Kris Harvey
Kris Harvey

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Catawba, NC

High School:
Bandys High School

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 195

Position:
RHP/1B/OF

Versatile two-way player...one of 58 players selected to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list presented to the national player-of-the-year...has a "loose" arm and can throw 90+ mph...has a career 10-1 record in 27 appearances (20 starts); the 90.9 winning percentage is tied for second-best in ACC history (it is not a Clemson record, because the school record has a minimum of 15 decisions; the ACC minimun is only 10 decisions)...Clemson is 17-3 when he starts on the mound...a career .328 hitter with 17 doubles, 10 homers, and 52 RBIs in 238 at-bats...preseason first-team All-ACC, rated as the ninth-best prospect in the ACC for the 2005 draft, listed as having the best outfield arm in the ACC, and rated as the 48th-best junior in the nation by Baseball America...preseason first-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com.

LEGGETT COMMENTS: "Kris is one of the premiere, two-position players in the country as a pitcher, DH, first baseman, and outfielder. I really like his offensive skills. He has a chance to be a really good hitter in the middle of the order. I also think he has a chance to be an outstanding pitcher with more consistency and more control of his breaking ball and changeup. He has a chance to contribute to us winning in a number of different ways."

2004: Was the team's best utility player and the top midweek starter on the mound during the season...the team's only First-Team All-ACC selection (At-Large)...only Tiger to start at four different positions in 2004; he actually started at five different positions in all...only Tiger to start and bat at six different spots in the batting order; he batted at every spot except first, cleanup, and ninth...hit .335 (second-best on the team) with 16 doubles, eight home runs, and 41 RBIs in 52 starts in the field...had a team-high 19 RBIs in ACC regular-season games...hit .362 with nine doubles, six homers, and 24 RBIs in 27 home games...started 14 games on the mound, four at first base, two in left field, 24 in right field, and a team-high 21 as the designated hitter...had 22 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games...had a 19-game hitting streak, longest by a Tiger in 2004...hit .379 against lefthanders...batted .375 in night games...hit a team-best .380 when playing in the outfield and a team-best .329 as the DH...hit .374 when batting in the fifth spot in the batting order...had a .458 on-base percentage when leading off an inning...was 4-for-9 with a double and eight RBIs with the bases loaded...hit a team-best .556 (10-for-18) in the second inning and a team-best .600 (6-for-10) in the ninth inning...was 6-0 with a 5.40 ERA on the mound in a team-tying-high 14 starts (all in non-conference games)...held righthanded batters to a .244 batting average...held opponents to a .252 batting average with runners on base...was 4-0 with a 4.34 ERA in six starts away from home...Clemson was 12-2 when he started in the mound...opponents were 0-for-9 with no walks and four strikeouts with the bases loaded...only threw one wild pitch...14 of his 32 walks allowed were in the first inning...pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role to earn the win against Georgia Southern at Greenville, NC on Feb. 29; he allowed two hits and no runs while striking out five...pitched 5.0 scoreless innings to earn the win at Wofford on Mar. 10; he allowed just four hits and two walks while striking out seven...pitched 5.1 innings, allowing just three hits, one run, and one walk while striking out five to earn the win against Coastal Carolina on Mar. 16...had two hits, including a home run, and two RBIs at Texas Tech on Mar. 20...went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer against Wake Forest on Mar. 26...went 3-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs against Wake Forest on Mar. 27...went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs against Wake Forest on Mar. 28...pitched a career-high 7.0 innings in a starting role at Georgia on Mar. 30; he earned the win by scattering seven hits, two runs, and four walks while striking out seven...went 3-for-4 with three runs scored and three RBIs against Georgia on Mar. 31...had two hits, including a towering home run, against Maryland on Apr. 2...hit two doubles and a homer, scored three runs, and had three RBIs against Maryland on Apr. 3...named ACC Co-Player-of-the-Week when he was 9-for-18 with eight runs scored, two doubles, two homers, and nine RBIs in the field in four games from Mar. 31 through Apr. 4...hit an RBI single and go-ahead solo homer in the first game of a doubleheader at Virginia on Apr. 10...went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two steals, and also earned the win in a starting role against Winthrop on Apr. 13...went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs at #6 South Carolina on Apr. 14...went 3-for-5 with a towering home run against The Citadel on Apr. 20...hit a long home run and hit a key RBI single in the ninth inning against Western Carolina on Apr. 21...hit the game-tying two-run homer in the ninth inning against Charleston Southern on May 5; he hit it on the first pitch he saw of the at-bat; he allowed two runs on six hits in 5.2 innings pitched in a starting role and would have suffered the loss if the Tigers had not come back...went 3-for-4 against #24 Central Florida on May 8...hit two run-scoring doubles at #15 Georgia Tech on May 16...went 3-for-4 at #10 Georgia in the Athens Regional on Jun. 5...listed as the #38 sophomore in the nation in the preseason by Baseball America...played for Falmouth in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he hit .294 with a homer in four games; also made one appearance on the mound and pitched 2.0 scoreless innings.

