Zachary Harrison Wheeler… Married Dominique Rizzo (12/31/19); has one son, Wesley, and two daughters, Bambi and Winter… 2009 graduate of East Paulding High School (Ga.)… Was named the Gatorade Georgia High School Player of the Year for the 2008-09 season after posting a 9-0 record with a 0.54 ERA… Ranked 4th nationally in the final 2009 Perfect Game class rankings… Played in 2008 Perfect Game All-American Classic, 2008 PG National Showcase and 2007 PG Underclass All-American Games… Had his East Paulding No. 45 jersey retired on Jan. 17, 2014… His brother, Jacob, is an artist who has shows in New York City… Hobbies: Spending time with family and his dog… Signed by: Sean O’Connor.
2024
Earned his second career All-Star selection (also 2021)...Among all NL pitchers, ranked first in OPP AVG (.192), WHIP (0.96), OPP OBP (.253) and OPP OPS (.581), second in wins (16), IP (200.0), ERA (2.57) & fWAR (5.4), tied for second in SO (224), third in OPP SLG (.328) & bWAR (6.1), tied for fifth in starts (32) and sixth in SO/9.0 IP (10.08), FIP (3.13) & SO/BB (4.31)...Finished second in NL Cy Young Award voting with 130 points (ATL’s Chris Sale had 198 points)...Named All-MLB First Team...Named a Gold Glove finalist after posting a perfect fielding percentage in 38 total chances; his 21 putouts were the most in the NL and his four defensive runs saved were T-11th in the NL...Set a career high with 16 wins...His career-high 26 quality starts were the most in MLB and the most by a Phillie since Curt Schilling (26) in 1997...Made 26 starts of six innings or more, which were the most in MLB...Notched 200+ SO for the second straight season and third time in his career; all three of his seasons with 200+ SO have come with the Phillies (other: 2023 & 2021)...Made 25 starts of six or more innings while allowing 2 ER or fewer, the most by a Phillie since Steve Carlton (27) in 1972; went at least six innings with two ER or fewer allowed in each of his final 11 starts...Went 9-3 with a 2.45 ERA (28 ER, 102.2 IP) with 114 SO to 26 BB and a 0.80 WHIP in 16 starts following a Phillies loss...Faced 369 RHH and limited them to a .161/.201/.233 slash line (.434 OPS), all of which ranked first in MLB...Since Stats LLC started tracking left/right split data in 1974, RHH’s OPS of .434 was the 2nd-best among starting pitchers (best: Max Scherzer, .425 in 2017)...Held opponents to a .204/.273/.339 slash line with his three fastballs and they had a run value of 33, which was the best in MLB...Limited opponents to a .137 AVG (7-51) with his splitter and held RHH hitless with it (16 PA)...Made his first career Opening Day start on 3/29 vs ATL (ND, 6 IP, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 SO)...Had a career-best eight-game winning streak from 4/20-6/11...Earned his 100th career win on 8/31 at ATL...Posted a 1.62 ERA (7 ER, 39.0 IP) and a 0.85 WHIP in six August starts...Started Game 1 of the NLDS vs NYM on 10/5 (ND, 7 IP, H, 0 R, 4 BB, 9 SO)...Marked his fifth straight postseason start with 6.0+ IP, two or fewer ER and 8+ SO (since NLWCS Game 1 vs MIA in 2023) which tied the second-longest such streak in MLB postseason history alongside Sandy Koufax (1963-65)...Generated 30 whiffs against NYM which was the most by a Phillies pitcher in a game (regular or postseason) in the Pitch-tracking Era.
