Ben Wanger (Hebrew: בן וונגר; born April 7, 1997) is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher.
[8] In his senior season, as a pitcher he had a 0.73 ERA in 48 innings, and pitched the first perfect game in school history.
[11] Wanger suffered a serious hamstring injury in the fourth game of his senior season in 2019, which caused him to have season-ending surgery and redshirt.
[12][3] In 2019-20 he attended the University of Southern California, where he was a graduate student in the Marshall School of Business studying for a Master in Science in Entrepreneurship and Innovation while hoping to work in the renewable energy sector.
[15] In March 2021 he had minor surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow, and he was back on the mound two months later.
[21] On February 20, 2023, Wanger joined the Los Angeles 2028 Organizing Committee as part of its fellowship program for retired Olympians and Paralympians.
[22] In August 2019, he obtained Israeli citizenship so that he could play for Team Israel in baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
[27] Wanger played first base, pitcher, and DH, and batted .273/.304/.409 for Team Israel in the 2023 European Baseball Championship in September 2023 in the Czech Republic.