Don Wheeler

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: September 29, 1922 in Minneapolis, MN us

Died: December 10, 2003 in Bloomington, MN

Buried: Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, MN

High School: South HS (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: April 23, 1949 (Age 26-206d, 10,594th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1949 (Age 27-003d)
vs. SLB 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1949 season

Full Name: Donald Wesley Wheeler

Nicknames: Scott

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

192

.240

RBI

OBP

.333

SLG

.323

OPS

.656

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	24-43 / in Starts: 22-32
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	37 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 220 PAs	22
Actual Runners on Base	114 (61-33-20) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 220 PAs	24
Avg. Runners on Base	148 (76-47-23)

Most Driven In
C Michaels	4
F Baker	3
C Kress	3
G Metkovich	2
B Rhawn	1
L Appling	1
G Zernial	1
J Ostrowski	1

Most Driven In By
D Philley	2
J Scala	1
F Baker	1
B Wight	1
E Rapp	1
L Appling	1
F Hancock	1
H Adams	1

1949 Batting Game Log

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1949 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	5 (4)	Apr 23	CHW		SLB	W,12-5	2-GF	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	5	.97	0.055	2.42	0.08%	-0.01	C
2	2	6	Apr 24 (1)	CHW		SLB	W,2-1	GS-0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	.452	8						C
3	3	7	Apr 24 (2)	CHW		SLB	W,4-0	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.364	.333	.697	8						C
4	4	8	Apr 26 (1)	CHW		DET	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.400	.385	.785	8	.59	0.025	1.94	0.05%	0.44	C
5	5	9	Apr 26 (2)	CHW		DET	L,5-7	GS-0	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.375	.474	.500	.974	7						C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
6	6	12 (2)	May 1 (1)	CHW	@	SLB	W,7-6	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.435	.421	.856	7	.67	0.042	1.75	0.07%	-0.03	C
7	7	14 (1)	May 3	CHW		WSH	L,12-14	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.316	.435	.421	.856	7						C
8	8	16 (1)	May 5	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.417	.400	.817	2	2.69	-0.061	7.93	-0.11%	-0.48	PH
9	9	17	May 6	CHW		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	1	0	.333	.429	.458	.887	7	.64	0.042	1.68	0.07%	-0.23	C
10	10	18	May 7	CHW		NYY	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.375	.393	.768	7						C
11	11	19	May 8 (1)	CHW		PHA	W,11-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.361	.355	.716	8						C
12	12	20	May 8 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,2-3	GS-0	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.273	.385	.364	.748	8						C
13	13	22 (1)	May 11	CHW		BOS	W,12-8	CG	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.263	.364	.368	.732	8	.66	0.095	1.18	0.10%	0.38	C
14	14	23	May 12	CHW		BOS	L,1-2	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.262	.367	.357	.724	8	1.67	-0.066	3.42	-0.08%	-0.11	C
15	15	24	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,11-10	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.352	.326	.678	8	1.14	-0.089	2.27	-0.11%	-0.97	C
16	16	25	May 15 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,10-0	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.356	.320	.676	8	.18	-0.013	.39	-0.02%	0.82	C
17	17	26	May 15 (2)	CHW		CLE	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.226	.339	.302	.641	8	1.39	-0.133	3.32	-0.19%	-1.29	C
18	18	27	May 17	CHW	@	BOS	L,3-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.338	.304	.642	8	1.80	0.071	4.71	0.11%	0.11	C
19	19	28	May 18	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.348	.317	.664	8	.75	-0.003	1.79	-0.01%	-0.20	C
20	20	29	May 19	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.302	.635	8	1.23	-0.092	2.62	-0.12%	-0.77	C
21	21	33 (3)	May 25	CHW	@	PHA	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.234	.329	.297	.626	9	1.52	-0.039	4.08	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
22	22	34	May 27	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.224	.316	.284	.599	7	1.06	-0.084	2.29	-0.11%	-0.78	C
23	23	39 (4)	May 30 (2)	CHW		DET	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.229	.316	.286	.602	7						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
24	24	41 (1)	Jun 2	CHW		NYY	L,7-12	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		1	0	0	0	.230	.321	.284	.605	7	.95	0.103	1.64	0.11%	0.72	C
25	25	42	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	L,7-9	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.329	.284	.613	2	2.89	0.060	4.14	0.05%	0.34	PH
26	26	46 (3)	Jun 7	CHW		PHA	L,4-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.326	.280	.606	8	4.11	-0.094	3.68	-0.05%	-0.48	PH
27	27	48 (1)	Jun 9	CHW		PHA	L,0-1	CG(12)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.215	.319	.266	.585	8	2.35	-0.255	1.77	-0.12%	-0.74	C
28	28	50 (1)	Jun 12 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,3-15	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.213	.315	.263	.578	9						PH
29	29	51	Jun 12 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,5-7	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.214	.313	.298	.610	7						C
30	30	52	Jun 14	CHW	@	NYY	L,3-15	CG	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.330	.310	.640	8	1.35	-0.037	.74	-0.01%	0.34	C
