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Head Coach Jack Leggett on Mitchell: "D.J. is one of our top returning pitchers. He's a righthanded junior who is going to fill a major role on the mound. He has pitched in some big games for us in the past. He originally came to us as an outfielder but has developed into more of a pitcher. I expect a great year out of him."
Used as a reliever and starter in 2007 after not pitching at all as a freshman in 2006...throws a fastball in the low 90s with movement...versatile player who has great speed in the outfield and on the bases...a career .241 hitter with eight doubles, two homers, 24 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases in 93 games (52 starts).
2007: Hit .208 with 19 runs scored, five doubles, two homers, 12 RBIs, and eight steals in 42 games (33 starts, including 16 in right field, 15 in centerfield, and two in left field)...totaled 13 walks against 19 strikeouts and seven sacrifice bunts...was 5-for-14 (.357) after the eighth inning...hit .303 in the #7 spot in the batting order...was 6-for-20 (.300) with runners on base and two outs...as a pitcher, he was 5-0 with a 3.27 ERA and .241 opponents' batting average in 15 appearances (seven starts)...in 52.1 innings pitched, he allowed 48 hits and 16 walks with 49 strikeouts, good for a 3.06 strikeout-to-walk ratio...allowed just one stolen base...had a 1-0 record, 3.38 ERA, and .239 opponents' batting average in six appearances (two starts) in ACC regular-season games...held lefthanded batters to a .181 batting average...had a 4-0 record as a starter, and Clemson was 7-0 in the games he started on the mound...had a 3-0 record and 2.39 ERA in 26.1 innings pitched in night games...held opponents to a team-best .105 batting average with runners in scoring position and two outs...had an 0.82 ERA in the first three innings and did not allow a run in 7.0 innings pitched after the seventh inning...held opponents to 0-for-4 with the bases loaded...had a 1.80 ERA in 15.0 innings pitched in April...had a 1-0 record and 2.70 ERA in 16.2 innings pitched during his eight relief appearances; he also struck out 19 against only four walks...pitched 2.0 perfect innings in relief in his first career outing against George Mason on Feb. 16...pitched 4.0 innings in relief, allowing three hits, one run, and two walks with six strikeouts to earn the win against High Point on Feb. 21...pitched a scoreless and hitless inning in relief against Memphis on Mar. 11...pitched the final 2.2 innings, allowing two hits, no runs, and no walks with four strikeouts against Duke on Mar. 17...hit his first career homer, an opposite-field, two-run shot, at Western Carolina on Mar. 20...pitched a perfect inning in relief with two strikeouts at Maryland on Mar. 25...went 2-for-2 with an RBI and stolen base against Gardner-Webb on Mar. 27...hit the game-tying RBI single, stole second, and scored the winning run in the ninth inning against Georgia on Apr. 4...went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a sacrifice bunt at Virginia Tech on Apr. 6...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored at Virginia Tech on Apr. 7; he was 5-for-10 with two walks and two sacrifice bunts in the series...pitched the final 2.0 innings, allowing no hits, no runs, and no walks with three strikeouts at Wake Forest on Apr. 13; he was pitching just miles from his hometown of Rural Hall, NC...went 2-for-3 with a two-run double and steal at Wake Forest on Apr. 14...pitched 2.1 innings in relief, allowing no earned runs with three strikeouts against #6 Virginia on Apr. 20...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing four hits, one run, and three walks with six strikeouts to earn the win against #5 South Carolina on Apr. 25...struck out, but reached on a wild pitch and later scored with two outs on a passed ball to tie the score in the 10th inning, as Clemson went on to win 3-2 in 11 innings against #19 Georgia Tech on Apr. 27...pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, no runs, and no walks with five strikeouts to earn the win against Wofford at Greenville, SC on May 8...went 2-for-4 with a double at #2 Florida State on May 11...pitched 6.0 innings in a starting role, allowing five hits, four earned runs, and five walks with five strikeouts to earn the win on his 20th birthday at #2 Florida State on May 13; he held down the nation's best hitting team, allowing just three hits and one earned run through the first six innings before Florida State scored three runs off him in the seventh inning...went 3-for-4 with a homer, two runs scored, and two RBIs against College of Charleston on May 15...pitched 5.0 innings in a starting role, allowing six hits, one run, and one walk with six strikeouts to earn the win at #10 Coastal Carolina in the Myrtle Beach Regional on Jun. 4...played for Bourne in the Cape Cod League in the summer, where he was 1-2 with a 1.47 ERA in eight starts; in 49.0 innings pitched, he allowed just 34 hits (.192 opponents' batting average) and 23 walks with a league-high 58 strikeouts; he also was 3-for-15 at the plate...appeared in "Faces in the Crowd" in Sports Illustrated's September 3 magazine for leading the Cape Cod League in strikeouts and finishing fourth in ERA...listed as the #22 prospect in the Cape Cod League on Aug. 31.
