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Bill Wambsganss
William Adolph Wambsganss

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut August 4, 1914
Final Game September 27, 1926
Born March 19, 1894 in Cleveland, OH
Died December 8, 1985 in Lakewood, OH

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        Bill Wambsganss completed the only unassisted triple play in World Series history on October 10, 1920. It was Game 5 of the series - Cleveland beat Brooklyn, 8 to 1.

Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1914 20 CLE AL  43  143   12   31   6  2   0   12   2  7   8  24  .217  .277  .287   67   41   4           4    
 1915 21 CLE AL 121  375   30   73   4  4   0   21   8  9  36  50  .195  .272  .227   48   85   8           4    
 1916 22 CLE AL 136  475   57  117  14  4   0   45  13     41  40  .246  .313  .293   77  139  30           5    
 1917 23 CLE AL 141  499   52  127  17  6   0   43  16     37  42  .255  .315  .313   86  156  27           7    
 1918 24 CLE AL  87  315   34   93  15  2   0   40  16     21  21  .295  .345  .356  104  112  17           3    
 1919 25 CLE AL 139  526   60  146  17  6   2   60  18     32  24  .278  .323  .344   83  181  26           3    
 1920 26 CLE AL 153  565   83  138  16 11   1   55   9 18  54  26  .244  .316  .317   66  179  40           5    
 1921 27 CLE AL 107  410   80  117  28  5   2   47  13  7  44  27  .285  .359  .393   90  161  43           3    
 1922 28 CLE AL 142  538   89  141  22  6   0   47  17 10  60  26  .262  .341  .325   73  175  42           4     MVP-21
 1923 29 CLE AL 101  345   59  100  20  4   1   59  10  9  43  15  .290  .373  .380   98  131  27           3    
 1924 30 BOS AL 156  632   93  174  41  5   0   49  14  8  54  33  .275  .336  .356   79  225  37           4    
 1925 31 BOS AL 111  360   50   83  12  4   1   41   3  5  52  21  .231  .329  .294   59  106  19           1    
 1926 32 PHA AL  54   54   11   19   3  0   0    1   1  1   8   8  .352  .444  .407  118   22   3           1    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons    1491 5237  710 1359 215 59   7  520 140 74 490 357  .259  .328  .327   78 1713 323   0   0  47   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   77  148  23  6   1   56  15  8  53  39  .259  .328  .327   78  186  35   0   0   5   0
 Career High    156  632   93  174  41 11   2   60  18 18  60  50  .295  .373  .393  104  225  43   0   0   7   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1914 20 CLE AL  159  123    9   2.0    85| .217  .261| .277  .335| .287  .342| .564  .677|  67  .282  -6.2  -0.7  22%
 1915 21 CLE AL  423  319   22   1.8    85| .195  .257| .272  .336| .227  .338| .499  .674|  48  .244 -24.5  -2.8  47%
 1916 22 CLE AL  551  388   43   3.0    87| .246  .263| .313  .339| .293  .344| .606  .682|  77  .436 -13.6  -1.6     
 1917 23 CLE AL  570  399   48   3.3    85| .255  .263| .315  .335| .313  .340| .628  .674|  86  .482  -9.1  -1.1     
 1918 24 CLE AL  356  239   38   4.3    89| .295  .271| .345  .343| .356  .345| .701  .688| 104  .596   1.1   0.1     
 1919 25 CLE AL  587  406   58   3.8   100| .278  .283| .323  .350| .344  .381| .667  .731|  83  .473 -14.0  -1.5     
 1920 26 CLE AL  664  485   52   2.9   109| .244  .295| .316  .360| .317  .405| .633  .765|  66  .299 -29.2  -2.9  33%
 1921 27 CLE AL  500  343   57   4.5   116| .285  .302| .359  .368| .393  .424| .752  .792|  90  .440  -5.5  -0.5  65%
 1922 28 CLE AL  644  449   59   3.5   111| .262  .294| .341  .359| .325  .413| .666  .773|  73  .367 -19.8  -1.9  62%
 1923 29 CLE AL  418  281   47   4.5   108| .290  .290| .373  .360| .380  .401| .753  .761|  98  .479   0.7   0.1  52%
 1924 30 BOS AL  727  503   75   4.0   112| .275  .298| .336  .368| .356  .409| .692  .777|  79  .408 -20.1  -1.9  63%
 1925 31 BOS AL  432  301   34   3.0   115| .231  .300| .329  .370| .294  .420| .623  .790|  59  .276 -22.0  -2.1  37%
