Charles D. Wheatley (June 27, 1893 – December 10, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher and businessman.

Wheatley founded his own valve manufacturing company and earned at least 21 patents on his designs.

Wheatley's parents were from England, where they married and had their first four children, before they immigrated to the United States and settled in Rosedale prior to Charles' birth.

[1] While Wheatley pitched for Springfield, Bobby Lowe scouted him for the Detroit Tigers of the American League.

[1] Wheatley made his major league debut with the Tigers on September 6, 1912, and played his final game on October 6, 1912.

[9] During the game of September 27, Wheatley threw five wild pitches, setting an American League record.

He struggled with Providence, and they returned him to Detroit, who next farmed Wheatley to the Sioux City Packers of the Western League.

[19] Wheatley continued to pitch into the 1930s for independent, semi-professional, and minor league baseball teams.

[1] He opened a store in Kansas City that sold Philco radios in 1927,[3] and owned a 1⁄25 share of an oil well in the Texas Panhandle.

[23] He founded the Charles Wheatley Valve Company in 1954,[2] which had its headquarters in Tulsa and a manufacturing plant in Caney, Kansas.

Halliburton purchased Dresser Industries, and Wheatley Valve Operations continued as a subsidiary until it was closed in 1999.