Jacob Wilson (wilsoja05)

Jacob Wilson

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 190 lb.
• School Grand Canyon University
• High School Thousand Oaks High School
• Debut July 19, 2024

• Born March 30, 2002 in Los Angeles, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Jacob Wilson was drafted sixth overall by the Oakland Athletics in the 2023 amateur draft, out of Grand Canyon University. He was coming off a season during which he had hit .412 with an OPS of 1.096 in 49 games. He also played for a star-studded USA College National Team at the 2022 Haarlem Baseball Week, though all their talent only got them to third place; he hit .364/.462/.455.

He made his professional debut in 2023 playing for the ACL Athletics and the Lansing Lugnuts of the Midwest League, hitting .333/.391/.475 in 26 games. But that was nothing compared to what he would do in the first half of the 2024 season. In spite of his limited pro experience, the A's sent him straight to the the Midland RockHounds of the AA Texas League to start the year, and he tore up that circuit, hitting .455 in 22 games. By early May, he had been promoted to AAA and the Las Vegas Aviators, where the only thing that could stop him was a one-month stint on the injured list from May 18 to June 17th. He then hit .571 in 5 games back in the Arizona Complex League on a rehabilitation assignment, and resumed his ball-crushing ways in Vegas, where he was hitting .398 after 19 games. That's when word came out that the major league Athletics had decided to promote him and to see how he could handle the shortstop job in the big leagues as the second half of the MLB season was about to start. His combined slash line in three minor league teams was .438/.475/.687 in 46 games and he had risen to the rank of top prospect in the organization.

He made his debut in the A's first game after the All-Star break on July 19, 2024, starting at shortstop and batting 8th against the Los Angeles Angels. He singled in his first at-bat in the 3rd, advanced to second on a disengagement violation by pitcher Griffin Canning, and then scored on a triple by Lawrence Butler. However, he was then removed from the game with a hamstring injury.

He is the son of long-time major league shortstop Jack Wilson.

Further Reading

• Martín Gallegos: "A's to call up No. 1 prospect Jacob Wilson", mlb.com, July 18, 2024. [1]
• Martín Gallegos: "Wilson's debut 'high moment of my life' despite injury: A's No. 1 prospect singles in first career at-bat, flashes glove before hamstring strain", mlb.com, July 20, 2024. [2]

Related Sites

• Jacob Wilson on mlb.com
• BR Minors page
• Grand Canyon University bio