Wayne Ambler

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-8, 165lb (173cm, 74kg)

Born: November 8, 1915 in Abington, PA us

Died: January 3, 1998 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

High School: George School (Newtown, PA)

School: Duke University (Durham, NC)

Debut: June 4, 1937 (Age 21-208d, 8,266th in major league history)
vs. SLB 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: September 4, 1939 (Age 23-300d)
vs. NYY 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Wayne Harper Ambler

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.4

782

175

.224

RBI

OBP

.298

SLG

.279

OPS

.577

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1939 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 22	PHA	@	BOS	L,2-5	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1
2	4	Apr 23	PHA	@	BOS	W,12-8	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
3	6 (1)	Apr 25	PHA	@	NYY	L,4-8	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
4	9 (2)	Apr 30	PHA		BOS	L,1-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	11 (1)	May 3	PHA	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
6	12	May 4	PHA	@	SLB	L,3-9	CG	40	8.0	3	1	0	4	1
7	16 (3)	May 8	PHA	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	9	3.0	2	3	0	5	1
8	17	May 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,4-7	GF	5	1.0	1	0	1	2	0
9	20 (2)	May 15	PHA		NYY	L,0-3	GF	10	2.0	1	1	0	2	0
10	21	May 16	PHA		CLE	L,3-8	GF	14	2.0	2	1	0	3	0
11	22	May 18	PHA		CLE	W,4-3	GS	34	9.0	5	4	0	9	2
12	23	May 19	PHA		DET	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1
13	24	May 20	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	1	0	1	1
14	25	May 21	PHA		SLB	W,12-4	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
15	26	May 22	PHA		SLB	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
16	27	May 23	PHA		SLB	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
17	28	May 24	PHA		CHW	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
18	29	May 26	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	4	4	0	8	1
19	30	May 27 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS	16	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
20	31	May 27 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,9-11	CG	41	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
21	32	May 28	PHA	@	NYY	L,5-9	CG	38	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
22	33	May 29	PHA	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
23	34	May 30 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
24	35	May 30 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-8	GS	31	6.0	2	4	1	7	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	36	Jun 1	PHA	@	SLB	W,10-7	CG	45	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
26	37	Jun 3 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
27	38	Jun 3 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	W,8-6	GS	40	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
28	39	Jun 4 (1)	PHA	@	CHW	L,9-14	GS	37	6.0	1	2	1	4	0
29	40	Jun 4 (2)	PHA	@	CHW	W,11-6	CG	41	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
30	41	Jun 5	PHA	@	CHW	L,1-12	GS	30	5.0	0	0	0	0	0
31	42	Jun 6	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-7	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	1
32	43	Jun 7	PHA	@	DET	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
33	44	Jun 8	PHA	@	DET	L,4-8	GS	31	7.0	0	2	0	2	1
34	45	Jun 9	PHA	@	DET	L,4-14	GS	33	6.0	0	3	1	4	0
35	46	Jun 10	PHA	@	CLE	L,0-6	GS	35	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
36	47	Jun 11 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
37	48	Jun 11 (2)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-3	GS	25	6.0	3	2	0	5	1
38	49	Jun 14	PHA		SLB	L,0-6	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
39	50	Jun 16	PHA		SLB	W,11-10	CG	43	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
40	51	Jun 17	PHA		CHW	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
41	52	Jun 18 (1)	PHA		CHW	L,5-6	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
