Wesley
Maricich
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: November 7, 1988 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2023   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2007 18 IL GE   1 0 0 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2008 19 IL GE   1 0 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 0 0 6 5 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   1 0 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 20 IL GE     2 2 2 6 6 6 7 7 7 3 3 3 4 4 4
2010 21 IL GE     2 2 3 6 6 6 7 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
2011 22 IL GE     2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
2012 23 IL GE     2 2 2 6 6 6 6 6 6 3 3 3 4 4 4
2013 24 IL GE     4 4 4 6 6 6 7 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
2014 25 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
2015 26 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
2016 27 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 7 7
2017 28 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 10 7 7 7
2018 29 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 7 7 7
2019 30 IL GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 7 7
2020 31 VA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 7 7 7
2021 32 VA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
2022 33 VA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 9 9 6 6 6
2023 34 VA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 10 6 6 6
2024 35 VA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 10 9 10 6 6 6
2025 36 VA FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 9 8 8 6 6 6
2026 37 VA FF $ 300,000   4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7 5 5 5
2027 38 VA FF $ 300,000   3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 7 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 18 A   136 521 58 123 13 3 25 87 8 0 22 126 .236 .267 .417 .684 60.2  
2008 19 A   137 528 75 137 36 2 25 87 7 0 38 107 .259 .309 .477 .786 77.6  
2009 20 A   136 525 59 128 42 2 26 102 8 2 42 72 .244 .300 .480 .780 75.7  
2010 21 AA   137 503 55 116 36 7 26 65 6 1 40 58 .231 .287 .485 .772 71.3  
2011 22 AA   39 154 19 34 6 1 10 21 3 1 10 14 .221 .268 .468 .736 20.4  
    A   98 365 68 104 28 3 34 87 8 0 42 47 .285 .359 .658 1.016 82.4  
2012 23 AA   105 399 64 107 30 6 25 64 10 1 51 45 .268 .351 .561 .913 77.6  
    A   33 126 16 31 9 1 4 13 0 0 13 13 .246 .317 .429 .745 17.1  
2013 24 AA   137 520 71 126 32 1 27 91 6 2 59 52 .242 .320 .463 .783 78.6  
2014 25 IL GE 77 141 9 30 5 1 2 13 9 0 8 22 .213 .248 .305 .553 12.7 0.5
    AAA   23 84 15 23 9 0 5 20 2 0 20 11 .274 .413 .560 .973 19.5  
2015 26 IL GE 135 426 57 97 17 3 17 50 18 4 50 60 .228 .306 .401 .708 57.5 10.5
2016 27 IL GE 140 446 50 78 15 0 13 36 18 2 49 54 .175 .257 .296 .552 38.0 2.7
    AAA   17 61 14 20 3 0 1 11 2 0 11 7 .328 .431 .426 .857 11.8  
2017 28 IL GE 146 378 53 92 24 1 12 42 22 1 57 51 .243 .346 .407 .753 54.9 12.8
2018 29 IL GE 137 205 20 53 13 0 5 35 4 2 12 28 .259 .299 .395 .694 23.5 3.2
2019 30 IL GE 144 276 45 74 8 0 8 42 15 2 42 44 .268 .364 .384 .748 42.9 7.7
2020 31 VA FF 156 552 80 128 20 4 15 65 22 4 77 63 .232 .324 .364 .689 73.0 13.4
2021 32 VA FF 151 510 82 116 16 1 18 55 29 0 85 75 .227 .339 .369 .708 74.8 15.2
2022 33 VA FF 147 520 79 134 21 0 12 68 28 6 72 71 .258 .349 .367 .716 69.6 12.3
2023 34 VA FF 146 496 66 126 25 5 16 83 17 2 49 65 .254 .321 .421 .742 66.6 11.6
2024 35 VA FF 84 129 16 30 4 0 5 22 7 1 19 20 .233 .331 .380 .711 18.2 3.2
2025 36 VA FF 62 101 12 24 1 0 2 15 4 2 12 12 .238 .316 .307 .623 11.2 1.3
2026 37 VA FF 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
    AAA   131 467 77 133 14 1 21 84 8 2 84 52 .285 .394 .454 .848 87.2  
2027 38 AAA   32 126 21 33 4 1 4 17 6 0 17 18 .262 .350 .405 .754 19.6  
    AA   106 365 52 74 9 1 14 44 10 3 85 52 .203 .353 .348 .701 54.5  
13 Years Sim 1527 4184 569 982 169 15 125 526 193 26 532 565 .235 .321 .372 .693 542.5 94.5
4 Years AAA 203 738 127 209 30 2 31 132 18 2 132 88 .283 .389 .455 .845 138.0  
5 Years AA 524 1941 261 457 113 16 102 285 35 8 245 221 .235 .320 .468 .787 302.5  
5 Years A 540 2065 276 523 128 11 114 376 31 2 157 365 .253 .304 .492 .795 313.0  
14 Years Minors 1267 4744 664 1189 271 29 247 793 84 12 534 674 .251 .324 .476 .801 753.5  
