Bill Wambsganss
William Adolph Wambsganss
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 19, 1894 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1914
Final Game: September 27, 1926
Died: December 8, 1985 in Lakewood, OH
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1914 20 CLE AL 43 159 143 12 31 6 2 0 12 2 7 8 24 .217 .277 .287 .564 67 41 4 4 6/4
1915 21 CLE AL 121 423 375 30 73 4 4 0 21 8 9 36 50 .195 .272 .227 .499 48 85 4 8 45
1916 22 CLE AL 136 551 475 57 117 14 4 0 45 13 41 40 .246 .313 .293 .605 77 139 5 30 *64/5
1917 23 CLE AL 141 570 499 52 127 17 6 0 43 16 37 42 .255 .315 .313 .628 86 156 7 27 *4/3
1918 24 CLE AL 87 356 315 34 93 15 2 0 40 16 21 21 .295 .345 .356 .701 104 112 3 17 *4
1919 25 CLE AL 139 587 526 60 146 17 6 2 60 18 32 24 .278 .323 .344 .667 83 181 3 26 *4
1920 26 CLE AL 153 664 565 83 138 16 11 1 55 9 18 54 26 .244 .316 .317 .633 65 179 5 40 *4
1921 27 CLE AL 107 500 410 80 117 28 5 2 47 13 7 44 27 .285 .359 .393 .752 90 161 3 43 *4/5
1922 28 CLE AL 142 644 538 89 141 22 6 0 47 17 10 60 26 .262 .341 .325 .666 73 175 4 42 *46 MVP-21
1923 29 CLE AL 101 418 345 59 100 20 4 1 59 10 9 43 15 .290 .373 .380 .753 98 131 3 27 4/56
1924 30 BOS AL 156 727 632 93 174 41 5 0 49 14 8 54 33 .275 .336 .356 .692 79 225 4 37 *4
1925 31 BOS AL 111 432 360 50 83 12 4 1 41 3 5 52 21 .231 .329 .294 .624 59 106 1 19 *4/3
1926 32 PHA AL 54 66 54 11 19 3 0 0 1 1 1 8 8 .352 .444 .407 .852 118 22 1 3 6/4
13 Seasons 1491 6097 5237 710 1359 215 59 7 520 140 74 490 357 .259 .328 .327 .655 78 1713 47 323
162 Game Avg. 162 662 569 77 148 23 6 1 56 15 53 39 .259 .328 .327 .655 78 186 5 35
CLE (10 yrs) 1170 4872 4191 556 1083 159 50 6 429 122 60 376 295 .258 .326 .325 .650 79 1360 41 264
BOS (2 yrs) 267 1159 992 143 257 53 9 1 90 17 13 106 54 .259 .334 .334 .667 72 331 5 56
PHA (1 yr) 54 66 54 11 19 3 0 0 1 1 1 8 8 .352 .444 .407 .852 118 22 1 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1914 20 CLE AL 159 123 9 2.0 85 .261 .217 .261 .277 .335 .287 .342 .564 .677 67 .282 -6.2 -0.7 .403 .091 .070 .0
1915 21 CLE AL 423 319 22 1.8 85 .225 .195 .257 .272 .336 .227 .338 .499 .674 48 .244 -24.5 -2.8 .399 .125 .032 .0
1916 22 CLE AL 551 388 43 3.0 87 .269 .246 .263 .313 .339 .293 .344 .605 .682 77 .436 -13.6 -1.6 .553 .160 .046 .0
1917 23 CLE AL 570 399 48 3.3 85 .278 .255 .263 .315 .335 .313 .340 .628 .674 86 .482 -9.1 -1.0 .581 .164 .058 .0
1918 24 CLE AL 356 239 38 4.3 89 .316 .295 .271 .345 .343 .356 .345 .701 .688 104 .596 1.1 0.1 .685 .178 .060 .0
1919 25 CLE AL 587 406 58 3.8 100 .288 .278 .283 .323 .350 .344 .381 .667 .731 83 .473 -14.0 -1.5 .616 .162 .067 3.6
1920 26 CLE AL 664 485 52 2.9 110 .255 .244 .296 .316 .361 .317 .407 .633 .768 65 .299 -30.0 -3.0 .515 .152 .073 1.8
1921 27 CLE AL 500 343 57 4.5 116 .302 .285 .302 .359 .368 .393 .424 .752 .792 90 .440 -5.5 -0.5 .713 .229 .107 3.5
1922 28 CLE AL 644 449 59 3.5 111 .275 .262 .295 .341 .361 .325 .415 .666 .776 73 .366 -20.6 -2.0 .604 .188 .063 .0
1923 29 CLE AL 418 281 47 4.5 108 .301 .290 .290 .373 .360 .380 .401 .753 .761 98 .479 0.7 0.1 .701 .217 .090 1.8
1924 30 BOS AL 727 503 75 4.0 111 .290 .275 .297 .336 .366 .356 .407 .692 .773 79 .408 -19.1 -1.8 .620 .176 .081 .0
1925 31 BOS AL 432 301 34 3.0 115 .243 .231 .300 .329 .370 .294 .420 .624 .790 59 .276 -22.0 -2.1 .557 .203 .064 1.5
1926 32 PHA AL 66 39 9 6.2 115 .413 .352 .297 .444 .370 .407 .417 .852 .787 118 .622 2.1 0.2 .861 .204 .056 .0
13 Seasons 6097 4275 551 3.5 102 .277 .259 .284 .328 .354 .327 .385 .655 .738 78 .404 -160.7 -16.7 .586 .174 .068 13.3
162 Game Avg. 662 464 60 3.5 102 .277 .259 .284 .328 .354 .327 .385 .655 .738 78 .404 -160.7 -16.7 .586 .174 .068 1
CLE (10 yrs) 4872 3432 433 3.4 99 .277 .258 .280 .326 .350 .325 .378 .650 .728 79 .413 -121.7 -13.0 .580 .171 .066 11.4
BOS (2 yrs) 1159 804 109 3.6 113 .273 .259 .298 .334 .368 .334 .412 .667 .779 72 .359 -41.1 -3.9 .596 .185 .075 1.9
PHA (1 yr) 66 39 9 6.1 115 .413 .352 .297 .444 .370 .407 .417 .852 .787 118 .622 2.1 0.2 .861 .204 .056 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1920 26 CLE AL WS BRO W 7 29 26 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 4 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 7 29 26 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 4 0 0 1 0 0

