4 (3)	Apr 16	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	2.90	0.115	6.76	0.16%	0.39	PH
2	1442	5	Apr 17	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	8						SS
3	1443	7 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	PHA	@	BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	1.43	0.043	2.86	0.05%	0.13	PH
4	1444	9 (1)	Apr 22	PHA		WSH	L,2-8	8-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2.500	1	.18	0.012	.36	0.01%	0.63	PH 2B
5	1445	14 (4)	Apr 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	9	3.07	-0.080	4.95	-0.08%	-0.79	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	1446	17 (2)	May 1	PHA		BOS	L,1-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	1						2B
7	1447	18	May 2	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	8-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	9	1.34	-0.068	1.62	-0.05%	-0.41	PH 2B
8	1448	29 (10)	May 14	PHA		CHW	W,6-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.500	.571	.667	1.238	8	3.33	-0.239	8.42	-0.36%	-0.37	SS
9	1449	32 (2)	May 18	PHA		DET	L,2-5	8-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.571	.625	.714	1.339	1	.69	0.032	2.09	0.06%	0.40	SS
10	1450	33	May 19	PHA		CLE	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.625	.667	.750	1.417	1	2.81	0.101	7.83	0.17%	0.28	PH
11	1451	34	May 20	PHA		CLE	W,10-2	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		0		0	0	.500	.615	.600	1.215	8	.54	0.021	1.39	0.03%	-0.07	SS
12	1452	35	May 21	PHA		CLE	L,3-4	CG(13)	7	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.550	.533	1.083	1	1.70	0.070	4.20	0.10%	0.49	SS
13	1453	36	May 22	PHA		CLE	L,5-9	GS-7	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.412	.565	.529	1.095	1	.61	0.047	1.41	0.07%	0.61	SS
14	1454	38 (1)	May 25 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,12-17	5-GF	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.450	.577	.550	1.127	8	.12	0.011	.24	0.01%	0.88	PH SS
15	1455	39	May 25 (2)	PHA		WSH	W,7-6	2-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.417	.533	.500	1.033	1	.81	-0.021	1.41	-0.02%	-0.25	PH 2B
16	1456	45 (5)	May 30	PHA	@	NYY	L,3-9	7-GF	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.462	.563	.577	1.139	1	.02	0.002	.07	0.01%	0.45	PH 2B
17	1457	46	May 31 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.444	.545	.556	1.101	9	5.70	-0.146	15.90	-0.24%	-0.78	PH
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
18	1458	48 (1)	Jun 2 (1)	PHA	@	BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.529	.536	1.065	9	2.89	-0.074	8.24	-0.13%	-0.24	PH
19	1459	51 (2)	Jun 6	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.429	.529	.536	1.065	8						SS
20	1460	56 (4)	Jun 12	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-1	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.414	.514	.517	1.032	5	3.68	-0.106	7.90	-0.14%	-0.34	PH
21	1461	57	Jun 13	PHA	@	CLE	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.400	.500	.500	1.000	9	.41	-0.013	.89	-0.02%	-0.25	PH
22	1462	58	Jun 14	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.387	.486	.484	.970	8	3.69	-0.052	6.84	-0.06%	-0.32	PH SS
23	1463	62 (3)	Jun 19	PHA	@	DET	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.474	.469	.942	9	6.28	-0.135	13.32	-0.17%	-0.82	PH
24	1464	63	Jun 20	PHA	@	DET	L,3-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	6	.30	-0.008	.49	-0.01%	-0.25	PH
25	1465	64	Jun 21	PHA		BOS	W,7-6	11-GF(11)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	8		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
26	1466	67 (2)	Jun 26	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-3	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.364	.462	.455	.916	8	4.44	-0.037	5.28	-0.03%	-0.10	PH
27	1467	70 (2)	Jun 29	PHA		NYY	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.382	.475	.471	.946	9	.58	0.028	.86	0.03%	0.85	PH
28	1468	71	Jun 30	PHA		NYY	W,5-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.371	.463	.457	.921	1	3.47	-0.102	3.85	-0.07%	-0.35	PH 2B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
29	1469	72	Jul 1	PHA		BOS	L,5-10	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.452	.444	.897	9	1.06	-0.028	.88	-0.01%	-0.26	PH
