Zack Wheat
Zack Wheat
Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat, nicknamed "Buck", was a Major League Baseball left fielder for Brooklyn in the National League. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth23 May 1888
CityHamilton, MO
CountryUnited States of America
adopted altogether anxious ball beat bunt came encouraged fellows good natural plate played stood style
The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style.
arm ball bat few inches meet meets snap speed tremendous wrists
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.