Dan Wheeler | Major Leaguer 1999-2008

Full Name: Daniel Michael Wheeler
Born: December 10,1977 in Providence, Rhode Island
Height: 6-3 Weight: 222 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Pilgrim (Warwick,RI)
College: Central Arizona College

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Prospect Rankings*
2000 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Tampa Bay Devil Rays

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 34th Round (1024th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [May 7,1997] - signed [Dec 13,2001] - Released by Devil Rays. [Jan 20,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Braves. [Oct 15,2002] - Released by Braves. [Feb 6,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Mets. [Aug 27,2004] - Traded by Mets to Astros for Adam Seuss. [Jan 8,2007] - Signed by Astros (1-year) [Jul 28,2007] - Traded by Astros to Devil Rays for Ty Wigginton [Jan 15,2008] - Signed by Rays (1-year)

Signed by: Nelson Rood

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1997	Hudson Vly	NYPL	19	Tb	A-	6	7	3.00	15	15	0	0	0	0	84.0	75	38	28	2	17	81	4	2	8.04	0.21	1.82	8.68	1.10	--
1998	Charlst-sc	SAL	20	Tb	A	12	14	4.43	29	29	3	1	0	0	181.0	206	96	89	16	29	136	4	0	10.24	0.80	1.44	6.76	1.30	--
1999	Orlando	Sou	21	Tb	AA	3	0	3.26	9	9	0	0	0	0	58.0	56	27	21	7	8	53	1	1	8.69	1.09	1.24	8.22	1.10	--
	Durham	IL	21	Tb	AAA	7	5	4.92	14	14	2	1	0	0	82.1	103	59	45	16	25	58	1	0	11.26	1.75	2.73	6.34	1.55	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	21	Tb	MLB	0	4	5.87	6	6	0	0	0	0	30.2	35	20	20	7	13	32	1	0	10.27	2.05	3.82	9.39	1.57	--
2000	Durham	IL	22	Tb	AAA	5	11	5.63	26	26	0	0	0	0	150.1	183	109	94	35	42	91	4	0	10.96	2.10	2.51	5.45	1.50	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	22	Tb	MLB	1	1	5.48	11	2	0	0	6	0	23.0	29	14	14	2	11	17	2	0	11.35	0.78	4.30	6.65	1.74	40%
2001	Orlando	Sou	23	Tb	AA	0	2	2.81	3	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	15	5	5	2	6	12	0	0	8.44	1.13	3.38	6.75	1.31	--
	Durham	IL	23	Tb	AAA	3	5	5.23	18	10	0	0	2	0	65.1	72	51	38	11	11	39	1	1	9.92	1.52	1.52	5.37	1.27	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	23	Tb	MLB	1	0	8.66	13	0	0	0	3	0	17.2	30	17	17	3	5	12	1	1	15.29	1.53	2.55	6.12	1.98	24%
2002	Richmond	IL	24	Atl	AAA	9	6	4.65	27	25	0	0	0	0	155.0	163	87	80	23	42	110	6	0	9.46	1.34	2.44	6.39	1.32	--
2003	Norfolk	IL	25	Nym	AAA	4	2	3.94	22	5	0	0	10	4	45.2	48	20	20	4	16	44	0		9.46	0.79	3.15	8.67	1.40	--
	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	1	3	3.71	35	0	0	0	10	2	51.0	49	23	21	6	17	35	1	0	8.65	1.06	3.00	6.18	1.29	47%
2004	Norfolk	IL	26	Nym	AAA	1	0	2.46	5	0	0	0	1	0	7.1	8	2	2	0	2	10	0		9.82	0.00	2.46	12.28	1.36	--
	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	3	1	4.80	32	1	0	0	7	0	50.2	65	29	27	9	17	46	4	1	11.55	1.60	3.02	8.17	1.62	58%
	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	0	0	2.51	14	0	0	0	4	0	14.1	11	4	4	1	3	9	0	0	6.91	0.63	1.88	5.65	0.98	22%
2005	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	2	3	2.21	71	0	0	0	20	3	73.1	53	18	18	7	19	69	0	0	6.50	0.86	2.33	8.47	0.98	40%
2006	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	3	5	2.52	75	0	0	0	25	9	71.1	58	22	20	5	24	68	0	0	7.32	0.63	3.03	8.58	1.15	48%
2007	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	1	4	5.07	45	0	0	0	25	11	49.2	46	28	28	8	13	56	1	0	8.34	1.45	2.36	10.15	1.19	37%
	Tampa Bay	AL	29	Tb	MLB	0	5	5.76	25	0	0	0	4	0	25.0	28	20	16	3	10	26	1	0	10.08	1.08	3.60	9.36	1.52	39%
2008	Tampa Bay	AL	30	Tb	MLB	5	6	3.12	70	0	0	0	26	13	66.1	44	25	23	10	22	53	1	0	5.97	1.36	2.98	7.19	0.99	--