2023
Among all NL pitchers, ranked 2nd in OPP OBP (.274), SO/BB ratio (5.44) & quality starts (21), third in FIP (3.16), WHIP (1.08) & BB/9.0 IP (1.83), fourth in SO (212), T-4th in starts (32), fifth in OPP SLG (.364) & OPP OPS (.638), seventh in IP (192.0), OPP AVG (.229) & SO/9.0 IP (9.94), T-8th in wins (13) and ninth in ERA (3.61)...Tied his career high for starts in a season with 32 (also 2014 and 2021)...Led all NL pitchers in fWAR with 5.9 and was 10th among all major leaguers...Earned his first career Gold Glove Award after being named a Gold Glove finalist for the second time in his career (also in 2021)...Recorded his second season with 200 SO (also 2021)...Made his 200th career start on 4/23 vs COL; earned the win in the Phillies’ 9-3 victory...On 9/23 vs NYM, made his 100th start as a Phillie and went 43-25 with a 3.07 ERA (213 ER, 625.1 IP), which is the fifth-best ERA any Phillies pitcher has had in their first 100 starts with the club; his 670 strikeouts were the 2nd-most...After the All-Star break, went 6-2 with a 3.08 ERA (30 ER, 87.2 IP)...Tied his career high for quality starts in a season with 21 (2014); it was the third time in his career he earned at least 20 quality starts in a season (also 2014 and 2021)...Logged seven straight quality starts from 7/7-8/15 for the third time in his career and was one of 14 ML pitchers to have such a streak...Took a no-hitter into the eighth inning on 6/8 vs DET, which was the longest no-hit bid of his career; lost it on a one-out single by Tyler Nevin...On 5/27 at ATL, recorded his 10th double-digit strikeout game as a Phillie (12 SO)...Generated a career-high 24 swings and misses on 8/26 vs STL...From 8/26-9/1, became the third Phillies pitcher in the modern era to record back-to-back starts with at least 10 SO and no BB...His 5.0% walk rate was the 6th-best in baseball and the best of any season in his career (39 BB, 787 BF)...Walked only three batters over seven starts from 7/1-8/8 (43.2 IP)...Held the 374 RHH he faced to a .194/.235/.313 slash line (.548 OPS); those ranked second, first, third and first among NL pitchers...Appeared in five postseason games (4 GS) and went 3-0, 1.95 ERA (6 ER, 27.2 IP) with 35 SO to 3 BB...Earned the win in two of the Phillies’ three victories in the NLCS against ARI...Made the first relief appearance of his ML career in NLCS Game 7 on 10/24 vs ARI (1.2 IP, BB, SO).
2022
Among NL pitchers, was fifth in SO/BB (4.79), eighth in BB % (5.6) & BB/9.0 IP (2.00), ninth in SO/9.0 IP (9.59), 10th in SO % (26.9) & OPP OPS (.626)...His 2.82 ERA (48 ER, 153.0 IP) was sixth-best among NL pitchers with at least 150.0 IP; fell 9.0 IP short of qualifying for ERA leaders...In his final 23 starts (since 4/28), went 12-4 with a 2.31 ERA (36 ER, 140.1 IP), 0.98 WHIP (30 BB, 108 H) and 152 SO (9.75 SO/9.0 IP), holding opponents to a .212/.261/.341 slash line...From 4/28-end of the season, had the second-lowest ERA in the NL among pitchers (min. 125.0 IP) behind Julio Urias (2.12) and ranked sixth in MLB in that span...Finished with a 1.85 ERA (16 ER, 78.0 IP) in 13 home starts, the lowest by a Phillie with at least 13 home starts since 1917 (Grover Cleveland Alexander, 1.59)…Named NL Pitcher of the Month for May, going 2-0 with a 1.65 ERA (6 ER, 32.2 IP), 1.01 WHIP, 40 SO, 5 BB and an NL-leading 1.4 fWAR...Was his first ever Pitcher of the Month Award and first by a Phillie since Cliff Lee in August 2011...Posted a 1.67 ERA (14 ER, 75.1 IP) in 12 starts, 4/28-7/3; also had a 12-game span with a 1.67 ERA in 2021, marking the first time a Phillie had an ERA that low in a 12-start span in different seasons since Steve Carlton, who did so multiple times in 1972 and 1980...Tossed three straight scoreless home starts, 4/28-5/18, something only two other Phillies had done since 1900 (Grover Cleveland Alexander, three from 8/9-9/1/1916 and Woodie Fryman, four from 4/21-6/1/1968)...Had five scoreless starts in a span of seven starts at home, 4/28-7/3, becoming first Phillie to do so