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.

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1920 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 14	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 17	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
3	3	Apr 18	CLE		DET	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
4	4	Apr 19	CLE		DET	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	0	5	1	6	0
5	5	Apr 20	CLE		DET	W,11-10	CG	47	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
6	6	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	1	6	1	8	2
7	7	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-1	CG	36	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	1	2	0	3	0
9	9	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
10	10	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
11	11	Apr 29	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	41	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	CLE	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	1
15	15	May 4	CLE	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	0	8.2	4	5	0	9	1
16	16	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
17	17	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	3	6	0	9	0
18	18	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-6	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0
19	19	May 8	CLE	@	CHW	W,10-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
20	20	May 9	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
21	21	May 10	CLE		SLB	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
22	22	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	29	8.0	4	3	0	7	2
24	24	May 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	3	5	0	8	3
25	25	May 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-11	CG	41	8.0	3	3	1	7	0
26	26	May 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
27	27	May 20	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
28	28	May 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
29	29	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	4	4	2	10	2
30	30	May 23	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
31	31	May 26	CLE	@	WSH	L,9-13	CG	43	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
32	32	May 28	CLE		CHW	W,13-6	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
33	33	May 29 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,7-8	CG	49	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
34	34	May 29 (2)	CLE		CHW	W,8-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
35	35	May 30	CLE		CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
36	36	May 31 (1)	CLE		DET	W,9-5	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2
37	37	May 31 (2)	CLE		DET	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	38	Jun 1	CLE		DET	L,10-11	CG	46	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
39	39	Jun 2	CLE		DET	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
40	40	Jun 3	CLE		DET	L,3-6	CG	48	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
41	41	Jun 4	CLE		SLB	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
42	42	Jun 5	CLE		SLB	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	6	5	1	12	3
43	43	Jun 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
44	44	Jun 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
45	45	Jun 8	CLE		PHA	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
46	46	Jun 9	CLE		PHA	W,6-1	CG	30	9.0	3	6	0	9	3
47	47	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	34	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
48	48	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
49	49	Jun 12	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	CG	35	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
50	50	Jun 13	CLE		NYY	L,0-14	CG	50	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
51	51	Jun 14	CLE		NYY	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
52	52	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,10-2	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
53	53	Jun 18	CLE		WSH	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0
54	54	Jun 19	CLE		WSH	L,1-5	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
55	56 (1)	Jun 21	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	52	12.0	4	5	0	9	1
56	57	Jun 22	CLE		BOS	W,13-5	CG	41	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
57	58	Jun 23	CLE		BOS	W,7-6	CG	58	14.0	5	6	3	14	0
58	59	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	32	8.0	5	3	0	8	1
59	60	Jun 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-12	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	0
60	61	Jun 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
61	62	Jun 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-4	CG	38	9.0	1	3	1	5	1
62	63	Jun 29 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
63	64	Jun 29 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1
64	65	Jun 30	CLE	@	SLB	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	66	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	36	9.0	6	5	1	12	3
66	67	Jul 3	CLE	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	37	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
67	68	Jul 4	CLE	@	DET	W,11-3	CG	41	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
68	69	Jul 5 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0
69	70	Jul 5 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
70	71	Jul 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	50	10.2	2	5	0	7	0
71	72	Jul 8 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	31	9.0	2	1	0	3	1
72	73	Jul 8 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
73	74	Jul 9	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
74	75	Jul 10 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	3	0	10	0
75	76	Jul 10 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
76	77	Jul 11	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
77	78	Jul 13	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
78	79	Jul 14	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	1
79	80	Jul 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-1	CG	24	6.0	0	1	0	1	1
