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Show FEW OF WHEAT'S DAYS ARE WASTED Veteran Made One Hit a Day for Eighteen Years. Father Time finally cuts them down, but Zack Wheat Is putting up quite a struggle, If his record for 18 years of toil in the big leagues amounts to anything. any-thing. Joining the Brooklyn club In 1009, Zack remained there continuously until un-til recently, when Uncle Wilbert Robinson Rob-inson decided Zack would probably go better In another uniform. Then he signed with the Athletics. In his IS years nt Brookljn the veteran fly chaser averaged over one hit a game for the entire 2,31 games he has played In the majors. Ail In all. Wheat was nt bat 8,859 iies in those 2,318 games and has rapped forth 2.S04 base hita, scoring 1,255 runs and stealing 203 bases. His batting mark for this period as - a Dodger Is a staunch .310. And, In his thirty-eighth year, with the Dodgers In 1920, Zack participated In 111 games, finishing the season with a clouting average of .290, which Isn't to be sneezed at, all things considered. consid-ered. Wheat Is swinging Into his thirty-ninth thirty-ninth birthday, having been born May 23, ISS8, at Hamilton, Mo. In 13 years of his major league career, ca-reer, Wheat cashed In his chips at the end of the season with a mark of .300 or better nt the plate. His highest averages were tied up In 1923 and 1924, when he finished with marks of .375. In 1925 he hit .359. In his first year In the big show Wheat finished with a mark of .309 just to show that he was possessed with a pretty sharp batting eye. The greatest number of base hits Zack ponyled out In any one of hlg IS years In the majors was 221 In 1925. His most stolen bases while Iq the mnjors came In 1915. when he swiped 21 sacks. |