2006: Hit .289 (26-for-90) with 20 runs scored, three doubles, 12 RBIs, and eight stolen bases in 51 games (19 starts, including 18 in right field and one in center)...Clemson was 16-3 in games he started...came off the bench 32 times, second-most on the team...hit .333 with a .406 on-base percentage in 23 ACC regular-season games...was 2-for-4 as a pinch-hitter...hit a team-best .304 in 32 games off the bench...hit .357 with runners in scoring position...hit .357 in neutral-site games...hit .340 with a .431 on-base percentage against top-25 ranked teams...hit .356 after the fifth inning and .391 after the seventh inning...was 6-for-32 (.188) against righthanders in his first 34 games, but was 11-for-28 (.393) against righties in his last 17 games...hit .311 with a .404 on-base percentage in 13 postseason starts...named to the All-ACC Tournament team after going 8-for-19 (.421) with five runs scored, a double, five RBIs, and two stolen bases in five games; he got the starting nod in all five games only because Travis Storrer suffered a foot injury prior to the tourney and was unavailable; he also started all three games of the Clemson Regional, both games of the Clemson Super Regional, and all three games in the College World Series...doubled in his first career plate appearance in the second game of a doubleheader against Mercer on Feb. 26...as a pinch-runner, he scored the eventual winning run in the eighth inning against #25 Kansas on Mar. 12...in his first career start, he went 1-for-3 with a diving catch in right field that saved at least one run against Elon on Mar. 21...executed a "fake fall down" play at second base that induced a throw from the catcher and allowed Andy D'Alessio to score a crucial insurance run from third base in the ninth inning at #11 Miami (FL) on Mar. 31; he was credited with a stolen base when he reached third base...singled in his only at-bat off the bench at #11 Miami (FL) on Apr. 2...off the bench, he had an infield single to score a run against Maryland on Apr. 9...hit a pinch-hit single at #10 Georgia Tech on Apr. 16...starting in centerfield for an injured Brad Chalk, he had a hit, scored two runs, and stole a base against Wofford on Apr. 26...came off the bench and had a single in the second game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...came off the bench and scored a run, and later hit a single in his only at-bat against #13 Florida State on May 14...came off the bench and scored three runs thanks to two walks and a hit-by-pitch against #22 Wake Forest on May 18...went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and three RBIs against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 24...went 2-for-4 with a stolen base in the first game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs scored, and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader against #7 Georgia Tech in the ACC Tournament on May 27...went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a stolen base against #14 Oral Roberts in the Clemson Super Regional on Jun. 9...played for Thomasville in the Coastal Plain League in the summer, where he hit .216 with 15 runs scored, six RBIs, and six stolen bases in 21 games (20 starts); he also had a 2.25 ERA with a save in 16.0 innings pitched over nine relief appearances, and allowed just 10 hits and eight walks with 16 strikeouts; he helped lead the team to the league title, as he earned the win in a starting role by allowing just one run on two hits with four strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched in the championship game.
BEFORE CLEMSON: Three-time all-conference selection at North Forsyth Senior High School...played in the North Carolina East-West game as a senior...member of the Impact Showcase Select team...his team was 33-7 in conference play over four years and won the last three league titles...high school teammate of fellow Tiger Addison Johnson...lettered four times in baseball and two times in basketball at North Forsyth Senior High, where he was coached by Jamie Lowe.
PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-business...born William Douglas Mitchell, Jr. on May 13, 1987 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Mitchell's Overall Stats |
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| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2006 | .289 | 51-19 | 90 | 20 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .369 | 8-11 |
| 2007 | .208 | 42-33 | 130 | 19 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 38 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .280 | 8-11 |
| Total | .241 | 93-52 | 220 | 39 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 67 | 22 | 3 | 1 | .317 | 16-22 |
| Mitchell's ACC Regular-Season Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2006 | .333 | 23-3 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .406 | 1-3 |
| 2007 | .192 | 22-18 | 73 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .234 | 2-3 |
| Total | .230 | 45-21 | 100 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | .284 | 3-6 |
| Mitchell's ACC Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2006 | .421 | 5-5 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 2-3 |
| 2007 | .167 | 1-1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | 0-0 |
| Total | .360 | 6-6 | 25 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .429 | 2-3 |
| Mitchell's NCAA Tournament Stats | |||||||||||||||
| Year | AVG | G-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | BB | HBP | SF | OB% | SB |
| 2006 | .231 | 8-8 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .333 | 3-3 |
| 2007 | .000 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0-0 |
| Total | .176 | 10-10 | 34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .263 | 3-3 |
| Mitchell's Overall Stats | ||||||||||||
| Year | ERA | W-L | G-GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| 2007 | 3.27 | 5-0 | 15-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 | 48 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 49 |
| Mitchell's ACC Regular-Season Stats | ||||||||||||
| Year | ERA | W-L | G-GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| 2007 | 3.38 | 1-0 | 6-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.2 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| Mitchell's NCAA Tournament Stats | ||||||||||||
| Year | ERA | W-L | G-GS | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| 2007 | 1.80 | 1-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
