Kody Alec Clemens...Instagram: @kodyclemens...Married Jessica Butterfield (11/11/22)...Attended the University of Texas, where he was named the ABCA Co-Player of the Year and a First-Team All-American as a junior in 2018...Was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy in 2018…Graduated from Memorial High School (Texas)...Ranked 76th nationally in the final 2015 Perfect Game class rankings…Played in 2014 Perfect Game All-American Classic and 2014 PG National Showcase...Is the son of former ML pitcher Roger Clemens...His brother, Kacy, was selected by TOR in the eighth round of the 2017 MLB Draft...Hobbies: Hunting, fishing and golf...Has a blue heeler named Gunner.
2025
Made Philadelphia's Opening Day roster, the first of career...Used mostly as bench player for Phillies and went 0-for-6 with one walk from March 29-April 21...Acquired by Minnesota via trade on April 26, in exchange for cash considerations...Twins lost infielder Luke Keaschall (forearm fracture) earlier in the evening in a game vs. Los Angeles-NL and traded for Clemens to fill his spot...Recorded pinch-hit double in first plate appearance with Minnesota on April 28 at Cleveland...Hit first home run as Twin on May 3 at Boston, a three-run go-ahead shot in the sixth inning in his first career game at Fenway Park...had his father, Roger and rest of family in the stands for the game...Hit second homer as Twin on May 14 at Baltimore (Game 2), a three-run go-ahead shot in the eighth inning...finished with then-career-high- tying four RBI in the game...Hit first career walk-off on May 19 vs. Cleveland, hitting an RBI double off Cade Smith, breaking 5-5 tie in bottom of ninth...Homered five times in first 17 games with Twins, from May 3-27...Reached base safely in career-high 15-straight games, from May 7-28...in that span he set a career-high with an eight-game hitting streak, from May 16-27...Finished May with a .985 OPS in 21 games, seventh-best in baseball (minimum of 70 plate appearances)...Made 13th career pitching appearance on July 30 vs. Boston, allowing two runs on three hits in one inning pitched...Set career-high with four hits while hitting three home runs on Sept. 12 vs. Arizona...became 11th different player (14th time) in club history with a three-homer game...joined Bob Allison, Harmon Killebrew, Tony Oliva, Justin Morneau, Max Kepler (2x), Brian Dozier, Eddie Rosario (2x), Byron Buxton, Nelson Cruz (2x) and Miguel Sanó...added a double in the game, giving him 14 total bases, tying a club record held by Kirby Puckett on Aug. 30, 1987 vs. Milwaukee (2 HR, 2 2B, 2 1B)...Despite being traded to Twins in late April, ranked fifth on club in games (112)...ranked third in home runs (19)...Played 58 games (47 starts) at first base, 50 games (34 starts) at second base, 11 games (7 starts) in right field, 10 games (five starts) in leftfield and one game in centerfield...Set single-season career-highs in games (119), at-bats (348), hits (74), doubles (12), triples (four), home runs (19), RBI (52), walks (29) and runs scored (46).
2024
Played 44 games across three stints with the Phillies (4/22-24, 5/4-7/8 and 9/1-end of season)... Defensively, appeared at first base (15 G, 10 GS), third base (11 G, 10 GS), second base (8 G, 3 GS), LF (7 G, 1 GS) and pitcher (1 G)...Set single-season career highs in runs (17), doubles (9), XBH (15) and RBI (18) while tying his 2022 total with five HR...Tied a career high with 4 RBI on 5/7 vs TOR; hit his second HR in as many starts and tripled for the first time in his career...Hit his first career game-tying HR in the ninth inning (or later) with two outs on 5/18 vs WSH; was the farthest (413 ft.) and hardest-hit (106.6 mph) HR of his career...On the 10-day IL from 5/31-6/27 with low back spasms; slashed .308/.308/.615 (.923 OPS) in six rehab appearances with Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Scored a run in a career-high 5 straight games from 9/1-6 and his four straight games with an RBI from 9/3-6 tied a career high...Recorded an XBH in a career-high four straight games from 9/3-6...Gave the Phillies their ninth walk-off win of the season on 9/9 vs TB with his second career walk-off hit (1B)...Tossed the ninth inning on 9/13 vs NYM, his lone pitching appearance of the year and 12th of his career...In 68 games with Lehigh Valley, slashed .266/.322/.489 (.811 OPS) with 13 doubles, three triples, 14 HR, 50 RBI, 20 walks, 43 runs and six SB...Slashed .326/.385/.568 (.953 OPS) with five doubles, six HR, 18 RBI, seven walks and 14 runs in 25 August games for the IronPigs...Made his first career postseason appearance, going 2-for- 5 (.400) with a double and an RBI in four games (no starts)...In Game 1 of the NLDS vs NYM on 10/5, was the first Phillie with a postseason pinch-hit RBI (2B) since Ben Francisco (HR) on 10/4/11 in NLDS Game 3 at STL.
