Name:
William Adolph Wambsganss
Position:
Second Base
Tribe Time:
1914-1923
DOB:
03/19/1894
Accolades:
Top 25 MVP (1922)
Stats
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
HR
RBI
TB
BB
SO
SB
CS
SB%
OBP
SLG
AVG
OPS
ISOP
Best Season (1921)
107
410
80
117
28
5
2
47
161
44
27
13
7
65%
.359
.393
.285
.752
.107
Career
1170
4191
556
1083
159
50
6
429
1360
376
295
122
60
67%
.308
.325
.258
.633
.066
Post Season Career
7
26
3
4
0
0
0
1
4
3
1
0
0
0%
.241
.154
.154
.395
.000
Wambsganss was part of what was possibly the rarest play in the history of Major League Baseball. In 1920, he became the only player in the history of baseball to turn an unassisted triple play in the World Series. There have been just eight total in American League history and Indians players have made three of them, including the first ever (Neal Ball in 1909) and the last (Asdrubal Cabrera,...
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