Willie Kamm William Edward Kamm Bats Right Throws Right Height 5'10 Weight 170 Born February 2, 1900 San Francisco, CA Died December 21, 1988 Belmont, CA

Batting  

 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 28 SAH  154  649  207  35  10   1  105   62                    20      .319  .278  .408  .376  265 
 1929 29 SAH       501  141  24   4  10   73   40                    22      .281  .265  .405  .391  203 
 1930 30 SAH        61   14   3   1   1    9    9                     3      .230  .280  .361  .430   22 
 1931 31 SAH  133  321   75  16   0   5   23   26                     3   5  .234  .263  .330  .388  106 
 1932 32 SAH  137  513  119  22   3  11   41   46                    12   3  .232  .244  .351  .366  180 

 1933 33 SAH  148  513  136  16   1   1   33   71   52   36   1   0   1   4  .265  .286  .306  .411  157  
 1934 34 SAH  148  523  129  21   3   1   52   48   52   67   2   0  16   2  .247  .292  .304  .429  159 
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
  7 Seasons   720 3081  821 137  22  30  336  302  104  103   3   0  77  14  .266  .272  .354  .395 1092
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 154 Gm  Avg  154  539  142  24   4   4   54   54   54   54   2   0  11   4  .266  ----  .354  ----  185
 Career High  154  649  207  35  10  11  105   71   52   67   2   0  22   5  .319  ----  .408  ----  265
+-----------+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 Year Ag Tm     G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA  lgBA   SLG lgSLG   TB 

Postseason Batting

 Year Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB    H  2B  3B  HR    R  RBI   BB    K HBP  IW  SB  CS    BA   SLG   TB 
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
 1928 SAH MIS   L    6   24    7   0   0   0    0    0    1    0   0   0   0   0  .291  .291    7
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+
               0-1   6   24    7   0   0   0    0    0    1    0   0   0   0   0  .291  .291    7
+------------------+--+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+---+-----+-----+----+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards  

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank

Runs 1928-105-2

Hits 1928-207-3

Triples 1928-10-1

At Bats 1928-649-3

Stolen Bases 1928-20-9 1934-16-5

Player of the Week, Week 18, 1932

Transactions January 1, 1928: Drafted 16th round (127th overall) by Sahara.

Biography Born the son of German immigrants, Willie Kamm came from the shipyards of San Francisco to become a durable and dependable third baseman for the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Indians. Kamm was born on February 2, 1900, and at a young age he was making a name for himself around the semi-pro circuit in San Francisco. A skinny kid, at 19 he had only 140 pounds on his 5'10 frame. After having a tonsillectomy, he put on weight and began to hit. After being sold to the Chicago White Sox in 1923, batting .292, he wound up become one of the surest gloves in the Junior Circuit, topping all other contemporaries at the hot corner in fielding percentage from 1924-29. Quick and possessing a good eye, was a fan favorite on the South Side before being traded to the Cleveland Indians for Lew Fonseca in 1930. He retired in 1935 with a career average of .281, including a high of .308 in 1928. When he retired, his .967 career fielding average was the best for any third baseman in history (he has since fallen to 7th). Kamm died in 1988 at the age of 88.