2023
Split his first season in the organization between the Phillies and Lehigh Valley (AAA)...Made his Phillies debut on 4/7 vs CIN and started at 1st base after being recalled earlier that day...His 32 hits, 7 2B, 11 XBH and 15 runs in only 49 games were new career highs...Slashed .244/.294/.394 with 13 RBI and 15 runs in 37 games (136 PA) as a starter...11 of his 32 hits went for extra bases (7 2B, 4 HR)...Collected his first hit as a Phillie on 4/12 vs MIA with a single in the FIFth inning...Appeared at SS for the first time in his career on 4/16 at CIN and played in RF for the first time in his career on 6/17 at OAK...Clubbed his first HR as a Phillie on 4/23 vs COL...Homered in back-to-back games from 4/29-30 for the first time in his career...Became the third ML position player since 1961 to pitch in consecutive team games from 5/1-2, joining Luis Gonzalez (2022) and Hanser Alberto (2022)...His 401-foot HR on 5/20 vs CHI was the 2nd-farthest of his career...Slashed .333/.404/.476 in 15 games (47 PA) in May, compared to .172/.226/.483 in 11 games (31 PA) in April...Registered a career-high six-game hitting streak from 6/4-11 (.364, 8-22) and recorded a career-high eight multi-hit games...Notched the first walk-off hit of his career with a 2-out double in the ninth inning on 6/8 vs DET...Made his fourth pitching appearance of the season on 6/10 vs LAD and retired the side on five pitches in the 9th inning...Posted a 3.38 ERA (ER, 2.2 IP) as a pitcher...Played in the 100th game of his ML career on 6/22 vs ATL...Was optioned to Lehigh Valley on 7/2...With the IronPigs, finished tied for the team lead in triples (four), ranked T-3rd in HR (18), T-6th in XBH (32), seventh in RBI (52) & walks (43), eighth in runs (51), T-8th in steals (seven) and ninth in hits (60)...After the season, was a part of the club’s stay-ready camp in Clearwater for the duration of the postseason.
2022
Was shuttled between Toledo (AAA) and DET...Recalled for the first time on 5/30 and made his ML debut on 5/31 in a start at second base (0-3)...With DET, posted a .636 SLG in 22 PA vs LHP (2 2B, 2 HR)...Hit his first career HR on 6/25 at ARI (Joe Mantiply)...Hit his first career grand slam on 10/4 at SEA (Game 2) off Justus Sheffield...Made seven appearances at pitcher and posted a 3.86 ERA (3 ER, 7.0 IP)...Struck out Shohei Ohtani for his first ML strikeout, 9/5 at LAA...Made starts defensively at four different positions: First base (8), second base (7), third base (11) and LF (5).
2021
Appeared in 97 games with Triple-A Toledo in 2021...Ranked tied for second in Triple-A East with six triples, while he was tied for ninth with 66 RBI...On the injured list from May 6-June 4 with a left elbow strain...Belted a pair of solo home runs July 22 at Indianapolis...Drove in six runs and went 3x5 with three doubles Septt. 11 at Iowa...Rated as the No. 20 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America.
2020
Played for Team Texas in the Constellation Energy League in 2020...Selected to the league’s postseason All-Star Team and was named the Most Valuable Player of his team...Ranked as the No. 16 prospect in the Tigers organization by Baseball America.
2019
Spent most of the 2019 season with Single A Lakeland before a late season promotion to Double A Erie...Selected the organization’s Gold Glove winner at second base...Had four extra-base hits on May 5 at Bradenton, finishing the game 4x5 with two doubles, two home runs and two RBI...Drove in three runs in back-to-back games on June 21-22 at Charlotte... Rated as the 12th-best prospect in the Tigers Minor League system by Baseball America.
2018
Began his professional career in 2018, combining to play in 52 games between Single A West Michigan and Single A Lakeland...Named a Tigers organization All-Star by MiLB.com...was named the organization’s Gold Glove winner at second base...Belted a pair of home runs on July 4 at Lansing...Hit .299/.391/.505 with six doubles, one triple, four home runs and 14 RBI in 27 games with the Whitecaps in July.
