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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 66 179 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 71 331 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

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

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1914 CLE AL 20 SS 36 189 65 109 15 16 .921 4.83 .938 5.17
1914 CLE AL 20 2B 4 18 7 8 3 0 .833 3.75 .961 4.78
1915 CLE AL 21 2B 78 400 138 237 25 24 .938 4.81 .957 4.89
1915 CLE AL 21 3B 35 110 31 69 10 4 .909 2.86 .926 3.01
1916 CLE AL 22 SS 106 576 208 325 43 38 .925 5.03 .939 4.92
1916 CLE AL 22 2B 24 120 39 76 5 11 .958 4.79 .964 4.88
1916 CLE AL 22 3B 5 18 5 9 4 4 .778 2.80 .950 3.24
1917 CLE AL 23 2B 137 783 304 441 38 70 .951 5.44 .959 4.94
1917 CLE AL 23 1B 3 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 10.00 .990 10.73
1918 CLE AL 24 2B 87 478 204 251 23 35 .952 5.23 .958 5.31
1919 CLE AL 25 2B 139 808 342 436 30 60 .963 5.60 .961 5.19
1920 CLE AL 26 2B 153 941 414 489 38 75 .960 5.90 .962 5.54
1921 CLE AL 27 2B 103 543 268 255 20 51 .963 5.08 .956 5.35
1921 CLE AL 27 3B 2 11 3 8 0 0 1.000 5.50 .945 3.25
1922 CLE AL 28 2B 125 700 297 376 27 72 .961 5.38 .966 5.49 MVP-21
1922 CLE AL 28 SS 16 78 29 42 7 7 .910 4.44 .947 5.03 MVP-21
1923 CLE AL 29 2B 88 547 252 275 20 47 .963 5.99 .965 5.35
1923 CLE AL 29 3B 4 6 3 3 0 0 1.000 1.50 .950 3.28
1923 CLE AL 29 SS 2 8 5 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 .950 4.80
1924 BOS AL 30 2B 156 994 463 494 37 100 .963 6.13 .966 5.39
1925 BOS AL 31 2B 103 606 254 326 26 60 .957 5.63 .962 5.31
1925 BOS AL 31 1B 6 52 47 4 1 5 .981 8.50 .988 9.87
1926 PHA AL 32 SS 17 39 10 26 3 5 .923 2.12 .946 4.64
1926 PHA AL 32 2B 8 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.13 .967 5.32
13 Seasons 2B 1205 6947 2986 3669 292 605 .958 5.52 .962 5.28
5 Seasons SS 177 890 317 505 68 66 .924 4.64 .940 4.95
4 Seasons 3B 46 145 42 89 14 8 .903 2.85 .932 3.07
2 Seasons 1B 9 82 75 6 1 5 .988 9.00 .989 10.16
13 Seasons TOT 1437 8064 3420 4269 375 684 .953 5.35 .913 5.20
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1922-AL-21-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

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 (983), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 9 (1443), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1377), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 14 (1134), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 7, 1924: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Dan Boone, Joe Connolly and Steve O'Neill to the Boston Red Sox for George Burns, Chick Fewster and Roxy Walters.

December 12, 1925: Purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics from the Boston Red Sox for $4,000.

November 27, 1926: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with $50,000 to Kansas City (American Association) for Dud Branom.

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