Tim Elko #32

Single...Attended the University of Mississippi … helped lead the Rebels to the 2022 College World Series title as a senior after hitting .300/.407/.642 (72-for-240) with a team-leading 24 home runs and 75 RBI in 65 games...Was named to the CWS All-Tournament Team…went 4-for-5 with a homer and three RBI in Game 1 of the CWS Finals against Oklahoma…a statue of the former Rebels team captain was unveiled at Swayze Field on 2/22/24...Was named the 2021 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year...Graduated in 2017 from Hillsborough (Fla.) High School.

2024

Combined to hit .289/.346/.439 (156-for-540) with 23 doubles, 18 home runs and 73 RBI in 139 games with Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte...Slashed .308/.360/.456 (133-for-432) with 14 homers against right-handed pitchers…hit .317 (77-for-243) in the first half, but 12 of his 18 home runs came after the break...Started the season with Birmingham, where he hit safely in each of his first 13 games (.289, 13-for-45)…hit a three-run homer on Opening Night (4/5) vs. Chattanooga...Was named Southern League Player of the Month for May after hitting .337/.382/.535 (34-for-101) with six doubles, four home runs and 19 RBI in 25 games....Recorded a 14-game hitting streak from 5/11-28, going 21-for-58 (.362) with four doubles, three home runs and 10 RBI...Was promoted to Charlotte on 7/30…reached base safely in his first 16 games with the Knights, including a 13-game hitting streak from 8/2-16 (.357, 20-for-56)…Homered in his Charlotte debut on 7/30 vs. Norfolk…hit two home runs on 8/10 at Louisville...Drove in 16 runs over his last 11 games…went 2-for-4 with a home run and season-high four RBI on 9/17 at Syracuse...Played in 11 games for Glendale in the Arizona Fall League, hitting .267/.327/.600 (12-for-45) with four home runs and 13 RBI...Also played for Team USA in the Premier 12 tournament, earning a bronze medal.

2023

Slashed a combined .295/.347/.527 (149-for-505) with 25 doubles, four triples, 28 home runs, 106 RBI and 100 walks over 131 games between Class A Kannapolis, Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham...Ranked fifth in MiLB in RBI and tied for 19th in homers...His 106 RBI were the most by a White Sox Minor Leaguer since Leo Daigle recorded 120 in 2005...Led all Sox Minor Leaguers in RBI, home runs, walks (100) and total bases (266), ranked second in hits, runs scored (80), extra-base hits (57) and slugging percentage and sixth in doubles...Hit three grand slams, recorded two multi-homer games and drove in four-plus runs six times...Recorded 20-plus RBI in a month three times...Was named a Carolina League All-Star after hitting .297/.360/.556 (77-for-259) with 17 homers and 57 RBI in 66 games...Hit .298/.349/.519 (124-for-416) with 22 home runs off RHP and .281/.337/.562 (25-for-89) with six homers off LHP...Batted .319 (52-for-163) with 11 home runs and 84 RBI with RISP and .455 (5-for-11) with three grand slams and 16 RBI with the bases loaded...Began the season with the Cannon Ballers...Was named CL Player of the Month for April after hitting .351/.407/.623 (27-for-77) with six homers and 25 RBI in 19 games...Reached base safely in each of his first 13 games, slashing .407/.484/.685 (22-for-54) with four homers and 18 RBI...Went 5-6 with five RBI on 4/14 at Delmarva and 6/4 vs. Fayetteville...Was 4-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI on 4/20 vs. Charleston...Compiled a 16-game on-base streak from 5/21-6/9, batting .333/.400/.556 (21-for-63) with three home runs and 13 RBI...Homered twice, including his first career grand slam and drove in five runs on 6/4 vs. Fayetteville...Was promoted to Winston-Salem on 6/27, where he hit safely in 22 of 31 games (13 multi-hit efforts)...Drove in four runs on 7/8 vs. Hickory and 7/15 at Asheville on his second career grand slam...Recorded five straight multi-hit games from 7/25-29...Was promoted to Birmingham on 8/8...Batted .313/.333/.488 (25-for-80) with four home runs and 13 RBI in his first 20 games with the Barons...Recorded four RBI on 9/12 at Chattanooga and hit his third grand slam in the season finale on 9/17 at the Lookouts.