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Former Clemson Tiger returns to Atlanta Braves

Former Clemson standout Eli White returned to the big leagues with the Atlanta Braves Friday.

The Atlanta Braves on Friday recalled former Clemson standout Eli White from Triple-A Gwinnett.

White’s call-up came two days after he went 6 for 7 with two doubles and two home runs in a 21-6 Gwinnett rout of St. Paul on Wednesday in Minnesota. White became the first player in Gwinnett history (since 2009) to finish with six hits in one game. He had seven RBIs in the game.

His call-up by the Braves marks the fifth consecutive season that White will have spent time on an active big league roster. He made his major league debut for the Texas Rangers in 2020, appearing in 19 games. The 30-year-old White spent two more seasons with Texas before being traded to Atlanta in late 2022. He went 1-for-14 at the plate in six games with the Braves a season ago.

In 137 major league games, White is a career .179 batter with 20 extra base hits and 28 RBIs. He hit .294 with seven home runs and 28 RBIs in 53 games at Gwinnett this season.

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Former Clemson Tiger Eli White has insane game for Atlanta Braves affiliate

White made history with his 6 for 7 performance for the Gwinnett Stripers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.

Former Clemson infielder Eli White was already having a good season for the Gwinnett Stripers, Triple-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, and that was before this week.

White exploded for six hits in Gwinnett’s 21-6 rout of the St. Paul Saints at CHS Field in Minnesota on Wednesday, turning in a record 6 for 7 performance that included two home runs, two doubles and seven RBIs. He capped his night by hitting a ninth-inning grand slam after cracking a three-run home run in his previous at-bat.

White raised his season average to .293. He now has seven home runs to go with 12 doubles and 28 RBIs in 54 games this season.

According to Dave Lezotte of MiLB.com, White is the first player in Gwinnett history to record six hits in one game. The 30-year-old outfielder played three seasons for Clemson (as an infielder) from 2014-16, hitting eight home runs to go with 22 doubles and 61 RBIs in a Tigers uniform.

A native of Greenville, White was selected in back-to-back years in the Major League Baseball Draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted him in 2015 but he returned for another season at Clemson. A year later, the Oakland Athletics drafted White in the 11th round.

White made his major league debut with the Texas Rangers in 2020 and has spent parts of four seasons in the big leagues between Texas and Atlanta. He appeared in six games with the Braves in 2023, going 1 for 14.

White is a career .278 hitter across parts of eight minor league seasons.

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Former Tiger has big night for Rangers

Former Clemson Tiger and current Texas Ranger Eli White had himself a day in Monday night’s matchup against Tampa Bay

Former Clemson Tiger and current Texas Ranger Eli White had himself a day in Monday night’s matchup against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the first of four against the Rays at Global Life Field in Arlington, Texas, White both robbed a homer and hit a homer of his own in the Rangers 9-5 win over Tampa Bay.

White robbed what looked to be a no-doubt three-run homer for Tampa Bay’s Ji-Man Choi, running all the way back to the warning track and extending over the visitor’s bullpen to snag the 405-foot deep ball to prevent Choi’s fifth home run of the year, keeping the game scoreless in the first.

The outfielder later came up with a deep ball of his own in the second inning. White hit a two-run fly ball to center field for his second home run of the 2022 season.

White made his MLB debut with the Rangers in 2020. Prior to being drafted in the 11th round of the MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics in 2016, White played for Clemson from 2014-2016, starting two of those years at shortstop. The Easley, South Caroline-native helped the Tigers claim an ACC Championship and an NCAA Regional appearance in 2016.

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Rangers’ Eli White robbed the Rays of a home run on a sensational leaping catch

“DID HE GET IT? HE DID!”

Eli White needed all of his six-foot-three frame to save this home run.

In what is sure to be baseball’s best catch of the year so far, White robbed the Tampa Bay Rays of an early home run with this stellar full-extension snag in center field. With two Rays runners on base and one out, Tampa Bay was threatening to score on the Texas Rangers with Ji-man Choi up to bat.

When Choi smacked the ball deep to center field, it seemed all but over for the Rangers. But not so fast! White was able to track the ball and time his jump just right to snag it with his glove, going up and over the railing to make it happen.

Oh WOW! Let’s see that again!

Talk about a game-changing play there from White. And not only that, White later helped extend the Rangers’ lead to 4-1 with a two-run shot in the bottom of the second!

What a game from White, and what a catch!

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