The article reveals a fascinating trivia that none from the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, Trolley Dodgers, or 1955 Dodger winners were born in May, but Zack Wheat of the Brooklyn Superbas was. Wheat, known as 'Buck', enjoyed an illustrious 19-season career mainly with the Dodgers, earning spots in both the Dodger Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. Born in 1888 in Missouri, he came from a lineage intertwined with early American history, and his story serves as a highlight in Brooklyn baseball history.
"Wheat played for 19 seasons, 18 of them for the Dodgers, earning a place in the Dodger Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball Hall of Fame."
"Zachariah Davis Wheat was born on May 23, 1888, at his family's farm near Hamilton, Missouri, in a time when Missouri was still a wild frontier."
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