Gary Wheelock

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1951)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| image = Gary Wheelock 1978.jpg

| name = Gary Wheelock

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|11|29}}

| birth_place = Bakersfield, California, U.S.

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 17

| debutyear = 1976

| debutteam = California Angels

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = April 18

| finalyear = 1980

| finalteam = Seattle Mariners

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 6–9

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 5.40

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 50

| teams =

• California Angels ({{mlby|1976}})
• Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1977}}, {{mlby|1980}})

| highlights =

}}

Gary Richard Wheelock (born November 29, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher for the California Angels ({{mlby|1976}}) and Seattle Mariners (1977, {{mlby|1980}}).

After his playing career ended, he spent 33 seasons coaching in the Mariners' organization.{{cite web |url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090113&content_id=3742870&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124175234/http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090113&content_id=3742870&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 24, 2009 |title=Mariners announce Minors coaches |accessdate=2009-01-14 |author=Jim Street |authorlink=MLB.com |date=2009-01-12 |work=MLB.com}} {{cite web |last1=Divish |first1=Ryan |title=Mariners announce their 2016 minor league coaching staff |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/mariners-announce-their-2016-minor-league-coaching-staff/ |website=The Seattle Times |date=4 December 2015}}

Wheelock attended the University of California, Irvine, where he played college baseball for the Anteaters from 1972-1974.{{cite web|title=University of California, Irvine Baseball Players Who Made it to the Major Leagues|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_california_irvine_baseball_players.shtml|work=Baseball-Almanac.com|accessdate=14 August 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060105141703/http://baseball-almanac.com/college/university_of_california_irvine_baseball_players.shtml|archivedate=2006-01-05|url-status=dead}}