Willie Kamm
[edit] Biography
Willie Kamm (William Edward Kamm) was born on February 2, 1900 in San Francisco, California. He made his Major League debut on April 18, 1923 for the Chicago White Sox. In 1923, his rookie year, he hit .292 with 6 home runs and 87 RBI. Kamm played for the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 13 year career.
Most people believe that Willie Kamm's best season was 1928, when he hit for a .308 average and knocked in 84 runs.
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[edit] Batting Stats
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| 149
| 544
| 57
| 159
| 6
| 87
| .292
| .366
| .430
| 39
| 9
| 62
| 82
| 1
| 19
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1924
| CHI
| A
| 147
| 528
| 58
| 134
| 6
| 93
| .254
| .337
| .364
| 28
| 6
| 64
| 59
| 2
| 32
| 9
| 0
| 0
|
| 1925
| CHI
| A
| 152
| 509
| 82
| 142
| 6
| 83
| .279
| .391
| .393
| 32
| 4
| 90
| 36
| 4
| 37
| 11
| 0
| 0
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| 143
| 480
| 63
| 141
| 0
| 62
| .294
| .396
| .385
| 24
| 10
| 77
| 24
| 4
| 17
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1927
| CHI
| A
| 148
| 540
| 85
| 146
| 0
| 59
| .270
| .354
| .378
| 32
| 13
| 70
| 18
| 0
| 25
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1928
| CHI
| A
| 155
| 552
| 70
| 170
| 1
| 84
| .308
| .391
| .411
| 30
| 12
| 73
| 22
| 2
| 28
| 17
| 0
| 0
|
| 1929
| CHI
| A
| 147
| 523
| 72
| 140
| 3
| 63
| .268
| .363
| .371
| 33
| 6
| 75
| 23
| 3
| 18
| 12
| 0
| 0
|
| 1930
| CHI
| A
| 112
| 331
| 49
| 89
| 3
| 47
| .269
| .368
| .396
| 21
| 6
| 51
| 20
| 1
| 13
| 5
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CLE
| A
| 114
| 410
| 68
| 121
| 0
| 66
| .295
| .392
| .390
| 31
| 4
| 64
| 13
| 1
| 11
| 13
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| CHI
| A
| 18
| 59
| 9
| 15
| 0
| 9
| .254
| .333
| .356
| 4
| 1
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| TOT
| A
| 132
| 469
| 77
| 136
| 0
| 75
| .290
| .384
| .386
| 35
| 5
| 71
| 19
| 1
| 12
| 14
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| CLE
| A
| 148
| 524
| 76
| 150
| 3
| 83
| .286
| .379
| .403
| 34
| 9
| 75
| 36
| 3
| 13
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| CLE
| A
| 133
| 447
| 59
| 126
| 1
| 47
| .282
| .359
| .336
| 17
| 2
| 54
| 27
| 0
| 16
| 6
| 0
| 0
|
| 1934
| CLE
| A
| 121
| 386
| 52
| 104
| 0
| 42
| .269
| .372
| .345
| 23
| 3
| 62
| 38
| 1
| 8
| 7
| 0
| 0
|
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| 6
| 18
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 1
| .333
| .333
| .333
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 1693
| 5851
| 802
| 1643
| 29
| 826
| .281
| .372
| .384
| 348
| 85
| 824
| 405
| 22
| 238
| 125
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1923
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 149
| 0
| 0
| 173
| 352
| 22
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .960
|
| 1924
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 190
| 312
| 15
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .971
|
| 1925
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 152
| 0
| 0
| 182
| 310
| 22
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .957
|
| 1926
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 142
| 0
| 0
| 177
| 323
| 11
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1927
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 146
| 0
| 0
| 236
| 279
| 15
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .972
|
| 1928
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 155
| 0
| 0
| 243
| 278
| 12
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .977
|
| 1929
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 145
| 0
| 0
| 221
| 270
| 11
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1930
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 106
| 0
| 0
| 142
| 209
| 23
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .939
|
| 1931
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 114
| 0
| 0
| 129
| 208
| 19
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1931
| CHI
| A
| 3B
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 29
| 32
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1931
| TOT
| A
| 3B
| 132
| 0
| 0
| 158
| 240
| 23
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
| 1932
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 148
| 0
| 0
| 164
| 299
| 16
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
| 1933
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 131
| 0
| 0
| 153
| 221
| 6
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .984
|
| 1934
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 118
| 0
| 0
| 109
| 248
| 8
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .978
|
| 1935
| CLE
| A
| 3B
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 1674
| 0
| 0
| 2151
| 3345
| 185
| 299
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .967
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by San Francisco (PCL) to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Doug McWeeny, $100000 and 2 players to be named later (May 29, 1922); San Francisco (PCL) received Shovel Hodge (September 7, 1922) and Joe Mulligan (October 24, 1922).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Lew Fonseca (May 17, 1931).
- Released by Cleveland Indians (June 1, 1935).
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