Kody Clemens #2

Kody Alec Clemens...Married Jessica Butterfield (11/11/22)...Attended the University of Texas, where he was named the ABCA Co-Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American as a junior in 2018...Was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy in 2018…Graduated from Memorial High School (TX)...Ranked 76th nationally in the final 2015 Perfect Game class rankings…Played in 2014 Perfect Game All-American Classic and 2014 PG National Showcase...Is the son of former ML pitcher Roger Clemens...His brother, Kacy, was selected by TOR in the 8th round of the 2017 MLB Draft...Hobbies: Hunting, fishing and golf...Signed by: Matt Lea.

2023

Split his first season in the organization between the Phillies and Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Made his Phillies debut on 4/7 vs CIN and started at 1st base after being recalled earlier that day...His 32 hits, 7 2B, 11 XBH and 15 runs in only 49 games were new career highs...Slashed .244/.294/.394 with 13 RBI and 15 runs in 37 games (136 PA) as a starter...11 of his 32 hits went for extra bases (7 2B, 4 HR)...Collected his first hit as a Phillie on 4/12 vs MIA with a single in the FIFth inning...Appeared at SS for the first time in his career on 4/16 at CIN and played in RF for the first time in his career on 6/17 at OAK...Clubbed his first HR as a Phillie on 4/23 vs COL...Homered in back-to-back games from 4/29-30 for the first time in his career...Became the third ML position player since 1961 to pitch in consecutive team games from 5/1-2, joining Luis Gonzalez (2022) and Hanser Alberto (2022)...His 401-foot HR on 5/20 vs CHI was the 2nd-farthest of his career...Slashed .333/.404/.476 in 15 games (47 PA) in May, compared to .172/.226/.483 in 11 games (31 PA) in April...Registered a career-high six-game hitting streak from 6/4-11 (.364, 8-22) and recorded a career-high eight multi-hit games...Notched the first walk-off hit of his career with a 2-out double in the ninth inning on 6/8 vs DET...Made his fourth pitching appearance of the season on 6/10 vs LAD and retired the side on five pitches in the 9th inning...Posted a 3.38 ERA (ER, 2.2 IP) as a pitcher...Played in the 100th game of his ML career on 6/22 vs ATL...Was optioned to Lehigh Valley on 7/2...With the IronPigs, finished tied for the team lead in triples (four), ranked T-3rd in HR (18), T-6th in XBH (32), seventh in RBI (52) & walks (43), eighth in runs (51), T-8th in steals (seven) and ninth in hits (60)...After the season, was a part of the club’s stay-ready camp in Clearwater for the duration of the postseason.

2022

Was shuttled between Toledo (AAA) and DET...Recalled for the first time on 5/30 and made his ML debut on 5/31 in a start at second base (0-3)...With DET, posted a .636 SLG in 22 PA vs LHP (2 2B, 2 HR)...Hit his first career HR on 6/25 at ARI (Joe Mantiply)...Hit his first career grand slam on 10/4 at SEA (Game 2) off Justus Sheffield...Made seven appearances at pitcher and posted a 3.86 ERA (3 ER, 7.0 IP)...Struck out Shohei Ohtani for his first ML strikeout, 9/5 at LAA...Made starts defensively at four different positions: First base (8), second base (7), third base (11) and LF (5).

2021

Appeared in 97 games with Triple-A Toledo in 2021...Ranked tied for second in Triple-A East with six triples, while he was tied for ninth with 66 RBI...On the injured list from May 6-June 4 with a left elbow strain...Belted a pair of solo home runs July 22 at Indianapolis...Drove in six runs and went 3x5 with three doubles Septt. 11 at Iowa...Rated as the No. 20 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America.

2020

Played for Team Texas in the Constellation Energy League in 2020...Selected to the league’s postseason All-Star Team and was named the Most Valuable Player of his team...Ranked as the No. 16 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America.

2019

Spent most of the 2019 season with Single A Lakeland before a late season promotion to Double A Erie...Selected the organization’s Gold Glove winner at second base...Had four extra-base hits on May 5 at Bradenton, finishing the game 4x5 with two doubles, two home runs and two RBI...Drove in three runs in back-to-back games on June 21-22 at Charlotte... Rated as the 12th-best prospect in the Tigers Minor League system by Baseball America.

2018

Began his professional career in 2018, combining to play in 52 games between Single A West Michigan and Single A Lakeland...Named a Tigers organization All-Star by MiLB.com...was named the organization’s Gold Glove winner at second base...Belted a pair of home runs on July 4 at Lansing...Hit .299/.391/.505 with six doubles, one triple, four home runs and 14 RBI in 27 games with the Whitecaps in July.