Harry Wheeler

Harry Eugene Wheeler

Positions: Outfielder, Pitcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: March 3, 1858 in Versailles, IN (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1878
Teams (by GP): Buckeyes/RedStockings/Chicago/Pittsburgh/Reds/Monumentals/... 1878-1884

Final Game: October 15, 1884
Died: October 9, 1900 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1878	20	PRO	NL	6	1	*.857*	3.48	7	6	1	6	0	0	62.0	70	40	24	1	25	25		13	280	64	1.532	10.2	0.1	3.6	3.6	1.00
1879	21	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	81.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	10	9	0	4	0		1	13	5	10.000	54.0	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00

1882	24	CIN	AA	1	2	.333	5.40	4	1	3	1	0	0	21.2	21	17	13	0	12	10		1	100	50	1.523	8.7	0.0	5.0	4.2	0.83
1883	25	COL	AA	0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	13	7	4	0	2	0		0	31	47	3.000	23.4	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.00
1884	26	KCC	UA	0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	6	1	0	0	6		2	32	268	0.875	7.9	0.0	0.0	6.8
1885	27	CLV	N/A	0	0		1.80	1	0		0	0		5.0	3	5	1		5	2	0	2			1.600	5.4		9.0	3.6	0.40	CLV · WL
5 Yrs				7	6	.538	4.70	14	10	4	8	0	0	97.2	117	80	51	1	43	41		17	456	53	1.638	10.8	0.1	4.0	3.8	0.95
162 Game Avg.				20	17	.538	4.70	40	28	11	23	0	0	277	332	227	145	3	122	116		48	1292	53	1.638	10.8	0.1	4.0	3.8	0.95

CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	81.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	10	9	0	4	0		1	13	5	10.000	54.0	0.0	36.0	0.0	0.00
PRO (1 yr)				6	1	.857	3.48	7	6	1	6	0	0	62.0	70	40	24	1	25	25		13	280	64	1.532	10.2	0.1	3.6	3.6	1.00
KCC (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	6	1	0	0	6		2	32	268	0.875	7.9	0.0	0.0	6.8
CIN (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.40	4	1	3	1	0	0	21.2	21	17	13	0	12	10		1	100	50	1.523	8.7	0.0	5.0	4.2	0.83
COL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	13	7	4	0	2	0		0	31	47	3.000	23.4	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.00

AA (2 yrs)				1	3	.250	5.74	5	2	3	1	0	0	26.2	34	24	17	0	14	10		1	131	49	1.800	11.5	0.0	4.7	3.4	0.71
NL (2 yrs)				6	2	.750	4.71	8	7	1	6	0	0	63.0	76	50	33	1	29	25		14	293	48	1.667	10.9	0.1	4.1	3.6	0.86
UA (1 yr)				0	1	.000	1.13	1	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	7	6	1	0	0	6		2	32	268	0.875	7.9	0.0	0.0	6.8

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1878	20	PRO	NL	62.0	7	6	40	5.81	5.07	0.22	0.00	96.0	4.66	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-5	.396	.496	$
1879	21	CIN	NL	1.0	1	1	10	90.00	5.21	-0.32	0.00	95.0	5.25	-9	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-9	.080	.497	$

1882	24	CIN	AA	21.2	4	1	17	7.06	5.02	0.34	0.00	98.0	4.59	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.379	.497	$
1883	25	COL	AA	5.0	1	1	7	12.60	5.84	-0.09	0.00	93.0	5.52	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-4	.243	.498	$
1884	26	KCC	UA	8.0	1	1	6	6.75	5.83	-0.47	0.00	93.0	5.87	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.429	.500	$
5 Seasons				97.2	14	10	80	7.37	5.16	0.17	0.00	96.0	4.79	-28	-2.0	1.0	-0.2	-1.4	-24	.360	.498	$

CIN (1 yr)				1.0	1	1	10	90.00	5.21	-0.32	0.00	95.0	5.25	-9	-0.4		-0.0	-0.4	-9	.080	.497	$
PRO (1 yr)				62.0	7	6	40	5.81	5.07	0.22	0.00	96.0	4.66	-8	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-5	.396	.496	$
KCC (1 yr)				8.0	1	1	6	6.75	5.83	-0.47	0.00	93.0	5.87	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.429	.500	$
CIN (1 yr)				21.2	4	1	17	7.06	5.02	0.34	0.00	98.0	4.59	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-5	.379	.497	$
COL (1 yr)				5.0	1	1	7	12.60	5.84	-0.09	0.00	93.0	5.52	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-4	.243	.498	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1878	20	6	1	.857	3.48	7	6	1	6	62.0	70	40	24	1	25	25	13	280	64	1.532	10.2	0.1	3.6	3.6	1.00	64
1879	21	6	2	.750	4.71	8	7	1	6	63.0	76	50	33	1	29	25	14	293	48	1.667	10.9	0.1	4.1	3.6	0.86	48
1880	22	6	2	.750	4.71	8	7	1	6	63.0	76	50	33	1	29	25	14	293	48	1.667	10.9	0.1	4.1	3.6	0.86	48
1881	23	6	2	.750	4.71	8	7	1	6	63.0	76	50	33	1	29	25	14	293	48	1.667	10.9	0.1	4.1	3.6	0.86	48
1882	24	7	4	.636	4.89	12	8	4	7	84.2	97	67	46	1	41	35	15	393	49	1.630	10.3	0.1	4.4	3.7	0.85	49
1883	25	7	5	.583	5.02	13	9	4	7	89.2	110	74	50	1	43	35	15	424	48	1.706	11.0	0.1	4.3	3.5	0.81	48
1884	26	7	6	.538	4.70	14	10	4	8	97.2	117	80	51	1	43	41	17	456	53	1.638	10.8	0.1	4.0	3.8	0.95	53

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1878	20	12	6	.667	2.98	169.0	174	62	56	2	62	68	0	1.396	9.3	3.3	3.6	1.10	0.1	7
1879	21	0	0		48.00	3.0	11	18	16	0	7	0	0	6.000	33.0	21.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1

1882	24	2	3	.400	4.79	47.0	42	28	25	0	24	22	0	1.404	8.0	4.6	4.2	0.92	0.0	4
1883	25	0	1	.000	6.00	9.0	20	7	6	0	3	0	0	2.556	20.0	3.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1884	26	2	0	1.000	0.75	24.0	0	2	2	0	0	18	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	6.8		0.0	1
5 Yrs		16	10	.615	3.75	252.0	247	117	105	2	96	108	0	1.361	8.8		3.9	1.13	0.1	14

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1878 NL 3.48 (10th)	Wins s c a p y 1878 NL 6 (8th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1878 NL .857 (1st)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1878 NL 1.532 (10th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1878 NL 10.161 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1878 NL 3.629 (2nd)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1878 NL 25 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 1 (6th)
Bases on Balls s c a p y 1878 NL 25 (7th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 24 (10th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1878 NL 13 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1878 NL 1 (4th) 1882 AA 3 (1st)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1878 NL 64 (10th)	Youngest s c a p y 1878 NL born 1858-03-03 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (562), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 17 (1180), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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