Career Stats
Junior catcher and outfielder who served primarily as a pinch-hitter in 2021, but became one of the team’s best hitters in 2022 … showed the same consistency at the plate in 2023 … a career .329 hitter with a .476 slugging percentage and .425 on-base percentage in 126 games (120 starts) over three seasons … had 29 doubles, 14 homers, 81 RBIs, 112 runs, 80 walks, six hit-by-pitches and two steals … only struck out 62 times in 483 at-bats in his career.
2023: Drafted in the fourth round (No. 125 overall pick) by the Cleveland Guardians and signed in July … Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher-of-the-Year Award Watch List member … Third-Team All-ACC selection … won the team’s Defensive MVP Award … hit .328 with 60 runs, 16 doubles, six homers, 34 RBIs, a .461 slugging percentage, .417 on-base percentage, 39 walks, three hit-by-pitches and a steal in 62 games (62 starts, including 37 at catcher, 14 in right field and 11 as the DH) … fifth in the ACC in strikeouts per game (0.47), tied for fifth in runners caught stealing (9), 10th in hits (84) and tied for 10th in sacrifice flies (4) … led the team in bunt singles (5) … had 39 walks compared to only 29 strikeouts in 256 at-bats … hit .370 against lefthanders … had 24 multiple-hit games … had a team-season-long 51-game on-base streak from Feburary to May … had a 16-game hitting streak from February to March … had a team-season-long 19-game hitting streak from April to May … earned All-ACC Tournament honors by going 7-for-17 (.412) with a double, RBI and six runs in four games … Clemson Regional All-Tournament selection after going 3-for-15 with an RBI and three runs in three games … went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, two runs and a walk against Binghamton on Feb. 19 … went 2-for-5 with a homer and two runs against UCF on Feb. 26 … led off the game with a homer on the first pitch against No. 23 South Carolina on March 3 … went 3-for-4 against East Tennessee State on March 7 … went 5-for-6 with a homer, double, four RBIs and two runs against Georgia State on March 10; joined Cam Cannarella to become the first Tigers with five hits in a game since 2012 and the first Tiger duo with five hits apiece in the same game since 1982 … went 2-for-5 with two RBIs, a run and steal in the second game of a doubleheader against Georgia State on March 11; was 8-for-14 (.571) with a homer, double, six RBIs, five runs and a steal in the series … went 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run against College of Charleston on March 14 … went 3-for-5 with two doubles, three RBIs and three runs at Georgia Tech on March 26 … went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI against Notre Dame on April 15 … went 2-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI, a run and walk against Georgia on April 18 … hit a two-run homer at NC State on April 21 … went 2-for-3 with a double, three runs and two walks at NC State on April 22 … went 3-for-5 with a run at NC State on April 23 … went 2-for-4 with two runs and a walk against Kennesaw State on April 25 … wnet 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs, a run and threw two basestealers out against No. 22 Louisville on May 7 … went 2-for-5 with a homer and two runs at Virginia Tech on May 14 … went 2-for-3 with a double, two runs and a walk against USC Upstate on May 16 … went 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, two runs and two walks against North Carolina on May 18 … went 2-for-6 with three runs against Virginia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 24 … went 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament on May 27 … went 2-for-5 with an RBI and three runs against Lipscomb in the Clemson Regional on June 2 … preseason third-team All-American by Perfect Game … preseason first-team All-ACC by Perfect Game … No. 6 catcher in the nation in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 107 junior in the nation in the preseason by Perfect Game … No. 21 ACC prospect for the 2023 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 26 ACC prospect for the 2023 draft in the preseason by Perfect Game.
2022: Hit .351 with 52 runs, 13 doubles, eight homers, 44 RBIs, a .526 slugging percentage, .449 on-base percentage, 38 walks, three hit-by-pitches and a steal in 54 games (54 starts, including 22 at catcher, 15 as the DH, nine in left field, six in right field and two at second base) … led the team in multiple-hit games (23) … only struck out 29 times in 211 at-bats … had 12 multiple-RBI games … threw out 12 of 31 basestealers … hit a team-high .382 in 34 home games … was 4-for-8 with a double and 13 RBIs with the bases loaded … had a 14-game hitting streak to start the season … had a 22-game on-base streak from March to April … went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run against Indiana on Feb. 18 … went 2-for-3 with three RBIs, two runs, three walks and a hit-by-pitch against Indiana on Feb. 19 … went 3-for-4 against College of Charleston on Feb. 22 … went 1-for-2 with four runs, three walks and a hit-by-pitch in the first game of a doubleheader against Hartford on Feb. 26 … went 3-for-5 with two doubles, six RBIs, four runs and two walks in the second game of a doubleheader against Hartford on Feb. 26; was 5-for-11 (.455) with two doubles, six RBIs, eight runs, and a .647 on-base percentage in the series … went 1-for-1 with an RBI and four walks (three intentional) at South Carolina on March 4 … went 2-for-4 with two runs and a walk against South Carolina at Columbia, S.C. (Segra Park) on March 5 … hit his first career homer against South Carolina on March 6; was 4-for-9 with a .643 on-base percentage in the series … went 3-for-5 with a homer, double, two RBIs and two runs against Northeastern on March 12 … went 2-for-5 with a homer against Coastal Carolina on March 22 … went 1-for-1 with a double, two RBIs, two runs and four walks against Winthrop on March 23 … hit a homer in the second game of a doubleheader at Pittsburgh on March 25 … went 2-for-4 with an RBI, two runs and a walk against No. 22 NC State on April 1 … hit a homer against No. 10 Georgia on April 5 … went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs against USC Upstate at Greenville, S.C. on April 12 … went 3-for-4 with a double, RBI, two runs and a walk against East Tennessee State on April 20 … went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a run against Presbyterian on April 26 … went 2-for-3 with a homer, two RBIs, four runs and two walks against No. 22 Wofford on April 27; threw out all three basestealers from a team that entered the game with 117 steals … went 3-for-4 with a homer, two doubles, two RBIs, four runs and a walk at No. 10 Louisville on May 1 … went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and steal against No. 21 Georgia Tech on May 8 … suffered an arm injury against College of Charleston at Columbia, S.C. on May 10 and missed the next four games … went 3-for-4 with a double, three RBIs, two runs and a walk against Boston College on May 19 … No. 30 ACC prospect for the 2023 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball … played for Chatham in the Cape Cod League in the summer, when he hit .252 with a homer, five doubles, eight RBIs, 18 runs and three steals in 42 games … No. 88 college prospect for the 2023 draft in the preseason by D1Baseball.
2021: Hit .063 with three RBIs, a .211 on-base percentage and three walks in 10 games (four starts, including two at catcher, one in left field and one as the DH) … No. 33 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by D1Baseball … No. 48 freshman in the ACC in the preseason by Perfect Game … played for Charlottesville in the Valley League in the summer, when he was 1-for-4 with two runs in seven games.
Before Clemson: No. 270 player in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 24 catcher in the nation by Perfect Game … No. 7 player in North Carolina by Perfect Game … No. 1 catcher in North Carolina by Perfect Game … set school career records for hits, RBIs and on-base percentage … lettered four times in baseball at A.C. Reynolds High School, where he was coached by Bryan Craig.
Personal: His father, Steve, played baseball at Montreat … majoring in sports communication … born John Cooper Ingle on Feb. 23, 2002 in Asheville, N.C.
