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Team co-captain in 2007...named to the Wallace Award Watch List in the preseason...preseason second-team All-American by Baseball America...preseason third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...#9 prospect in the ACC for the 2007 draft according to Baseball America...has good power and great hand-eye coordination...very consistent with the glove and turns a quick double play...has made many spectacular plays in the field...a career .331 hitter with 48 doubles, six triples, 19 homers, and 110 RBIs in 130 games...has only struck out 46 times in 528 at-bats...only has 15 errors (.978 fielding percentage).
Head Coach Jack Leggett on Harbin: "In my opinion, Taylor is the best second-baseman in the country. He's consistent defensively and has the ability to make the great play. He has tremendous leadership qualities and is a very hard worker. He wants to be up to bat when the game is on the line. He is one of the core leaders of our team as a captain."
2006: All-ACC Academic team member...hit .319 with 20 doubles, two triples, nine homers, and 47 RBIs in 64 games (all starts, including 62 at second base and two at shortstop)...tied for third in the ACC in doubles...was 13-14 on stolen bases; the only caught stealing came when he was picked off by a pitcher and tried to advance...hit .377 (46-for-122) with 14 walks and only nine strikeouts in the last 33 games...hit .328 in 30 ACC regular-season starts...started 32 games in the #3 spot, 21 in the #5 spot, and 11 in the #6 spot in the batting order...hit .382 in the #5 spot and .366 in the #6 spot in the batting order...only struck out 21 times in 254 at-bats, including only three times looking...committed just six errors in 329 chances and had a .982 fielding percentage; committed one of the errors at shortstop, therefore had a .984 fielding percentage at second base...had 24 multi-hit games and 11 multi-RBI games...had nine bunt singles...hit .351 with runners on base...hit .361 at home...one of 120 players on the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List...named to the All-ACC Tournament team after going 8-for-21 (.381) with six runs scored, four doubles, a triple, homer, four RBIs, four walks, a stolen base and no errors in 20 chances in five games; the four doubles tied Clemson's ACC Tournament record...named the Clemson Regional MVP along with earning All-Tournament honors after going 5-for-9 with a double, two homers, seven RBIs, and four stolen bases in three games...was 9-for-26 (.346) with nine runs scored, two doubles, four homers, 12 RBIs, an .885 slugging percentage, four walks, two hit-by-pitches, a .455 on-base percentage, and five steals in five attempts in eight NCAA Tournament starts; also did not commit an error in 37 chances in the field...in 13 postseason starts, he was 17-for-47 (.362) with six doubles, a triple, five homers, an .851 slugging percentage, eight walks, two hit-by-pitches, a .466 on-base percentage, 16 RBIs, and six steals in six attempts along with no errors in 57 chances in the field...did not commit an error in the last 17 games (78 chances)...missed five games in late February due to a strained hamstring...had an RBI single in his only at-bat before leaving with a hamstring injury in the first game of a doubleheader against James Madison on Feb. 17...went 3-for-4 with a double at #9 South Carolina on Mar. 4...went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against #9 South Carolina on Mar. 5; he went 6-for-8 with two doubles in the home-and-home series against the Gamecocks...went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored against #25 Kansas on Mar. 10...went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 15...drove in three runs, including one on a double that tied the score in the ninth inning at #19 Georgia on Mar. 28...hit a key two-run homer at #11 Miami (FL) on Mar. 31...went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer against Maryland on Apr. 9...hit a double and triple against #23 Winthrop on Apr. 18...went 3-for-4 with an RBI in the second game of a doubleheader at Boston College on Apr. 22...went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and a double in the second game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a stolen base at Duke on May 9...went 3-for-4 with two RBIs against #13 Florida State on May 12...went 2-for-4 with a double, home run, and two RBIs against #13 Florida State on May 14; he was 7-for-12 (.583) in the three-game series...went 3-for-3 with a double, triple, and walk against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 24...went 3-for-5 with a double, homer, three runs scored, and three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs against Elon in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3; he and Andy D'Alessio became the first pair of Tigers in recorded history to hit back-to-back homers twice in one game...went 2-for-3 with a double, three RBIs, and two stolen bases against Mississippi State in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 4...went 1-for-2 with a solo homer, three runs scored, a hit-by-pitch, a sacrifice bunt, and a stolen base against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 9...went 2-for-3 with a homer and four RBIs, including a three-run homer in the fourth inning and a run-scoring single in the eighth inning, against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 10...played for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .275 with six doubles, three homers, and 14 RBIs in 34 games...preseason first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball...preseason second-team All-American by RosenblattReport.com...preseason first-team All-ACC by Baseball America and SEBaseball.com...#23 sophomore in the nation in the preseason and #1 defensive second baseman in the ACC by Baseball America.
