Wheezer Dell

{{Short description|American baseball player (1886–1966)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Wheezer Dell

|image=Wheezer Dell.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date|1886|6|11}}

|birth_place=Tuscarora, Nevada, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1966|8|24|1886|6|11}}

|death_place=Lone Pine, California, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 22

|debutyear=1912

|debutteam=St. Louis Cardinals

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 4

|finalyear=1917

|finalteam=Brooklyn Robins

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=19–23

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.55

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=198

|teams=

• St. Louis Cardinals ({{Baseball year|1912}})
• Brooklyn Robins ({{Baseball year|1915}}–{{Baseball year|1917}})

}}

William George "Wheezer" Dell (June 11, 1886 – August 24, 1966) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher in 1912 and 1915–1917. Dell pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Robins. He was the first Nevada-born player in major league history.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/bio/NV_born.shtml Players Born in Nevada - Baseball-Reference.com]

For his long career in the minor leagues, which included 230 victories over 13 seasons, Dell is a member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame.