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+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-27 / in Starts: 13-23
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	40 games
Most Games w/o RBI	12 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 159 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	54 (19-21-14) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 159 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	96 (45-33-18)

Most Driven In
T Turner	1
N Lajoie	1
L Pezold	1
J Graney	1
W Barbare	1
J Kirke	0
J Jackson	0

Most Driven In By
N Leibold	3
B Egan	2
S O'Neill	1
L Pezold	0
W Mitchell	0
R Chapman	0

1914 Batting Game Log

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1914 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	103 (102)	Aug 4	CLE		WSH	L,6-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.000	.000	.000	.000	4	1.53	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.87	SS
2	2	107 (3)	Aug 9	CLE		PHA	L,5-10	0-GF	4	4	1	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.400	.400	.400	.800	4						SS
3	3	108	Aug 10	CLE		PHA	L,1-5	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.375	.286	.661	6	.85	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.14	SS
4	4	109	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.300	.364	.300	.664	6	1.07	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.45	SS
5	5	110	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.286	.231	.516	6	1.29	-0.118	.00	0.00%	-0.88	SS
6	6	111	Aug 12	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-3	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.278	.316	.278	.594	7	.56	0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.44	SS
7	7	112	Aug 13	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.286	.348	.286	.634	7	.50	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.21	SS
8	8	113	Aug 14	CLE		DET	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.240	.296	.240	.536	7						SS
9	9	114	Aug 15	CLE		DET	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	3	0		0	0	1				0		.250	.300	.250	.550	7						SS
10	10	115	Aug 16	CLE		DET	L,6-13	CG	5	5	1	2	1	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.273	.314	.303	.617	7						SS
11	11	116	Aug 17	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0				0		.250	.308	.278	.585	7						SS
12	12	117	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0		.250	.302	.300	.602	7	.33	0.020	.00	0.00%	-0.22	SS
13	13	118	Aug 19	CLE	@	NYY	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		1		.227	.277	.273	.549	7	1.58	-0.280	.00	0.00%	-1.43	SS
14	14	119	Aug 20	CLE	@	NYY	W,11-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.229	.275	.271	.545	7	.71	-0.019	.00	0.00%	-0.37	SS
15	15	120	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.231	.273	.288	.561	7	1.09	-0.092	.00	0.00%	-0.62	SS
16	16	121	Aug 24	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0				0		.232	.271	.286	.557	7						SS
17	17	122	Aug 25	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.220	.258	.271	.529	7	.31	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.25	SS
18	18	123	Aug 27 (1)	CLE	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0				0		.206	.242	.254	.496	7						SS
19	19	124	Aug 27 (2)	CLE	@	WSH	T,3-3	CG(14)	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0				0		.188	.222	.232	.454	7						SS
20	20	125	Aug 29	CLE	@	PHA	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0		.194	.227	.236	.463	7						SS
21	21	126	Aug 31	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-9	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0		.200	.241	.240	.481	7	.45	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.27	SS
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	22	127	Sep 1	CLE	@	PHA	L,3-16	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1		2	0	0				0		.205	.253	.256	.509	7						SS
23	23	128	Sep 5 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,6-4	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0		.213	.267	.263	.530	7	.63	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-1.07	SS
24	24	129	Sep 5 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.205	.258	.253	.511	7	.75	-0.054	.00	0.00%	-0.42	SS
25	25	130	Sep 6	CLE		CHW	L,1-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		0		0		.198	.258	.244	.502	7	.84	0.015	.00	0.00%	-0.23	SS
26	26	131	Sep 7 (1)	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG(15)	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.196	.260	.250	.510	7	2.42	-0.451	.00	0.00%	-2.06	SS
27	27	132	Sep 7 (2)	CLE		SLB	W,6-2	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.191	.255	.245	.500	7	.63	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.80	SS
28	28	133	Sep 10	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.196	.264	.247	.512	7						SS
29	29	134	Sep 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0		1		1	0	0				0		.200	.273	.250	.523	7						SS
30	30	135	Sep 13 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.192	.263	.240	.504	7						SS
31	31	136	Sep 13 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,3-3	CG(8)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.194	.263	.241	.503	7						SS
32	32	137	Sep 14	CLE		DET	L,4-6	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0		.189	.256	.234	.490	7	1.79	-0.230	.00	0.00%	-1.73	SS
33	33	138	Sep 15	CLE		DET	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0		0		.184	.256	.228	.484	7	1.54	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-0.42	SS
34	34	139	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,3-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.186	.256	.229	.485	7	.37	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-0.06	SS
35	35	141 (1)	Sep 18	CLE		BOS	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.186	.256	.229	.485	8	4.44	-0.258	.00	0.00%	-0.80	PR
36	36	146 (4)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		WSH	L,2-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.186	.256	.229	.485	8						PR
37	37	149 (2)	Sep 26 (1)	CLE		WSH	W,5-4	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0		.186	.256	.229	.485	8	4.60	0.373	.00	0.00%	0.74	PR
38	38	152 (2)	Sep 27 (2)	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0		.180	.248	.221	.469	5	.83	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.99	2B
39	39	153	Sep 28	CLE		NYY	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		.190	.255	.246	.502	7	.84	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.83	2B
40	40	154	Sep 29	CLE		CHW	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0		.192	.255	.246	.501	7	.94	0.098	.00	0.00%	1.75	2B
41	41	155	Sep 30	CLE		CHW	W,6-5	CG(12)	6	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		0		0		.200	.265	.267	.532	7	1.82	0.121	.00	0.00%	0.85	2B
42	42	156	Oct 3	CLE	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0		1	0	1				0		.209	.272	.281	.552	7						2B
43	43	157	Oct 4	CLE	@	DET	L,6-11	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0		0	0	0				0		.217	.277	.287	.564	7						2B
							14-27		159	143	12	31	6	2	0	10	8	0	24	4	3		3		2		.217	.277	.287	.564		1.12	-0.863	.00	0.00%	-4.98

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