since the current mound distance was established in 1893, and first major leaguer since Clayton Kershaw and Jake Arrieta in 2015...Struck out seven or more batters in eight straight starts from 4/28 to 6/11, which was tied for the second-longest such streak ever by a Phillie since 1893 when the current mound distance was established...Had a 15.2-inning scoreless streak, 4/28-5/12, and a 22.2-inning scoreless streak at home, 4/28-6/4...Was on the COVID-related IL, 5/8-11...Had 298 strikeouts in a 40-start span, start of 2021 through 5/23/22, the most by any Phillie in a 40-start span since Cliff Lee also had 298, 2011-12...On the paternity list, 6/7-9, for the birth of his daughter...His 19.1-inning scoreless streak, 6/28-7/13, was the longest of the season by a Phillie...Had back-to-back starts of 7.0 scoreless IP against STL, 7/3 and 7/8, becoming the first Phillie to make consecutive starts against the same opponent and deliver 7.0+ scoreless IP since Tommy Greene followed his no-hitter against MON with a three-hit shutout in May 1991...On the IL, 8/22-9/20, with right forearm tendinitis...In his final three starts, allowed one run on nine hits in 15.0 IP (0.60 ERA), walking one with 15 strikeouts while facing seven batters over the minimum...Became the fourth Phillies pitcher since ER became an official NL stat in 1912 to have an ERA 0.60 or below and WHIP 0.70 or below over his final three starts of a season, and joined Roy Oswalt (2010) as the only to do so for a team heading into a postseason appearance...Made six starts in his first career postseason, posting a 2.78 ERA (11 ER, 35.2 IP) and 0.73 WHIP (7 BB, 19 H)...His six starts were a Phillies single-postseason record and tied the MLB record...In Game 1 of the NLWCS at STL, became the second Phillie ever to toss at least 6.0 IP with two or fewer hits in his first-ever postseason start, joining Roy Halladay, who threw a no-hitter on 10/6/10 vs CIN...Began his postseason career with 11.1 scoreless IP...Had a 19.1-inning scoreless streak dating back to 9/27 end in the sixth inning of his Game 2 NLDS start, every inning of which was on the road...In Game 1 of the NLCS at SD, made just the 17th start in postseason history of 7.0+ scoreless IP, 1 or 0 hits, and only the second by a Phillie (Roy Halladay in no-hitter, Game 1 of 2010 NLDS)...Was the first pitcher since 2013 (STL’s Michael Wacha) to begin a postseason with four straight quality starts.
2021
Among all ML pitchers, was 1st in bWAR (7.6), IP (213.1) & batters faced (849), T-1st in CG (3) & SHO (2), 2nd in SO (247), fWAR (7.3), FIP (2.59) & HR/9.0 IP (0.68), 4th in OPP SLG (.321), 5th in ERA (2.78), WHIP (1.01) & OPP OPS (.586), T-5th in quality starts (20), 6th in SO/BB (5.37), BB/9.0 IP (1.94) & OPP OBP (.265), T-6th in wins (14), T-8th in starts (32) and 10th in OPP AVG (.215), SO % (29.1%) & BB % (5.4%)...Among NL pitchers was 1st in bWAR, IP, SO, batters faced, T-1st in CG & SHO, 2nd in fWAR, FIP & HR/9.0 IP, 4th in SO/BB, BB/9.0 IP & OPP SLG, T-4th in quality starts, 5th in ERA, BB %, WHIP & OPP OPS, T-5th in , 6th in OPP OBP, 7th in SO %, 8th in OPP AVG and T-8th in starts...Finished 2nd to MIL’s Corbin Burnes in NL Cy Young Award voting, was named All-MLB Second Team and was a NL Gold Glove Award finalist...His 7.6 pitching bWAR was highest in MLB by nearly a full win (next: Walker Buehler, 6.7)Led all NL players (pitchers and hitters) in total bWAR (7.7), becoming just the sixth NL pitcher since 2000 to do so, and was 2nd in MLB in bWAR to Shohei Ohtani (9.1)...Made his first career All-Star team and set career highs in starts, innings, strikeouts, ERA, WHIP, complete games and shutouts...His 247 strikeouts were most by a Phillie since 1998 (Curt Schilling, 300) and 10th-most ever by a Phillie; only Steve Carlton (4x), Jim Bunning (3x) and Schilling (2x) had more...Became the first Phillie to lead the NL in innings and strikeouts since Curt Schilling in 1998 (268.2 IP, 200 SO) and was the first M...pitcher to lead his respective