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  Chris Epps
Chris Epps

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Stone Mountain, GA

High School:
Dunwoody HS

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 185

Position:
OF

Experience:
2VL

Major:
Community Recreation, Sport & Camp Management

Has untapped potential...expected to contribute in the outfield for years to come...has a strong arm and excellent eye at the plate...his career mark of one walk every 3.37 at-bats is the best figure in school history.

2008: Hit .218 with 19 runs, two doubles, one homer, 12 RBIs, a .406 on-base percentage, and five stolen bases in 40 games (33 starts, including a team-high 27 in right field and six as the DH)...second on the team in on-base percentage...walked once every 3.37 at-bats (30 walks in 101 at-bats), the fifth-best mark in school history...was 2-for-5 as a pinch-hitter...hit .296 with runners in scoring position...hit .357 with runners in scoring position and two outs...hit .350 with runners on base and two outs...had a .456 on-base percentage, best on the team by 50 points, in 20 home games thanks to 21 walks against only nine strikeouts...was 3-for-8 (.375) with a .545 on-base percentage in three neutral-site games...hit .304 with a .494 on-base percentage in Clemson wins and only .122 with a .294 on-base percentage in Clemson losses...went 3-for-3 with two runs, a walk, and stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23...went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in the second game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 23; he went 5-for-7 in the doubleheader and was 5-for-5 in his first five official at-bats of his career; he also walked, therefore he reached base safely in each of his first six plate appearances...went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBIs, a hit-by-pitch, and stolen base at Duke on Apr. 18...went 2-for-4 with three RBIs against Presbyterian at Greenville, SC on Apr. 23...walked three times, scored two runs, and stole two bases against Virginia Tech on Apr. 25...hit a pinch-hit double at Central Florida on May 15.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Member of the state championship team as a senior at Dunwoody High School, the school's first-ever state title...#106 prospect in the nation by Perfect Game and #111 prospect by Baseball America...#7 prospect in Georgia by Perfect Game...drafted in the 28th round (#869 overall pick) by the Chicago White Sox...lettered four times in baseball at Dunwoody High, where he was coached by Tom Bass.

PERSONAL: Majoring in community recreation, sport, & camp management...born Christopher Kenneth Epps on Dec. 10, 1988 in Atlanta, GA.

Epps' Overall Stats

Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SF OB% SB
2008 .218 40-33 101 19 22 2 0 1 12 27 30 2 0 .406 5-6

Epps' ACC Regular-Season Stats

Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SF OB% SB
2008 .180 20-16 50 8 9 0 0 0 5 9 13 2 0 .369

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