Major League Totals - 9 Season(s)						17	32	3.96	397	9	0	0	130	38	473.0	448	220	208	61	154	423	12	2	8.52	1.16	2.93	8.05	1.27	--
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						50	52	4.49	168	136	5	2	13	4	845.0	929	494	422	116	198	634	21		9.89	1.24	2.11	6.75	1.33	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1999	Tampa Bay	AL	21	Tb	MLB	p		6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Durham	IL	22	Tb	AAA	p		26	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Tampa Bay	AL	22	Tb	MLB	p	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Tampa Bay	AL	23	Tb	MLB	p	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Richmond	IL	24	Atl	AAA	p		28	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	0	2	0	2	.172	.200	.172	372	--
2003	Norfolk	IL	25	Nym	AAA	p		22	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	p	9	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	0%
2004	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	p	9	30	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	60%
	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	p	9	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2005	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	p	9	71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 6 Season(s)								179	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	50%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								76	31	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	0	0	4	0	3	.161	.188	.161	349	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
2004	Houston	NL	26	Hou	Div	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	--
	Houston	NL	26	Hou	Ch	1	0	0.00	4	0	0	0	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	5.14	0.00	0.00	11.57	0.57	--
2005	Houston	NL	27		Div	0	0	2.08	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	3	5	0	0	8.31	0.00	6.24	10.39	1.62	--
	Houston	NL	27		Ch	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	0	1	0	2.2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6.77	0.00	0.00	6.77	0.75	--
	Houston	NL	27		Ws	0	0	13.50	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	9.00	0.00	4.50	4.50	1.50	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						1	0	2.12	13	0	0	0	3	0	17.0	12	4	4	0	4	17	0	0	6.35	0.00	2.12	9.00	0.94	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2004	Houston	NL	26	Hou	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Houston	NL	26	Hou	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2005	Houston	NL	27	Hou	Div	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Houston	NL	27	Hou	Ch	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Houston	NL	27	Hou	Ws	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 2 Season(s)						12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1997	Hudson Vly	NYPL	19	Tb	A-	P	15			3	12	1	16	0	-	-	-	.938	--

1998	Charlst-sc	SAL	20	Tb	A	P	29			9	28	1	38	1	-	-	-	.974	--

1999	Orlando	Sou	21	Tb	AA	P	9			5	2	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Durham	IL	21	Tb	AAA	P	14			8	5	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Tampa Bay	AL	21	Tb	MLB	P	6		30.2	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	.88

2000	Durham	IL	22	Tb	AAA	P	26			12	20	0	32	2	-	-	-	1.000	--
2000	Tampa Bay	AL	22	Tb	MLB	P	11		23	1	4	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	1.96

2001	Orlando	Sou	23	Tb	AA	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Durham	IL	23	Tb	AAA	P	18			2	9	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Tampa Bay	AL	23	Tb	MLB	P	13		17.2	3	3	0	6	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.06

2002	Richmond	IL	24	Atl	AAA	P	27			6	20	2	28	0	-	-	-	.929	--

2003	Norfolk	IL	25	Nym	AAA	P	22			4	3	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2003	NY Mets	NL	25	Nym	MLB	P	35	-	51	1	4	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	.88

2004	Norfolk	IL	26	Nym	AAA	P	5			0	1	0	1	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Houston	NL	26	Hou	MLB	P	14	1	14.1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2004	NY Mets	NL	26	Nym	MLB	P	32		50.2	4	6	2	12	0	-	-	-	.833	1.78

2005	Houston	NL	27	Hou	MLB	P	71	-	73.1	3	11	0	14	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.72

2006	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	75	-	71.1	5	4	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.14

2007	Houston	NL	29	Hou	MLB	P	45	-	50.2	8	2	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.78
2007	Tampa Bay	AL	29	Tb	MLB	P	25	-	25	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.80

2008	Tampa Bay	AL	30	Tb	MLB	P	70	-	66	4	2	1	7	1	-	-	-	.857	.82

Awards

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1999	*200,000		1,222,537	80
2000	200,000		1,369,505	68
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2003	*300,000		1,773,364	79
2004	311,500		1,716,303	59
2005	365,000		1,825,756	49
2006	930,000		1,937,004	35
2007	*2,100,000		2,923,340	41
2008	*2,875,000

Career:	$7,481,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Played in 2006 World Baseball Classic for United States.