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Willie Kamm

Willie Kamm, American baseball player and manager (died 1988)

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Born
February 2, 1900
Died
December 21, 1988
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1900

About Willie Kamm

William Edward Kamm was an American professional baseball player. He played as a third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1935. Kamm played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox before finishing his playing days with the Cleveland Indians. He was the dominant defensive third baseman in the American League for most of his career. In 1933, Kamm set a single-season record for third basemen with a.984 fielding percentage, which stood for fourteen years until it was surpassed by Hank Majeski in 1947. Kamm still holds the American League single-season record for putouts by a third baseman with 243 set in 1928, and ranks eighth overall in putouts by third basemen. After his retirement as a player, Kamm became the manager of the Mission Reds in the Pacific Coast League from 1936 to 1937.

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Willie Kamm timeline

  1. Kamm still holds the American League single-season record for putouts by a third baseman with 243 set in 1928, and ranks eighth overall in putouts by third basemen.
  2. In 1933, Kamm set a single-season record for third basemen with a.984 fielding percentage, which stood for fourteen years until it was surpassed by Hank Majeski in 1947.
  3. After his retirement as a player, Kamm became the manager of the Mission Reds in the Pacific Coast League from 1936 to 1937.

The world when Willie Kamm was born

Willie Kamm was born in 1900. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1900

  • Best-selling book"To Have and to Hold" – Mary Johnston

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Davis Cup tennis tournament
  • Top headlineGalveston Hurricane kills 8,000+ — deadliest US disaster
  • Technology milestoneFirst zeppelin flight
  • World population~1.6B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population76.2M

1900 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Willie Kamm's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19002026
Average income$438$67,500
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population76.2M341 million

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