Clate Schmidt

Career Stats

Righthander who was a weekend starter most of the 2013 season and a long reliever and weekday starter in 2014 and 2015 … was primarily a weekend starter in 2016 … in 259.1 innings pitched over 72 appearances (40 starts) and four seasons, he had an 18-19 record and a 4.62 ERA while allowing 307 hits (.298 opponents’ batting average) and 98 walks with 178 strikeouts … drafted three times in his career.

2016: Drafted in the 20th round (No. 595 overall pick) by the Detroit Tigers and signed in June … had an 8-5 record and a 4.83 ERA in 18 appearances (15 starts) … in 85.2 innings pitched, he allowed 105 hits (.307 opponents’ batting average) and 21 walks with 68 strikeouts … had two pickoffs … allowed only eight walks with 34 strikeouts in 47.0 innings pitched over nine appearances (eight starts) in ACC regular-season games … allowed only nine runs (2.56 ERA) and six walks with 27 strikeouts in 31.2 innings pitched before the third inning … pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing one walk with five strikeouts to earn the win against Maine on Feb. 20 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits and no runs with four strikeouts to earn the win against James Madison on Feb. 27 … pitched 5.1 innings in a starting role, allowing one hit and no runs with six strikeouts to earn the win against No. 18 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C., on March 5 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, two runs and two walks with 11 strikeouts to earn the win against No. 22 Boston College on March 18 … pitched 6.2 innings in a starting role, allowing no walks with five strikeouts to earn the win against Pittsburgh on April 1 … pitched 7.0 innings in relief, allowing three runs and no walks with two strikeouts against Georgia Tech on April 24 … pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, one earned run and one walk with six strikeouts against College of Charleston on May 11 … pitched 2.0 innings in a starting role, allowing no runs and no walks with four strikeouts to earn the win against Charleston Southern on May 17 … pitched 8.1 innings in a starting role, allowing three hits, one run and no walks with six strikeouts to earn the win at Notre Dame on May 20; retired the first 16 batters … pitched 8.2 innings in a starting role, allowing eight hits, two earned runs and one walk with six strikeouts to earn the win against No. 3 Louisville in the ACC Tournament on May 27; earned All-ACC Tournament honors … No. 243 college prospect for the 2016 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … one of nine recipients of the Pete Frates/Tom Walter Award on Jan. 8; it recognizes baseball players who have been an inspiration; he recovered from cancer in 2015.

2015: Drafted in the 32nd round (No. 951 overall pick) by the Boston Red Sox … had a 2-3 record and 4.67 ERA in 18 appearances (six starts) … in 52.0 innings pitched, he allowed 55 hits (.276 opponents’ batting average) and 23 walks with 32 strikeouts … Clemson had a 5-1 record in his six starts … struck out all three batters he faced in relief against West Virginia on Feb. 13 … pitched 6.1 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and two walks with one strikeout against Furman on March 31 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing one earned run and two walks with three strikeouts against Charleston Southern on April 8 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits, one run and one walk with three strikeouts to earn the win against Gardner-Webb on April 15 … pitched 3.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit and one run with one strikeout at Georgia on April 21 … pitched 2.0 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts at Georgia Tech on April 25 … pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits, two runs and one walk with four strikeouts to earn the win against No. 18 College of Charleston on May 6.

2014: Had a 5-7 record and 3.68 ERA in 20 appearances (eight starts) … in 66.0 innings pitched, he allowed 65 hits (.260 opponents’ batting average), one homer and 28 walks with 53 strikeouts … had a team-tying-high three pickoffs … had 90 groundball outs compared to only 39 flyball outs … had a 3-3 record, 2.93 ERA and .242 opponents’ batting average in 43.0 innings pitched over eight starts … pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and no walks with two strikeouts against Maine on Feb. 22 … pitched 4.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit, no runs and one walk with one strikeout to earn the win against Presbyterian College on Feb. 25 … pitched 4.0 innings in relief, allowing one run and no walks with two strikeouts to earn the win against Virginia Tech on March 9 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts to earn the win at Georgia on March 25 … pitched 5.1 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits, one run and one walk with four strikeouts to earn the win against Winthrop on April 2 … pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits and no runs with four strikeouts to earn the win against High Point on May 7 … pitched 8.1 innings in a starting role, allowing eight hits, two runs and one walk with six strikeouts against Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 23.

2013: Had a 3-4 record and 5.34 ERA in 16 appearances (11 starts) … in 55.2 innings pitched, he allowed 82 hits and 26 walks with 25 strikeouts … held opponents to 1-for-9 (.111) with one strikeout against no walks with the bases loaded … pitched 2.2 innings in relief, allowing no runs and no walks with three strikeouts against William & Mary on Feb. 16; was his first career appearance … pitched 4.0 innings in a starting role, allowing no runs and one walk with two strikeouts to earn his first career win in the second game of a doubleheader against Wright State on Feb. 23; was his first career start … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, two runs and three walks with five strikeouts to earn the win against No. 7 South Carolina at Greenville, S.C., on March 2; received the Bob Bradley Award, becoming the first freshman to win the award since 2007 and the first pitcher to win the award since 2006 … pitched 3.2 innings in a starting role, allowing one earned run with three strikeouts at No. 8 NC State on March 9 … pitched 7.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits and two runs to earn the win at Boston College on April 6 … pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing no hits, no runs and no walks with one strikeout at No. 8 Florida State on May 17 … No. 5 freshman in the nation in the preseason by College Sports Madness … No. 19 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 24 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America … preseason ACC freshman-of-the-year by College Sports Madness … No. 4 newcomer in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America … No. 2 prospect in the ACC for the 2015 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he pitched 8.2 innings over three appearances (two starts).

Before Clemson: Drafted in the 36th round (No. 1,114 overall pick) by the Detroit Tigers … No. 31 player and No. 10 righthander in the nation and No. 4 player in Georgia by Perfect Game … No. 171 prospect in the nation and No. 14 prospect in Georgia by Baseball America … East Coast Pro Showcase … All-American by Perfect Game … USA 18U National Team member … all-state selection as a senior … Cobb County Pitcher-of-the-Year as a senior … All-Cobb County selection as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior … lettered four times in baseball and three times in basketball … coached by Keith Hansen at Allatoona High School.

Personal: Diagnosed with nodular sclerosing Hodgkin’s lymphoma in May 2015; drafted by the Red Sox on June 10, 2015, the same day he began chemotherapy; became cancer free during late summer 2015 … his father, Marine Col. Dwight Schmidt, has flown F-18 fighter jets for over 20 years, including an extended tour in Iraq and Afghanistan; he is now a pilot with Delta … his brother, Clarke, was a sophomore righthander at South Carolina in 2016 … graduated May 7, 2016 with a degree in parks, recreation & tourism management … born Clate Connor Schmidt on Dec. 10, 1993 in Beaufort, S.C.