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Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on their cereal boxes beside their slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." Originally athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box.

The tradition has included hundreds of athletes from many different sports and a full list of every known baseball player to appear on a box of Wheaties, by Baseball Almanac. This should be considered a work in progress and does include every known instance where a baseball team, baseball player or person from the field of baseball appeared on a box of Wheaties.

"I believe any man who wants to go places in any sport has to keep in good physical shape. I always watch my eating pretty closely and make it a point to put away a good breakfast in the morning. But I want my food to taste good, too. And there's nothing better than a big bowl of Wheaties with plenty of milk or cream and sugar. That's a 'Breakfast of Champions' you want to try. You'll be glad you did. Because Wheaties sure taste great!" - Lou Gehrig (Magazine Ad / Newspaper Ad / Widely Distributed, 1935)

Wheaties Baseball Boxes List of Baseball Champions / Theme Based Boxes
Name	Year	Notes
1987 Minnesota Twins	1987
1995 Atlanta Braves	1995	National League Champions
1995 Cleveland Indians	1995	American League Champions
Kenny Lofton	" "
Jose Mesa	" "
2004 Boston Red Sox	2004
David Ortiz	" "	World Series Champions
"The Power Hitters"	1998
Ken Griffey	" "
Tino Martinez	" "
Mark McGwire	" "
2007 Boston Red Sox	2007	World Series Champions
Josh Beckett	" "
Name	Year	Notes
Wheaties Baseball Boxes List of Baseball Champions / Player Specific Boxes (Includes Names from Theme Boxes)
Name	Year	Notes
Hank Aaron	2002
Ethan Allen	--
Johnny Allen	--
Sandy Alomar	--
Sparky Anderson	--
Luke Appling	--
Jack Armstrong	1934
Morrie Arnovich	--
Earl Averill	1937
Jeff Bagwell	--
George Barclay	--
Josh Beckett	--
Beau Bell	--
Cool Papa Bell	--
Johnny Bench	1989
Andy Benes	--
Wally Berger	--
Yogi Berra	--
Craig Biggio	--
Barry Bonds	2001
Zeke Bonura	--
Lou Boudreau	--
Tommy Bridges	--
Mark Buehrle	--
Jay Buhner	--
Ellis Burks	--
Dolph Camilli	--
Ken Caminiti	--
Roy Campanella	--
Harry Caray	--
Cris Carpenter	2006
Ron Cey	--
Roger Clemens	--
Roberto Clemente	2005
Harlond Clift	--
Mickey Cochrane	--
David Cone	--
Joey Cora	--
Joe Cronin	--
Kiki Cuyler	--
Harry Danning	--
Curt Davis	--
Eric Davis	1990
Dizzy Dean	1935
Paul Dean	--
Frank Demaree	--
Paul Derringer	--
Bill Dickey	--
Joe DiMaggio	--
Abner Doubleday	--
Leo Durocher	1939
Bob Feller	1938
Lou Fette	1938
Lew Fonseca	--
Jimmie Foxx	1934
Frankie Frisch	--
Andres Galarraga	--
Lou Gehrig	1934, 1992 & 1999
Charlie Gehringer	1938
Josh Gibson	1995
Kirk Gibson	--
Lefty Gomez	1937
Juan Gonzalez	--
Joe Gordon	--
Goose Goslin	--
Hank Greenberg	--
Ken Griffey	1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 & 2000	1998 was "The Power Hitters"
Lefty Grove	1938
Tony Gwynn	1997 & 2007
Stan Hack	--
Odell Hale	--
Gabby Hartnett	--
Billy Herman	1938
Joe Horlen	--
Dixie Howell	--
Kent Hrbek	1991	With Puckett, 1991 Twins Box
Carl Hubbell	1938
Derek Jeter	--
Randy Johnson	--
George Kell	--
Ralph Kiner	--
Chuck Klein	--
Barry Larkin	--
Bill Lee	--
Bob Lemon	--
Kenny Lofton	--	With Mesa, 1995 Indians Box
Ernie Lombardi	--
Greg Maddux	--
Gus Mancuso	--
Mickey Mantle	--
Heinie Manush	--
Marty Marion	--
Pepper Martin	--
Edgar Martinez	--
Pedro Martinez	2004
Tino Martinez	1998	1998 was "The Power Hitters"
Willie Mays	--
Tim McCarver	--
Mark McGwire	1998	"70 HRs" & "The Power Hitters"
Joe Medwick	--
Jose Mesa	--	With Lofton, 1995 Indians Box
Johnny Mize	1939
Hal Morris	--
Wally Moses	--
Van Lingle Mungo	--
Stan Musial	--
Mike Mussina	--
Randy Myers	--
Hal Newhouser	--
Bobo Newsom	--
Hideo Nomo	--
David Ortiz	2004	2004 Red Sox Box
Mel Ott	1937
Satchel Paige	--
Rafael Palmeiro	2003
Jim Palmer	--
Mike Piazza	--
Kirby Puckett	1991	With Hrbek, 1991 Twins Theme
Albert Pujols	2005
Double Duty Radcliff	--
Pee Wee Reese	--
Bobby Richardson	--
Cal Ripken, Jr.	--	Celebrating 2131
Jose Rijo	--
Phil Rizzuto	--
Brooks Robinson	--
Jackie Robinson	--
Alex Rodriguez	--
Preacher Roe	--
Pete Rose	1985
Al Rosen	--
Red Ruffing	--
Babe Ruth	--
Nolan Ryan	--
Chris Sabo	--
Al Simmons	--
Lee Smith	--
John Smoltz	--
Duke Snider	--
Paul Sorrento	--
Warren Spahn	--
Eddie Stanky	--
Frank Thomas	--
Jim Thorpe	--
Joe Torre	1999	1999 World Series (Yankees)
Cecil Travis	1937
Tom Tresh	--
Hal Trosky	1937
Arky Vaughan	--
Zoilo Versalles	--
Joe Vosmik	--
Gee Walker	--
Bucky Walters	--
Paul Waner	--
Lon Warneke	--
David Wells	--
Pinky Whitney	--
Bernie Williams	--
Ted Williams	--
Dan Wilson	--
Hack Wilson	--
Dave Winfield	--
Rudy York	--
Name	Year	Notes
Wheaties Baseball Boxes

In 1934 � the year it all began � Wheaties had three box tops with baseball players on them: Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and a fictional player named Jack Armstrong.

Did you know that names which are listed on the chart above in bold print are all members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

You could assist us with this particular project by sending over images of boxes you own, providing additional details for the boxes we have located or names of players we missed.

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