Two Clemson baseball alumni on D1 Baseball All-Quarter Century Team

A popular college baseball media organization recently released its All-Quarter Century Team, and Clemson had two representatives for the hitting team.

Former Tiger baseball players Khalil Greene and Seth Beer were named to D1 Baseball’s All-Quarter Century Team, as the shortstop-one and outfielder-two, respectively. Greene wore a Clemson uniform from 1999-2002, and Beer represented Clemson from 2016-2018.

The 2002 Golden Spikes Award winner went on to become the 13th player drafted in the 2002 MLB Draft, being selected by the San Diego Padres. Greene went on to compete in the majors for seven years, totaling 736 games played, 2,835 at-bats, 157 doubles, 90 home runs with a .245 career batting average and a .723 career OPS. Greene played for the Padres for six seasons and spent his last season before retiring with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2009.

In his last season at Clemson, Greene hit for an outstanding .407 average while hitting 27 home runs, driving in a ridiculous 91 RBIs, and posted a slugging percentage of .552 and an on-base percentage of .552 (good for an OPS of 1.104). Hitting a home run in his final at-bat at Doug Kingsmore Stadium, Greene has a plaque on the outfield wall, a reminder of one of the best players in Clemson baseball history. Greene won ACC Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball's Player of the Year, the Dick Howser Trophy, and the Rotary Smith Award.

Beer was a three-time All-American in his three seasons at Clemson. Beer was drafted by the Houston Astros with the 28th pick in the 2018 MLB Draft. Currently in Independent Ball with the Long Island Ducks in the Atlantic League, Beer played two seasons at the major league level for the Arizona Diamondbacks, with 43 games played, 120 at-bats, four doubles, two home runs, 12 RBIs, with a career .208 batting average and .586 OPS.

Beer’s freshman year was a spectacular season: 18 home runs, 70 RBIs, .369 average, 1.235 OPS in 203 at-bats. Over his three seasons representing Clemson, Beer hit 56 home runs, drove in 177 RBIs, and posted a 1.137 OPS. Because of his amount of success on the field, Beer was named an All-American three times and won the Dick Howser Award in his freshman season (2016).

Greene and Beer are two of the best players in Clemson program history. It makes total sense why they were included in D1 Baseball’s All-Quarter Century Team.