Bill Wambsganss
1914–1926 · bats R / throws R · Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Philadelphia Athletics
1,494G
.259AVG
.328OBP
.327SLG
More career statistics
1,359H
7HR
520RBI
140SB
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 1,494 | 1,495 |
| Batting · At bats | 5,241 | 5,246 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 74 | 143 |
| Batting · Doubles | 215 | 216 |
| Batting · Hits | 1,359 | 1,363 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 47 | 50 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 357 | 358 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 6,101 | 6,107 |
| Batting · Runs | 710 | 708 |
| Batting · RBI | 520 | 533 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 140 | 142 |
| Batting · Walks | 490 | 489 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,494 | 6,101 | 5,241 | 710 | 1,359 | 215 | 59 | 7 | 520 | 490 | 357 | 140 | 74 | 47 | 0 | 1,713 | .259 | .328 | .327 | .655 |
Streaks
15longest hitting streak · 1919-07-06 to 1919-07-18
20longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 62 | Three Sacrifice Bunts | 1920-08-23 | 1 in 730 games | box score ↗ |
| 61 | Five Runs Scored | 1921-09-10 | 1 in 688 games | box score ↗ |
| 47 | First-Inning Ejection | 1918-07-15 | 1 in 187 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 738 | 2944 | 689 | 3 | 274 | 229 | 151 | .274 | .312 | .347 |
| Away | 757 | 3163 | 674 | 4 | 259 | 260 | 207 | .247 | .295 | .310 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 100 | 408 | 104 | 0 | 44 | 37 | 7 | .297 | .346 | .354 |
| May | 261 | 1089 | 254 | 1 | 103 | 82 | 67 | .273 | .309 | .337 |
| June | 287 | 1188 | 270 | 2 | 102 | 86 | 70 | .262 | .300 | .337 |
| July | 311 | 1286 | 282 | 0 | 105 | 115 | 71 | .258 | .309 | .329 |
| August | 262 | 1039 | 224 | 3 | 91 | 79 | 75 | .248 | .292 | .326 |
| September | 255 | 1014 | 203 | 1 | 75 | 80 | 63 | .234 | .279 | .282 |
| October | 19 | 83 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 5 | .382 | .434 | .485 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| new-york-yankees | 223 | 895 | 202 | 2 | 72 | 63 | 63 | .255 | .296 | .335 |
| chicago-white-sox | 219 | 893 | 195 | 0 | 65 | 64 | 45 | .257 | .290 | .320 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 217 | 871 | 181 | 2 | 88 | 76 | 76 | .246 | .295 | .312 |
| philadelphia-athletics | 205 | 861 | 200 | 3 | 74 | 80 | 43 | .271 | .325 | .346 |
| st-louis-browns | 204 | 870 | 194 | 0 | 78 | 82 | 36 | .266 | .317 | .324 |
| detroit-tigers | 197 | 803 | 191 | 0 | 88 | 48 | 44 | .272 | .298 | .351 |
| boston-red-sox | 175 | 698 | 153 | 0 | 49 | 53 | 41 | .253 | .295 | .298 |
| cleveland-guardians | 55 | 216 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 23 | 10 | .255 | .324 | .337 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 |  Cleveland Guardians | 43 | 143 | 31 | – | 12 | 2 | .217 | – | – |
| 1915 | Cleveland Guardians | 122 | 375 | 74 | – | 18 | 8 | .197 | – | – |
| 1916 | Cleveland Guardians | 136 | 474 | 117 | – | 43 | 12 | .247 | – | – |
| 1917 | Cleveland Guardians | 142 | 501 | 129 | – | 46 | 16 | .257 | – | – |
| 1918 | Cleveland Guardians | 87 | 315 | 93 | – | 40 | 16 | .295 | – | – |
| 1919 | Cleveland Guardians | 139 | 527 | 146 | 2 | 62 | 18 | .277 | – | – |
| 1920 | Cleveland Guardians | 153 | 565 | 138 | 1 | 57 | 10 | .244 | – | – |
| 1921 | Cleveland Guardians | 108 | 410 | 117 | 2 | 49 | 13 | .285 | – | – |
| 1922 | Cleveland Guardians | 143 | 538 | 142 | – | 51 | 18 | .264 | – | – |
| 1923 | Cleveland Guardians | 101 | 347 | 100 | 1 | 60 | 10 | .288 | – | – |
| 1924 |  Boston Red Sox | 156 | 637 | 174 | – | 54 | 15 | .273 | – | – |
| 1925 | Boston Red Sox | 111 | 360 | 83 | 1 | 39 | 3 | .231 | – | – |
| 1926 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 54 | 54 | 19 | – | 2 | 1 | .352 | – | – |