Danny Wiseman


Daniel Albert Wiseman is a right-handed professional ten-pin bowler and member of the Professional Bowlers Association. He has been inducted into both the PBA and USBC Halls of Fame.
Wiseman is a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PBA career

Wiseman joined the PBA in 1987, and won two titles in his first full season on the PBA Tour, including a win in his TV debut, which took place in his home town of Baltimore. He also won multiple titles in 1991 and 1995, on his way to 12 titles overall. His best professional season was in 2004-05, when he cashed in all 21 events that he entered, made match play a career-high 18 times, won his only major title at 2004 Miller High Life Masters, and earned a career-best $186,050. The final round of the 2004 Masters was held at Miller Park, home of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers, where Wiseman won in front of over 4,000 fans. He also finished runner-up in the 2009 USBC Masters.
Wiseman won more than $1.6 million in his PBA career. He has thrown 44 career perfect 300 games in PBA competition. He also has 31 USBC 300 games for a total of 75 perfect games.
Wiseman was an exempt player for the 2010-11 PBA season. He bowled in only six events of the 2009-10 season, but was granted a hardship exemption deferment due to him having to care for his ailing mother. His mother recovered from the sub-arachnid hemorrhage. Danny did not win a title in 2010-11, but earned enough points to retain his exemption for the 2011-12 season. The PBA Tour returned to an "open" format for the 2012-13 season, but by then Wiseman had chosen to only participate part-time. In 2013-14, Danny participated in only a few PBA regional events before a serious tendon tear in his right wrist had to be addressed. He had surgery in April 2015 to repair the torn tendon, and continued rehab the rest of the season. He again cared for his mother and stepfather late in 2015 and into 2016. His mother passed in late March of 2016.
Wiseman was ranked #42 on the PBA's 2008 list of "50 Greatest Players of the Last 50 Years". He was voted into the PBA Hall of Fame in January, 2013, and was officially inducted on March 30, 2013. Later in 2013, Danny was elected to the Maryland State Athletic Hall of Fame. He was the first tenpin bowler to ever be honored by that organization. Danny is also a member of the Greater Maryland State USBC and Greater Baltimore USBC Halls of fame being inducted into these in 2009. In 2014 Danny was also inducted into the local Dundalk Sports Hall of Fame. In April, 2018, Wiseman was inducted into the National USBC Hall of Fame in the Superior Performance category, marking his sixth Hall of Fame induction.

PBA Tour titles

Major titles in bold type.
  1. 1990 Fair Lanes Open
  2. 1990 Kessler Classic
  3. 1991 Seattle Open
  4. 1991 Toyota Classic
  5. 1995 Splitfire Spark Plug Open
  6. 1995 Great Lakes Open
  7. 1998 PBA Oregon Open
  8. 2000 Columbia 300 Open
  9. 2001–02 Johnny Petraglia Open
  10. 2002–03 Miller High Life Open
  11. 2004–05 Miller High Life ABC Masters
  12. 2007–08 PBA Exempt Doubles Classic w/Mike Fagan

    PBA Regional Titles

  13. 1989 PHILLIPSBURG NJ
  14. 1989 BROOKLYN NY
  15. 1995 FRANKLIN VA
  16. 1998 INDIANAPOLIS
  17. 2000 WEST CALDWELL NJ
  18. 2000 SEAFORD DE
  19. 2010 FOREST HILL MD
  20. 2010 Middletown DE
  21. 2011 Lebanon PA
  22. 2012 Turnersville NJ
  23. 2012 Howell NJ
  24. 2013-Middletown DE-Appletree Classic

    Awards and honors

Maryland State USBC Championship Titles:
Greater Baltimore USBC Bowling Association Titles:
Baltimore 700 Club Titles: 5

Personal

Wiseman started his own signature line of bowling and casual shirts called DWGEAR Clothing found on his website dannywisemanbowling.com. He is a huge fan of IRL, NASCAR and NHRA and Formula 1 auto racing, as well as heavy metal and alternative music. Danny also hosts an annual Youth Scholarship Tournament each October in which the first 8 years over $190,000 has been distributed to youth bowlers for their further education. Youth bowlers have traveled from nine states to participate in this event.
A fan of the Baltimore Orioles, Wiseman was in the stands and caught Adam Jones' game-winning home run in the 11th inning of opening day, 2018. On June 30, 2018, the two met in person for an exchange. Wiseman had Jones sign the baseball, and gave Jones a signed bowling ball in return.
Wiseman has also worked with Jeff Gordon, Ray Lewis, and other sports stars on their bowling charity events through the years.