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Name Team Age
Burton Wheeler Retired (1995, Age 36) Died (2043, Age 84)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 23
(1980)
1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League 0 15 years (28 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ B- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B+ 0 4/18/1959
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
D- (9.0 %) (0.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1980 CLE 26 98 14 19 4 0 1 9 12 22 0 0 4 .547 .282 .265 .194
1981 CLE-CHA 146 582 51 142 25 0 9 43 42 92 3 7 20 .630 .297 .333 .244
1982 CHA 152 527 50 134 17 1 9 50 59 111 4 1 19 .672 .331 .342 .254
1983 CHA 94 301 34 76 13 2 8 36 30 41 1 2 14 .712 .323 .389 .252
1984 CHA 34 31 3 7 1 0 0 1 2 6 2 0 0 .531 .273 .258 .226
1985 CHA 33 32 3 10 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 0 .646 .333 .312 .312
1986 CHA 33 38 6 11 1 1 1 6 2 5 1 0 1 .772 .325 .447 .289
1987 CHA 30 27 3 7 1 0 0 4 6 8 1 0 0 .690 .394 .296 .259
1988 CHA 20 40 7 10 1 0 1 2 9 10 2 0 4 .738 .388 .350 .250
1989 CHA 8 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 .657 .385 .273 .273
1990 CHA 5 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .400 .200 .200 .200
1991 CHA-BAL 116 379 34 88 17 3 5 39 26 68 0 0 11 .614 .281 .332 .232
1992 BAL 77 191 16 48 4 1 2 18 22 21 0 0 8 .638 .324 .314 .251
1993 BAL 74 100 16 30 5 0 2 8 8 12 0 0 1 .762 .352 .410 .300
1994 BAL 55 79 8 22 4 1 1 13 3 12 1 0 1 .694 .301 .392 .278
1995 BAL 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .000 .000
Total 907 2444 248 608 93 9 39 233 225 414 16 11 83 .655 .313 .342 .249
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1995-11-01Burton Wheeler has retired from the Baltimore Rank Amateurs
1991-03-25A trade has been completed between the Baltimore Rank Amateurs and the Chicago 89s. The Chicago 89s receive Draft Pick - 1991 Round 3 (BAL) from the Baltimore Rank Amateurs in exchange for Burton Wheeler.
1981-03-31A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago 89s. The Chicago 89s receive Burton Wheeler, Jim Atkinson, Norm Thomas, Bill Gonzalez, Draft Pick - 1985 Round 1 (CLE) from the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Big Mike Smith, Trooper Dunn, Sam Perry.
1980-09-05The Cleveland Indians have promoted Burton Wheeler to the major league team.
1980-04-01The Cleveland Indians have renamed Floyd Rothfuss to Burton Wheeler.