Richard "Dick" Wheeler (January 14, 1898 in
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene is a city in, and the County seat, seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
Keene is ho ...
– February 12, 1962 in
Lexington, Massachusetts
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) was a right-handed
Major League Baseball
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outfielder who played for the
St. Louis Cardinals in 1918. He was born Richard Wheeler Maynard.
Prior to playing professionally, he attended
Amherst College
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. 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.
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Following his death, he was interred at Westview Cemetery in Lexington, Massachusetts.
References
1898 births
1962 deaths
Baseball players from New Hampshire
St. Louis Cardinals players
Major League Baseball outfielders
Amherst Mammoths baseball players
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