42	53	Jun 18 (2)	PHA		CHW	W,9-4	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
43	54	Jun 20	PHA		DET	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
44	55	Jun 22	PHA		DET	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
45	56	Jun 23	PHA		CLE	L,5-12	CG	49	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
46	57	Jun 24	PHA		CLE	W,10-6	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
47	58	Jun 25 (1)	PHA		CLE	L,4-8	CG	42	9.0	3	7	0	10	0
48	59	Jun 25 (2)	PHA		CLE	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
49	60	Jun 26	PHA		NYY	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
50	61	Jun 28 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,2-23	GS	33	4.0	0	1	0	1	0
51	62	Jun 28 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-10	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
52	63	Jun 29	PHA	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	64	Jul 1	PHA	@	WSH	L,4-9	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
54	65	Jul 2 (1)	PHA	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	39	8.2	1	2	0	3	1
55	66	Jul 2 (2)	PHA	@	WSH	L,2-13	CG	47	8.0	1	4	1	6	0
56	67	Jul 4 (1)	PHA		BOS	L,7-17	GS	21	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
57	68	Jul 4 (2)	PHA		BOS	L,12-18	CG	51	9.0	1	3	1	5	0
58	69	Jul 5	PHA		BOS	L,4-6	GS	33	7.0	1	2	0	3	0
59	70	Jul 6	PHA		WSH	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	1
60	71	Jul 8 (1)	PHA		WSH	W,6-5	GS	32	7.0	2	4	0	6	0
61	72	Jul 8 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	0	3	0	3	0
62	73	Jul 9 (1)	PHA		WSH	L,4-5	GS	37	8.0	0	3	1	4	0
63	74	Jul 9 (2)	PHA		WSH	L,3-10	GS	38	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
64	75	Jul 13	PHA	@	CHW	W,12-10	GS	37	7.0	2	3	1	6	0
65	76	Jul 14	PHA	@	CHW	W,7-3	GS	29	7.0	1	4	0	5	0
66	77	Jul 15	PHA	@	CHW	L,3-7	CG	37	8.0	3	5	0	8	1
67	78	Jul 16 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	L,7-13	CG	41	8.0	1	3	0	4	1
68	79	Jul 16 (2)	PHA	@	SLB	T,5-5	GF	25	5.0	2	2	0	4	1
69	80	Jul 17	PHA	@	SLB	W,11-8	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	1
70	81	Jul 18	PHA	@	CLE	L,3-6	CG	37	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
71	83 (1)	Jul 21	PHA	@	DET	W,6-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
72	84	Jul 22 (1)	PHA	@	DET	W,4-2	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	0
73	86 (1)	Jul 23	PHA	@	DET	L,3-16	GF	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0
74	88 (1)	Jul 26	PHA		CLE	L,3-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
75	89	Jul 28	PHA		DET	W,3-0	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
76	91 (1)	Jul 30 (1)	PHA		DET	L,0-14	GF	13	2.0	0	1	2	3	0
77	92	Jul 30 (2)	PHA		DET	L,3-5	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
78	98 (5)	Aug 5	PHA		SLB	W,10-7	GF	7	2.0	0	2	0	2	0
79	100 (1)	Aug 6 (2)	PHA		SLB	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
80	106 (5)	Aug 12	PHA		NYY	L,4-18	GF	21	4.0	0	0	1	1	0
81	107	Aug 13 (1)	PHA		NYY	W,12-9	CG	47	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
82	108	Aug 13 (2)	PHA		NYY	L,0-21	GS	48	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
83	109	Aug 15	PHA		BOS	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	4	0	9	1
84	110	Aug 17	PHA		BOS	L,1-7	CG	44	9.0	2	4	1	7	2
85	111	Aug 18	PHA	@	NYY	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
86	112	Aug 20 (1)	PHA	@	NYY	W,5-4	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0
87	113	Aug 20 (2)	PHA	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	35	7.0	0	1	0	1	0
88	115 (1)	Aug 23	PHA	@	DET	W,7-6	GF	21	4.0	2	2	0	4	0
89	116	Aug 24 (1)	PHA	@	CLE	L,2-10	GF	18	4.0	1	1	0	2	0
90	119 (2)	Aug 26	PHA	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	13	2.0	1	0	0	1	0
91	121 (1)	Aug 28	PHA	@	CHW	L,4-5	GF	14	2.2	1	0	0	1	0
92	122	Aug 30 (1)	PHA	@	SLB	W,9-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
93	124 (1)	Aug 31	PHA	@	SLB	W,4-2	GF	9	2.0	2	0	0	2	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	125	Sep 2	PHA	@	WSH	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0
95	127 (1)	Sep 4 (1)	PHA		NYY	L,6-7	GF	25	4.0	3	1	1	5	0
							96gm		586.0	150	208	18	376	34