league in both since 2018 (Max Scherzer); was two strikeouts away from the outright ML lead in both...Was just the 10th player in the modern era (since 1900) to have three or more starts in a season with 10+ strikeouts, no earned runs and no walks...His seven double-digit strikeout games were T-2nd in the NL and most by a Phillie since Cliff Lee had nine in 2011...Led all ML pitchers in starts of 7.0 IP or more (17) and starts of 7.0 IP, zero earned runs (7)...By game score, had the two best starts of his career (8/8 vs NYM, 93 and 5/6 vs MIL, 89), five of his best six and seven of his best nine...Had more starts with a game score of 75 or higher (9) and 85 or higher (4) than any other pitcher ...13 of his 32 starts were against teams that made the postseason, and in those he was 7-3 with a 1.99 ERA (20 ER, 90.2 IP), 0.87 WHIP (20 BB, 59 H), 115 SO...Was the fifth NL pitcher and ninth in MLB in the last 10 years to meet or exceed his IP (213.1), SO (247) and ERA (2.78)...Had two shutouts (5/6 vs MIL, 8/8 vs NYM) and his three complete games (5/6 vs MIL, 7/29 vs WSH, 8/8 vs NYM) were most by a Phillie since 2011 (Cliff Lee)...In his season debut, became the first Phillie to throw 7.0 or more innings and have more hits as a batter than he surrendered since Terry Mulholland, 8/15/90 vs SF...Was the first Phillies starter with a sub-2.50 ERA and sub-1.00 WHIP in his first 10 starts of a season since Roy Halladay in 2011...Had a 20.0-inning scoreless streak, 5/1-12...From 5/1-23, had a 29.0-inning streak without allowing an earned run at Citizens Bank Park, tied for the 2nd-longest streak in park history (longest: Roy Halladay, 33.0 IP, 7/5-28/10)...Had a 2.08 ERA (10 ER, 43.1 IP) in six May starts, becoming one of just 13 pitchers since 1901 to have 57 or more strikeouts in a month and five or fewer walks...Posted a 1.83 ERA (14 ER, 69.0 IP) in his first 10 home starts, the lowest by a Phillie through 10 home starts since 2011 (Cliff Lee, 1.66)...Had a 1.44 ERA (5 ER, 31.1 IP) in five June starts, the 3rd-lowest ERA among qualifying pitchers in the month...Finished his first half with a 2.26 ERA (30 ER, 119.2 IP) and 145 strikeouts in 18 starts, becoming one of eight pitchers since the first All-Star Game in 1933 with an ERA that low and that many strikeouts in as few starts before the break...Had a 2.37 ERA (35 ER, 132.2 IP) through 20 starts...On 8/8 vs NYM, the day the Phillies retired Roy Halladay’s No. 34, and in his 34th start as a Phillie, tossed a 9.0-inn. shutout with 11 strikeouts and two hits, joining Halladay (perfect game, 5/29/10 at FLA), Cole Hamels (no-hitter, 7/25/15 at CHI) and Kevin Millwood (no-hitter, 4/27/03) as the only Phillies since 2000 to toss a 9.0-inning shutout with 11 or more strikeouts and two or fewer hits...Retired 22 batters after allowing a leadoff double in his shutout on 8/8, the first Phillie to retire 22 straight in a start since Roy Halladay’s perfect game...Had a streak of 41 straight starts with four or fewer earned runs allowed end on 8/19 at ARI..On 8/25 vs TB, became the first pitcher in MLB to reach 200 strikeouts and the 4th-fastest Phillie (3rd at the time, passed by Nola in 2021) ever to reach 200 (174.1 IP)...Had a 25.0-inning scoreless streak against NYM, 5/1-9/17, the longest by a ML starter against his former team since Doyle Alexander had a 26.0-inning streak against BAL, 1986-88, and longest by a Phillie since Steve Carlton had a 26.0-inning streak against STL in 1982...Eclipsed 1,000.0 career IP on 8/31 at WSH and 1,000 career strikeouts on 9/11 vs COL...His 1.47 ERA (5 ER, 30.2 IP) in September was the 3rd-lowest among qualifying pitchers...Finished the season with seven scoreless streaks of 10.0 IP or more, the most in MLB...In 10 starts against ATL and NYM, posted a 1.85 ERA (14 ER, 68.0 IP), 0.93 WHIP (13 BB, 50 H), 78 SO, 1 HR...His 1.60 ERA (6 ER, 33.2 IP) in five starts against ATL was lowest by a Phillie in five or more starts against any opponent since Steve Carlton in 1983 (1.05 vs CHI).