162 Game Average 443 60 104 17 1 13 55 20 2 56 59 .235 .321 .372 .693 57.6  
Career Highs 156 552 82 134 25 5 18 83 29 6 85 75 .268 .364 .421 .753 74.8  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3089 409 695 130 13 93 386 139 22 382 421 .225 .311 .366 .677 388.6
vs LH   1095 160 287 39 2 32 140 54 4 150 144 .262 .347 .389 .736 165.1
Home 740 2016 273 479 79 9 64 268 92 14 233 272 .238 .317 .381 .698 265.6
Away 787 2168 296 503 90 6 61 258 101 12 299 293 .232 .324 .363 .687 288.0
RISP   978 0 234 40 3 28 380 0 0 127 141 .239 .321 .372 .694 125.5
Pinch Hitting   415 44 114 23 0 12 84 12 3 42 59 .275 .338 .417 .755 59.9
Close/Late   590 48 128 19 1 16 73 0 0 70 74 .217 .299 .334 .633 63.2
Mar/Apr 208 594 75 126 15 0 22 64 31 4 80 79 .212 .305 .348 .653 73.6
May 236 658 94 165 28 2 16 80 34 3 93 102 .251 .342 .372 .715 94.2
June 262 699 102 175 26 5 23 105 36 5 97 103 .250 .341 .401 .742 105.1
July 253 741 101 176 34 2 19 95 29 4 89 79 .238 .319 .366 .685 94.4
August 274 765 108 178 33 3 26 97 34 4 81 107 .233 .307 .386 .692 98.3
Sep/Oct 294 727 89 162 33 3 19 85 29 6 92 95 .223 .310 .355 .665 88.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2014 25 IL GE 3B 34 33 262.3 16 56 1 1 .986 2.47   1.1
2015 26 IL GE 3B 107 104 898.3 64 244 11 24 .966 3.09   2.9
    SS 5 4 29.0 6 9 3 2 .833 4.66   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
2016 27 IL GE 3B 123 112 999.7 63 287 9 23 .975 3.15   3.8
    SS 3 0 6.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
2017 28 IL GE 3B 97 79 727.0 58 194 8 25 .969 3.12   2.3
    SS 20 2 71.0 7 27 1 7 .971 4.31   0.3
2018 29 IL GE 3B 39 15 190.0 14 47 0 4 1.000 2.89   0.5
    SS 24 0 68.3 15 27 1 3 .977 5.53   0.4
2019 30 IL GE 3B 62 41 433.3 31 99 6 12 .956 2.70   1.1
    SS 9 0 25.0 3 17 0 4 1.000 7.20   0.2
2020 31 VA FF 3B 141 138 1187.7 79 302 8 31 .979 2.89   6.5
    SS 6 4 39.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.54   0.0
2021 32 VA FF 3B 145 141 1236.3 102 259 9 25 .976 2.63   4.9
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2022 33 VA FF 3B 142 142 1215.0 95 260 9 23 .975 2.63   4.7
    SS 3 0 16.3 5 4 1 1 .900 4.96   0.1
2023 34 VA FF 3B 135 133 1179.7 87 292 9 27 .977 2.89   6.3
    SS 5 0 8.7 3 3 0 0 1.000 6.24   0.1
2024 35 VA FF 3B 28 19 177.0 16 28 1 3 .978 2.24   0.5
    SS 18 0 39.0 8 18 3 3 .897 6.00   0.3
2025 36 VA FF 3B 32 13 144.0 8 37 2 3 .957 2.81   0.7
    1B 12 12 97.0 114 8 1 16 .992 11.32   0.2
    SS 6 0 10.7 3 5 1 1 .889 6.75   0.1
    2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
2026 37 VA FF 3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 1 3 1 0 .800 12.00   0.0
  3B 1086 971 8659.3 633 2105 73 201 .974 2.85   35.2
  SS 101 10 318.0 55 125 11 23 .942 5.09   1.5
  1B 12 12 97.0 114 8 1 16 .992 11.32   0.2
  2B 2 0 4.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1202 993 9080.3 802 2240 85 240 .973 3.02   36.9
Career Highs   147 142 1238.3 125 310 14 32 .990 6.23    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2014 25 IL GE 12 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .100 .182 .200 .382
2021 32 VA FF 5 17 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 .235 .316 .412 .728
2022 33 VA FF 4 16 2 4 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .250 .294 .438 .732
2023 34 VA FF 19 71 5 16 1 0 0 8 5 0 7 11 .225 .291 .239 .531
2024 35 VA FF 7 17 3 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 .235 .300 .353 .653
Career Post-Season Batting 47 131 14 29 8 1 0 9 9 1 13 19 .221 .288 .298 .585
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks
2021-6-85
2022-10-72
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 23rd overall pick, by Illinois in 2007
Injured on 6/13/2013 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Had first career hit on 5/10/2014, off Galon Thrace (Min)
Hit first career homerun on 6/16/2014, off Curtis Yoo (Tex)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/13/2015, hitting .393 with 3 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Illinois to Virginia on 3/3/2020 (Going to IL: P Larry Jones, P Paul Rocha. Going to VA: 3B Wesley Maricich)
Won Mays Award at Third Base in 2023
Injured on 7/28/2027 with a Hyper Extended Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks