An infielder, he played all or parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball between 1944 and 1951 for the Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Athletics and St. Louis Browns, getting into 231 games.

[2] With the war over and major leaguers returning from military service, Wahl spent all of 1946 with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, where he played shortstop and batted .271 in 109 games.

That led to another major league trial, and Wahl made the 1947 Reds as a backup third baseman and utility infielder, but he could muster only 14 hits all season and he batted only .173 in 39 games.

[3] Wahl played in the Triple-A International League during the following two seasons, and was acquired by the Athletics from the Brooklyn Dodgers' organization after he batted .286 in 134 games for the 1949 Montreal Royals.

He became the Athletics' regular third baseman in July, after Bob Dillinger was sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and started 60 games at the hot corner through September 17.