George Wheeler
1897–1899 · bats B / throws B · Philadelphia Phillies
50G
.196AVG
.237OBP
.277SLG
More career statistics
29H
1HR
6RBI
3SB
21–20W–L
358.2IP
60K
4.24ERA
39GS
2Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 50 | 47 |
| Batting · At bats | 148 | 139 |
| Batting · Hits | 29 | 28 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 0 | 12 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 161 | 152 |
| Batting · Runs | 19 | 18 |
| Batting · Walks | 8 | 7 |
| Pitching · Games | 50 | 47 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 1,604 | 1,559 |
| Pitching · p cg | 32 | 30 |
| Pitching · p er | 169 | 166 |
| Pitching · p gs | 39 | 37 |
| Pitching · p h | 446 | 428 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 1,076 | 1,027 |
| Pitching · p k | 60 | 61 |
| Pitching · p r | 249 | 238 |
| Pitching · p w | 116 | 111 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 161 | 148 | 19 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | .196 | .237 | .277 | .514 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358.7 | 50 | 39 | 32 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 446 | 249 | 169 | 5 | 116 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 4.24 | 1.567 |
Streaks
4longest hitting streak · 1897-08-24 to 1897-09-25
4longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Twelve Runs Allowed | 1898-07-06 | 1 in 264 games | box score ↗ |
| 40 | Ten Runs Allowed | 1898-06-15 | 1 in 102 games | box score ↗ |
| 19 | 14 hits allowed | 1897-05-21 | 1 in 76 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 26 | 79 | 16 | – | – | 2 | .203 | 191 | 37 |
| 1898 | Philadelphia Phillies | 15 | 43 | 8 | – | 3 | – | .186 | 112 | 21 |
| 1899 | Philadelphia Phillies | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .235 | 39 | 3 |