Zack Wheat
1909–1927 · bats L / throws R · Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Athletics
2,410G
.317AVG
.367OBP
.450SLG
More career statistics
2,884H
132HR
1,248RBI
205SB
6Rare 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 · At bats | 9,106 | 9,107 |
| Batting · Caught stealing | 49 | 198 |
| Batting · Hits | 2,884 | 2,885 |
| Batting · Hit by pitch | 77 | 78 |
| Batting · Strikeouts | 559 | 574 |
| Batting · Plate appearances | 9,996 | 10,006 |
| Batting · Runs | 1,289 | 1,288 |
| Batting · RBI | 1,248 | 1,271 |
| Batting · Stolen bases | 205 | 208 |
| Batting · Walks | 650 | 656 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,410 | 9,996 | 9,106 | 1,289 | 2,884 | 476 | 172 | 132 | 1,248 | 650 | 559 | 205 | 49 | 77 | 0 | 4,100 | .317 | .367 | .450 | .817 |
Streaks
28longest hitting streak · 1916-08-20 to 1916-09-15
44longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | Six Times On Base | 1922-09-04 | 1 in 214 games | box score ↗ |
| 43 | Five for Five | 1924-04-19 | 1 in 135 games | box score ↗ |
| 41 | 4 walks | 1910-09-30 | 1 in 2,226 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 1221 | 4972 | 1453 | 81 | 650 | 358 | 263 | .323 | .364 | .464 |
| Away | 1189 | 5034 | 1432 | 51 | 621 | 298 | 311 | .311 | .344 | .437 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 191 | 797 | 231 | 11 | 111 | 70 | 51 | .326 | .378 | .449 |
| May | 416 | 1741 | 467 | 21 | 219 | 111 | 98 | .295 | .332 | .421 |
| June | 436 | 1869 | 533 | 28 | 252 | 110 | 110 | .309 | .344 | .448 |
| July | 464 | 1951 | 577 | 23 | 252 | 131 | 100 | .325 | .363 | .462 |
| August | 445 | 1804 | 521 | 19 | 204 | 106 | 91 | .315 | .348 | .431 |
| September | 403 | 1632 | 483 | 28 | 214 | 118 | 104 | .330 | .368 | .491 |
| October | 55 | 212 | 73 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 20 | .365 | .392 | .465 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| philadelphia-phillies | 340 | 1474 | 437 | 29 | 219 | 117 | 86 | .331 | .376 | .479 |
| chicago-cubs | 338 | 1417 | 415 | 15 | 175 | 85 | 99 | .318 | .353 | .450 |
| boston-braves | 338 | 1439 | 434 | 22 | 203 | 112 | 85 | .335 | .379 | .486 |
| cincinnati-reds | 334 | 1381 | 365 | 11 | 148 | 75 | 70 | .287 | .319 | .397 |
| new-york-giants | 333 | 1365 | 387 | 19 | 166 | 86 | 84 | .310 | .347 | .452 |
| pittsburgh-pirates | 322 | 1329 | 373 | 17 | 159 | 75 | 87 | .307 | .337 | .442 |
| st-louis-cardinals | 317 | 1326 | 394 | 18 | 164 | 89 | 58 | .327 | .364 | .455 |
| chicago-white-sox | 17 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | .228 | .281 | .316 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1909 |  Brooklyn Dodgers | 26 | 102 | 31 | – | 4 | 3 | .304 | – | – |
| 1910 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 156 | 606 | 172 | 2 | 55 | 15 | .284 | – | – |
| 1911 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 140 | 534 | 153 | 5 | 72 | 22 | .287 | – | – |
| 1912 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 123 | 452 | 138 | 8 | 72 | 16 | .305 | – | – |
| 1913 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 138 | 535 | 161 | 7 | 68 | 18 | .301 | – | – |
| 1914 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 145 | 533 | 170 | 9 | 92 | 20 | .319 | – | – |
| 1915 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 146 | 528 | 137 | 5 | 73 | 21 | .259 | – | – |
| 1916 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 149 | 568 | 177 | 9 | 77 | 20 | .312 | – | – |
| 1917 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 109 | 362 | 113 | 1 | 43 | 5 | .312 | – | – |
| 1918 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 105 | 409 | 137 | – | 48 | 9 | .335 | – | – |
| 1919 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 137 | 536 | 159 | 5 | 66 | 16 | .297 | – | – |
| 1920 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 148 | 583 | 191 | 9 | 70 | 8 | .328 | – | – |
| 1921 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 148 | 568 | 182 | 14 | 83 | 11 | .320 | – | – |
| 1922 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 152 | 600 | 201 | 16 | 111 | 9 | .335 | – | – |
| 1923 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 98 | 349 | 131 | 8 | 65 | 3 | .375 | – | – |
| 1924 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 141 | 566 | 212 | 14 | 94 | 3 | .375 | – | – |
| 1925 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 150 | 617 | 221 | 14 | 104 | 3 | .358 | – | – |
| 1926 | Brooklyn Dodgers | 111 | 411 | 119 | 5 | 37 | 4 | .290 | – | – |
| 1927 |  Philadelphia Athletics | 88 | 248 | 80 | 1 | 37 | 2 | .323 | – | – |