George Wheeler Baseball player

George Louis Wheeler (born George L. Heroux on August 3, 1869 in Methuen, Massachusetts – March 23, 1946 in Santa Ana, California), was a professional baseball pitcher. He played all or part of four seasons in Major League Baseball from 1896 to 1899 for the Philadelphia Phillies. Wheeler, primarily a right-handed pitcher, threw left-handed on a handful of occasions to become one of the few known "switch pitchers" in MLB history.

Personal facts

Birth dateAugust 03, 1869
Birth place
Methuen Massachusetts
Date of deathMarch 23, 1946
Place of death
Santa Ana California

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 18, 1896
Career endMay 30, 1899
batting sideSwitch
former teams
Philadelphia Phillies
position
Pitcher
teams
Philadelphia Phillies
throwing sideSwitch

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