LaVictor Antwain "Trey" Lipscomb (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
| Trey Lipscomb | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Lipscomb with the Washington Nationals in 2024 | |
| Washington Nationals – No. 38 | |
| Third baseman | |
| Born: June 14, 2000 Summerville, South Carolina, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| March 30, 2024, for the Washington Nationals | |
| MLB statistics (through August 8, 2024) | |
| Batting average | .207 |
| Home runs | 1 |
| Runs batted in | 10 |
| Teams | |
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Amateur career
editLipscomb grew up in Frederick, Maryland and attended Urbana High School. He committed to play college baseball at Tennessee during his junior year.[1] As a senior, Lipscomb hit .455 with four home runs and also had five wins and a 1.59 ERA as a pitcher.[2]
Lipscomb attended the University of Tennessee and played college baseball for the Tennessee Volunteers for four seasons. He played in 12 games and had one hit in 14 at bats during his freshman season.[3] After the 2019 season, Lipscomb played collegiate summer baseball for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4][5] Lipscomb batted .310 in 14 games as a junior.[6] After the season, he played for the Johnstown Mill Rats of the Prospect League.[7] He was named first team All-Southeastern Conference after batting .355 with 22 home runs and 84 RBIs during his senior season.[8]
Professional career
editThe Washington Nationals selected Lipscomb in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[9] He signed with the Nationals on July 21, 2022, and received a $758,900 signing bonus.[10] The Nationals assigned Lipscomb to the Fredericksburg Nationals of the Single-A Carolina League to start his professional career, where he batted .299 in 23 games.[11][12] He was assigned to the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks at the beginning of the 2023 season.[13] Lipscomb was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators after batting .251 with 14 doubles, four home runs, 27 RBI, and six stolen bases in 49 games with Wilmington.[12]
On March 30, 2024, Lipscomb was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time following an injury to Nick Senzel.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Urbana's Lipscomb commits to play baseball at Tennessee". Frederick News-Post. August 26, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ Swatek, Greg (June 3, 2018). "Prep baseball stars Lipscomb, Wetzel might soon have decisions to make". Frederick News-Post. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ "How Trey Lipscomb manufactured an all-time Tennessee baseball season". Knoxville News Sentinel. April 28, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "#18 Trey Lipscomb". pointstreak.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Lang, Andrew (August 1, 2019). "New kid on the block Trey Lipscomb leads Gatemen to victory over Bourne Braves". Gatemen.org. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Wagner, Jonathan (July 18, 2022). "Washington Nationals select Tennessee third baseman Trey Lipscomb in 2022 MLB Draft". On3.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Curtis, Shawn (July 23, 2021). "Gray's strong outing, Lipscomb's power help Mill Rats bounce Kings". The Tribune-Democrat. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
- ^ "Prepped and poised: Urbana High alum Trey Lipscomb ready for his moment in MLB Draft". Frederick News-Post. July 15, 2022. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ "Nationals pick Trey Lipscomb on second day of MLB draft". The Washington Post. July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
- ^ Van Haaften, Reece (July 21, 2022). "Lipscomb signs with the Washington Nationals". WATE.com. Retrieved July 23, 2022.
- ^ "Urbana grad Lipscomb homers in first professional at-bat". Frederick News-Post. August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Blanco, Bobby (June 15, 2023). "Homegrown House and Lipscomb earn promotions". MASN. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "Nationals' Trey Lipscomb Is Rediscovering Power Stroke". Baseball America. April 4, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "Nationals place 3B Nick Senzel on IL, call up Trey Lipscomb". ESPN.com. March 30, 2024. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Tennessee Volunteers bio