2020
Among NL starters, was 2nd in OPP GIDP (13), 3rd in HR/9.0 IP (0.38, 7th in MLB), T-5th in winning % (.667), 6th in BB/9.0 IP (2.03) & walk rate (5.6%), 8th in ERA (2.92), T-8th in quality starts (7) and 9th in IP (71.0)...His 2.9 bWAR was the 2nd-highest among NL pitchers, percentage points behind Max Fried (2.9), and was 4th in MLB behind Shane Bieber (3.2), Hyun-Jin Ryu (3.0) and Fried...Was only the second Phillies pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to start a season with 10 straight starts (no relief apps in between) of at least 5.2 IP and three runs or fewer, joining Curt Schilling (11 straight in 1998) and was only the fourth ML pitcher in the last 10 years (since 2011) to do so...Became the only Phillies pitcher ever, homegrown or otherwise, to allow three runs or fewer in each of his first 10 career starts with the team...His 0.38 HR/9.0 IP led all qualifying NL pitchers, was 2nd to Dallas Keuchel (0.28) in MLB and was the lowest by a qualifying Phillies pitcher since 1991 (Jose De Jesus, 0.35)...No pitcher in MLB with as many innings pitched (71.0) allowed fewer home runs (3, next lowest: 5)...Became just the third Phillie since the NL began tracking earned runs in 1912 to go 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA or better through his first seven starts with the team (others: Art Mahaffey in 1960, 5-0, 2.10; Bob Miller in 1950, 5-0, 1.79)...On 8/5 vs NYY (gm 1), became the third Phillies pitcher since 1950 (when the rule allowing the home club to choose whether it batted first or last was officially abolished) to win a home game while taking the mound in the bottom of the inning (others: Roy Halladay on 6/25/10 and Jamie Moyer on 6/27/10)...Went 23.1 innings without allowing a home run (8/28 vs ATL through 5.0 IP on 9/16 vs NYM) and allowed one in a span of 47.0 innings from the third inning on 8/5 vs NYY through 5.0 IP on 9/16 vs NYM...Walked two or fewer in each of his first nine starts of the season and one or none in six of those nine...Went 62 straight batters without allowing a walk from the sixth inning on 9/2 vs WSH through two batters into his start on 9/21 at WSH...Went 4-0 with a 2.38 ERA (12 ER, 45.1 IP) in seven home starts, joining Joe Blanton (2-0 in 7 starts in 2008) and Tommy Greene (10-0 in 16 starts in 1993) as the only Phillies pitchers since at least 1901 to go undefeated in at least seven starts at home in a season.
2019
Set career highs in strikeouts (195) and innings (195.1)..Had four double-digit strikeout performances, including three in his first eight starts... Posted a 3.04 ERA (34 ER, 100.2 IP) from 6/22 through the end of the season and a 1.80 ERA (8 ER, 40.0 IP) over his final six starts...His 3.04 ERA from 6/22 on was the 7th-best among qualifying NL starters in that span...On the IL with right shoulder fatigue, 7/12-25...Had a 15.0-inning scoreless streak, 8/1-6, and a 13.0-inning streak, 9/21-26...Finished the season with 726 career strikeouts, 12th-most all-time by a NYM pitcher.
2018
Won a career-high 12 games...Posted a 3.31 ERA, the lowest mark of his career and also set a new career-best in WHIP (1.12)...His 2.7 walks per 9.0 innings ratio was also the best of his career...Was 9-1 with a 1.68 ERA in 11 starts after the All-Star break...His nine second-half victories were tied for the most in the majors and his 1.68 ERA was the lowest in the majors after the break (min. 75.0 innings)...Won a career-best seven-straight decisions from July 14-August 25...Wheeler's nine second-half wins were tied for the seventh-most second half wins in Mets history...Had a career-best 23.0 consecutive scoreless innings from July 24-August 10...It was the eighth longest by any pitcher in 2018...In 14 road starts, was 7-2 with a 3.49 ERA (33 earned runs/85.0 innings)...The Mets won nine of his 14 road starts...In 50-career road starts, Wheeler is 20-10 with a 3.23 ERA (105 earned runs/293.0 innings)...His 3.23 career road ERA is the ninth-best in the NL since 2013 (min. 45 road starts)...Fanned seven or more batters 17 times, the most such games in a season in his career...Only three NL pitchers (Max Scherzer, 26, Jacob deGrom, 25 and Patrick Corbin, 24) had more such games...Ranked third in the majors and third in the NL with a 23.4 percent soft contact rate...Had the lowest rate of hard contact in the majors with a 24.8 percent hard-hit rate...Had the eighthhighest WAR (4.1) among qualifying NL pitchers according to Fangraphs...Is one of five Mets pitchers to record at least one strikeout in each of his first 95-career games (also Matt Harvey, Dwight Gooden, Dillon Gee and Jacob deGrom)...Joined Harvey, Gooden, deGrom, Sid Fernandez and Noah Syndergaard as the only pitchers in franchise history to record 500 or more strikeouts in their first 91-career games...Began a career-high 62.1 percent of his opponents' plate appearances with a first pitch strike...From 2013-2017, threw a first-pitch strike to 55.2 percent of the batters he faced...His first-pitch strike percentage has risen every season in his career (52.0 in 2013, 54.4 in 2014, 60.6 in 2017 and 62.1 in 2018)...His 11 hits were a career-high and tied for the fifth-most among all pitchers.
