Johnny Wheeler  
Catcher | Free Agents

Hitting
In past seasons, Wheeler has been a bit of a liability with men on base. The book on Wheeler is that you can knock the bat out of his hands with an average major league fastball. Let's face facts: Wheeler hits a lot of ground balls... and in my book, if you're slow of foot and put the ball on the ground, you're bound to get tied up in the double play. Even though you might not start him, he's not a bad guy to have on your bench for the tough left-handed reliever. You can expect Johnny Wheeler to hit the ball to the opposite field... that's just the kind of hitter he is. It's hard to explain but Johnny Wheeler plays much better on the road then he does at home.

Baserunning & Defense
Wheeler isn't a fluid catcher, but he's not afraid to get dirty and gets the job done. His arm is accurate enough. He generally takes one base at a time, though he'll take advantage if an outfielder gets lackadaisical.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team POS CH PH SP GF PL vL Hm Sc CL Age Exp Slot FA AS Qualified Positions Nyman Rating
2003 VIE C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 24 2 AA/AAA 71 76 . 250
2004 VIE C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 25 3 AA/AAA 71 76 . 249
2005 VIE C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 27 5 Active 71 76 . 247
2006 VIE C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 27 5 Active 71 76 . 247
2007 ATH C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 28 6 AA/AAA 71 76 . 246
2008 ATH C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 29 7 AA/AAA 71 76 . 245
2009 ATH C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 30 8 Active 71 76 . 244
2010 ATH C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 31 9 Active 71 76 . 243
2011 FA C 49 60 46 56 45 59 43 45 52 32 10 Free Agent 71 76 . 242
2012 FA C 48 60 44 56 45 59 43 45 52 33 11 Free Agent 71 75 . 237
2013 FA C 47 60 41 56 45 59 43 45 52 34 12 Free Agent 71 74 . 232
2014 FA C 46 60 39 56 45 59 43 45 52 35 13 Free Agent 71 71 . 227
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History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Tue May 10 16:22:47 EDT 2005

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.