MLB / Players

George Wheeler

HandednessBats Switch · Throws Switch
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 180 lb
BornJuly 30, 1869 · Methuen, MA, USA
MLB debutSeptember 18, 1896
Final gameMay 30, 1899
Seasons4 (1896–1899)

Philadelphia Phillies 1896–1899

Percentile snapshot

1897 season — qualified pitchers

G
26
37.7
GS
19
28.3
W
11
43.4
L
10
56.6
SV
0
0
CG
17
34
SHO
0
0
H
229
64.2
ER
84
67.9
BB
62
60.4
SO
35
24.5
HR
3
67.9
IP
191.0
37.7
ERA
3.96
58.5
WHIP
1.524
35.8
K/9
1.65
9.4
FIP
4.18
52.8
FIP-
97.1
52.8
ERA+
108.7
58.5
sWAR
2.4
47.2

of 54 qualified 1897 pitchers (min 133 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
2.5
72.3

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
18963991100000000.111.111.111.222-28.3-41.4.1050.1
1897268479111670004920.203.241.291.53244.540.0.2532.4
18981549435810033300.186.239.209.44835.628.5.2270.4
1899619172410131210.235.278.471.74895.2103.4.344-0.3

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
1896321102018752016.33.861.4081.104.3399.4113.00.1
18972619111001702298462353191.03.961.5241.654.1897.1108.72.4
189815136801001555236201112.34.171.7001.603.65101.386.50.4
189965310304426133139.06.001.4620.694.35113.064.1-0.3

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
50
PA
161
AB
148
R
19
H
29
2B
9
3B
0
HR
1
RBI
6
BB
8
SO
14
SB
3
BA
.1959
OBP
.2372
SLG
.2770
OPS
.5142

Pitching

G (P)
50
GS
39
W
21
L
20
SV
0
CG
32
SHO
0
IP
359
SO (P)
60
BB allowed
116
ERA
4.241
WHIP
1.5669
K/9
1.51

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.