2017
Returned to game action after missing the 2015 and 2016 seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery... Made his second career Opening Day roster...Allowed one earned run or fewer in six of his 17 starts...The six such starts were second-most on the team behind Jacob deGrom's 12 starts where he allowed one earned run or fewer...Was placed on the 10-Day Disabled List on June 21, retroactive to June 20, with biceps tendinitis...Activated from the DL on July 1...Placed on the 10-Day DL on July 24, retroactive to July 23, with a stress reaction in his right arm...Transferred to the 60-Day Disabled List on September 23...Made his final start of the season on July 22 vs. Oakland...Following his first outing of the season, Wheeler went 3-2 with a 2.91 ERA (19 earned runs/58.2 innings) in his next 10 starts from April 12-June 7...His 2.91 ERA in that time was fifth-best in the National League (min 50.0 innings pitched)...The Mets were 5-5 in those 10 starts...Earned the win on April 12 at Philadelphia, his first win in the majors since September 19, 2014 at Atlanta...In his 55th career start on May 9 against San Francisco, Wheeler struck out the 300th batter of his career and became the seventh pitcher in club history to record 300 or more strikeouts in 55 or fewer starts...Joined Dwight Gooden, Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Jacob deGrom, Sid Fernandez and Nolan Ryan...Was used as a pinch-hitter April 21 vs. Washington and doubled down the right-field line...It was the first hit recorded by a Mets pitcher as a pinch-hitter since Jonathon Niese tripled on May 16, 2011 vs. Florida...It was also the third extra-base hit by a Mets pitcher serving as a pinch-hitter...In addition to Wheeler and Niese, Dwight Gooden recorded an extra-base hit (a triple) on October 3, 1993 at Florida...That hit marked Wheeler's third double of his career.
2016
Did not pitch at the major league level while recovering from Tommy John Surgery...Underwent a internal suture removal procedure on April 12...Made one major league rehabilitation start for St. Lucie (A) on August 6 vs. Bradenton...Worked 1.0 inning and allowed one unearned run while walking one batter.
2015
Missed the season while recovering from Tommy John surgery...Surgery was performed at the Hospital for Special Surgery on March 24.
2014
Set a career-high in innings pitched (185.1), wins (11), starts (32), and strikeouts (187), leading the Mets in the latter two categories...Threw a three-hit shutout in the Mets' 1-0 victory over the Marlins on June 19 at Marlins Park...It marked the first complete game of Wheeler's career...The last Mets pitcher to throw a shutout was Jonathon Niese against the Phillies on August 27, 2013 at Citi Field...R.A. Dickey was the last pitcher to throw a 1-0 shutout when he beat the Phillies on August 13, 2010 at Citi Field...Became the first Mets pitcher to follow a shutout with a start pitching two innings or less while allowing six earned runs or more since Jason Isringhausen did so in 1996...Isringhausen pitched a six-hit shutout against the Marlins on June 9, 1996, and then allowed six earned runs in 1.0 inning pitched against the Cardinals on June 14, 1996...At 24 years and 20 days old, became the youngest Mets pitcher to throw a 1-0 shutout since Dwight Gooden threw two of them in 1985 at age 20 years and 240 days old...Since 1997 the only Met as young as Wheeler to throw a shutout by any score was Jonathon Niese at age 23 on June 10, 2010 against the Padres in a 3-0 win in the second game of a doubleheader...The last Mets pitcher to throw a 1-0 shutout on the road was Al Leiter against the Expos on April 18, 2002 at Olympic Stadium...Wheeler became the youngest Met pitcher with a 1-0 shutout, allowing three hits or less since Jon Matlack on August 8, 1973 against the Dodgers (23 years old) and the third Met to face 28 batters or less in a complete game of at least 9.0 innings...The last pitcher to do it was Chris Capuano on July 26, 2011 at Citi Field against Atlanta...There have been seven other Mets pitchers to accomplish this, twice by Tom Seaver. Became the sixth starter in Mets history to have 180 or more strikeouts in a single season and less than 200.0 innings in a single season...The last Mets pitcher to accomplish the feat was Matt Harvey in 2013 (191 strikeouts, 178.1 innings)...Finished with 21 quality starts, tied for the team lead with Jonathon Niese...Over his final 16 starts of the season, dating to June 30, went 8-3 with a 2.71 ERA (29 earned runs/96.1 innings)...Went 10 consecutive starts without a loss from June 30-August 20, going 6-0 with a 2.12 ERA (15 earned runs/63.2 innings)...The streak was the longest in a single season by a Mets starter since Matt Harvey went 13 consecutive starts without a loss in 2013...Fanned a season