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William Adolph Wambsganss

First name: Bill

Last name: Wambsganss

Birthdate: 1894-03-19

Bats: R Throws: R

RetroID: wambb101

Batting – Career

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1914	CLE	2.1	0.7	2.8	-0.8	0.0	2.8	0
1915	CLE	5.5	1.5	7.0	-2.6	-0.5	7.5	-2
1916	CLE	7.1	2.4	9.5	1.3	4.0	5.4	12
1917	CLE	7.4	1.8	9.2	0.8	3.5	5.7	11
1918	CLE	4.6	1.1	5.7	0.6	2.2	3.4	7
1919	CLE	7.4	1.9	9.3	1.6	4.4	5.0	13
1920	CLE	8.1	2.2	10.4	0.1	3.2	7.2	10
1921	CLE	6.0	1.6	7.5	1.4	3.7	3.9	11
1922	CLE	7.9	2.1	10.0	-0.6	2.3	7.7	7
1923	CLE	5.0	1.4	6.4	2.1	4.0	2.4	12
1924	BOS	9.0	2.5	11.4	1.6	4.9	6.5	15
1925	BOS	5.5	1.5	7.0	0.3	2.4	4.6	7
1926	PHA	0.8	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.4	0.6	1
Career		76.4	20.9	97.2	5.9	34.5	62.7	104

Detailed Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1914	CLE	159	-6	-6	-2	-4	0	2	-4	2	-14	8.8	-1.6	0.2	0.0	-1.4	1
1915	CLE	423	-22	-22	-4	-2	-2	-1	-5	0	-36	8.7	-4.1	0.0	0.1	-4.0	6
1916	CLE	547	-11	-14	1	4	-1	2	-4	6	-12	8.7	-1.4	0.6	0.1	-0.7	14
1917	CLE	574	-4	-8	-4	2	1	-1	0	0	-10	8.2	-1.2	0.0	0.1	-1.1	13
1918	CLE	357	4	1	-1	1	1	-1	-7	0	-6	8.4	-0.7	0.0	0.1	-0.6	2
1919	CLE	588	-9	-12	3	1	0	0	3	1	-5	9.2	-0.5	0.1	0.1	-0.3	18
1920	CLE	665	-25	-27	-4	4	1	1	2	2	-23	10.2	-2.3	0.2	0.1	-2.0	19
1921	CLE	501	-4	-5	-1	2	1	1	-1	1	-3	10.8	-0.3	0.1	0.1	-0.1	11
1922	CLE	642	-18	-20	3	1	1	-1	-17	3	-33	10.5	-3.1	0.3	0.1	-2.7	0
1923	CLE	419	0	-1	1	1	1	-1	4	2	5	10.9	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.8	15
1924	BOS	732	-21	-20	0	2	-2	-2	10	3	-12	10.3	-1.2	0.3	0.1	-0.8	29
1925	BOS	434	-21	-20	3	1	0	-2	3	2	-15	10.6	-1.4	0.2	0.1	-1.1	15
1926	PHA	66	2	2	-1	-1	0	0	-1	0	-1	9.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.1	0
Career		6,107	-135	-152	-6	12	1	-3	-17	22	-165	-	-17.4	2.2	1.1	-14.1	143

