Zack Wheat

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 10 in · 170 lb

BornMay 23, 1888 · Hamilton, MO, USA

MLB debutSeptember 11, 1909

Final gameSeptember 21, 1927

Seasons19 (1909–1927)

Brooklyn Superbas 1909–1910; Brooklyn Dodgers 1911–1912; Brooklyn Superbas 1913; Brooklyn Robins 1914–1926; Philadelphia Athletics 1927

Percentile snapshot

1925 season — qualified batters

150

86.4

670

90.1

616

95.1

125

98.1

221

96.9

94.4

88.3

RBI

103

91.4

64.8

11.7

46.9

.359

90.1

OBP

.403

78.4

SLG

.541

OPS

.944

85.8

wRC+

140.6

85.2

OPS+

141.4

84.6

wOBA

.421

sWAR

5.0

93.8

of 163 qualified 1925 batters (min 474 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

129.0

89.6

OPS+

129.7

90.3

sWAR

57.4

99.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1909	26	113	102	15	31	7	3	0	4	6	13	1	0	.304	.343	.431	.774	138.1	143.0	.372	0.7
1910	156	670	606	78	172	36	15	2	55	47	80	16	0	.284	.341	.403	.744	116.4	119.6	.358	2.8
1911	140	588	534	55	153	26	13	5	76	29	58	21	0	.287	.332	.412	.744	107.0	111.5	.351	1.7
1912	123	505	453	70	138	28	7	8	65	39	40	16	0	.305	.367	.450	.818	121.8	124.3	.384	2.5
1913	138	573	535	64	161	28	10	7	58	25	45	19	0	.301	.335	.430	.764	113.7	117.0	.356	2.1
1914	145	602	533	66	170	26	9	9	89	47	50	20	0	.319	.377	.452	.830	143.4	143.8	.394	4.4
1915	146	595	528	64	136	15	12	5	66	52	42	21	14	.258	.330	.360	.690	108.7	107.6	.332	1.8
1916	149	626	568	76	177	32	13	9	73	43	49	19	0	.312	.366	.461	.828	154.9	152.0	.388	5.4
1917	109	387	362	38	113	15	11	1	41	20	18	5	0	.312	.352	.423	.774	135.7	134.9	.365	2.4
1918	105	436	409	39	137	15	3	0	51	16	17	9	0	.335	.369	.386	.755	131.7	130.7	.363	2.6
1919	137	581	536	70	159	23	11	5	62	33	27	15	0	.297	.344	.409	.753	125.4	124.6	.355	3.0
1920	148	643	583	89	191	26	13	9	73	48	21	8	10	.328	.385	.463	.848	143.4	140.4	.395	4.8
1921	148	624	568	91	182	31	10	14	85	44	19	11	8	.320	.372	.484	.857	123.9	123.6	.387	3.3
1922	152	660	600	92	201	29	12	16	112	45	22	9	6	.335	.388	.503	.891	128.6	129.9	.404	3.9
1923	98	378	349	63	131	13	5	8	65	23	12	3	3	.375	.417	.510	.927	146.7	147.1	.423	3.1
1924	141	624	566	92	212	41	8	14	97	49	18	3	4	.375	.428	.549	.978	165.4	164.3	.441	6.6
1925	150	670	616	125	221	42	14	14	103	45	22	3	1	.359	.403	.541	.944	140.6	141.4	.421	5.0
1926	111	445	411	68	119	31	2	5	35	21	14	4	0	.290	.326	.411	.737	95.8	98.5	.338	0.7
1927	88	276	247	34	80	12	1	1	38	18	5	2	3	.324	.379	.393	.772	100.0	98.7	.364	0.6

Career totals

2,410

83rd-most career G

9,996

87th-most career PA

9,106

69th-most career AB

1,289

134th-most career R

2,884

42nd-most career H

476

89th-most career 2B

172

23rd-most career 3B

132

RBI

1,248

137th-most career RBI

650

449th-most career BB

572

205

351st-most career SB

.3167

77th-highest career batting average

OBP

.3672

340th-highest career on-base percentage

SLG

.4503

480th-highest career slugging percentage

OPS

.8175

368th-highest career OPS

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.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1924-05-03	PHI @ LAD Gameday	4	2	4	0	2	3	10
1924-09-03	LAD @ PHI Gameday	4	3	3	1	2	6	10
1925-04-24	LAD @ PHI Gameday	5	3	5	0	1	2	8
1911-09-12	LAD @ PHI Gameday	5	2	4	1	1	3	8
1912-09-17	PIT @ LAD Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	3	8

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1909-04-15	LAD @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-16	LAD @ SF Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-17	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-19	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1909-04-19	LAD @ ATL Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

Hall of Fame, 1959 (Veterans)

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.