high-tying 10 on August 15 vs. the Cubs at Citi Field, this third career double-digit strikeout game and second of the season...Also struck out 10 on April 25 vs. Miami...Fanned a career-best 12 on August 15, 2013 at San Diego...Went seven consecutive starts pitching at least 6.0 innings and allowing two runs or less...Went 4-0, posting a 1.59 ERA (eight earned runs/45.1 innings) during the stretch...It was the longest such single-season streak since Masato Yoshii went eight consecutive starts in 1999 (August 18-September 30)...Snapped a career-high four-game losing streak, dating to September 6, 2013, in his first win of the season on April 14 at Arizona...Finished the season with a 9.08 K/9 (187 strikeouts/185.1 innings), the sixth-highest among qualified NL pitchers...Struck out 187 batters total, 10th-most in the NL...After the All-Star break, struck out 9.58 batters per nine (82 strikeouts/77.0 innings), which ranked eighth-highest among all qualified starters, and one spot behind teammate Jacob deGrom (9.7)...Did not allow more than one home run in a start in his last 42 appearances dating to July 30, 2013, the second-longest active streak in the majors behind Detroit's Anibal Sanchez, who has not allowed more than one homer in his last 54 appearances...After allowing six home runs from August 15, 2013-June 19, 2014 (22 starts, 130.0 innings), Wheeler allowed nine homers in his final 17 starts from June 25-September 25, 2014 (98.1 innings)...Went a career-high 32.1 innings pitched without allowing a homer this season from April 9 to May 7, the second-longest homerless streak of his career...Finished the month of July 3-0 with a 1.67 ERA (six earned runs/32.1 innings) in five starts, the fourth-lowest ERA among qualified NL starters...It was his second consecutive July with zero losses...Is 6-0 in 10 July starts for his career...Went 6-2 with a 2.13 ERA (20 earned runs/84.2 innings) in his last 14 road starts, dating to May 29...Struck out 91 and walked 32 in those starts, while allowing 63 hits...Allowed one earned run or less in nine of those starts, and three earned runs or less in 13 of them...Finished the season 7-5 with a 3.09 ERA (40 earned runs/116.1 innings) on the road...Went 2-0 with a 1.11 ERA (four earned runs/32.1 innings) in five starts against the Marlins this season, allowing two earned runs or less in all five and one run or less in four of them...Threw a three-hit shutout notching eight strikeouts on June 19 in Miami to win, 1-0...Wheeler's 1.37 career ERA against Miami is his lowest against any team he has faced more than twice...Posted a 4.50 ERA (16 earned runs/32.0 innings) in the first inning and opposing batters hit .225 (27-120) with 11 walks and six home runs against him in the first frame...According to Fangraphs.com, averaged 95.0 mph with his fastball, the fifth-highest mark among qualified major league starters...Kansas City's Yordano Ventura was first at 97.0...Went 2-1 with a 6.87 ERA (14 earned runs/18.1 innings) in four starts against the American League, allowing four runs or more in three of those starts.
2013
Made his major league debut on June 18 at Atlanta after beginning the year at Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. Became the third pitcher in team history to earn a victory while throwing 6.0 or more shutout innings in his major league debut (June 18 at Atlanta)...Joining Masato Yoshii on April 5, 1998 vs. Pittsburgh and Dick Rusteck on June 10, 1966 vs. Cincinnati. Notched seven strikeouts in his debut to tie four others for the fifth-most in a major league debut in franchise history...Matt Harvey (11), Collin McHugh (9), Bill Denehy (8) and Tom Seaver (8) had more. Became the 31st pitcher since 1916 to not allow a run and strike out at least seven in his major league debut...Collin McHugh struck out nine in 7.0 shutout innings on August 23, 2012 in his debut against the Rockies at Citi Field...Four weeks earlier, Matt Harvey struck out 11 in 5.1 shutout innings in his debut on July 26, 2012 at Arizona. Among rookies, was tied for the 10th in the majors in wins...From his debut through the end of the season, Wheeler was tied for seventh in wins, was eighth in innings (100.0), tied for fifth in strikeouts (84) and was seventh in ERA (3.42). Won seven of his first 17 major league star s, tied for the seventh highest total in franchise history with Matt Harvey and Rick Aguilera...Tom Seaver, Dwight Gooden, Octavio Dotel and Gary Gentry are tied for third with eight wins, Dillon Gee is second with nine and Jason Isringhausen is first with 10...The club also went 7-3 in his first 10 starts, tied for the most wins in a starter's first 10 appearances with Jason Isringhausen and Octavio Dotel in franchise history. In his first two starts, opposing batters were 0 for 19 with men on base against him, which