USC'S CLEMENT AN ALL-AMERICAN.Byline: -Heather Gripp USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. junior catcher Jeff Clement Jeffrey B. Clement is a catcher who is currently in the Mariners farm system, and was called up to the Triple-A Tacoma Rainiers on June 21, 2006. Clement was the Mariners' first round draft pick (third overall) in the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft. was named to the USA Today Sports Weekly All-America first team Wednesday. Clement, projected as a first-round pick for next month's Major League Baseball draft The First-Year Player Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players, from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs, to its teams. , leads the Trojans in several offensive categories including batting average (.358), hits (67), home runs (11), RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in (44), walks (39) and on-base percentage (.485). He enters this weekend's regular-season-ending series against Stanford having thrown out 20 of 51 attempted base stealers. Granada Hills High graduate Ryan Braun is on the second team as a junior third baseman for Miami. Clement and Braun were also named as finalists for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the top college baseball player. |
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