Justyn-Henry Malloy #44

Helped Team USA to a Pan American gold medal in 2015 and was named USA Baseball’s Organizational Player of the Year...played one season at Georgia Tech, earning third-team All-ACC honors in 2021...selected by Atlanta in the sixth round of the 2021 MLB Draft out of Georgia Tech.

2024

Split the 2024 season between Detroit and Triple-A Toledo...played in 71 games with the Tigers and hit .203/.291/.366 with seven doubles, one triple, eight homers and 21 RBI...appeared in 55 games with Toledo and batted .258/.403/.457 with 16 doubles, seven homers and 31 RBI...Made his Major League debut on June 3 at Texas, making his first career start at designated hitter and going 0-for-3...Produced the first two hits of his Major League career on June 5 at Texas...hit a solo homer off of Jose Ureña in the sixth inning, breaking up his perfect game...became the first Tigers player to have his first MLB hit also be a home run since Andre Lipcius on Sept. 2, 2023 at Chicago (AL)...Went 2-for-3 with a double, a homer, and three RBI on June 13 vs. Washington...became the first Tiger to have multiple extra-base hits and three or more RBI in one of his first nine career games since Alex Avila did so on August 7, 2009 vs. Minnesota...Launched his first career grand slam in the fifth inning on July 21 at Toronto for his sixth homer of the year...with Jake Rogers’ grand slam on July 20 and Malloy’s on July 21, they became the first Tigers to hit grand slams in consecutive games since Jhonny Peralta and Alex Avila on July 28-30, 2013...his four RBI set a career high...Saw his career-long 17-game on-base streak end after going 0-for-5 on July 27 vs. Minnesota...over the streak, which was the longest by a Tiger this season, he slashed .304/.400/.607 with one triple, five homers, nine runs scored and 12 RBI...Had a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth inning on September 26 vs. Baltimore...was his first career go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning or later...Appeared in all seven of the Tigers' postseason games, going 5x8 with a double...reached base safely in eight-of-11 plate appearances and had a 1.477 OPS...Made his playoff debut on October 1 at Houston, going 1-for-2 with a walk...Posted his first postseason multi-hit performance on Oct. 7 at Cleveland, going 2-for-3.

2023

Selected a Triple A All-Star by Baseball America and was named an International League Postseason All-Star...was also selected to the All-MiLB Prospect Second Team and was a Tigers Organizational All-Star according to MiLB.com...Led the International League with 110 walks, while he ranked seventh with 89 runs and a .417 on-base percentage, tied for eighth with 231 total bases and ninth with 135 hits...Posted a 16-game hitting streak from April 6-26, going 23-for-59 with four doubles, three home runs and 14 RBI...Named Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for April after slashing .344/.473/.533 with five doubles, four home runs and 16 RBI in 25 games...Drove in five runs and went 2-for-4 with a double and two walks on Aug. 5 at Iowa...Earned International League Player of the Week honors for the week ending Sept. 3 after hitting .450/.607/1.250 with four doubles, four home runs and five RBI...homered in four straight games from Aug. 31-Sept. 3.

2022

Combined to play in 133 games between Single A Rome, Double A Mississippi and Triple A Gwinnett in 2022... Named a Braves Organization All-Star by MiLB.com after leading all Atlanta Minor Leaguers in doubles (28), on-base percentage (.408), total bases (217) and walks (97), while ranking second in hits (138), RBI (81), extra-base hits (45), slugging percentage (.454) and OPS (.862)... Went 5x5 with two doubles and two RBI on May 14 vs. Winston-Salem... Hit safely in 13 straight games with Rome from May 3-18, hitting .388/.439/.592 with four doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI... Belted a pair of homers and drove in five on June 16 at Asheville... Played in 23 games with Rome during June, slashing .321/.408/.560 with five doubles, five home runs and 20 RBI... Appeared in 20 games with Scottsdale in the Arizona Fall League and hit .306/.438/.444 with five doubles, a triple, a home run and seven RBI...was selected to the AFL’s Fall Stars Team...Ranked as the No. 6 prospect in the Braves organization by Baseball America following the season...also rated as the best hitter for average and as possessing the best strike-zone discipline in the Braves system.