Kevin Wesling

Kevin Wesling (born April 23, 1970), is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played a single season in the American Baseball Association for the New York Bombers. He amassed a .351 batting average, 10 home runs, 32 runs batted in, 36 runs scored, and 52 hits. He is a 1-time ABA Champion and won one ABA MVP Award and one Silver Slugger Award.

New York Bombers (2000)
In the 2000 Inaugural Draft, Wesling was drafted eight overall by the New York Bombers, establishing himself as their best positional player. His first season didn't start as planned, when he received a fastball thrown by Joe bin Wafeeq on the head. However, the injury was not too serious and only missed a total of five games. When he came back, Wesling played at a fantastical level. He ended the season with 10 home runs and 32 RBI with a batting average of .351. He finished with a league high .461 on-base percentage and a 2.6 WAR. He was the centerpiece of New York's comeback run to reach the Championship Series, they ultimately won. During the offseason, Wesling was named the Most Valuable Player of the Year in addition of being awarded a Silver Slugger Award at Catcher. Wesling's contract with New York ended he he decided to not renew it.

Retirement
A week after Wesling's contract ended, he officially announced that he was retiring from the game of baseball. When asked about his decision, he decided that he wanted to retire when he was at the top of his game and that he felt that he had accomplished everything he could achieve.

A couple of weeks later, BNN reported that a rumor was going around that Wesling was in discussion with the New York Bombers about coming out of retirement, but those rumors were quickly ended when the Bombers organization denied them.

Awards
1X ABA Champion (2000)

1X ABA Most Valuable Player (2000)

1X ABA Silver Slugger at C (2000)