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Bobby Wheelock

Warren H. Wheelock

Positions: Shortstop and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 6, 1864 in Charlestown, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1887
Teams (by GP): Solons/Beaneaters 1887-1891

Final Game: September 27, 1891
Died: March 13, 1928 in Boston, MA
Buried: Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
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Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1887 BSN NL 22 OF 28 41 35 1 5 0 .878 1.29 .883 1.97 9-1-18
1887 BSN NL 22 SS 20 115 33 68 14 5 .878 5.05 .890 5.01
1887 BSN NL 22 2B 4 11 5 3 3 0 .727 2.00 .911 5.88
1890 COL AA 25 SS 52 287 92 162 33 12 .885 4.88 .885 4.90
1891 COL AA 26 SS 136 803 248 474 81 65 .899 5.31 .879 5.14
3 Seasons SS 208 1205 373 704 128 82 .894 5.18 .881 5.07
1 Season OF 28 41 35 1 5 0 .878 1.29 .883 1.97 9-1-18
1 Season 2B 4 11 5 3 3 0 .727 2.00 .911 5.88
3 Seasons TOT 240 1257 413 708 136 82 .892 4.67 .882 4.72 9-1-18
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1887 BSN NL 22 48 48 0 0 0 4 0 20 9 1 18 28 0
1890 COL AA 25 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 0 0
1891 COL AA 26 136 136 0 0 0 0 0 136 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 236 236 0 0 0 4 0 208 9 1 18 28 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y
1891 AA  474 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  136 (1st)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  248 (2nd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  474 (1st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  81 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  5.31 (3rd)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1891 AA  .899 (3rd)

             

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