Wade Meckler | |
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San Francisco Giants – No. 53 | |
Outfielder | |
Born: Anaheim, California, U.S. | April 21, 2000|
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 14, 2023, for the San Francisco Giants | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Batting average | .232 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 4 |
Teams | |
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Wade Jameson Meckler (born April 21,2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played college baseball at Oregon State University. Meckler was drafted by the Giants in the eighth round of the 2022 MLB draft,and made his MLB debut with them the following year.
Meckler was born in Anaheim,California,the son of Laura and Brian Meckler,and has a brother,Wyatt. [1] His mother played college volleyball at San JoséState University. [2] His hometown is Yorba Linda,California. [1]
Meckler attended Esperanza High School in Anaheim. [1] As a high school freshman,he was 4 feet 10 inches (1.47 metres) tall (the shortest kid in the school) and weighed 75 pounds (34 kilograms);he barely made the freshman baseball team. [3] [4] As a sophomore,he weighed 100 pounds. [3] In his junior season Meckler batted .301 with 17 runs and 11 stolen bases. [1] As a senior,by which time he was 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) and 145 pounds,he batted .375 with 28 runs. [3] [1] He played third base,second base,shortstop,and outfield. [1] He was a two-time All-League All-Academic selection,and was ranked in the top 500 players nationally by Perfect Game. [1] Throughout high school he had a 4.4 GPA,and he was a Collegiate Scholar and earned the Golden State Award. [1] He graduated with honors,was an AP Scholar with Distinction,and scored 1470 on his SAT. [1] [3] He did not receive a scholarship offer from any NCAA Division I or Division II programs. [5]
Meckler played college baseball as a walk-on at Oregon State University while majoring in finance. [1] [5] He never received a scholarship from the school. [6] He was cut from the baseball team after his freshman year in 2019 in which he had one hit in only 10 at bats,by new coach Mitch Canham,and did not make the team in 2020. [3] Meckler rejoined the team in 2021. [7]
In 2021 with Oregon State he batted .303/.396/.472 in 142 at bats,playing 21 games in right field and 15 games in left field,playing most of the season with a hamstring injury. [5] [8] In 2022 with Oregon State he batted leadoff and hit .347/.456(4th in the Pac-12 Conference/.478,leading the conference with 81 runs and 23 doubles,with 12 stolen bases,and 53 walks (3rd) vs. 49 strikeouts in 268 at bats while playing 50 games in left field and seven games in right field. [9] [10] [11] He was named All-Pac-12 First Team,Corvallis Regional All-Tournament Team,CoSIDA Academic All-District 8,and was named Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week on April 25. [1] In his college career,he batted .326/.435/.467 in 420 at bats while on defense he had a 1.000 fielding percentage in 134 chances. [12]
Meckler was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the eighth round of the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft. [13] He signed for a below-slot signing bonus of $97,500. [4]
Meckler made his professional debut with the rookie–level Arizona Complex League Giants,with whom he batted .290/.460/.395 in 38 at bats playing nine games in center field,two in left field,and one in right field. [14] He was then promoted to the Single–A San Jose Giants in the California League with whom he batted .439/.540/.683 in 41 at bats,playing 11 games in left field and two games in center field. [14]
He started 2023 with the High–A Eugene Emeralds of the Northwest League,with whom Meckler batted .456/.494/.633 in 79 at bats,playing 10 games in right field,six in left field,and three in center field. [14] He was promoted to the Double–A Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League during the season with whom he batted .336/.431/.450 in 149 at bats,playing 17 games in center field,11 games in left field,and nine games in right field. [14] [15] He was then promoted to the Triple–A Sacramento RiverCats of the Pacific Coast League on July 31 where he was 3.7 years younger than the average player,and batted .400/.546/.600 in 25 at bats,playing four games in right field and three in left field before he was promoted to the major leagues. [14] Baseball America tabbed him the Giants organization hitter with the best strike zone discipline. [16]
On August 14,2023,Meckler was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. [17] He made his major league debut with the Giants the same day,only 13 months after being drafted. [4] On September 6,Meckler was optioned back to Sacramento. [18]
Meckler was optioned to Triple–A Sacramento to begin the 2024 season. [19]
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