Defense

Infield Defense

Year	Team	POS	BIP	Chances	OAA	OAA adj	DER Runs	Play+	GB+	DP Start	DP Turn	DP Runs	Total Fielding Runs
1914	CLE	2B	154	23	-1.4	-1	-1	2	2	-0.1	-0.1	0	-1
1914	CLE	SS	915	183	-6.4	-6	-4	-5	-6	0.1	0.7	1	-3
1915	CLE	2B	1945	334	-6.7	-6	-4	-40	-24	-0.8	0.6	0	-4
1915	CLE	3B	935	128	-2.6	-2	-1	-4	6	0.4	0.0	0	-1
1916	CLE	2B	667	110	0.3	0	0	-10	-5	-0.1	0.4	0	0
1916	CLE	3B	71	13	-1.9	-2	-1	-1	0	0.3	0.0	0	-1
1916	CLE	SS	2843	549	-4.6	-5	-3	-28	-25	-0.2	0.4	0	-3
1917	CLE	1B	95	7	-1.0	-1	-1	-4	-2	0.0	0.0	0	-1
1917	CLE	2B	3890	650	-1.0	-1	-1	93	88	1.5	0.3	2	1
1918	CLE	2B	2583	455	-6.0	-6	-4	77	59	-1.6	-1.6	-3	-7
1919	CLE	2B	4202	698	2.0	3	2	113	92	0.0	1.4	1	3
1920	CLE	2B	4613	763	1.0	2	2	70	56	-0.5	0.0	0	2
1921	CLE	2B	3148	502	-6.0	-5	-4	32	1	1.9	1.2	3	-1
1921	CLE	3B	26	2	0.0	0	0	-1	-1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1922	CLE	2B	3797	632	-14.0	-13	-10	53	34	-0.3	-0.3	-1	-11
1922	CLE	SS	423	66	-7.0	-7	-6	-8	-8	-0.3	-0.2	0	-6
1923	CLE	2B	2684	446	5.0	5	4	55	36	0.1	0.2	0	4
1923	CLE	3B	40	7	0.0	0	0	2	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
1924	BOS	2B	4195	726	8.0	8	6	-25	-39	2.3	1.3	4	10
1925	BOS	1B	203	19	-3.0	-3	-2	-2	-1	0.2	0.0	0	-2
1925	BOS	2B	2746	474	2.0	2	2	-9	-9	2.1	0.6	3	5
1926	PHA	2B	66	8	-1.0	-1	-1	-3	-1	-0.1	0.0	0	-1
1926	PHA	SS	189	34	0.0	0	0	4	4	-0.1	0.2	0	0
		1B	298	26	-4.0	-4	-3	-6	-3	0.2	0.0	0	-3
		2B	34690	5821	-17.8	-13	-9	408	290	4.4	4.0	9	0
		3B	1072	150	-4.5	-4	-2	-4	6	0.7	0.0	0	-2
		SS	4370	832	-18.0	-18	-13	-37	-35	-0.5	1.1	1	-12

Batting – Postseason

Year	Team	Off GS	Def GS	Game Shares	WAR	W	L	Victory Shares
1920	CLE	0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.7	0
Career		0.4	0.1	0.5	-0.3	-0.1	0.7	0

Postseason Batting Components

Year	Team	PA	BatRuns	Adj R	RISP	BSR	DP	ROE	Fld	Pos	DH	Pit	RAA	RPW	WAA	Pos Wins	LgA	WAM	DVoDH
1920	CLE	29	-2	-2	0	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-2	5.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0
Career		29	-2	-2	0	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0	-2	-	-0.4	0.0	0.0	-0.4	0

Glossary

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Stat description
GS	Game Shares
WAM	Wins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WAR	Wins above Replacement
VS	Victory Shares
W	Wins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
L	Losses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRuns	Batting runs above average
Adj R	Park adjusted batting runs
RISP	Runs for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSR	Baserunning runs
DP	Double play avoidance runs
ROE	Runs from reaching on error
Fld	Fielding runs
Pos	Position adjustment
DH	Designated hitter adjustment
Pit	Pitcher batting adjustment
RAA	Runs above average before position and league adjustment
RPW	Runs per win
WAA	Wins above average before position and league adjustment
POS Wins	Position adjustment converted to wins
LGA	League quality adjustment
DVoDH	Defensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
G	Games pitched
GS	Game shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XR	Expected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DR	Defensive runs support
Role	Starter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdj	League adjustment
R+	Runs above average
LI	Leverage index
R_lev+	Leverage adjusted runs above average
Chances	Estimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIP	Balls in play while this player was on the field
OAA	Outs above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adj	Park adjusted outs above average
DER runs	Run value of outs above average
Frame Runs	Runs from framing balls and strikes
SB Runs	Stolen base prevention runs
Block Runs	Wild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err Runs	Catcher error prevention runs
Catcher Runs	Catcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+	plays made above average per ball in play
GB+	ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP Start	Runs from starting double plays
DP Turn	Runs from turning double plays
DP runs	Total double play runs
OF Arm opps	Opportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runs	Runs from throwing from the outfield

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