One of the team's most versatile players; saw action at third base, shortstop, second base, first
One of the team’s most versatile players; saw action at third base, shortstop, second base, first base and in the outfield in his career … a career .253 hitter with a .342 on-base percentage in 167 games (144 starts) over three seasons … had 24 doubles, five triples, one homer, 48 RBIs, 69 runs, 64 walks against only 56 strikeouts, seven hit-by-pitches, 13 sacrifice bunts and 25 steals … two-time ACC Academic Honor Roll member.
2014: Drafted in the 21st round (No. 621 overall pick) by the Seattle Mariners and signed in June … Gregg Olson Award Watch List member … Third-Team All-ACC selection … hit .293 with 29 runs, 16 doubles, two triples, one homer, 29 RBIs, a .346 on-base percentage, 19 walks against only 19 strikeouts and eight steals in 61 games (61 starts, including 33 in left field, 17 at shortstop and 11 at third base) … in 97 combined chances at shortstop and third base, he committed only four errors (.959 fielding percentage) … Clemson was 13-1 when he totaled multiple hits … tied for 10th in the ACC in doubles … hit a team-high .317 with 15 runs, an ACC-high-tying 11 doubles, 13 RBIs and five steals in ACC regular-season games … went 3-for-5 with a double, triple, two RBIs and two runs against Eastern Michigan on Feb. 16; his two-out, run-scoring single gave Clemson the lead for good in the eighth inning … scored the walkoff run on Tyler Slaton’s two-out fielder’s choice after leading off the ninth inning with a double against Virginia Tech on March 7 … went 3-for-5 with an RBI, two runs and a steal against Virginia Tech on March 8; was 6-for-12 with two doubles, two RBIs, four runs, a walk and two steals in the series … went 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, two runs, a walk and steal in the first game of a doubleheader at Wake Forest on March 15; was 6-for-12 with three doubles, three RBIs and three runs in the series … went 2-for-4 and did not commit an error in seven chances in his first career start at shortstop against James Madison on May 2 … went 2-for-4 with a run and a run-scoring single to tie the score in the eighth inning against James Madison on May 3 … went 2-for-4 with three RBIs at Furman on May 13 … hit his first career homer against Boston College on May 15 … went 2-for-6 with a walk and the walkoff double on an 0-2 pitch with two outs in the 13th inning against Boston College on May 17.
2013: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .228 with 16 runs, four doubles, two triples, eight RBIs, a .321 on-base percentage, 17 walks against only 18 strikeouts, two hit-by-pitches, five sacrifice bunts and 10 steals in 52 games (38 starts, including 32 at third base, five at second base and one as the DH) … hit .308 with two outs … went 3-for-3 with two runs and two steals against Wofford on March 6 … went 1-for-2 with a double, three runs and two walks against Morehead State on March 19 … reached on a bunt single and scored the winning run in the 11th inning at No. 1 North Carolina on April 1 … went 2-for-3 against Maryland on May 4 … hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring triple and scored a run in the second game of a doubleheader at Furman on May 8 … No. 10 college prospect in South Carolina for the 2014 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Hyannis in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .259 with five doubles, nine RBIs, 10 runs and a team-tying-high 10 steals in 39 games.
2012: ACC Academic Honor Roll member … hit .220 with 24 runs, four doubles, one triple, 11 RBIs, a .354 on-base percentage, 28 walks against only 19 strikeouts, five hit-by-pitches, four sacrifice bunts and seven steals in 54 games (45 starts, including 33 in left field, seven in right field, four at second base and one as the DH) … had two outfield assists … had a .419 on-base percentage when leading off an inning … was 10-for-27 (.370) with a .500 on-base percentage after the seventh inning … had a .967 fielding percentage as a second-baseman … was 8-for-24 (.333) with a .448 on-base percentage in March … came off the bench and went 1-for-1 with a run and walk against Elon on March 20 … hit a pinch-hit single at Virginia on March 25 … went 1-for-2 with a triple and two hit-by-pitches against Presbyterian College on March 28 … went 2-for-3 with an RBI, a run and two walks against Western Carolina on April 4 … with Clemson trailing 2-0, he hit a three-run double in the eighth inning at Duke on April 8 … went 2-for-4 with an RBI, a walk and an outfield assist against Furman at Greenville, S.C. (Fluor Field) on April 10 … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, two runs and two walks at Georgia Tech on April 29 … went 1-for-3 with a double, two walks and a steal in the first game of a doubleheader against No. 1 Florida State on May 14 … went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a walk against Coastal Carolina in the Columbia Regional on June 1; was 3-for-10 with five walks and a team-high .533 on-base percentage in the Columbia Regional.
Before Clemson: Rated as the No. 218 player in the nation and No. 15 player in Georgia by Perfect Game … region player-of-the-year as a senior … all-region selection as a sophomore, junior and senior … played hockey on a traveling team … lettered four times in baseball at Centennial High, where he was coached by Jake Hill.
Personal: His father, Eric, played golf at Colgate and his mother, Susan, played hockey at St. Lawrence … majoring in marketing … born Jay Paul Baum on Oct. 25, 1992 in Alpharetta, Ga.
