Clemson - An All Out Sports Team

By Freddie Brister

The baseball team of Clemson is known to represent the Clemson University in the NCAA Division I college baseball. They are also known to be part of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The head coach at the current time is Jack Leggett. Since the early years, there have only been two coach changes.

Long before Jack Leggett took over coaching in 2000, it had been Bill Winheim who had coached the Clemson baseball team during the period from the 1970's to the 1990's. The Doug Kingsmore Stadium which is the Clemson home ground stadium is said to be able to accommodate a crowd of up to 6217 spectators and fans and is known to be the grounds on which the Clemson baseball team plays all their home games.

Their uniform colors have been burnt orange and northwestern purple. Clemson has always been seen as the one team that has been consistent with their wins. They have an average of 40 wins in the last 21 games. There are a number of players that have been able to go to Major league after leaving Clemson University.

Some of the great names include Jeff Baker, Brian Barnes, Kris Neson, Jerry Brooks, Mike Brown and many more. Some names are more familiar than others which are why we are going to take a look at those that are more common in much greater detail.

Scott Winchester who was born on the 20th April 1973 was a right handed pitcher and was one of the first from the Clemson University to go major League by signing in for Cincinnati Reds and playing his first game on 8th Sept. 1977. When Scott retired on 9th August 2001, having played his last game for the Reds, his performance was not really reflected in his stats which red as a 3:8 win loss ratio, an earned run average of 5.42 and 55 strike outs.

Ken Vining Ken Vining, who played as a pitcher, was born on 5th December 1974 and was a popular player who made his first appearance in Major League on 23rd May 2001 playing for Chicago White Sox. On 5th July 2001 however, he made his final appearance for the White Sox.

With an earned run average of 17.55 and just 3 strike outs, Vining's career statistics also did not show his real capabilities.

Matt White was a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. He was born on August 19th, 1977 and made his debut for the Boston Red Sox on May 27th, 2003. His career varied amongst a number of teams. Matt was known not only to play for Boston Red Sox, but also played for Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, Yokohama BayStars and the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions.

Even though Matt was a good player in the field, his career statistics of a win loss ratio of 0:2, an earned run average of 16.76 and with just 3 strike outs, did not do justice to his capabilities on the field. - 31493

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