Zack Wheat Stats

Zack Wheat was born on Wednesday, May 23, 1888, in Hamilton, Missouri. Wheat was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 11, 1909, with the Brooklyn Superbas. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Zack Wheat baseball stats page.

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"He (Zack Wheat) was the most graceful left-handed hitter I ever saw. With the dead ball, many of his line drives were caught, but they were just shot out of a cannon almost every time up." - Stengel, Casey. The Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract. James, Bill. Author. Ballantine Books. 12 March 1988. Page 394.

Zack Wheat

Zack Wheat Autograph on a 1961 Fleer Baseball Card (#86)

Zack Wheat Autograph on a 1961 Fleer Baseball Card (#86)

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Birth Name:   Zachariah Davis Wheat
Nickname:   Buck or Zach or Zack
Born On:   05-23-1888  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Hamilton, Missouri
Year of Death Data Died On:   03-11-1972 (500 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Sedalia, Missouri
Cemetery:   Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri Click For Grave Photo
High School:   None Attended
College:   None Attended
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Left   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   5-10   Player Weight Chart Weight:   170
First Game:   09-11-1909 (Age 21)
Last Game:   09-21-1927
Draft:   Not Applicable

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Zack Wheat Pitching Stats

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Zack Wheat Hitting Stats

1909 21 Superbas 26 102 15 31 7 3 0 0 4 6 - 13 5 0 0 - .304 .343 .431
1910 22 Superbas 156 606 78 172 36 15 2 0 55 47 - 80 11 0 6 - .284 .341 .403
1911 23 Superbas 140 534 55 153 26 13 5 0 76 29 - 58 18 0 7 - .287 .332 .412
1912 24 Superbas 123 453 70 138 28 7 8 0 65 39 - 40 7 0 6 - .305 .367 .450
1913 25 Superbas 138 535 64 161 28 10 7 0 58 25 - 45 11 0 2 - .301 .335 .430
1914 26 Robins 145 533 66 170 26 9 9 0 89 47 1 50 19 0 3 3 .319 .377 .452
1915 27 Robins 146 528 64 136 15 12 5 0 66 52 2 42 10 0 5 3 .258 .330 .360
1916 28 Robins 149 568 76 177 32 13 9 1 73 43 3 49 9 0 6 4 .312 .366 .461
1917 29 Robins 109 362 38 113 15 11 1 0 41 20 2 18 3 0 2 5 .312 .352 .423
1918 30 Robins 105 409 39 137 15 3 0 0 51 16 3 17 5 0 6 0 .335 .369 .386
1919 31 Robins 137 536 70 159 23 11 5 0 62 33 3 27 6 0 6 6 .297 .344 .409
1920 32 Robins 148 583 89 191 26 13 9 0 73 48 6 21 6 0 6 8 .328 .385 .463
1921 33 Robins 148 568 91 182 31 10 14 0 85 44 8 19 9 0 3 7 .320 .372 .484
1922 34 Robins 152 600 92 201 29 12 16 0 112 45 13 22 8 0 7 7 .335 .388 .503
1923 35 Robins 98 349 63 131 13 5 8 0 65 23 0 12 4 0 2 7 .375 .417 .510
1924 36 Robins 141 566 92 212 41 8 14 0 97 49 6 18 5 0 4 10 .375 .428 .549
1925 37 Robins 150 616 125 221 42 14 14 1 103 45 3 22 8 0 1 16 .359 .403 .541
1926 38 Robins 111 411 68 119 31 2 5 0 35 21 4 14 12 0 1 6 .290 .326 .411
1927 39 Athletics 88 247 34 80 12 1 1 0 38 18 2 5 7 0 4 5 .324 .379 .393
19 Years 2,410 9,106 1,289 2,884 476 172 132 2 1,248 650 56 572 163 0 77 87 .317 .367 .450

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Zack Wheat Fielding Stats

1909 Superbas CF 1 1 27 3 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1909 Superbas LF 25 25 647 59 2.4 56 51 5 3 1 n/a n/a n/a .949 2.34
1910 Superbas LF 156 156 4,241 390 2.5 375 354 21 15 6 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.39
1911 Superbas CF 1 1 27 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.00
1911 Superbas LF 135 135 3,531 312 2.3 298 285 13 14 0 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.28
1912 Superbas LF 120 120 3,158 308 2.6 298 285 13 10 2 n/a n/a n/a .968 2.55
1913 Superbas LF 135 134 3,557 359 2.7 351 338 13 8 4 n/a n/a n/a .978 2.66
1914 Robins LF 144 141 3,707 366 2.5 352 331 21 14 3 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.56
1915 Robins LF 144 144 3,787 381 2.6 363 345 18 18 4 n/a n/a n/a .953 2.59
1916 Robins LF 149 148 3,908 356 2.4 347 333 14 9 0 n/a n/a n/a .975 2.40
1916 Robins RF 1 0 9 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1917 Robins LF 98 98 2,270 233 2.4 228 216 12 5 5 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.71
1918 Robins CF 1 1 30 2 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 1.80
1918 Robins LF 104 103 2,764 233 2.2 228 216 12 5 2 n/a n/a n/a .979 2.23
1919 Robins LF 137 137 3,617 318 2.3 309 300 9 9 2 n/a n/a n/a .972 2.31
1920 Robins LF 148 148 3,777 307 2.1 298 287 11 9 5 n/a n/a n/a .971 2.13
1921 Robins LF 148 148 4,143 312 2.1 301 283 18 11 3 n/a n/a n/a .965 1.96
1922 Robins LF 152 152 3,897 334 2.2 331 317 14 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .991 2.29
1923 Robins LF 86 84 1,893 153 1.8 139 135 4 14 1 n/a n/a n/a .908 1.98
1923 Robins RF 1 0 6 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a .000 0.00
1924 Robins LF 139 139 3,873 312 2.2 301 288 13 11 4 n/a n/a n/a .965 2.10
1925 Robins LF 149 149 3,734 340 2.3 327 320 7 13 2 n/a n/a n/a .962 2.36
1926 Robins LF 102 101 2,489 221 2.2 211 202 9 10 3 n/a n/a n/a .955 2.29
1927 Athletics CF 2 0 9 1 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 3.00
1927 Athletics LF 57 56 1,416 117 2.1 115 108 7 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .983 2.19
1927 Athletics RF 3 3 78 23 7.7 23 22 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 7.96
LF Totals 2,328 2,318 60,409 5,411 2.3 5,228 4,994 234 183 50 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.34
CF Totals 5 3 93 8 1.6 8 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.32
RF Totals 5 3 93 23 4.6 23 22 1 0 0 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 6.68
19 Years 2,338 2,324 60,595 5,442 2.3 5,259 5,024 235 183 50 n/a n/a n/a .966 2.34

