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.

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1917 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 11	CLE	@	DET	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 12	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
3	3	Apr 14	CLE	@	DET	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
4	4	Apr 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
5	5	Apr 17	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0
6	6	Apr 18	CLE	@	SLB	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	1	1	2	4	0
7	7	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,8-7	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
8	8	Apr 20	CLE		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 21	CLE		DET	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
10	10	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
11	11	Apr 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	8.1	0	1	0	1	0
12	12	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	2	2	1	5	2
13	13	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
14	14	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	1
15	15	Apr 28	CLE		SLB	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
16	16	Apr 29	CLE		SLB	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
17	17	Apr 30	CLE		SLB	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-8	CG	40	9.0	4	2	2	8	1
19	19	May 3	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
20	20	May 7	CLE	@	DET	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	2	5	1	8	0
21	21	May 8	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	22	May 9 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	5	4	0	9	1
23	23	May 9 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	5	0	6	1
24	24	May 10	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	6	0	11	3
25	25	May 11	CLE		WSH	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
26	26	May 12	CLE		WSH	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
27	27	May 13	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	5	1	1	7	0
28	28	May 14	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	41	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
29	29	May 15	CLE		BOS	L,5-6	CG	41	9.0	5	4	1	10	0
30	30	May 16	CLE		BOS	L,1-5	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
31	31	May 17	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
32	32	May 19	CLE		PHA	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
33	33	May 20 (1)	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
34	34	May 20 (2)	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
35	35	May 22	CLE		PHA	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
36	36	May 24	CLE		NYY	W,2-0	CG	36	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
37	37	May 25	CLE		NYY	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	7	1	10	2
38	38	May 26	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	36	9.0	5	5	0	10	1
39	39	May 27	CLE		NYY	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
40	40	May 29	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	38	10.0	0	3	0	3	0
41	41	May 30 (1)	CLE		DET	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
42	42	May 30 (2)	CLE		DET	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	8	0	10	0
43	43	May 31	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	44	Jun 1	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
45	45	Jun 2	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	47	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	CG	41	8.0	6	2	2	10	0
48	48	Jun 6	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
49	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-7	CG	41	8.0	1	5	1	7	0
50	50	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
51	51	Jun 10	CLE		CHW	L,4-10	CG	42	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
52	52	Jun 12	CLE	@	WSH	T,2-2	CG	65	16.0	4	5	0	9	0
53	53	Jun 13 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	1	2	0
54	54	Jun 13 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	T,1-1	CG	40	11.0	2	3	0	5	0
55	55	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	4	2	1	7	1
56	59 (3)	Jun 20	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
57	60	Jun 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,1-0	CG	29	9.0	1	5	0	6	1
58	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
59	62	Jun 23	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	61	14.2	8	6	1	15	1
60	63	Jun 24	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	34	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
61	64	Jun 25	CLE		SLB	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	4	3	1	8	3
62	65	Jun 26 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
63	66	Jun 26 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
64	67	Jun 27	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
65	68	Jun 28	CLE		SLB	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
66	69	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
67	70	Jun 30	CLE		CHW	W,11-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	71	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	4	0	8	2
69	72	Jul 2	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	32	7.0	4	2	0	6	1
70	73	Jul 3	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
71	74	Jul 4 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	2	2	0	4	1
72	75	Jul 4 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
73	76	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
74	77	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
75	78	Jul 6	CLE	@	SLB	W,12-6	CG	43	9.0	3	6	0	9	2
76	79	Jul 7	CLE		BOS	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
77	80	Jul 8	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	30	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
78	81	Jul 9	CLE		BOS	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	3	2	1	6	0
79	82	Jul 11	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
80	83	Jul 12	CLE		WSH	W,7-0	CG	35	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
81	84	Jul 14 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
82	85	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
83	86	Jul 15 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
84	87	Jul 15 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-8	CG	40	9.0	0	3	1	4	1
85	88	Jul 16	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
86	89	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
87	90	Jul 18	CLE		NYY	L,7-12	CG	0	10.0	5	4	0	9	1
88	91	Jul 20	CLE		PHA	L,2-6	CG	46	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
89	92	Jul 21	CLE		PHA	W,2-1	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
90	93	Jul 22	CLE		PHA	W,20-6	CG	41	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
91	95 (1)	Jul 26 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
92	96	Jul 26 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-2	CG	23	5.0	0	0	1	1	0
93	97	Jul 27 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	0	2	0	2	0
94	98	Jul 27 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	4	1	7	1
95	99	Jul 28	CLE	@	WSH	L,4-5	GS	19	4.1	1	1	0	2	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
96	104 (4)	Aug 2	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
97	105	Aug 3	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
98	106	Aug 4	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	2	4	0	6	0
99	107	Aug 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
100	108	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
101	109	Aug 8 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
102	110	Aug 8 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
103	111	Aug 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	112	Aug 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-7	CG	57	14.0	4	3	0	7	0
105	113	Aug 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
106	114	Aug 12	CLE		CHW	L,3-4	CG	54	13.0	5	6	0	11	1
107	115	Aug 14 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-3	CG	32	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
108	116	Aug 14 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
109	117	Aug 15	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	41	10.0	4	6	0	10	4
110	118	Aug 17	CLE		BOS	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	4	4	2	10	2
111	119	Aug 18 (1)	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
112	120	Aug 18 (2)	CLE		BOS	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
113	121	Aug 19	CLE		BOS	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
114	122	Aug 20	CLE		PHA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	2	4	1	7	1
115	123	Aug 21	CLE		PHA	W,16-3	CG	41	9.0	0	7	0	7	1
116	124	Aug 22	CLE		PHA	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
117	125	Aug 23	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
118	126	Aug 25	CLE		NYY	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
119	127	Aug 26	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
120	128	Aug 27	CLE		WSH	L,9-11	CG	45	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
121	129	Aug 29	CLE		DET	L,1-15	CG	47	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
122	137 (7)	Sep 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-3	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
123	138	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	W,1-0	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
124	140 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	40	10.2	1	5	0	6	0
125	141	Sep 14	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
126	142	Sep 15	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
127	143	Sep 16	CLE	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
128	144	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	3	0	1	4	0
129	145	Sep 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
130	146	Sep 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
131	147	Sep 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
132	148	Sep 22 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,3-0	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
133	149	Sep 22 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,2-1	CG	40	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
134	150	Sep 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
135	151	Sep 25	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	54	12.1	4	5	1	10	1
136	152	Sep 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
137	153	Sep 28	CLE	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
138	154	Sep 29 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
139	155	Sep 29 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	1
140	156	Sep 30	CLE		WSH	W,2-1	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
							140gm		1242.0	332	443	38	813	70