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JJ Wetherholt
St. Louis Cardinals
Shortstop / Second baseman
Born: (2002-09-10) September 10, 2002 (age 22) Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Bats: Left Throws: Right

Jonathan David "JJ" Wetherholt (born September 10, 2002) is an American professional baseball shortstop and second baseman in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.

College career

Wetherholt attended Mars Area High School in Mars, Pennsylvania.^[1] He went undrafted in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at West Virginia University to play college baseball.

As a freshman at West Virginia in 2022, Wetherholt played in 54 games (making 53 starts) and hit .308 with five home runs, 39 RBIs, 17 doubles, and 15 stolen bases.^[2]^[3] That summer, he briefly played in the Northwoods League for the Madison Mallards with whom he batted .368 over 12 games.^[4]

As a sophomore in 2023, Wetherholt garnered national attention.^[5]^[6]^[7] He played in 55 games and batted .449 with 16 home runs, sixty RBIs, and 36 stolen bases.^[8] He was named one of five finalists for the Dick Howser Trophy.^[9]^[10] He was also named the Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year.^[11]^[12]^[13] Following the 2023 season, he played collegiate summer baseball for the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.^[14]^[15] He also played for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.^[16] Wetherholt injured his hamstring four games into the 2024 season, and missed over a month.^[17]^[18] Over 36 games, he batted .331 with eight home runs and thirty RBIs.^[19]

Professional career

Wetherholt was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round with the seventh overall pick of the 2024 Major League Baseball draft.^[20] On July 20, 2024, Wetherholt signed with the Cardinals on a $6.8 million contract.^[21]

References

^ "College sports notebook: Accolades keep rolling in for Mars grad, West Virginia's JJ Wetherholt". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
^ "Wetherholt's rise to one of the best in WVU history". May 28, 2023.
^ "GSA Spotlight: West Virginia's JJ Wetherholt". USA Baseball.
^ "Last season and offseason shape baseball's new season". 247Sports.
^ Writer, Jonathan Hamilton, Staff (April 12, 2023). "WVU's JJ Wetherholt earning national attention". The Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Santa, John (March 31, 2023). "Mars graduate JJ Wetherholt among nation's best hitters in second season at West Virginia".
^ "Mars native JJ Wetherholt checking off boxes for West Virginia baseball". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
^ MacDonald, Jared (June 6, 2023). "WVU baseball: Mazey says Wetherholt had 'the best season I've ever seen'". The Herald-Dispatch.
^ "College baseball: West Virginia's JJ Wetherholt, a Mars grad, named a Dick Howser Trophy finalist". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
^ DiPaola, Jerry (June 8, 2023). "Mars graduate JJ Wetherholt of West Virginia named 1 of 5 finalists for Dick Howser Trophy". TribLIVE.com.
^ "Digging into the success of JJ Wetherholt".
^ "JJ Wetherholt enters NCAAs as more than just a hitter".
^ "J.J. Wetherholt awarded Big 12 Player of the Year honors". May 23, 2023.
^ "Jonathan Wetherholt - Profile". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
^ "Wetherholt and Sauve team up in CCBL". June 17, 2023.
^ "Wetherholt homers in first start with Team USA". July 3, 2023.
^ Lockard, Melissa. "JJ Wetherholt is back atop MLB Draft boards after hamstring rehab saved his season at WVU". The New York Times.
^ "Chumley has led Mountaineers, as Wetherholt returns from injury".
^ "'Some guys come along that can single-handedly change the face of an entire program': Wetherholt's impact on Mountaineers not lost on Mazey". June 11, 2024.
^ "Cards select WVU standout SS Wetherholt with No. 7 pick". MLB.com.
^ "Cardinals Sign First-Round Pick JJ Wetherholt". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved July 20, 2024.

External links

West Virginia Mountaineers bio

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

2024 Major League Baseball draft first round selections

v t e 2023 College Baseball All-America Team consensus selections
SP Tanner Hall SP Rhett Lowder SP Paul Skenes RP Cade Denton RP Andrew Walters C Kyle Teel 1B Nolan Schanuel 2B JJ Wetherholt 3B Tommy White SS Matt Shaw OF Dylan Crews OF Wyatt Langford OF Alberto Rios UT Caden Grice

St. Louis Cardinals first-round draft picks

1965: DiFabio
1966: Lee
1967: Simmons
1968: Hairston
1969: Minott
1970: Browning
1971: Kurpiel
1972: Larson
1973: Edelen
1974: Templeton
1975: Johnson
1976: Durham
1977: T. Kennedy
1978: Hicks
1979: Van Slyke
1980: Collins
1981: Meachem
1982: Worrell
1983: Lindeman
1984: Dunne
1985: Magrane
1986: Alicea
1987: Carpenter
1988: Ericks, DuVall, Jordan
1989: Coleman
1990: Osborne, Holbert, Ellis
1991: Young, Watson, Barber, McKinnon, Cholowsky
1992: Lowe
1993: Benes
1994: Wagner
1995: Morris, Haas
1996: Looper
1997: A. Kennedy
1998: Drew, Diggins
1999: Caple, Stocks, Duncan
2000: Boyd, Williams
2001: Pope
2002: None
2003: Barton
2004: Lambert
2005: Rasmus, Greene, McCormick, Herron
2006: Ottavino, C. Perez
2007: Kozma, Mortensen
2008: Wallace, Lynn
2009: Miller
2010: Cox, Blair, Jenkins
2011: Wong
2012: Wacha, Ramsey, Piscotty, Wisdom, Bean
2013: Gonzales, Kaminsky
2014: Weaver, Flaherty
2015: Plummer
2016: D. Pérez, Carlson, Hudson
2017: None
2018: Gorman
2019: Thompson
2020: Walker
2021: McGreevy
2022: Hjerpe
2023: Davis
2024: Wetherholt

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