Harry Wheeler

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American baseball player (1858–1900)

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::summary American baseball player (1858–1900) ::

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Field	Value
name	Harry Wheeler
position	Outfielder / Pitcher
birth_date
birth_place	Versailles, Indiana, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
bats	Right
throws	Right
debutleague	MLB
debutdate	June 19
debutyear	1878
debutteam	Providence Grays
finalleague	MLB
finaldate	October 15
finalyear	1884
finalteam	Baltimore Monumentals
statleague	MLB
stat1label	Batting average
stat1value	.228
stat2label	Home runs
stat2value	2
stat3label	Runs batted in
stat3value	32
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Providence Grays ()
Cincinnati Reds ()
Cincinnati Stars ()
Cleveland Blues ()
Cincinnati Red Stockings ()
Columbus Buckeyes ()
St. Louis Browns ()
Kansas City Cowboys ()
Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies ()
Baltimore Monumentals () As manager
Kansas City Cowboys () Harry Eugene Wheeler (March 3, 1858 – October 9, 1900) was an American 19th century Major League Baseball player from Versailles, Indiana. A well travelled player, he played for eight different teams in three different leagues during his six seasons.

Career

Wheeler began his career with the Providence Grays as a pitcher, where he pitched well. He had an earned run average of 3.48, and won six of the seven games in which he pitched. A good start to his career, but the next two years, he played in only six games for the Cincinnati Reds, Cincinnati Stars and Cleveland Blues. He was formally converted to an outfielder upon his return the majors in after an absence in , when he joined the American Association Cincinnati Red Stockings. Harry did well with the bat that season, finishing in the top ten in many hitting categories, highest among them were his 11 triples, in which he finished third.

He played for the Columbus Buckeyes the following season. The season saw his hitting decline, and his fielding, which was already a liability, was getting worse. This was his last full season he played. He ended his career in the failed Union Association in , including a four-game stint as player-manager for the Kansas City Cowboys, losing all of them.

Post-career

Wheeler died at the age of 42, of syphilitic locomotor ataxia. He was interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati.

References

"Harry Wheeler's Stats". retrosheet.org.
"Harry Wheeler's Stats". baseball-reference.com.
"The Dead Ball Era: Too Young To Die". thedeadballera.com.

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