Dan Wheeler

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2012)

W–L 25–43
ERA 3.98
WHIP 1.22
SO 555
Pitcher PIV 3630.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'3" / 220 lb
Born
12/10/1977 in Providence, RI, USA
MLB Debut
1999-09-01
Last Game
2012-05-13

Full name: Daniel Michael Wheeler

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
25 43 589 9 0 0 43 640.7 589 283 89 194 555 3.98 3630.9

Career ERA 3.98 vs. league average 4.36 across their career seasons — 8.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1999 TBA AL 0 4 6 6 0 0 0 30.7 35 20 13 32 5.87 4.71 (-25%) -442.9
2000 TBA AL 1 1 11 2 0 0 0 23.0 29 14 11 17 5.48 4.77 (-15%) 166.1
2001 TBA AL 1 0 13 0 0 0 0 17.7 30 17 5 12 8.66 4.42 (-96%) -145.6
2003 NYN NL 1 3 35 0 0 0 2 51.0 49 21 17 35 3.71 4.40 (+16%) 196.5
2004 NYN NL 3 1 32 1 0 0 0 50.7 65 27 17 46 4.80 4.46 (-7%) -107.2
2004 HOU NL 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 14.3 11 4 3 9 2.51 4.46 (+44%) 333.2
2005 HOU NL 2 3 71 0 0 0 3 73.3 53 18 19 69 2.21 4.29 (+49%) 1883.0
2006 HOU NL 3 5 75 0 0 0 9 71.3 58 20 24 68 2.52 4.53 (+44%) 2319.7
2007 HOU NL 1 4 45 0 0 0 11 49.7 46 28 13 56 5.07 4.47 (-13%) 612.8
2007 TBA AL 0 5 25 0 0 0 0 25.0 28 16 10 26 5.76 4.47 (-29%) 272.3
2008 TBA AL 5 6 70 0 0 0 13 66.3 44 23 22 53 3.12 4.32 (+28%) -273.6
2009 TBA AL 4 5 69 0 0 0 2 57.7 41 21 9 45 3.28 4.32 (+24%) -234.4
2010 TBA AL 2 4 64 0 0 0 3 48.3 36 18 16 46 3.35 4.08 (+18%) -40.8
2011 BOS AL 2 2 47 0 0 0 0 49.3 47 24 8 39 4.38 3.94 (-11%) 208.1
2012 CLE AL 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 12.3 17 12 7 2 8.76 4.01 (-118%) -1116.4
Career · 15 seasons 25 43 589 9 0 0 43 640.2 589 283 194 555 3.98 — 3,631

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
590 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0

Career AVG .143 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 45.9% below league average.

Career OBP .143 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 57.0% below league average.

Career SLG .143 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 66.0% below league average.

Career OPS .286 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 62.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1999 TBA AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 TBA AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 TBA AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 NYN NL 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 NYN NL 32 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 — — — — 0.0
2004 HOU NL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 HOU NL 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 HOU NL 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 HOU NL 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 TBA AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 TBA AL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 TBA AL 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2010 TBA AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 BOS AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2012 CLE AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 15 seasons 590 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 — — — — 0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2010 ALDS1 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALCS TBA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 ALDS2 TBA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2008 WS TBA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NLCS HOU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 NLDS2 HOU 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 WS HOU 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 NLCS HOU 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 NLDS2 HOU 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1 0 21 0 1 26.7 21 10 8 28 3.38

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2010 ALDS1 TBA 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 0.00
2008 ALCS TBA 0 0 3 0 0 5.0 5 3 3 5 5.40
2008 ALDS2 TBA 0 0 1 0 1 1.0 1 1 0 1 9.00
2008 WS TBA 0 0 3 0 0 2.7 3 2 1 3 6.75
2005 NLCS HOU 0 0 3 0 0 2.7 2 0 0 2 0.00
2005 NLDS2 HOU 0 0 3 0 0 4.3 4 1 3 5 2.08
2005 WS HOU 0 0 2 0 0 2.0 2 3 1 1 13.50
2004 NLCS HOU 1 0 4 0 0 7.0 4 0 0 9 0.00
2004 NLDS2 HOU 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home29620000.000
Away29351100.200

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home296314.0293136952853.90
Away293326.2296147992704.05

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2012-05-13 CLEBOS — 1.0566101
2012-05-11 CLEBOS — 1.2100100
2012-05-08 CLECHW — 2.0211100
2012-05-03 CLECHW — 0.1222001
2012-04-26 CLEKCR — 1.1100110
2012-04-25 CLEKCR — 1.0100000
2012-04-21 CLEOAK — 0.2100000
2012-04-18 CLESEA — 1.0000010
2012-04-15 CLEKCR — 1.1000000
2012-04-11 CLECHW — 0.1233101

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 589 9 36 58 3 5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1999 TBA P 6 6 1 2 0 0
2000 TBA P 11 2 1 4 0 1
2001 TBA P 13 0 3 3 0 1
2003 NYN P 35 0 1 4 0 0
2004 NYN P 32 1 4 6 2 0
2004 HOU P 14 0 0 0 0 0
2005 HOU P 71 0 3 11 0 0
2006 HOU P 75 0 5 4 0 0
2007 HOU P 45 0 8 2 0 0
2007 TBA P 25 0 2 3 0 0
2008 TBA P 70 0 4 2 1 1
2009 TBA P 69 0 0 8 0 1
2010 TBA P 64 0 1 8 0 1
2011 BOS P 47 0 2 1 0 0
2012 CLE P 12 0 1 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 589

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2012 CLE AL $900,000
2011 BOS AL $3,000,000
2010 TBA AL $3,500,000
2009 TBA AL $3,200,000
2008 TBA AL $2,875,000
2007 HOU NL $2,100,000
2006 HOU NL $930,000
2005 HOU NL $365,000
2004 NYN NL $311,500
2000 TBA AL $200,000
Total Career Earnings $17,381,500

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Central Arizona College Coolidge AZ 1996, 1997

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Dan Wheeler (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Jon Rauch
    43-40, 3.90 ERA
  2. 94
    Justin Speier
    35-33, 4.11 ERA
  3. 93
    Fernando Salas
    25-28, 3.91 ERA
  4. 89
    Joel Peralta
    20-35, 4.03 ERA
  5. 85
    Bob Patterson
    39-40, 4.08 ERA
  6. 77
    Bob Howry
    45-52, 3.84 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Dan Wheeler

What years did Dan Wheeler play?
Dan Wheeler played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2012.
Was Dan Wheeler a pitcher?
Yes. Dan Wheeler pitched in the major leagues, recording 25 wins and 555 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dan Wheeler hit?
Dan Wheeler hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.