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.

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1923 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 18	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
2	2	Apr 19	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG	50	11.0	2	2	2	6	1
3	3	Apr 20	CLE		CHW	W,8-5	CG	47	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
4	4	Apr 21	CLE		CHW	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1
5	5	Apr 22	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	35	10.0	1	5	0	6	1
6	6	Apr 23	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
7	7	Apr 24	CLE		DET	L,7-8	CG	44	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
8	8	Apr 25	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
10	10	Apr 27	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-6	CG	40	9.0	4	3	0	7	0
11	11	Apr 28	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	1
12	12	Apr 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
13	13	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	1	7	0	8	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	14	May 1	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	40	8.2	4	4	0	8	1
15	15	May 2	CLE	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	1	4	0	5	1
16	16	May 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	3	0	8	3
17	17	May 4	CLE		SLB	L,5-9	CG	45	9.0	2	5	1	8	1
18	18	May 5	CLE		SLB	W,10-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
19	19	May 6	CLE		SLB	L,4-5	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
20	20	May 7	CLE		SLB	W,12-3	CG	34	9.0	5	3	0	8	1
21	21	May 8	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	29	7.0	3	2	0	5	0
22	22	May 10	CLE		NYY	L,4-13	CG	49	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
23	23	May 13	CLE		WSH	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	6	0	7	1
24	24	May 14	CLE		WSH	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
25	25	May 15	CLE		WSH	W,10-9	CG	55	10.0	4	2	4	10	1
26	26	May 16	CLE		PHA	L,0-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
27	27	May 17	CLE		PHA	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
28	28	May 18	CLE		PHA	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	4	4	1	9	1
29	30 (1)	May 20	CLE		BOS	W,1-0	CG	31	8.0	3	2	0	5	0
30	31	May 22	CLE		BOS	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	3	6	0	9	0
31	32	May 23	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
32	33	May 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	5	0	9	2
33	34	May 26	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
34	35	May 27	CLE	@	SLB	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	1
35	36	May 29	CLE	@	CHW	W,6-4	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
36	37	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
37	38	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	7	4	0	11	1
38	39	May 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	3	3	0	6	1
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
39	40	Jun 1	CLE	@	DET	W,17-4	CG	36	9.0	2	5	0	7	0
40	41	Jun 2	CLE	@	DET	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0
41	42	Jun 3	CLE	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	43	8.2	2	5	0	7	1
42	43	Jun 4	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	6	0	8	2
43	44	Jun 5	CLE	@	BOS	L,6-10	CG	43	8.0	3	1	0	4	0
44	45	Jun 6	CLE	@	BOS	W,17-4	CG	37	9.0	4	5	2	11	3
45	46	Jun 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	4	2	0	6	0
46	47	Jun 9	CLE	@	NYY	W,13-3	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	2
47	48	Jun 10	CLE	@	NYY	L,7-8	CG	42	8.2	1	2	0	3	0
48	49	Jun 11	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0
49	50	Jun 12	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-4	CG	38	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
50	51	Jun 14	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
51	52	Jun 15	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
52	53	Jun 16	CLE	@	PHA	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	3	7	0	10	1
53	54	Jun 17	CLE		PHA	L,4-6	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
54	55	Jun 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	53	12.1	4	4	1	9	0
55	56	Jun 19	CLE	@	WSH	L,6-7	CG	41	8.2	4	5	0	9	0
56	57	Jun 20	CLE	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
57	58	Jun 21	CLE	@	WSH	L,5-6	CG	37	8.1	0	3	0	3	0
58	59	Jun 23	CLE		SLB	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
59	60	Jun 24	CLE		SLB	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0
60	61	Jun 25	CLE		SLB	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
61	62	Jun 26	CLE		SLB	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	4	4	0	8	1
62	63	Jun 29	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	0
63	64	Jun 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,1-3	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0
64	65	Jun 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-5	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	66	Jul 1	CLE		CHW	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	6	6	1	13	2
66	80 (13)	Jul 14 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-2	CG	32	9.0	1	6	2	9	0
67	81	Jul 14 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,7-10	CG	49	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
68	82	Jul 15	CLE		NYY	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	1	5	0	6	2
69	83	Jul 16 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	2	4	0	6	1
70	84	Jul 16 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,7-11	CG	51	9.0	3	0	0	3	0
71	85	Jul 17	CLE		NYY	W,13-0	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
72	86	Jul 18	CLE		WSH	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
73	87	Jul 19	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
74	88	Jul 20	CLE		WSH	L,5-12	CG	44	9.0	2	1	2	5	0
75	89	Jul 21	CLE		WSH	L,5-7	CG	42	9.0	5	4	0	9	0
76	90	Jul 22	CLE		WSH	L,1-3	CG	31	9.0	4	4	0	8	3
77	91	Jul 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	0	7	0	7	0
78	92	Jul 24 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	36	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
79	93	Jul 24 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	GS	40	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	104 (10)	Aug 7	CLE	@	WSH	W,22-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
81	111 (6)	Aug 15	CLE		BOS	L,6-8	GF	7	2.0	0	1	0	1	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	135 (23)	Sep 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,8-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
83	136	Sep 23 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,10-12	CG	43	8.0	4	4	1	9	0
84	137	Sep 23 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	W,6-0	CG	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	0
85	138	Sep 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	32	8.0	3	4	1	8	2
86	143 (4)	Sep 28	CLE	@	DET	L,3-17	GF	29	6.0	2	2	0	4	0
87	144	Sep 29	CLE	@	DET	L,0-3	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
88	148 (3)	Oct 3	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-2	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
89	149	Oct 4	CLE	@	SLB	W,9-1	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
90	150	Oct 5	CLE		CHW	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	1
91	151	Oct 6 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,3-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	0
92	152	Oct 6 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,6-7	CG	37	8.0	3	2	0	5	1
93	153	Oct 7	CLE		CHW	W,9-6	CG	42	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
							92gm		794.0	255	278	20	553	47