Bill Wambsganss

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Bill Wambsganss was an American Major League Baseball second baseman best known for executing the only unassisted triple play in World Series history.

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Bill Wambsganss canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Baseball player ⓘ
human ⓘ
second baseman ⓘ
accomplishment unassisted triple play in Game 5 of the 1920 World Series ⓘ
bats right ⓘ
battedInWorldSeries 1920 ⓘ
battingAverage .259 ⓘ
birthPlace Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathPlace Lakewood, Ohio, United States ⓘ
debutLeague MLB ⓘ
era Dead-ball era ⓘ
event 1920 World Series ⓘ
fieldingPosition second base ⓘ
finalLeague MLB ⓘ
fullName William Adolf Wambsganss ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hallOfFame Cleveland Guardians Hall of Fame ⓘ
historicFirst only unassisted triple play in World Series history ⓘ
homeRuns 7 ⓘ
knownFor defensive skills at second base ⓘ
league Major League Baseball ⓘ
nickname Bill ⓘ
notableEvent completed first unassisted triple play in postseason history ⓘ
notableFor only unassisted triple play in World Series history ⓘ
occupation baseball player ⓘ
opponentDuringUnassistedTriplePlay Brooklyn Robins ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Dodgers
playsFor Cleveland Indians ⓘ
positionPlayed second baseman ⓘ
role infielder ⓘ
runsBattedIn 521 ⓘ
series World Series ⓘ
sport baseball ⓘ
team Boston Red Sox ⓘ
Chicago Cubs ⓘ
Cleveland Indians ⓘ
Philadelphia Athletics ⓘ
teamDuringUnassistedTriplePlay Cleveland Indians ⓘ
throws right ⓘ
WorldSeriesChampion 1920 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1920 World Series → unassistedTriplePlayBy → Bill Wambsganss ⓘ
1920 World Series → notablePlayer → Bill Wambsganss ⓘ
Fort Wayne Daisies → notableManager → Bill Wambsganss ⓘ