Jacob Wilson (shortstop)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Jacob Wilson | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics – No. 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Shortstop | |||||||||||||||
| Born: March 30, 2002 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||
| July 19, 2024, for the Oakland Athletics | |||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through through April 20, 2026) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .296 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 76 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 199 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
Medals
| |||||||||||||||
Jacob Wilson (born March 30, 2002) is an American professional baseball shortstop for the Athletics of Major League Baseball (MLB). Wilson played college baseball for the Grand Canyon Antelopes, and was selected sixth overall by the Athletics in the 2023 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2024. Wilson was named to his first All-Star game in 2025.
Wilson attended Thousand Oaks High School in Thousand Oaks, California, where he played for his father Jack Wilson, a former MLB shortstop.[1][2] He played college baseball at Grand Canyon University.[3]
As a freshman at Grand Canyon in 2021, Wilson played in 47 games as a third baseman, hitting .313/.376/.440 with four home runs and 29 runs batted in (RBI). In summer 2021, he played summer league baseball for the Mankato MoonDogs of the Northwoods League.[4] He moved to shortstop his sophomore year in 2022. He hit .358/.418/.585 with 12 home runs and 65 RBI over 59 games that season.[5] In 2022, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Orleans Firebirds of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[6]
Wilson entered the 2023 season as one of the top prospects for the 2023 Major League Baseball draft.[7] His father also joined the team's coaching staff that season.[8]