William Adolf Wambsganss was a second baseman in Major League Baseball.
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11 Facts About Bill Wambsganss
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From 1914 through 1926, Bill Wambsganss played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, and Philadelphia Athletics.
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Bill Wambsganss is best remembered for making one of the most spectacular defensive plays in World Series history, an unassisted triple play.
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Bill Wambsganss attended Concordia College and studied for the ministry before entering professional baseball.
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Bill Wambsganss was the regular second baseman of the Cleveland Indians for ten years.
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Bill Wambsganss committed only 375 errors in 8,064 chances for a significant.
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Bill Wambsganss was sent to the Boston Red Sox in the same trade that brought first baseman George Burns to the Indians.
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Bill Wambsganss finished his Major League career with the A's in 1926, batting.
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In game five of the 1920 World Series played at League Park, Bill Wambsganss caught a fifth-inning line drive batted by Clarence Mitchell, stepped on second base to retire Pete Kilduff, and tagged Otto Miller coming from first base, to complete the only unassisted triple play in World Series history.
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Bill Wambsganss died of heart failure in Lakewood, Ohio, on December 8,1985.
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