#6  Jacob Hinderleider

Career Stats

Transfer who was the starter at first base during the first half of the 2024 season, but became the starting shortstop with the season-ending injury to Andrew Ciufo … a career .291 hitter with a .516 slugging percentage and .369 on-base percentage in 229 games (221 starts) over five seasons, including four at Davidson and one at Clemson … had 60 doubles, six triples, 38 homers, 193 RBIs, 159 runs, 97 walks, 13 hit-by-pitches and 24 steals.

2024: Co-winner of the team’s Defensive MVP Award … All-ACC Academic selection … hit .336 with 44 runs, 17 doubles, a triple, 13 homers, 60 RBIs, a .580 slugging percentage, .407 on-base percentage, 25 walks, five hit-by-pitches and nine steals in 59 games (58 starts, including 33 at shortstop, 21 at first base and four at third base) … led the team in doubles … hit .341 with eight homers, nine doubles, 34 RBIs, 24 runs and a .411 on-base percentage in 30 ACC regular-season games … hit .367 with runners on base and .378 with two outs … had 25 multiple-hit games and 18 multiple-RBI games … hit .426 with eight doubles, a triple, seven homers, 24 RBIs and an .882 slugging percentage against lefthanders … had a .945 fielding percentage when playing shortstop and third base … hit a team-high .457 with three doubles, a homer, six RBIs and eight runs in seven postseason games … hit a team-high .500 with three doubles, five RBIs and five runs in five NCAA Tournament games … had an 11-game hitting streak from March to April … had a 14-game hitting streak from April to May … Clemson Regional MVP and All-Tournament selection by going 9-for-15 (.600) with two doubles, three RBIs, three runs and a walk in three games … went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and run against Xavier on Feb. 17 … hit two homers and had a walk against Kennesaw State on Feb. 24; his leadoff homer in the eighth inning tied the score … went 2-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and a walk against USC Upstate on Feb. 27 … went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and walk against No. 12 South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. (Segra Park) on March 2 … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, a run, hit-by-pitch and two steals against UNC Greensboro on March 8 … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, a walk and steal against Manhattan on March 12 … went 2-for-3 with a homer, double, three RBIs, two runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch at No. 3 Duke on March 17 … went 2-for-3 with a double, run, walk and two steals against Presbyterian at Greenville, S.C. on March 20 … went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the first game of a doubleheader against No. 7 Florida State on March 23 … went 3-for-5 with a homer, double and four RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 7 Florida State on March 23; hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning, then hit a walkoff single later in the frame … went 1-for-3 with an RBI, two runs, a walk and hit-by-pitch against No. 7 Florida State on March 24; was 6-for-12 with a double, two homers and seven RBIs in the series … went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and run at Notre Dame on April 5 … hit a homer at Notre Dame on April 6 … went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs, two runs, a walk and steal at Notre Dame on April 7; was 7-for-14 with three doubles, a homer, four RBIs and four runs in the series … went 2-for-3 with an RBI, two runs and a walk against NC State on April 14 … went 2-for-5 with a homer, double and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against Pittsburgh on April 20 … went 2-for-6 with two doubles, a run and walk at No. 17 Georgia on April 23 … went 1-for-4 with a double, run and 10 assists without committing an error; it was the most assists by a Tiger since 2007 … went 3-for-4 with a homer, double, six RBIs, two runs and a walk at Louisville on April 28 … went 3-for-5 with an RBI and a run in the first game of a doubleheader against Georgia Tech on May 3 … went 2-for-6 with a double, two RBIs and a run in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgia Tech on May 3 … went 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, walk and steal against Georgia Tech on May 5 … hit a three-run homer at Charlotte on May 7 … went 2-for-4 with a homer at No. 12 Wake Forest on May 10 … went 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs and a walk against Boston College on May 16 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and a walk against Miami (Fla.) in the ACC Tournament on May 23 … went 5-for-5 with a double and run against Coastal Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 1; the five hits were a team season high; tied a school record and became the fifth Tiger to total five hits in an NCAA Tournament game … went 3-for-5 with a double, three RBIs, a run and walk against Coastal Carolina in the Clemson Regional on June 2 … went 3-for-7 with a double, RBI and two runs against No. 13 Florida in the Clemson Super Regional on June 9.

Before Clemson: Member of the Davidson team from 2020-23 … hit .273 with 115 runs, 43 doubles, five triples, 25 homers, 133 RBIs, a .490 slugging percentage, .354 on-base percentage and 15 steals in 170 games (163 starts) in his career at Davidson, where he was coached by Rucker Taylor … hit .336 with 55 runs, 16 doubles, three triples, 12 homers, 56 RBIs and a .445 on-base percentage in 2022, when he was a Second-Team All-Atlantic 10 Conference selection … had a 23-game hitting streak in 2022 (22 games) and 2023 (one game) … hit .350 with two homers and 17 RBIs as a senior at Iolani School … second-team All-Interscholastic League selection as a senior … lettered two times in baseball and one time in football at Iolani School, where he was coached by Kurt Miyahira.

Personal: Pronounced HIHN-duhr-lye-duhr … majoring in data science & analytics … born Jacob Aaron Hinderleider on May 16, 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii.