Английская Википедия:Don Wheeler
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox baseball biography Donald Wesley Wheeler (September 29, 1922 – December 10, 2003) was an American professional baseball player, a catcher who appeared in 67 games in Major League Baseball catcher for the Chicago White Sox in 1949. The native of Minneapolis threw and batted right-handed, stood Шаблон:Convert tall and weighed Шаблон:Convert during his baseball career.
Wheeler, nicknamed "Scotty" due to his part-Scottish ancestry,[1] graduated from South High School and signed with his hometown club, the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, then an independently operated minor-league team, in 1941. After his first two professional seasons, in 1943 he joined the United States Army for World War II service;[2] he saw combat in the European Theatre and was awarded the Bronze Star Medal.[1]
Wheeler returned to baseball in Шаблон:By as a member of the New York Giants' organization after the MLB club purchased the Millers franchise. The White Sox selected him in the Шаблон:By Rule 5 draft, and in Шаблон:Mlby he was part of Chicago's three-man catching platoon, along with Joe Tipton and Eddie Malone. Wheeler led the trio with 54 starts behind the plate and 473 innings caught, just ahead of Tipton (49 starts, 441 innings) and Malone (48 starts, 418Шаблон:Fraction innings).[3] Highlights included a four-hit, five-RBI day on July 30 against the eventual world champion New York Yankees,[4] and his only big-league home run, struck June 12 off Ellis Kinder of the Boston Red Sox.[5]
Wheeler returned to the minors in 1950 and effectively retired after the 1952 season, although he appeared in one game for the Millers at age 37 in 1960; he was serving as the club's part-time batting practice pitcher at the time. In his lone MLB season, Wheeler collected 46 total hits, with nine doubles and two triples accompanying his home run. He was credited with 22 runs batted in. He died at age 81 in Bloomington, Minnesota, on December 10, 2003.
References
External links
Шаблон:Portal Шаблон:Baseballstats
Шаблон:US-baseball-catcher-1920s-stub
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Those Who Served", Baseball in Wartime
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Chicago White Sox 9, New York Yankees 2" Retrosheet box score (July 30, 1949)
- ↑ "Boston Red Sox 7, Chicago White Sox 5" Retrosheet box score (June 12, 1949, second game)
- Английская Википедия
- 1922 births
- 2003 deaths
- Baseball players from Minneapolis
- Charleston Senators players
- Chicago White Sox players
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Eau Claire Bears players
- Major League Baseball catchers
- Memphis Chickasaws players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- St. Cloud Rox players
- Sioux City Soos players
- South High School (Minnesota) alumni
- Toledo Mud Hens players
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
