Richard "Dick" Wheeler was a right-handed Major League Baseball

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 outfielder who played for the St. Louis Cardinals

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 in 1918. He was born Richard Wheeler Maynard.

Prior to playing professionally, he attended Amherst College

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. At 20 years of age - the seventh youngest player in the league - Wheeler made his major league debut on June 13, 1918. He appeared in three games for the Cardinals that season, collecting no hits in six at-bats for a .000 batting average. On July 17, 1918, he appeared in his final game.

Following his death, he was interred at Westview Cemetery in Lexington, Massachusetts.