wheat continued his steady and consistent climb up the batting charts in , hitting .305, and finished the season among the league leaders in home runs and slugging percentage. over the next four seasons, he continued to be among the leaders of many offensive categories including home runs, batting average, slugging average, hits, doubles, triples, and rbis. it was during the 1912 season that wheat married daisy kerr forsman, and she became his default agent, encouraging him to hold out for a better contract each season. players in his day generally signed one-year contracts before every season. each time wheat held out, he received more money, the club not wanting to lose one of its best hitters and the team's most popular player. this tactic of threatening to hold out served him well during throughout his career, including during the world war i era, when he raised and sold mules to the united states army as pack animals. he claimed that he did so well, that he didn't need to play during the summer. the team, fearing that they might lose a great player during the prime of his career, succumbed to his demands every year.