30	1470	73	Jul 2	PHA		BOS	W,4-3	12-13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.361	.452	.444	.897	9		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
31	1471	76 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,2-1	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		1	0	.378	.465	.459	.925	8	.89	0.022	1.58	0.02%	0.39	SS
32	1472	77	Jul 5 (2)	PHA		NYY	W,6-3	6-6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.378	.465	.459	.925	8						SS
33	1473	79 (1)	Jul 7 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,2-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.368	.455	.447	.902	8	1.99	-0.048	3.73	-0.05%	-0.38	PH
34	1474	81 (1)	Jul 9	PHA		CHW	W,4-3	9-GF(10)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	1	.385	.467	.462	.928	5	2.44	-0.049	5.81	-0.07%	-0.18	SS
35	1475	83 (1)	Jul 12	PHA		CHW	L,6-8	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.375	.457	.450	.907	9	3.07	-0.086	8.61	-0.14%	-0.61	PH
36	1476	87 (3)	Jul 17	PHA		DET	L,2-4	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.375	.457	.450	.907	9	3.83	-0.045	12.36	-0.09%	-0.23	PH
37	1477	88	Jul 19	PHA		DET	L,3-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.366	.447	.439	.886	9	.23	-0.006	.72	-0.01%	-0.26	PH
38	1478	89	Jul 20 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.366	.447	.439	.886	1						2B
39	1479	90	Jul 20 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.438	.429	.866	9	1.59	-0.042	3.61	-0.06%	-0.26	PH
40	1480	92 (1)	Jul 22	PHA		CLE	L,2-4	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.357	.449	.429	.878	8	1.78	0.045	3.17	0.05%	0.12	PH
41	1481	93	Jul 23	PHA		CLE	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.349	.440	.419	.859	9	.62	-0.019	.83	-0.02%	-0.35	PH
42	1482	96 (2)	Jul 28 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-5	5-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.442	.422	.865	8	.93	-0.026	.74	-0.01%	-0.33	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
43	1483	104 (7)	Aug 4	PHA	@	SLB	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.442	.422	.865	8						SS
44	1484	111 (6)	Aug 10	PHA	@	CHW	W,4-3	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.356	.442	.422	.865	8						SS
45	1485	116 (4)	Aug 15	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-5	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.348	.434	.413	.847	8	2.89	-0.065	1.63	-0.02%	-0.37	SS
46	1486	121 (4)	Aug 20 (2)	PHA		DET	L,4-5	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.340	.426	.404	.830	3	4.71	0.075	3.57	0.03%	0.35	PH SS
47	1487	125 (3)	Aug 26 (2)	PHA		SLB	W,4-3	9-10	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.354	.436	.417	.853	6	3.61	0.136	2.08	0.05%	0.40	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	1488	130 (4)	Sep 3 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,7-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.347	.429	.408	.837	1	.75	-0.024	.29	-0.01%	-0.61	PH
49	1489	135 (4)	Sep 11	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-5	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.340	.421	.400	.821	9	1.03	-0.027	.01	0.00%	-0.24	PH
50	1490	138 (2)	Sep 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,0-1	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.340	.421	.400	.821	6	4.55	-0.056	.01	0.00%	-0.23	PH
51	1491	139	Sep 16 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-1	1-GF	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.358	.443	.415	.858	1	.95	0.085	.00	0.00%	1.39	2B
52	1492	142 (2)	Sep 19	PHA	@	SLB	L,4-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0				0	0	.358	.452	.415	.867	9						PH
53	1493	144 (1)	Sep 20 (2)	PHA	@	DET	L,2-5	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0	0	.352	.444	.407	.852	9						PH
54	1494	150 (5)	Sep 27	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-5	5-5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.352	.444	.407	.852	2		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
							14-40		66	54	11	19	3	0	0	2	8	0	8	1	3		1		1	1	.352	.444	.407	.852		1.70	-0.757	3.12	-1.01%	-1.88

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