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.

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1916 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 18	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GF	0		0	1	0	1	0
2	8 (1)	Apr 22	CLE	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	15.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	9	Apr 23	CLE	@	SLB	W,14-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	0	7	1
4	10	Apr 24	CLE	@	SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
5	11	Apr 25	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	31	9.0	2	5	0	7	2
6	12	Apr 26	CLE		CHW	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
7	13	Apr 27	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	1
8	14	Apr 28	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	CG	35	10.0	3	2	0	5	0
9	15	Apr 29	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	0	10.1	1	1	0	2	0
10	16	Apr 30	CLE	@	DET	W,12-6	CG	0	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
11	17	May 1	CLE	@	DET	W,2-0	CG	0	5.0	1	0	0	1	0
12	18	May 2	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
13	19	May 4	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	1
14	20	May 5	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
15	21	May 6	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
16	22	May 7	CLE	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
17	23	May 8	CLE		DET	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	6	0	6	0
18	24	May 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	1	2	1	4	0
19	25	May 10	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	5	0	7	1
20	26	May 11	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	43	9.2	1	1	0	2	0
21	27	May 12	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	1	1	1	3	0
22	28	May 13	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	3	1	8	0
23	29	May 15	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-4	CG	44	9.0	3	1	1	5	0
24	30	May 18	CLE	@	WSH	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
25	31	May 19	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-1	CG	0	9.0	2	7	0	9	1
26	32	May 20	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-13	CG	0	8.0	2	2	2	6	0
27	33	May 21	CLE		WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	9.0	3	2	1	6	1
28	34	May 22	CLE	@	PHA	L,8-10	CG	40	8.0	2	4	0	6	0
29	35	May 24	CLE	@	PHA	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	1	1	4	0
30	36	May 26	CLE		SLB	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	0
31	37	May 28 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
32	38	May 28 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-2	CG	0	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
33	39	May 30 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	14.1	0	1	0	1	0
34	40	May 30 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	T,1-1	CG	0	7.0	1	1	0	2	1
35	41	May 31	CLE	@	SLB	W,10-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	0
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	42	Jun 1 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	0
37	43	Jun 1 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
38	44	Jun 2	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	2	2	0	4	0
39	45	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,11-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
40	46	Jun 4	CLE		BOS	W,9-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	1	9	2
41	47	Jun 5	CLE		BOS	L,0-5	CG	0	9.0	0	7	2	9	0
42	48	Jun 8	CLE		WSH	T,5-5	CG	0	14.0	2	3	1	6	0
43	49	Jun 9	CLE		WSH	L,4-7	CG	0	9.0	1	5	0	6	0
44	50	Jun 10	CLE		PHA	W,10-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
45	51	Jun 11	CLE		PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	1	2	0	3	0
46	52	Jun 12	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
47	53	Jun 13	CLE		PHA	W,11-2	GS	0		0	1	0	1	0
48	54	Jun 15	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	38	10.0	4	3	0	7	1
49	56 (1)	Jun 18	CLE		NYY	L,3-19	CG	0	9.0	1	1	3	5	1
50	61 (4)	Jun 24	CLE	@	DET	W,10-8	GF	0		0	3	0	3	0
51	62	Jun 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	0	10.2	3	4	1	8	3
52	64 (1)	Jun 27	CLE		CHW	L,2-4	GF	5	1.0	1	1	0	2	1
53	66 (1)	Jun 29	CLE		SLB	L,0-7	GF	0		0	0	0	0	0
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	72 (5)	Jul 4 (2)	CLE		DET	W,6-3	CG	0	9.0	2	8	0	10	1
55	73	Jul 6	CLE	@	BOS	L,5-6	CG	0	8.2	2	7	0	9	0
56	74	Jul 7	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	0	8.0	1	0	1	2	1
57	75	Jul 8	CLE	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1
58	76	Jul 10	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	CG	41	9.0	3	3	1	7	1
59	77	Jul 11 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	0	1	0	1	0
60	78	Jul 11 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	1
61	79	Jul 12 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
62	80	Jul 12 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
63	81	Jul 13	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-6	CG	34	7.2	2	3	1	6	0
64	82	Jul 14	CLE	@	WSH	L,3-4	CG	0	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