2005: One of the most-heralded freshmen in Clemson history...second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, becoming the first Tiger freshman to be named to an All-America first, second, or third team in history...first-team freshman All-American by Baseball America and freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball...First-Team All-ACC selection, the first Clemson freshman named to the first team since 1997 (Ryan Mottl) and the first freshman position player since 1991 (Billy McMillon)...second-team All-Atlantic Region by ABCA...first-team All-ACC pick by SEBaseball.com...hit .343 with 64 runs scored, 94 hits, 28 doubles, four triples, 10 homers, and 63 RBIs in 66 starts, all at second base...led the team in runs scored, hits, doubles, and triples...his 28 doubles were the most by a Tiger freshman in history and the third-most in school history among all classes...the 28 doubles were the most in the ACC and the second-most in the nation...had 42 extra-base hits, seventh-most in Clemson history and the most by a freshman in school history...had a 12-game hitting streak in May...only struck out 25 times in 274 at-bats...had eight sacrifice bunts, tied for seventh-most in a season in Clemson history...the predominant #3 batter in the order...had a .974 fielding percentage, committing just nine errors in 340 chances...hit a team-best .391 with 14 doubles, six homers, and 30 RBIs in 30 ACC regular-season games...was 3-for-4 with eight RBIs with the bases loaded...hit .396 with runners in scoring position...hit a team-best .356 with 17 doubles in 35 day games...had a team-high 29 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games...hit safely in 51 of the 66 games...hit .435 in February and .403 in May, both team-bests...went 2-for-4 with a double and stolen base against West Virginia at Myrtle Beach, SC on Feb. 18...had two hits, including a double, and two stolen bases against Coastal Carolina at Myrtle Beach, SC on Feb. 19...hit two doubles and scored the game-winning run in the ninth inning against #18 California-Irvine on Feb. 26...went 2-for-2 with a double and two RBIs against #18 California-Irvine on Feb. 27...went 3-for-4 with a double at Auburn on Mar. 5...was 2-for-6 with a double and three RBIs at Auburn on Mar. 6...went 2-for-5 with two runs scored and his first career homer at #4 South Carolina on Mar. 13...had two of Clemson's three hits, stole a base, and had seven assists and two putouts without an error against #9 North Carolina on Mar. 18...hit a double, a homer, and drove in two runs against #9 North Carolina on Mar. 19...went 3-for-5 with three runs scored, two doubles, and four RBIs at Maryland on Mar. 25...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, a homer, and three RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Maryland on Mar. 26...hit a two-run homer and totaled three RBIs in just two at-bats against #25 Coastal Carolina on Mar. 29...went 3-for-5 with a two-run single in the second game of a doubleheader at #6 Florida State on Apr. 3...went 3-for-5 with two runs scored, an RBI, and two doubles at Georgia on Apr. 5...went 2-for-4 with a towering homer and three RBIs against Duke on Apr. 9...went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and five RBIs against #4 South Carolina on Apr. 13...went 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI against Virginia on Apr. 15...went 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs against Western Carolina on Apr. 19...went 5-for-5 with three homers, a triple, eight RBIs, and five runs scored at N.C. State on Apr. 23; he hit two three-run homers and a solo shot, as they came on three-straight pitches; he became the 11th Tiger in history to hit three homers in a game; his 16 total bases broke the Clemson record of 15 that lasted for nearly 43 years; named ACC Player-of-the-Week thanks in part to that performance...had two hits, including a walkoff, two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning in Clemson's 6-5 win against #6 Georgia Tech on Apr. 30...went 3-for-5 with a double against #6 Georgia Tech on May 1...went 4-for-6 at Wake Forest on May 14...went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored at Wake Forest on May 15...hit a school-record-tying three doubles and was robbed of another on a diving catch at the fence against #4 Miami (FL) on May 21...was 2-for-4 with a home run against #18 N.C. State in the ACC Tournament on May 27...invited to the USA National Team trials in June...#2 newcomer in the ACC and #17 freshman in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America.
BEFORE CLEMSON: Lettered five times in baseball at Travelers Rest High School, where he was coached by Brian McKitrick...set the state record for career home runs (52); actually broke the old record of 34 during his junior season..."Mr. Baseball" in South Carolina as a senior...all-state selection as a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior.
PERSONAL: Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...majoring in sport management...born Taylor Kent Harbin on Feb. 13, 1986 in Greenville, SC.
| Harbin's Overall Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .343 | 66-66 | 274 | 64 | 94 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 160 | 12 | 1 | 3 | .369 | 4-7 |
| 2006 | .319 | 64-64 | 254 | 54 | 81 | 20 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 132 | 15 | 4 | 4 | .361 | 13-14 |
| Total | .331 | 130-130 | 528 | 118 | 175 | 48 | 6 | 19 | 110 | 292 | 27 | 5 | 7 | .365 | 17-21 |
| Harbin's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .391 | 30-30 | 128 | 33 | 50 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 30 | 84 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .414 | 1-3 |
| 2006 | .328 | 30-30 | 122 | 22 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 55 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .366 | 5-5 |
| Total | .360 | 60-60 | 250 | 55 | 90 | 20 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 139 | 10 | 3 | 1 | .390 | 6-8 |
| Harbin's ACC Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .333 | 4-4 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 | 0-0 |
| 2006 | .381 | 5-5 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .480 | 1-1 |
| Total | .361 | 9-9 | 36 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .439 | 1-1 |
| Harbin's NCAA Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2005 | .167 | 6-6 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .160 | 0-0 |
| 2006 | .346 | 8-8 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .455 | 5-5 |
| Total | .260 | 14-14 | 50 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .328 | 5-5 |
