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#4  Grayson Byrd

Position:
INF/OF
Height:
6-3
Weight:
205
Class:
*Sr.
Hometown:
Milton, Ga.
High School:
King’s Ridge Christian School
B/T:
L-R

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Transfer from Louisiana State who sat out the 2016 season due to NCAA transfer rules and was the starter at third base for most of 2017 … emerged in 2019 as the team’s top hitter … a career .283 hitter with a .461 slugging percentage and .353 on-base percentage in 190 games (159 starts) over four seasons, including one at Louisiana State and three at Clemson … had 25 doubles, three triples, 26 homers, 114 RBIs, 103 runs, 57 walks, 12 hit-by-pitches and 10 steals … a career .287 hitter with a .473 slugging percentage and .357 on-base percentage in 166 games (154 starts) in his three seasons at Clemson … had 24 doubles, three triples, 26 homers, 105 RBIs, 94 runs, 55 walks, 11 hit-by-pitches and 10 steals as a Tiger … two-time All-ACC selection … named ACC Player-of-the-Week two times in his career … drafted two times in his career.

2019: Drafted in the 24th round (No. 732 overall pick) by the Chicago Cubs and signed in June … third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball … first-team All-Atlantic Region by ABCA … First-Team All-ACC selection … hit .316 with 49 runs, 16 doubles, two triples, 16 homers, 59 RBIs, a .588 slugging percentage, .394 on-base percentage, 27 walks, six hit-by-pitches and four steals in 61 games (61 starts, including 25 at first base, 21 at third base and 15 in left field) … fifth in the ACC in total bases (147), tied for fifth in homers, tied for sixth in at-bats (250), tied for eighth in hits (79) and tied for 10th in RBIs … led the team in batting average, slugging percentage, hits, multiple-hit games (25), homers, total bases (147), RBIs, two-out RBIs (29) and at-bats … tied for the team lead in games, starts and triples … one of three Tigers to start all 61 games … hit .316 with nine homers, a triple, eight doubles, 29 RBIs, 23 runs, a .632 slugging percentage, .404 on-base percentage and two steals in 30 ACC regular-season starts … had a team-high nine games with at least three hits … had 14 multiple-RBI games … hit .325 with six homers, two triples, 10 doubles, 28 RBIs, 25 runs, a .592 slugging percentage and .410 on-base percentage in 28 games away from home … hit .371 with eight homers, a triple, six doubles, 25 RBIs, 22 runs, a .701 slugging percentage, .440 on-base percentage and two steals in 23 night games … was 33-for-91 (.363) with seven homers, nine doubles, 24 RBIs, a .692 slugging percentage and .431 on-base percentage against lefthanders … had 11 homers, five doubles and an .835 slugging percentage in the last 18 games … named ACC Player-of-the-Week on April 1 for his four games from March 26-31; was 9-for-15 (.600) with two doubles, two triples, a homer, seven RBIs, 10 runs, six walks and a .714 on-base percentage … had a 13-game hitting streak from April to May … named one of seven national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball, national field player-of-the-week by College Sports Madness and ACC Player-of-the-Week on May 20 for his four games from May 14-18; was 7-for-18 (.389) with four homers, 10 RBIs, six runs and a steal … went 2-for-3 with a homer, double, two RBIs and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader against Virginia Military on Feb. 23 … went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer against South Carolina on March 1 … went 4-for-5 with a double, five RBIs and two runs in the second game of a doubleheader against No. 3 North Carolina on March 9 … went 3-for-5 with a triple, double, four RBIs and two runs at Charlotte on March 26 … went 3-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs, three runs and two walks at Virginia Tech on March 29 … went 2-for-3 with triple, double, three runs and three walks at Virginia Tech on March 30; was 6-for-10 with a homer, triple, double, three RBIs, eight runs, six walks and a .750 on-base percentage in the series … went 2-for-4 with a homer and three RBIs against No. 8 Louisville on April 6 … went 3-for-9 at Georgia on April 16; tied the school record for at-bats … went 1-for-3 with a homer, walk, hit-by-pitch and steal against Duke on April 21 … went 3-for-5 with a double, RBI and run against Winthrop on April 23 … went 2-for-4 with two homers, three RBIs and a hit-by-pitch at No. 11 Georgia Tech on April 27 … went 2-for-5 with the go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth inning, a double and four RBIs at No. 11 Georgia Tech on April 28; was 6-for-14 (.429) with three homers, two doubles and seven RBIs in the series … went 3-for-5 with a homer against Presbyterian College on May 7 … went 4-for-4 with two homers, a double, four RBIs, a team-season-high-tying four runs and a walk against The Citadel on May 8 … went 3-for-6 with a grand slam, a team-season-high six RBIs and two runs at Coastal Carolina on May 14 … went 1-for-3 with a homer and walk against Wake Forest on May 16 … went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, two runs and a steal against Wake Forest on May 17 … hit a homer against Wake Forest on May 18 … went 3-for-5 with a homer, three RBIs and two runs against Illinois in the Oxford Regional on May 31 … No. 26 senior in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game.