65	83	Jul 15	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.2	3	2	0	5	0
66	84	Jul 16	CLE		WSH	L,2-4	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
67	85	Jul 17	CLE	@	WSH	W,7-5	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
68	86	Jul 18	CLE	@	WSH	L,2-3	CG	0	8.0	0	3	0	3	0
69	87	Jul 19	CLE	@	PHA	W,12-5	CG	0	9.0	0	5	0	5	0
70	88	Jul 20 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	0
71	89	Jul 20 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
72	90	Jul 21	CLE	@	PHA	W,7-2	CG	0	9.0	4	6	0	10	3
73	91	Jul 23	CLE		SLB	L,2-5	CG	0	10.0	1	3	0	4	0
74	92	Jul 25	CLE		BOS	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	0
75	93	Jul 26	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	2	4	0	6	0
76	94	Jul 27	CLE		BOS	L,6-7	CG	0	9.0	3	6	0	9	1
77	95	Jul 28	CLE		BOS	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	0
78	96	Jul 29	CLE		WSH	W,10-0	CG	0	9.0	0	1	0	1	0
79	97	Jul 30	CLE		WSH	L,1-2	CG	0	10.0	1	5	0	6	0
80	98	Jul 31	CLE		WSH	L,1-11	CG	0	9.0	1	2	2	5	0
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
81	99	Aug 1	CLE		WSH	W,6-1	CG	0	9.0	5	1	0	6	0
82	100	Aug 2	CLE		WSH	W,3-0	CG	0	9.0	0	4	0	4	0
83	101	Aug 3	CLE		PHA	W,3-1	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
84	102	Aug 4	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	1	5	1
85	103	Aug 5	CLE		PHA	W,12-3	CG	0	9.0	4	4	0	8	0
86	104	Aug 6	CLE		PHA	W,5-2	CG	0	9.0	2	3	0	5	1
87	105	Aug 7	CLE		NYY	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	2	7	0	9	0
88	106	Aug 8	CLE		NYY	W,9-4	CG	38	9.0	3	5	0	8	0
89	107	Aug 9	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	3	2	0	5	1
90	108	Aug 10	CLE		NYY	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	3	5	0	8	1
91	109	Aug 11 (1)	CLE	@	SLB	L,4-5	CG	0	8.0	2	4	0	6	1
92	110	Aug 11 (2)	CLE	@	SLB	L,1-3	CG	0	8.0	4	3	0	7	1
93	111	Aug 12	CLE	@	SLB	L,0-11	CG	0	8.0	2	1	0	3	0
94	112	Aug 13	CLE		SLB	W,4-3	CG	0	9.0	4	2	1	7	1
95	113	Aug 14	CLE		DET	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	0	8	2
96	114	Aug 16	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-5	CG	33	8.0	2	3	1	6	1
97	115	Aug 17	CLE	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	42	8.2	2	4	0	6	0
98	116	Aug 18	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	0	12.2	1	2	0	3	0
99	117	Aug 19	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	0	4	0	4	1
100	118	Aug 21	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	1	3	1	5	0
101	119	Aug 22	CLE	@	BOS	L,0-3	CG	0	8.0	0	2	1	3	0
102	120	Aug 23	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	0	8.0	0	6	0	6	1
103	121	Aug 24 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	L,5-6	CG	0	8.0	1	3	0	4	0
104	122	Aug 24 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,4-2	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
105	123	Aug 25 (1)	CLE	@	PHA	W,13-9	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0
106	124	Aug 25 (2)	CLE	@	PHA	W,10-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1
107	125	Aug 26	CLE	@	PHA	L,0-5	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0
108	126	Aug 27	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	0	9.0	3	2	0	5	0
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
109	131 (4)	Sep 2	CLE		SLB	W,5-4	CG	0	9.0	1	2	1	4	1
110	132	Sep 3	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	CG	0	8.0	2	1	1	4	0
111	133	Sep 4 (1)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	39	8.0	3	4	0	7	0
112	134	Sep 4 (2)	CLE	@	DET	L,8-11	CG	0	8.0	2	4	1	7	0
113	135	Sep 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1
114	136	Sep 7	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	2	3	0	5	0
115	137	Sep 8	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	45	10.1	3	3	0	6	1
116	138	Sep 9	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	2	2	1	5	0
117	139	Sep 10	CLE		DET	W,8-2	CG	0	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
118	140	Sep 11	CLE		DET	L,1-9	CG	0	9.0	4	1	0	5	0
119	141	Sep 12	CLE		DET	L,2-10	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
120	142	Sep 13	CLE		PHA	W,8-4	CG	0	9.0	5	2	0	7	0
121	143	Sep 14	CLE		PHA	W,9-1	CG	0	9.0	2	2	0	4	0
122	144	Sep 15	CLE		PHA	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	4	3	1	8	1
123	145	Sep 16	CLE		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	9.0	4	5	0	9	1
124	146	Sep 17	CLE		NYY	W,9-7	CG	0	9.0	1	1	0	2	1
125	147	Sep 19	CLE		WSH	L,6-9	CG	0	9.0	0	3	1	4	0
126	148	Sep 20	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	9.0	1	4	2	7	0
127	149	Sep 21	CLE		WSH	W,3-2	CG	0	13.0	5	3	2	10	0
128	150	Sep 22	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	CG	33	9.0	0	4	1	5	0
129	151	Sep 23	CLE		BOS	L,3-5	CG	0	9.0	2	3	1	6	2
130	152	Sep 24	CLE		BOS	W,5-3	CG	0	9.0	1	3	0	4	0
131	153	Sep 25	CLE		BOS	L,0-2	CG	0	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
132	154	Sep 30 (1)	CLE		CHW	L,2-7	CG	41	9.0	3	5	1	9	1
133	155	Sep 30 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,3-7	CG	53	12.0	2	7	1	10	0
134	156	Oct 1 (1)	CLE		CHW	W,2-0	CG	0	9.0	3	3	0	6	0
135	157	Oct 1 (2)	CLE		CHW	L,4-8	CG	0	9.0	2	1	2	5	1
							135gm		1188.0	252	410	52	714	53