#6  Jacob Hinderleider

Career Stats

Transfer who was the starter at first base (despite never having played there before) 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: Signed a free-agent contract with the Colorado Rockies in November … co-winner of the team’s Defensive MVP Award … All-ACC Academic selection … ACC Academic Honor Roll member … 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 … graduated Dec. 19, 2024 with a degree in data science & analytics … born Jacob Aaron Hinderleider on May 16, 2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii.