BIOGRAPHY
Ernie Clement was born March 22, 1996, in Rochester, New York. He is a shortstop in the MLB.
In 2015, Clement's freshman year at Virginia, he played in 62 games (61 being starts), hitting .245 with one home run and 22 RBIs. He hit .292 in the 2015 College World Series and was named to the All-CWS Team, helping Virginia win their first ever national title. He spent the summer playing in the Northwoods League with the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters. As a sophomore at Virginia in 2017, he batted .351/383/.443 with one home run and thirty RBIs in sixty games (all starts), earning a spot on the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Third Team. That summer, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Harwich Mariners where he was named the league's Most Valuable Player after hitting .353 with 59 hits in forty games. In 2016, his junior season with Virginia, he hit .315 with two home runs and 34 RBIs in 58 games, earning All-ACC Third Team honors for the second consecutive year. In 745 collegiate at-bats, Clement struck out only 31 times. After his junior year, he was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the fourth round of the 2017 MLB draft.
Clement signed with Cleveland and made his professional debut with the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, hitting .280 with 13 RBIs in 45 games. He began 2018 with the Lake County Captains and was promoted to the Lynchburg Hillcats and Akron RubberDucks during the season. In 102 total games between the three clubs, he slashed .289/.358/.375 with two home runs, 33 RBIs, and 18 stolen bases. He returned to Akron to begin 2019.
