David Slevin
David Slevin

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Port St. Lucie, FL

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 170

Position:
2B

Birthdate:
05/23/1981

Bats/Throws:
R/R

Showed a steady glove at second base in his first year with the Tiger program.

LEGGETT COMMENTS
"David is a very steady second baseman. He has a chance to provide some offensive punch for us. He understands how to play the game, and has very good instincts and savvy. Defensively, he came from junior college and was an excellent player at that level. We think he will be an excellent player for us this year as a senior and provide some stability in the infield. He will probably get a lot of action at second base for us this year."

CLEMSON HIGHLIGHTS
2002: Hit .284 in 60 games (56 starts)...started all but one of his games at second base...had a team-high five sacrifice bunts...had a .968 fielding percentage, committing just nine errors...reached base 44.9 percent of the time when he led off an inning...hit .330 at home...hit .319 in 32 day games...hit .320 in 14 games against SEC teams...hit a team-best .556 (5-for-9) in February...hit .361 in March...had 13 multi-hit games...Clemson was 10-1 when he started and batted seventh in the lineup...hit .371 when leading off an inning...hit .375 in second innings, .385 in fifth innings, and .364 in eighth innings...went 3-for-5 with two runs scored against #25 Auburn on Feb. 23...went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and a double at College of Charleston on Mar. 1...had two hits and two runs scored against #4 South Carolina on Mar. 3...went 3-for-4 against Purdue on Mar. 9...had three hits and a steal against Coastal Carolina on Mar. 27...had two hits and scored two runs against Georgia on Apr. 10...had the game-winning hit, a double, in the 10th inning at #13 North Carolina on Apr. 12...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored at #5 South Carolina on Apr. 24...went 2-for-4 against #3 Wake Forest on Apr. 28...went 2-for-4 with two steals against Wofford on May 8...went 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs at Virginia on May 11...scored three runs, including the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning, against #7 Nebraska in the College World Series on June 14...had a two-run single against #6 Georgia Tech in the College World Series on June 16.

BEFORE CLEMSON
Selected in the 11th round of the 2001 draft by Milwaukee...batted .360 with 44 runs scored, 39 RBIs, and four home runs at Indian River Community College in 2000...led the team in RBIs and hits as a freshman and was selected for the Florida Junior College All-Star game...also picked to the All-Southern Conference second team while leading his team to a 40-11 record and final national ranking of second...batted .452 with 37 runs scored and 33 RBIs, and led the area in hitting as a senior at John Carroll High School...named the team's offensive player of the year while gathering first team All-Area honors from the Palm Beach Post, Stuart/Port St. Lucie News and Fort Pierce Tribune...also named to the Cobra Classic All-Tournament Team and was named Athlete-of-the-Week by both the Fort Pierce News and the Fort Pierce Tribune...led John Carroll High School to a 29-4 record and district championship in 1999...high school teammate of Florida State's Matt Lynch...hit .489 and led the area in hitting as a junior...was named to the 2A All-State second team as a junior.

PERSONAL
Majoring in psychology...nicknamed "Slev"...pronounced SLEHV-ihn...born David Michael Slevin on May 23, 1981.

Slevin Career Stats
Year	AVG	G-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR 	RBI	TB	BB	HBP	SF	OB%	SB
2002	.284	60-56	204	46	58	8	2	0 	22	70	15	6	3	.346	7-11
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