matched the longest streak of hitless atbats with runners on base to start a career since 1977...For the season with men on, the opposition hit .208 (31-149). Allowed 14 hits in 81 at-bats with runners in scoring position (.173)...That mark was the third-best mark in the National League from June 18 through the end of the season...With runners in scoring position and two outs, he compiled a .128 (5-39) batting average against, which was the fifth-lowest total in the NL (minimum 39 at-bats against with runners in scoring position). Was the only NL pitcher with at least five July starts and no losses in the month, as he went 3-0 with a 2.73 ERA (nine earned runs/29.2 innings)...The Mets went 5-0 in his July starts. In nine starts away from Citi Field, he went 5-1 with a 2.32 ERA (14 earned runs/54.1 innings)...He was only the second rookie in team history to win five consecutive road decisions in one season...Jerry Koosman won his first six road decisions in 1968. On July 30 at Miami took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning before Ed Lucas singled with one out in the bottom of the seventh…His no-hit bid was the third-longest by a rookie in franchise history...Randy Tate went 7.1 innings against Montreal at Shea Stadium on August 4, 1975 (broken up by a Jim Lyttle single) and Dwight Gooden threw 7.0 hitless innings at Pittsburgh on June 6, 1984 (Doug Frobel single). Became the eighth rookie in team history to strikeout at least 12 in a game on August 15 at San Diego and the first since Dwight Gooden fanned 16 at Philadelphia on September 17, 1984...He became the 37th pitcher since 1916 and the fourth in franchise history to record 12 strikeouts in one of his first 11 career games...Dwight Gooden, Nolan Ryan and Dick Selma are the other Mets...He joined Pedro Martinez (April 4, 2005 at Cincinnati) and Nolan Ryan (August 31, 1971 at St. Louis) as the only pitchers in team history to notch 12 or more strikeouts in 6.0 innings or less. He allowed one home run over his last seven starts, a span of 43.0 innings...For the season, he compiled a 0.90 home runs/nine innings mark, giving up 10 total. Went 7-3 with a 2.98 ERA (28 earned runs/84.2 innings) in 14 starts against the National League...In comparison, went 0-2 with a 5.87 ERA (10 earned runs/15.1 innings) in interleague play. Surrendered no more than seven hits in each of his first 15 starts, the third-longest streak of its kind to begin a career for a Mets pitcher...Nolan Ryan (32 starts) and John Pacella (18) are the only others with longer streaks. Collected his first major league hit, single, on July 5 at Milwaukee...Notched his first major league RBI, July 10 at San Francisco. Made 13 starts for Las Vegas, going 4-2 and notching 73 strikeouts in 68.2 innings.
2012
Spent the majority of the year with Binghamton (AA) of the Eastern League...Promoted to Buffalo (AAA) of the International League on August 1...Despite his promotion, finished tied for eighth in the EL in wins (10) and strikeouts (117)...He was ninth in ERA (3.26)...Named the eighth-best prospect in baseball by MLB.com...Travis d'Arnaud was sixth...Was the Sterling Award recipient at Binghamton...Led all Mets minor leaguers with 148 strikeouts and was tied for the most wins with 12...Posted a 4-0 record and a 2.00 ERA (six earned runs/27.0 innings) in four May starts...Allowed 13 hits, seven walk and 30 strikeouts...Won six straight starts from April 29-June 7...Compiled a 1.59 ERA (seven earned run/39.2 innings)...Allowed 17 hits, seven walks and 43 strikeouts...Named to the Eastern League All-Star Game on July 11, but did not pitch...Selected to play in the Futures All-Star Game July 8 in Kansas City...Pitched 0.2 hitless innings for the United States team in their 17-5 victory...While pitching for Binghamton, righthanded batters compiled a .188 (42-224) batting average against him...Struck out a season-high 11 batters in 6.2 innings in his last start vs. Harrisburg on July 31...Made his first start for Buffalo (AAA) on Aug. 6 at Syracuse...Took a no-decision...Went 4.2 innings and allowed three hits, two runs, earned, with four walks...Struck out seven...Set back Rochester and Lehigh High Valley in his last two starts for the Bisons...In 12.0 innings, he gave up one earned run on five hits, with six walks and 12 strikeouts...On Aug. 26, he pitched 7.0 shutout innings to defeat Rochester to earn his first Triple-A win.
2011
Named to the California (A) League mid-season All-Star Game...Was 10th in the league with a .231 batting average against and fourth with 10.02 strikeouts per nine innings.
2010
In his first year of professional baseball, he struck out 70 in 58.2 innings with Augusta (A) of the South Atlantic League...Was selected to pitch in Major League Baseball's Futures Game and earned a hold with a scoreless inning.
