Harry Wheeler

Infobox MLB retired
name=Harry Wheeler


position=Outfielder
birthdate=March 3, 1858
city-state|Versailles|Indiana
deathdate=death date and age|1900|10|9|1858|3|3
city-state|Cincinnati|Ohio
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=June 19
debutyear=by|1878
debutteam=Providence Grays
finaldate=October 15
finalyear=by|1884
finalteam=Baltimore Monumentals
stat1label=Batting average
stat2label=Home runs
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat1value=.228
stat2value=2
stat3value=32
teams=As Player
*Providence Grays (by|1878)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1879–by|1880), by|1882
*Cleveland Blues (by|1880)
*Columbus Buckeyes (by|1883)
*St. Louis Browns (by|1884)
*Kansas City Cowboys (by|1884)
*Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies (by|1884)
*Baltimore Monumentals (by|1884)As Manager
*Kansas City Cowboys (by|1884)
highlights=
*Right fielder for the by|1882 American Association Champion, the Cincinnati Red Stockings.

Harry Eugene Wheeler (March 3 1858 – October 9 1900) was an American 19th century Major League Baseball player who hailed from Versailles, Indiana. A well travelled player, he played for eight different teams in three different leagues during his six seasons.cite web| title = Harry Wheeler's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwheeh101.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-11 ]

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 pitched in only five games for two Reds teams, and played in one game for the Cleveland Blues, he had one hit in four at bats and played left field. He was formally converted as an outfield upon his return the majors in by|1882 after an absence in by|1881, when he rejoined the Reds, now reformed in the American Association as the 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.cite web| title = Harry Wheeler's Stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wheelha01.shtml | accessdate = 2008-03-11 ]

He played for the Columbus Buckeyes the following season. The by|1883 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 by|1884, 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 Ataxiacite web| title = The Dead Ball Era: Too Young To Die | work = thedeadballera.com | url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html | accessdate = 2008-03-11 ] , and is interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio.

References

External links

*findagrave|8168118

Persondata
NAME = Wheeler, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Wheeler, Harry Eugene
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Major League Baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH = March 3 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH = Versailles, Indiana
DATE OF DEATH = May 3 1900
PLACE OF DEATH = Cincinnati, Ohio