RICHARD CECIL WHEELER

ELECTED: NOVEMBER 1994

CHANDLER, AZ

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1995

MILWAUKEE, WI

RICK WHEELER, A 1600+ HOME RUN HITTER FROM ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

BEGINNING WITH THE WEST COAST PIONEER SQUAD OF CAPITOL INSULATION, WHEELER ALSO PLAYED FOR JERRY’S CATERERS, GAINEY CERAMICS, ELITE COATING, SMYTH SOX, HOWARD’S WESTERN STEER, KEN MICHAEL-FRANEY & PARR, STARPATH, RITCH’S-KIRKS, BELL CORP, AND VERNON’S.

WHEELER TIED TEAMMATES BRUCE MEADE AND FRED TRICE FOR THE HOME RUN CROWN TO LEAD ELITE COATING TO THE 1985 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP. HE IS IN THE TOP 5 IN THE FOLLOWING ALL TIME WORLD SERIES ACCUMULATIVE LEADER CATEGORIES: MOST HOME RUNS, MOST AT BATS, MOST HITS, MOST RUNS, MOST RBI’S AND MOST WORLD SERIES APPEARANCES. WITH A .655 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE, HE WAS FIERCELY COMPETITIVE WHETHER PLAYING FIRST BASE, CATCHER OR HIS MAIN POSITION, THE OUTFIELD.

RICK WAS NAMED THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PLAYER OF THE DECADE FOR THE 80’S. HE WAS NAMED MVP IN 33 USSSA TOURNAMENTS, INCLUDING BEING THE MVP OF THE 1985 MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES. HE PLAYED ON WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS IN 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990.