Outfielder who was one of the top Tigers off the bench ... a career .
Outfielder who was one of the top Tigers off the bench … a career .250 hitter with a .397 on-base percentage in 86 games (19 starts) over four seasons … had nine doubles, one triple, 18 RBIs, 17 runs, 22 walks and six hit-by-pitches … was 11-for-46 (.239) with seven RBIs as a pinch-hitter in his career.
2014: Hit .100 with five runs, one RBI, a .438 on-base percentage and six walks against one strikeout in 15 games off the bench … hit a pinch-hit single and scored a run against Maine on Feb. 22 … had a pinch-hit walk and scored a run against No. 11 Miami (Fla.) on April 27.
2013: Hit .245 with five runs, five doubles, one triple, six RBIs, a .362 on-base percentage, eight walks and one hit-by-pitch in 27 games (11 starts as the DH) … Clemson had a 10-1 record in his 11 starts … was 8-for-26 (.308) with four doubles, one triple, five RBIs and a .538 slugging percentage in 10 ACC regular-season games (six starts) … went 1-for-3 with a run-scoring double and walk against Gardner-Webb on April 3 … went 2-for-4 with a team-tying-season-high two doubles and three RBIs at Boston College on April 5; his three-run double in the seventh inning proved to be the difference in Clemson’s 7-5 win … went 1-for-2 with a double, RBI, run and walk at Boston College on April 6 … hit a pinch-hit single at Boston College on April 7; was 4-for-8 with three doubles and four RBIs in the series … went 2-for-4 with a triple, an RBI and a run against Wake Forest on April 12 … went 1-for-2 with a run and two walks against Western Carolina on April 24.
2012: Hit .289 with five runs, four doubles, seven RBIs, a .377 on-base percentage, five walks and two hit-by-pitches in 30 games (eight starts, including five as the DH, two in left field and one in right field) … hit .391 with runners on base and .462 with runners in scoring position … was 7-for-18 (.389) with two doubles, three RBIs and a .476 on-base percentage as a pinch-hitter … hit a team-high .417 with four doubles and three RBIs in his 22 games off the bench … was 2-for-3 with a double, walk and hit-by-pitch in five postseason games … hit a team-high .323 in day games … was 5-for-16 (.313) with a .421 on-base percentage against top-25 ranked teams … hit a pinch-hit single at No. 2 South Carolina on March 3 … went 1-for-4 with an RBI, a run and walk against No. 2 South Carolina on March 4; it was his first career start … hit a pinch-hit, run-scoring double against Boston College on March 16 … hit a two-run single with a walk against Boston College on March 18 … hit a pinch-hit single and scored a run at Virginia on March 23 … came off the bench and went 2-for-2 against No. 17 NC State on April 14 … came off the bench to go 2-for-2 with a double, two RBIs and a run against Tennessee Tech on May 8; his two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning sparked Clemson’s comeback … came off the bench to hit a double and scored a run against Furman on May 15 … hit a key pinch-hit single in the eighth inning against No. 1 Florida State in the ACC Tournament on May 25 … hit a pinch-hit double against Coastal Carolina in the Columbia Regional on June 1 … played for Wilson in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he hit .224 with four doubles, one triple, a team-high 22 RBIs and three steals in 45 games.
2011: Was 2-for-8 (.250) with two runs, four RBIs, three walks, three hit-by-pitches and a .571 on-base percentage in 14 games, all off the bench … had three putouts without committing an error … was 2-for-5 with runners in scoring position … was 2-for-2 with four RBIs and a walk with the bases loaded … had his first career hit along with an RBI off the bench against Charleston Southern on Feb. 26 … hit a pinch-hit, two-run single in the first game of a doubleheader against Gardner-Webb on May 7 … played for Wilson in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he hit .299 with 23 runs, eight doubles, one triple, two homers and 21 RBIs in 48 games … No. 36 prospect in the Coastal Plain League by Perfect Game.
Before Clemson: Rated as the No. 33 prospect in Florida and the No. 221 prospect in the nation by Perfect Game … all-area, all-county and all-conference as a senior at Barron Collier High School … team captain as a junior and senior … preseason honorable mention All-American by Perfect Game and Under Armour as a senior … all-county and all-conference selection as a sophomore … from the same high school that produced Tiger first-baseman Andy D’Alessio (2004-07) and Tiger outfielder Jeff Schaus (2008-11) … lettered four times in baseball at Barron Collier High, where he was coached by Dan Maurer.
Personal: His father, Jerry, played baseball at Stetson … graduated May 9, 2014 with a degree in sociology … born Joseph Jeffrey Costigan on June 16, 1991 in Akron, Ohio.
