Grayson Greiner #17

Resides in Columbia, SC during the offseason with his wife, Madison, and son, Hudson...Participates in the Dreams Come True program; visited patients at the Detroit VA Medical Center; participated in the Tigers Winter Caravan and TigerFest...Attended the University of South Carolina from 2012-14...selected as a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Award during his senior season...also named to the SEC All-Defensive Team...named to the 2013 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team and earned second team All-SEC honors...selected to the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team, SEC All-Freshman Team and 2012 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in his first year at South Carolina...Recommended/signed by Grant Brittain for the Tigers.

2018

Saw the first Major League action of his career in 2018, appearing in 30 games with the Tigers...also played in 46 games with Triple A Toledo... Reached base in all five plate appearances on April 18 vs. Durham, going 4x4 with a double, a RBI and a walk...Made his Major League debut on May 5 at Kansas City and recorded a hit in his first at-bat, a single to left field off of Jakob Junis…became the first Tigers player to record a hit in the first at-bat of his first career game since Steven Moya on September 1, 2014 at Cleveland... Recorded his first two Major League RBI in the first game of the doubleheader on May 12 vs. Seattle...Hit safely in the first four games of his Major League career…became the first Tiger to begin his career with a hit in each of their first four Major League games since Quintin Berry hit safely in his first six games in 2012...Drove in a career-high three runs on September 4 at Chicago (AL).

2017

Spent most of the 2017 season at Double A Erie, playing in 98 games for the SeaWolves...Ranked fourth among Eastern League catchers with a 37.2 (29-of-78) caught stealing percentage...Belted a pair of home runs and drove in a season-high six runs on June 14 vs. Binghamton...also hit two homers on August 18 at Bowie...Sidelined from June 28-July 13 with a left thumb sprain...Finished the month of July with a .327 (16x49) batting average, seven runs scored, five doubles, three home runs and seven RBI in 16 games.