# Harry Wheeler
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{{Short description|American baseball player (1858–1900)}}
{{other people|Harry Wheeler}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Harry Wheeler
|position=[Outfielder](/source/Outfielder) / [Pitcher](/source/Pitcher)
|birth_date={{Birth date|1858|3|3}}
|birth_place=[Versailles, Indiana](/source/Versailles%2C_Indiana), U.S.
|death_date={{death date and age|1900|10|9|1858|3|3}}
|death_place=[Cincinnati, Ohio](/source/Cincinnati), U.S.
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 19
|debutyear=1878
|debutteam=Providence Grays
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=October 15
|finalyear=1884
|finalteam=Baltimore Monumentals
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball))
|stat1value=.228
|stat2label=[Home run](/source/Home_run)s
|stat2value=2
|stat3label=[Runs batted in](/source/Runs_batted_in)
|stat3value=32
|teams=
'''As player'''
*[Providence Grays](/source/Providence_Grays) ({{baseball year|1878}})
*[Cincinnati Reds](/source/Cincinnati_Reds_(1876%E2%80%9380)) ({{baseball year|1879}})
*[Cincinnati Stars](/source/Cincinnati_Stars) ({{Baseball year|1880}})
*[Cleveland Blues](/source/Cleveland_Blues_(NL)) ({{baseball year|1880}})
*[Cincinnati Red Stockings](/source/Cincinnati_Red_Stockings_(AA)) ({{baseball year|1882}})
*[Columbus Buckeyes](/source/Columbus_Buckeyes_(AA)) ({{baseball year|1883}})
*[St. Louis Browns](/source/St._Louis_Browns_(NL)) ({{baseball year|1884}})
*[Kansas City Cowboys](/source/Kansas_City_Cowboys_(Union_Association)) ({{baseball year|1884}})
*[Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies](/source/Chicago_Browns%2FPittsburgh_Stogies) ({{baseball year|1884}})
*[Baltimore Monumentals](/source/Baltimore_Monumentals) ({{baseball year|1884}})
'''As manager'''
*[Kansas City Cowboys](/source/Kansas_City_Cowboys_(Union_Association)) ({{baseball year|1884}})
}}
'''Harry Eugene Wheeler''' (March 3, 1858 – October 9, 1900) was an American 19th century [Major League Baseball](/source/Major_League_Baseball) player from [Versailles, Indiana](/source/Versailles%2C_Indiana). A well travelled player, he played for eight different teams in three different leagues during his six seasons.[{{cite web| title = Harry Wheeler's Stats | work = retrosheet.org | url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/W/Pwheeh101.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-11 }}]
==Career==
Wheeler began his career with the [Providence Grays](/source/Providence_Grays) as a [pitcher](/source/pitcher), where he pitched well. He had an [earned run average](/source/earned_run_average) of 3.48, and won six of the seven games in which he pitched.[{{cite web| title = Harry Wheeler's Stats | work = baseball-reference.com | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wheelha01.shtml | accessdate = 2008-03-11 }}]
He played for the [Columbus Buckeyes](/source/Columbus_Buckeyes_(AA)) the following season. The {{baseball year|1883}} season saw his hitting decline, and his [fielding](/source/fielding_percentage), which was already a liability, was getting worse.[{{cite web| title = The Dead Ball Era: Too Young To Die | work = thedeadballera.com | url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/tooyoung.html | accessdate = 2008-03-11 }}] He was interred at [Spring Grove Cemetery](/source/Spring_Grove_Cemetery) in [Cincinnati](/source/Cincinnati).