Dick Wheeler

Outfielder, Baseball Player

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Who is Dick Wheeler?

Richard "Dick" Wheeler was a right-handed Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1918. He was born Richard Wheeler Maynard.

Prior to playing professionally, he attended Amherst College. At 20 years of age - the seventh youngest player in the league - Wheeler made his major league debut on June 13, 1918. He appeared in three games for the Cardinals that season, collecting no hits in six at-bats for a .000 batting average. On July 17, 1918, he appeared in his final game.

Following his death, he was interred at Westview Cemetery in Lexington, Massachusetts.

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Education
  • Amherst College
Lived in
  • Keene

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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