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Dan Wheeler

Rays Career team 1999–2010
Number #50
Position Relief Pitcher
Bats Right
Throws Right
Age 48
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs
Birth Place Warwick, RI
Born Dec 10, 1977

Key Insights

2012
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Albert Pujols has hit .615/.706/.923 against Wheeler over 17 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

8 for 13 with 1 home run and 1 strikeout, against a .750 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Wheeler has struck Derek Jeter out 7 times in 15 plate appearances, 46.7% of everything between them.

7 strikeouts in 15 plate appearances.
One club he never seems to get going against

The TEX lineup has hit .408 and slugged .673 against Wheeler across 50 plate appearances, the club that has done the most damage to him.

20 hits, 3 home runs and 12 strikeouts, against a .417 slugging median across the clubs he has faced.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Wheeler throws than Andruw Jones: 37.5% of the swings between them come up empty.

14 plate appearances between them. 93rd percentile of the 21 matchups on his own record.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Vernon Wells has hit .067/.125/.067 against Wheeler over 16 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

1 for 15 with 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .750 OPS median across his matchups.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Jason Giambi has taken Wheeler deep 3 times, once every 2.7 plate appearances between them.

8 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Dec 10, 1977
Birth Place Warwick, RI
Height 6' 3"
Weight 220 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws Right/Right