Charlie Wheatley

Charles D. Wheatley (June 27, 1893 in Rosedale, Kansas – December 10, 1892 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) was a right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Detroit Tigers in 1912.

Wheatley made his major league debut on September 6, 1912 and played his final game on October 6, 1912. He started five games for the Tigers, completing two of them and going 1–4 with a 6.17 ERA. In 35 innings, he allowed 45 hits and 17 walks while striking out 14 batters. Wheatley, at 19 years old, was the ninth youngest player in the league that season.^[1]

Wheatley also spent eight seasons in the minor leagues, going 60–53 in 154 games. In 1910 with the Abilene Reds, he went 15–5. In 1912, he went 14–10 in 31 games, allowing only 150 hits in 186 ¹⁄₃ innings.^[2]

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