2018: Third-Team All-ACC selection … hit .243 with 23 runs, two doubles, nine homers, 26 RBIs, a .439 slugging percentage, .309 on-base percentage, 12 walks, three hit-by-pitches, five sacrifice bunts and three steals in 48 games (39 starts, including 15 at second base, 13 as the DH and 11 at third base) … tied for the team lead in sacrifice bunts (5) … committed only three errors (.967 fielding percentage) … had 10 multiple-hit games … hit .288 in 19 ACC regular-season games … went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, two runs and a steal in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgia Tech on March 10 … went 3-for-4 with a school-record-tying three homers and five RBIs against Charleston Southern on March 13; became the 14th Tiger and first since 2010 to hit three homers in a game … hit a homer against No. 18 Coastal Carolina on April 3 … went 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs and a walk at Notre Dame on April 7 … went 2-for-4 with a homer, two runs and a walk at Wake Forest on April 22 … went 1-for-3 with a homer, four RBIs and two walks against Presbyterian College on April 25 … hit a three-run homer against No. 15 Florida State on May 6 … went 2-for-4 with a walkoff homer in the 11th inning and two RBIs against Austin Peay on May 13.

2017: Hit .284 with 22 runs, six doubles, a triple, homer, 20 RBIs, a .345 on-base percentage, 16 walks, two hit-by-pitches and three steals in 57 games (54 starts, including 42 at third base and 12 at second base) … had 13 multiple-hit games … hit .329 with runners on base … went 3-for-4 with an RBI against Wright State on Feb. 17; was his first game as a Tiger … went 2-for-5 with a double, three RBIs and a steal against Western Carolina on Feb. 22 … went 3-for-5 with an RBI against Winthrop on March 29 … went 3-for-4 with his first career homer, three runs and a walk at Georgia Tech on March 31 … went 3-for-3 with two runs and a walk at Georgia Tech on April 2 … went 2-for-4 with three runs and a walk at No. 25 Florida State on April 15 … went 2-for-3 with an RBI, three runs and a walk in the first game of a doubleheader against No. 17 Wake Forest on April 22 … went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, a run and walk against Nevada on May 8 … went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and a walk at NC State on May 20.

2016: Redshirted … enrolled in January … played for Upper Valley in the New England Collegiate Baseball League in the summer, where he hit .158 with two runs in seven games.

Before Clemson: Was 7-for-33 (.212) with one double and nine RBIs in 24 games (five starts, two at second base, two at third base and one as the DH) at Louisiana State in 2015 … coached by Paul Mainieri at Louisiana State … drafted in the 39th round (No. 1,183 overall pick) by the Atlanta Braves … No. 178 player in the nation by Perfect Game … four-time all-region selection at King’s Ridge Christian School … region player-of-the-year as a senior … hit .480 as a senior … led his team to a 26-4 record and the state title as a senior … first-team all-southeast region by Perfect Game as a senior … hit .570 and was the team MVP as a junior … invited to the Perfect Game National Showcase and Perfect Game East Coast Professional Showcase in 2013 … member of the USA Baseball 17U Developmental team … USA Baseball team selection in 2012 … lettered four times at King’s Ridge Christian School, where he was coached by Jason Couch.

Personal: Recognized for his mission trips and charity work … his father, Paul, was a righthander at Louisiana State and played 14 seasons in the major leagues with the New York Mets, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angels, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox; has been an announcer on MLB telecasts … graduated May 9, 2019 with a degree in parks, recreation & tourism management … born Grayson Elijah Byrd on June 16, 1996 in Queens, N.Y.