80	81	Jul 16	CLE	@	PHA	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	6	6	0	12	2
81	82	Jul 17 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
82	83	Jul 17 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
83	84	Jul 19 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,10-6	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
84	85	Jul 19 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	47	9.2	3	2	0	5	0
85	86	Jul 20	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	CG	50	11.0	1	9	0	10	0
86	87	Jul 21	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	1	5	0
87	88	Jul 22	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-11	CG	36	6.0	3	2	1	6	0
88	89	Jul 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	35	8.0	0	2	0	2	0
89	90	Jul 24	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	43	11.0	3	2	0	5	0
90	91	Jul 25	CLE		CHW	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
91	92	Jul 27 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
92	93	Jul 27 (2)	CLE		WSH	L,6-19	CG	56	9.0	4	1	1	6	1
93	94	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
94	95	Jul 29	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	GS	22	6.0	2	3	0	5	1
95	96	Jul 30	CLE		BOS	W,13-4	CG	39	9.0	3	4	0	7	0
96	97	Jul 31	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	98	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	L,5-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
98	99	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,2-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
99	100	Aug 3	CLE		WSH	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	0
100	101	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,3-11	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
101	102	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	L,1-2	CG	35	10.0	4	2	0	6	0
102	103	Aug 7	CLE		PHA	W,9-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
103	104	Aug 8	CLE		PHA	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
104	105	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
105	106	Aug 11	CLE		NYY	L,4-7	CG	42	10.0	3	3	1	7	1
106	107	Aug 12	CLE		NYY	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
107	108	Aug 13	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
108	109	Aug 14	CLE		SLB	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	2
109	110	Aug 15	CLE		SLB	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
110	111	Aug 16	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
111	112	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	33	8.1	2	1	0	3	1
112	113	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
113	114	Aug 21 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-12	CG	41	8.0	3	4	0	7	1
114	115	Aug 21 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	6	7	1	14	2
115	116	Aug 23 (1)	CLE	@	BOS	W,2-1	CG	31	9.0	6	2	0	8	0
116	117	Aug 23 (2)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	52	12.1	3	6	0	9	0
117	118	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-7	CG	37	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
118	119	Aug 25	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	6	3	0	9	1
119	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	2	0	4	1
120	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	PHA	W,15-3	CG	34	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
121	122	Aug 29	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	40	8.0	2	3	0	5	1
122	123	Aug 30	CLE	@	WSH	W,8-2	CG	33	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
123	124	Aug 31	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	3	4	1	8	1
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	125	Sep 1	CLE	@	WSH	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
125	126	Sep 3	CLE		DET	L,0-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	1	7	0
126	127	Sep 4	CLE		DET	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
127	128	Sep 5	CLE		DET	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
128	129	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,7-2	CG	35	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
129	130	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
130	131	Sep 9	CLE		NYY	W,10-4	CG	40	9.0	3	3	2	8	0
131	132	Sep 10	CLE		NYY	L,1-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
132	133	Sep 11	CLE		NYY	L,2-6	CG	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0
133	134	Sep 12	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	5	6	0	11	1
134	135	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
135	136	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	L,0-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
136	137	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	W,14-0	CG	30	9.0	0	4	0	4	1
137	138	Sep 16	CLE		WSH	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	3	8	0	11	2
138	139	Sep 17	CLE		WSH	W,9-3	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	2
139	140	Sep 18	CLE		WSH	W,7-5	CG	44	9.0	2	3	1	6	1
140	141	Sep 19	CLE		BOS	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
141	142	Sep 20	CLE		BOS	W,8-3	CG	40	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
142	143	Sep 21	CLE		BOS	W,12-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
143	144	Sep 23	CLE		CHW	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	5	1	1	7	1
144	145	Sep 24	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
145	146	Sep 25	CLE		CHW	L,1-5	CG	37	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
146	147	Sep 26	CLE	@	SLB	W,7-5	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0
147	148	Sep 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
148	149	Sep 28	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-5	CG	35	9.0	4	7	0	11	1
149	150	Sep 29	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
150	151	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	43	9.1	5	3	0	8	1
151	152	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,10-3	CG	33	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
152	153	Oct 2	CLE	@	DET	W,10-1	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	2
153	154	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	0	8.1	4	6	0	10	2
							153gm		1363.0	414	489	38	941	81