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1914 20 43 159 143 12 31 6 2 0 12 2 7 8 24 .217 .277 .287 .564 67 41 4 4
1915 21 164 582 518 42 104 10 6 0 33 10 16 44 74 .201 .274 .243 .517 53 126 8 12
1916 22 300 1133 993 99 221 24 10 0 78 23 16 85 114 .223 .292 .267 .559 65 265 13 42
1917 23 441 1703 1492 151 348 41 16 0 121 39 16 122 156 .233 .300 .282 .582 72 421 20 69
1918 24 528 2059 1807 185 441 56 18 0 161 55 16 143 177 .244 .308 .295 .603 78 533 23 86
1919 25 667 2646 2333 245 587 73 24 2 221 73 16 175 201 .252 .311 .306 .617 79 714 26 112
1920 26 820 3310 2898 328 725 89 35 3 276 82 34 229 227 .250 .312 .308 .620 76 893 31 152
1921 27 927 3810 3308 408 842 117 40 5 323 95 41 273 254 .255 .318 .319 .636 78 1054 34 195
1922 28 1069 4454 3846 497 983 139 46 5 370 112 51 333 280 .256 .321 .320 .641 77 1229 38 237
1923 29 1170 4872 4191 556 1083 159 50 6 429 122 60 376 295 .258 .326 .325 .650 79 1360 41 264
1924 30 1326 5599 4823 649 1257 200 55 6 478 136 68 430 328 .261 .327 .329 .656 79 1585 45 301
1925 31 1437 6031 5183 699 1340 212 59 7 519 139 73 482 349 .259 .327 .326 .653 77 1691 46 320
1926 32 1491 6097 5237 710 1359 215 59 7 520 140 74 490 357 .259 .328 .327 .655 78 1713 47 323

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1914 20 44 158 146 14 31 6 2 0 14 2 8 25 .212 .272 .281 .553 10 43
1915 21 126 438 395 35 79 4 4 0 24 9 39 52 .200 .279 .230 .509 25 121
1916 22 141 554 502 67 130 16 4 0 53 14 46 42 .259 .329 .307 .635 50 136
1917 23 146 577 528 61 142 19 7 0 51 18 41 44 .269 .331 .331 .662 56 141
1918 24 111 441 409 48 126 20 3 0 56 22 28 27 .308 .358 .372 .730 54 87
1919 25 161 652 611 71 171 20 7 2 71 21 37 28 .280 .325 .345 .670 68 139
1920 26 161 635 579 78 130 15 10 1 51 8 51 27 .225 .293 .290 .583 48 153
1921 27 113 464 419 71 111 27 5 2 42 12 42 28 .265 .336 .368 .704 50 107
1922 28 148 619 555 85 140 22 6 0 45 17 60 27 .252 .330 .314 .643 56 142
1923 29 106 403 357 58 99 20 4 1 58 10 43 16 .277 .360 .364 .724 46 101
1924 30 164 710 653 88 171 40 5 0 46 14 53 35 .262 .321 .338 .660 70 156
1925 31 117 419 369 45 78 11 4 1 37 3 49 22 .211 .305 .271 .576 31 111
1926 32 57 64 55 10 18 3 0 0 1 1 8 8 .327 .422 .382 .804 8 54
13 Seasons 1595 6134 5578 731 1426 223 61 7 549 151 505 381 .256 .323 .321 .644 572 1491
162 Game Avg. 162 623 567 74 145 23 6 1 56 15 51 39 .256 .323 .321 .644 58 1491

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1942 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1950 BBWAA ( 0.6%)
1953 BBWAA ( 0.4%)
1954 BBWAA ( 1.6%)
1955 BBWAA ( 2.0%)
1956 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1922 AL (21, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (1233rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1919 AL  139 (9th)
1920 AL  153 (8th)
1924 AL  156 (1st)

At Bats s c a p y
1919 AL  526 (8th)
1924 AL  632 (3rd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1924 AL  727 (1st)

Doubles s c a p y
1924 AL  41 (3rd)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1922 AL  17 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1917 AL  7 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1916 AL  30 (5th)
1920 AL  40 (5th)
1921 AL  43 (1st)
1922 AL  42 (1st)
1923 AL  27 (7th)
1924 AL  37 (2nd)
Career  323 (7th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1920 AL  18 (4th)
Career  74 (247th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1919 AL  406 (5th)
1920 AL  485 (1st)
1922 AL  449 (6th)
1924 AL  503 (1st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (725), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1367), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1107), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  7. Ted Sizemore (931)
  8. Harold Reynolds (925)
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  8. Johnny Evers (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Johnny Evers (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Bill Russell (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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