2003: Had a 4-1 record, 7.07 ERA, and a save in six starts and seven relief appearances...Clemson was 5-1 when he started on the mound...did not allow a homer in 35.2 innings pitched...saw action as a batter in 12 games (seven starts) and had eight hits, eight runs scored, two homers, and 11 RBIs in just 29 at-bats...held opponents to a .167 batting average with two outs...picked up the save in the second game of a doubleheader at #16 Auburn on Feb. 22; he pitched the final 3.0 innings...in his first career start on the mound, he earned the victory by pitching 4.0 innings, allowing two hits and one earned run against College of Charleston on Mar. 5...hit his first career homer against Old Dominion on Mar. 9...in his first start at first base, he went 1-for-3 with two runs scored, an RBI, and 17 putouts against Tennessee Tech on Mar. 11...pitched 6.0 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, to earn the win against Tennessee Tech on Mar. 12...hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer against Georgia Southern at Charleston, SC on Mar. 16...had two hits and four RBIs against Wofford on Mar. 24...struck out four batters in 2.0 relief innings pitched against Virginia on Apr. 4...earned the win in a starting role against Coastal Carolina on Apr. 16; he allowed two runs on four hits in 5.0 innings pitched...pitched a perfect ninth inning while striking out a batter against North Carolina in the ACC Tournament on May 22; it was his first action in over a month..earned the win in relief against Princeton in the Auburn Regional on May 31; he pitched 1.1 hitless and scoreless innings...took the summer off after being hampered by injury.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Drafted in the fifth round by the Braves...all-state pick as a junior and senior at Bandys High...three-time all-conference pick and conference player-of-the-year as a senior...named Charlotte Observer Player-of-the-Year as a senior, and a Charlotte Observer All-Star as a junior and senior...lettered four times in baseball at Bandys High...coached by Doug McRee.

PERSONAL: His father (Bryan) played in the Majors for nine years (1987-95) with the Angels and Marlins; he had 177 saves and a 2.42 ERA...Bryan makes the drive to many games and is a part-time scout...majoring in sports management...born Bryan Kristopher Harvey on Jan. 5, 1984 in Catawba, NC.

Harvey's Overall Stats
Year AVG G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB HBP SF OB% SB
2003 .276 12-7 29 8 8 1 0 2 11 15 2 0 2 .303 0-0
2004 .335 54-52 209 38 70 16 0 8 41 110 15 1 1 .381 4-8
Total .328 66-59 238 46 78 17 0 10 52 125 17 1 3 .371 4-8

Year ERA W-L G-GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO
2003 7.07 4-1 13-6 0 0 1 35.2 35 31 28 22 22
2004 5.40 6-0 14-14 0 0 0 61.2 73 38 37 32 52
Total 6.01 10-1 27-20 0 0 1 97.1 108 69 65 54 74
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