31	31	53	Jun 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,4-9	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.327	.307	.634	9	.38	-0.013	.18	0.00%	-0.82	PH
32	32	57 (3)	Jun 17 (2)	CHW	@	BOS	L,8-10	GS-9	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.340	.323	.662	7	.87	0.139	.18	0.02%	2.21	C
33	33	60 (2)	Jun 20	CHW	@	WSH	W,5-4	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.355	.319	.674	8	.86	0.045	.09	0.00%	0.91	C
34	34	61	Jun 21	CHW	@	WSH	L,3-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.351	.316	.667	8	1.71	-0.040	.23	0.00%	-0.37	C
35	35	66 (4)	Jun 26 (1)	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-4	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.365	.337	.702	8	1.36	0.165	.13	0.01%	1.67	C
36	36	68 (1)	Jun 28	CHW		SLB	L,6-7	CG(12)	6	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.380	.337	.717	8						C
37	37	69	Jun 29	CHW		SLB	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.376	.333	.709	8	2.56	-0.229	.11	-0.01%	-0.85	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	38	70	Jul 1	CHW	@	DET	W,4-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0			0	0	0	.266	.380	.349	.728	8						C
39	39	71	Jul 2	CHW	@	DET	L,6-7	CG(11)	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.257	.373	.336	.709	8						C
40	40	74 (2)	Jul 4 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.256	.370	.333	.703	8						C
41	41	78 (3)	Jul 8	CHW		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.258	.369	.333	.702	8						C
42	42	79	Jul 10 (1)	CHW		DET	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.359	.323	.681	8	.69	-0.070	.01	0.00%	-1.46	C
43	43	81 (1)	Jul 14	CHW		WSH	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.356	.315	.671	8	.40	0.030	.00	0.00%	-0.09	C
44	44	82	Jul 15	CHW		WSH	L,4-9	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.353	.313	.666	8	.78	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.31	C
45	45	86 (3)	Jul 18	CHW		NYY	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.354	.311	.666	7	1.50	0.046	.02	0.00%	0.22	C
46	46	91 (4)	Jul 24 (2)	CHW		PHA	L,4-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.241	.350	.307	.657	8	2.04	0.032	.01	0.00%	-0.29	C
47	47	96 (4)	Jul 30	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	5	5	1	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	1	0	.261	.364	.345	.709	8	.53	0.188	.00	0.00%	5.00	C
48	48	98 (1)	Jul 31 (2)	CHW	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	.260	.361	.342	.703	7	1.14	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
49	49	100 (1)	Aug 3	CHW	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.253	.353	.333	.686	7	1.63	-0.270	.00	0.00%	-1.77	C
50	50	104 (3)	Aug 7 (2)	CHW	@	WSH	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.352	.333	.686	8	1.06	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.44	C
51	51	110 (5)	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.346	.327	.673	7	.88	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.15	C
52	52	114 (3)	Aug 18	CHW		DET	L,0-2	0-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.346	.327	.673	7						C
53	53	115	Aug 19	CHW		CLE	L,0-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.341	.321	.661	7	1.39	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
54	54	116	Aug 21 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.341	.321	.662	8	1.14	0.083	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
55	55	121 (4)	Aug 26 (1)	CHW		BOS	L,4-11	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.337	.317	.654	8	1.70	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
56	56	125 (3)	Aug 28 (2)	CHW		NYY	L,5-7	CG(8)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.238	.330	.310	.639	8						C
57	57	126	Aug 30	CHW		WSH	L,0-1	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.237	.328	.308	.636	9						PH
58	58	127	Aug 31	CHW		WSH	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0			1	0	0	.238	.332	.320	.651	7						C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
59	59	130 (2)	Sep 3	CHW	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-0	3	2	1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0	.247	.342	.339	.681	8						C
60	60	132 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	CLE	L,3-5	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.251	.345	.343	.688	9	.99	0.045	.00	0.00%	0.27	PH
61	61	133	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	CLE	L,4-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.340	.337	.677	8	.62	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
62	62	137 (3)	Sep 11	CHW		DET	L,0-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.335	.331	.666	7	1.79	-0.156	.00	0.00%	-1.37	C
63	63	141 (3)	Sep 16 (2)	CHW	@	PHA	W,6-3	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.336	.333	.670	8	.57	0.061	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
64	64	144 (2)	Sep 20	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.335	.332	.666	9	1.55	-0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.25	PH
65	65	145	Sep 21	CHW	@	NYY	W,10-9	4-GF	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.242	.333	.326	.660	6	.93	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-0.95	PH C
66	66	148 (2)	Sep 25 (2)	CHW		SLB	L,2-6	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.332	.325	.656	7	1.27	-0.029	.00	0.00%	-0.36	C
67	67	154 (5)	Oct 2 (2)	CHW	@	SLB	L,3-5	CG(5)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.240	.333	.323	.656	7	.94	0.012	.00	0.00%	0.36	C
							24-43		220	192	17	46	9	2	1	22	27	1	19	0	1		3	4	2	1	.240	.333	.323	.656		1.14	-0.936	1.00	-0.33%	-4.51

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