 1926 32 PHA AL   66   39    9   6.2   115| .352  .297| .444  .370| .407  .417| .851  .787| 118  .622   2.1   0.2  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     6097 4275  551   3.5   102| .259  .284| .328  .354| .327  .384| .655  .738|  78  .404 -160.1 -16.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1914 20 CLE AL SS 36 65 109 15 16 .921 .937 4.83 5.17 2B 4 7 8 3 0 .833 .955 3.75 4.78 1915 21 CLE AL 2B 78 138 237 25 24 .938 .956 4.81 4.89 3B 35 31 69 10 4 .909 .925 2.86 3.01 1916 22 CLE AL SS 106 208 325 43 38 .925 .938 5.03 4.92 2B 24 39 76 5 11 .958 .964 4.79 4.88 3B 5 5 9 4 4 .778 .940 2.80 3.24 1917 23 CLE AL 2B 137 304 441 38 70 .951 .959 5.44 4.94 1B 3 28 2 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 10.73 1918 24 CLE AL 2B 87 204 251 23 35 .952 .958 5.23 5.31 1919 25 CLE AL 2B 139 342 436 30 60 .963 .961 5.60 5.19 1920 26 CLE AL 2B 153 414 489 38 75 .960 .962 5.90 5.54 1921 27 CLE AL 2B 103 268 255 20 51 .963 .956 5.08 5.35 3B 2 3 8 0 0 1.000 .948 5.50 3.25 1922 28 CLE AL 2B 125 297 376 27 72 .961 .966 5.38 5.49 SS 16 29 42 7 7 .910 .945 4.44 5.03 1923 29 CLE AL 2B 88 252 275 20 47 .963 .965 5.99 5.35 3B 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 3.27 SS 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 4.80 1924 30 BOS AL 2B 156 463 494 37 100 .963 .966 6.13 5.39 1925 31 BOS AL 2B 103 254 326 26 60 .957 .962 5.63 5.31 1B 6 47 4 1 5 .981 .988 8.50 9.87 1926 32 PHA AL SS 17 10 26 3 5 .923 .945 2.12 4.64 2B 8 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 1.12 5.33
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 23 CLE AL 1B 3 28 2 0 0 1.000 .990 10.00 10.73 1925 31 BOS AL 1B 6 47 4 1 5 .981 .988 8.50 9.87 1914 20 CLE AL 2B 4 7 8 3 0 .833 .955 3.75 4.78 1915 21 CLE AL 2B 78 138 237 25 24 .938 .956 4.81 4.89 1916 22 CLE AL 2B 24 39 76 5 11 .958 .964 4.79 4.88 1917 23 CLE AL 2B 137 304 441 38 70 .951 .959 5.44 4.94 1918 24 CLE AL 2B 87 204 251 23 35 .952 .958 5.23 5.31 1919 25 CLE AL 2B 139 342 436 30 60 .963 .961 5.60 5.19 1920 26 CLE AL 2B 153 414 489 38 75 .960 .962 5.90 5.54 1921 27 CLE AL 2B 103 268 255 20 51 .963 .956 5.08 5.35 1922 28 CLE AL 2B 125 297 376 27 72 .961 .966 5.38 5.49 1923 29 CLE AL 2B 88 252 275 20 47 .963 .965 5.99 5.35 1924 30 BOS AL 2B 156 463 494 37 100 .963 .966 6.13 5.39 1925 31 BOS AL 2B 103 254 326 26 60 .957 .962 5.63 5.31 1926 32 PHA AL 2B 8 4 5 0 0 1.000 .968 1.12 5.33 1915 21 CLE AL 3B 35 31 69 10 4 .909 .925 2.86 3.01 1916 22 CLE AL 3B 5 5 9 4 4 .778 .940 2.80 3.24 1921 27 CLE AL 3B 2 3 8 0 0 1.000 .948 5.50 3.25 1923 29 CLE AL 3B 4 3 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.50 3.27 1914 20 CLE AL SS 36 65 109 15 16 .921 .937 4.83 5.17 1916 22 CLE AL SS 106 208 325 43 38 .925 .938 5.03 4.92 1922 28 CLE AL SS 16 29 42 7 7 .910 .945 4.44 5.03 1923 29 CLE AL SS 2 5 3 0 0 1.000 .952 4.00 4.80 1926 32 PHA AL SS 17 10 26 3 5 .923 .945 2.12 4.64
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Position Total 2B 1205 2986 3669 292 605 .958 .962 5.52 5.28 SS 177 317 505 68 66 .924 .939 4.64 4.95 3B 46 42 89 14 8 .903 .930 2.85 3.07 1B 9 75 6 1 5 .988 .989 9.00 10.16 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Overall Total 1437 3420 4269 375 684 .953 .959 5.35 5.20
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1920   WS    CLE BRO     W   7  26   3   4  0  0  0   1   2   1  .154  .214  .154   0  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1922-AL-21-0.03
Car-1212-0.03 shares

Games
1919 AL-139-9
1920 AL-153-8
1924 AL-156-1

At Bats
1919 AL-526-8
1924 AL-632-3

Plate Appearances (approx.)
1924 AL-727-1

Doubles
1924 AL-41-3

Stolen Bases
1922 AL-17-8

Hit By Pitch
1917 AL-7-5

Sac. Hits
1916 AL-30-5
1920 AL-40-5
1921 AL-43-1
1922 AL-42-1
1923 AL-27-7
1924 AL-37-2
Car-323-7

Caught Stealing
1920 AL-18-4

Outs
1919 AL-406-5
1920 AL-485-1
1922 AL-449-6
1924 AL-503-1

   

Black Ink: Batting - 1 (722) (Average HOFer ≈ 27)
Gray Ink: Batting - 9 (1417) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 13.9 (1123) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1347) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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  8. Ray Schalk (962) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Roger Peckinpaugh (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  12. Ozzie Smith (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


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, Roxy Walters, and Chick Fewster.

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 the Kansas City (American Association) for Dud Branom.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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