Wayne Ambler
1937–1939 · bats R / throws R · Philadelphia Athletics
271G
.224AVG
.298OBP
.279SLG
More career statistics
175H
0HR
73RBI
4SB
1Rare feat
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 · Hits | 175 | 174 |
| Batting · Runs | 60 | 61 |
| Batting · RBI | 73 | 71 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | 890 | 782 | 60 | 175 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 73 | 83 | 64 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 218 | .224 | .298 | .279 | .577 |
Streaks
9longest hitting streak · 1938-07-02 to 1938-07-10
13longest on-base streak
The rarest thing in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 43 | Five for Five | 1938-05-13 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 146 | 487 | 93 | 0 | 43 | 37 | 28 | .214 | .267 | .267 |
| Away | 125 | 403 | 81 | 0 | 28 | 46 | 36 | .233 | .315 | .291 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 13 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | .300 | .371 | .333 |
| May | 45 | 162 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 13 | .246 | .315 | .324 |
| June | 73 | 266 | 46 | 0 | 25 | 21 | 23 | .197 | .252 | .240 |
| July | 64 | 210 | 42 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 17 | .221 | .276 | .263 |
| August | 49 | 151 | 29 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 6 | .227 | .325 | .312 |
| September | 24 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .196 | .250 | .235 |
| October | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .375 | .500 | .375 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| st-louis-browns | 46 | 145 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 8 | .293 | .331 | .406 |
| new-york-yankees | 40 | 123 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | .185 | .268 | .222 |
| chicago-white-sox | 38 | 128 | 26 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 7 | .232 | .289 | .286 |
| detroit-tigers | 38 | 121 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 8 | .208 | .264 | .274 |
| washington-senators-1901-60 | 38 | 136 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 6 | .276 | .338 | .333 |
| boston-red-sox | 36 | 123 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 10 | .148 | .228 | .167 |
| cleveland-guardians | 35 | 114 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 13 | .185 | .289 | .207 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 56 | 162 | 35 | – | 11 | 1 | .216 | – | – |
| 1938 | Philadelphia Athletics | 120 | 393 | 91 | – | 36 | 2 | .232 | – | – |
| 1939 | Philadelphia Athletics | 95 | 227 | 48 | – | 24 | 1 | .211 | – | – |