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Zack Wheat Miscellaneous Stats

1909 Superbas 1 - - 0 0 n/a 0.0 7.8 25.5 - - -
1910 Superbas 16 - - 0 0 n/a 303.0 7.6 11.0 - - -
1911 Superbas 21 - - 0 0 n/a 106.8 9.2 7.0 - - -
1912 Superbas 16 - - 0 0 n/a 56.6 11.3 7.0 - - -
1913 Superbas 19 20 .487 0 0 n/a 76.4 11.9 9.2 - - -
1914 Robins 20 27 .426 0 0 n/a 59.2 10.7 6.0 - - -
1915 Robins 21 14 .600 0 0 n/a 105.6 12.6 8.0 - - -
1916 Robins 19 0 1.000 0 0 n/a 63.1 11.6 7.8 - - -
1917 Robins 5 2 .714 0 0 n/a 362.0 20.1 8.8 - - -
1918 Robins 9 7 .563 0 0 n/a 0.0 24.1 8.0 - - -
1919 Robins 15 11 .577 0 0 n/a 107.2 19.9 8.6 - - -
1920 Robins 8 10 .444 0 0 n/a 64.8 27.8 8.0 - - -
1921 Robins 11 8 .579 0 0 n/a 40.6 29.9 6.7 - - -
1922 Robins 9 6 .600 0 0 n/a 37.5 27.3 5.4 - - -
1923 Robins 3 3 .500 11 0 n/a 43.6 29.1 5.4 - - -
1924 Robins 3 4 .429 2 0 n/a 40.4 31.4 5.8 - - -
1925 Robins 3 1 .750 1 0 n/a 44.0 28.0 6.0 - - -
1926 Robins 4 3 .571 9 0 n/a 82.2 29.4 11.7 - - -
1927 Athletics 2 3 .400 26 0 n/a 247.0 49.4 6.5 - - -
19 Years 205 119 .633 49 0 n/a 69.0 15.9 7.3 - - -

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Zack Wheat Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1909 Brooklyn Superbas n/a $1,900.00 n/a -
1910 Brooklyn Superbas n/a $2,100.00 n/a -
1911 Brooklyn Superbas n/a $2,500.00 n/a -
1912 Brooklyn Superbas n/a $3,000.00 n/a -
1913 Brooklyn Superbas n/a $3,300.00 n/a -
1914 Brooklyn Robins n/a $5,350.00 n/a -
1915 Brooklyn Robins n/a $5,350.00 n/a -
1916 Brooklyn Robins n/a $5,350.00 n/a Stats
1917 Brooklyn Robins n/a $5,700.00 n/a -
1918 Brooklyn Robins n/a $5,900.00 n/a -
1919 Brooklyn Robins n/a $6,057.00 n/a -
1920 Brooklyn Robins n/a $7,500.00 n/a Stats
1921 Brooklyn Robins n/a $8,300.00 n/a -
1922 Brooklyn Robins n/a $8,300.00 n/a -
1923 Brooklyn Robins n/a $10,000.00 n/a -
1924 Brooklyn Robins n/a $14,000.00 n/a -
1925 Brooklyn Robins n/a $15,000.00 n/a -
1926 Brooklyn Robins n/a $16,000.00 n/a -
1927 Philadelphia Athletics n/a $15,000.00 n/a -

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Zachariah Davis Wheat was a Major League Baseball player with the Brooklyn Superbas (1909-1913), Brooklyn Robins (1914-1926), and Philadelphia Athletics (1927). Nineteen big league seasons, thirteen (full) seasons with batting average above .300, a batting title in 1918, and a career .317 batting average!

Zack Wheat Rookie Card | Baseball Almanac

Zack Wheat Rookie Card | 1912 T207 Baseball Card (#187 | Checklist)
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Zack, his nickname, also lead the league in games played (1910). In 1916, he put together an MVP-caliber season, leading the senior circuit in extra base hits, slugging percentage, and total bases. Often remembered for his offensive skills, Wheat recorded more putouts than any other left fielder seven times, turned the most double plays four times, and had the best fielding average twice!

Zack Wheat Hall of Fame Plaque | Baseball Almanac

Zack Wheat | National Baseball Hall of Fame Plaque | Class of 1959 (HOF)

Did you know that when Zack Wheat was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959, he was the eighty-ninth inductee, and just the second player in Dodgers franchise history sent to Cooperstown?

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