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Lee Wheat
Leroy William Wheat

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.
School Truman State University

Debut April 21, 1954
Final Game April 23, 1955
Born September 15, 1929 in Edwardsville, IL

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1954 24 PHA AL   0   2   8   1   0   0   5  0   28.3   38   18   18   1    9    7   1   0   137       1  5.72  3.91   68 1.659
 1955 25 KCA AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   0  0    2.0    8    7    5   1    3    1   0   0    18   2   0 22.50  4.16   18 5.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL  .000   0   2  11   1   0   0   5  0   30.3   46   25   23   2   12    8   1   0   155   2   1  6.82  3.93   58 1.912
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0  11  62   5   0   0  28  0  171.7  260  141  130  11   68   45   5   0   878  11   5  6.82  3.93   58 1.912
 Career High      0   2   8   1   0   0   5  0   28.3   38   18   18   1    9    7   1   0   137   2   1                       

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1954 24 PHA AL   8    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .125  .125  .125  -31    1   0   0       0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       11    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .125  .125  .125  -31    1   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        118    0   15   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  74  .125  .125  .125  -31   15   0   0   0   0  15
 Career High      8    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5                           1   0   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1954 24 PHA AL    8    8    0   0.0    99| .125  .265| .125  .341| .125  .388| .250  .729| -31  .000  -1.5  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons         8    8    0   0.0    99| .125  .265| .125  .341| .125  .388| .250  .729| -31  .000  -1.5  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1954 24 PHA AL P 8 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.75 0.93 1.91 2.00 1 28.3 1955 25 KCA AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.83 4.50 1.80 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1954 24 PHA AL P 8 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.75 0.93 1.91 2.00 1 28.3 1955 25 KCA AL P 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.83 4.50 1.80 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 11 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 0.90 2.08 1.99 1 30.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 11 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.64 0.90 2.10 2.01 1 30
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

February 19, 1954: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Bill Upton to the Philadelphia Athletics for Dave Philley.

April 16, 1956: Traded by the Kansas City Athletics with Tom Saffell and cash to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Tim Thompson.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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