2024 Baseball Roster
Devin Taylor
- Position:
- OF
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- LaSalle
Career Notes & Records
Devin Taylor was selected in the second round (2-48) of the 2025 MLB Draft by the Athletics. He was the highest-drafted outfielder in Indiana history.
One of three players in program history to earn First Team All-Big Ten honors in three different seasons … shattered IU’s all-time home run record (54) … finished top-10 in program history in slugging percentage (.672), home runs (54), walks (125), RBIs (179) and runs scored (191) … first IU player to hit .350 in over 500 career at-bats since Alex Dickerson (2009-11) and Jerrud Sabourin (2008-11).
Set Indiana freshman RBI record (59) as the ninth Hoosier rookie to reach the 50-RBI mark ... passed teammate Carter Mathison (58; 2022) and Phil Dauphin (58; 1988) for the freshman record ... finished No. 2 on Indiana’s freshman home run charts (16) behind teammate Mathison (19; 2022).
2025 (Junior Season)
Awards: Named a 2025 Golden Spikes semifinalist … Perfect Game First Team All-American … NCBWA Second Team All-American … ABCA Second Team All-American … Baseball America First Team All-American … First Team All-Big Ten selection (OF) … first IU player since Mickey Morandini (1986-88) to be a First Team All-Big Ten selection in three-straight seasons … ABCA Midwest Region First Team selection (OF) … Big Ten All-Tournament team selection (OF).
Stats: Hit 18 home runs enroute to breaking IU’s all-time home run record (54) … first IU player with back-to-back seasons of at least 80 hits since Kyle Schwarber (2013-14) … third most walks in a single season in program history (52) – most in one year for the Hoosiers since Benji Clause (53 – 2000) … first IU player with at least three hits and three walks in the same game (4/20 – Maryland) since at least 2005 … finished the season No. 26 nationally in walks (52) … ranked top-50 nationally in on-base percentage (.494) … top-10 in the Big Ten in hits (80), home runs (18) and runs scored (63).
Season: Started in all 55 games he played – 53 of those starts came in left field with one each as the center fielder and the designated hitter … led the team with a .374 batting average, 12 stolen bases, 63 runs scored, 52 walks and 80 hits … also provided 13 doubles, 18 home runs, 66 RBIs and 151 total bases … never hit lower than second in the lineup … fielded at a .981 clip with just two errors on the whole year … led the team with 25 multi-hit games and 22 multi-RBI games … hit safely in 44 of his 55 games … held a career long 13-game hitting streak between March 1st (Stetson) and March 22nd (UCLA) … walked on multiple occasions in 12 different outings … had nine games with at least three hits … after March 1st, his batting average never dipped below .350 the rest of the season … provided a career day against Mount St. Mary’s (2/28) with lifetime bests in hits (5) and RBIs (6) … provided four-straight multi-RBI games between March 14th (Ohio State) and March 21st (UCLA) … reached base safely in all six plate appearances against Maryland (4/20) with three walks and three hits … homered in the final four games of the season … had eight hits and 11 RBIs in the final four outings of his collegiate career.
2024 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: ABCA/Rawlings Third Team All-American … Perfect Game Second Team All-American … ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Midwest District selection … 2024 USA Collegiate National Team Training Camp selection … 1st Team All-Big Ten selection (OF) … NCAA Knoxville All-Regional team … named Big Ten Player of the Week on February 26th and May 20th.
Stats: First IU player since 2010 with a 20-home run season (Alex Dickerson) … only player in the BBCOR era (since 2011) to hit 20+ home runs in a season for the Hoosiers … tied for fourth in a single season in program history in long balls (20) … tied for 10th in a single season in IU history in runs scored (67) … led the Big Ten in home runs (20) and runs scored (67) … finished top-10 in the Big Ten in batting average (.357) hits (86) and RBIs (54) … top-60 nationally in home runs (20) and runs (67).
Season: Played in 59 games – all starts … collection of starts came in left field (55) and at designated hitter (4) … hit .357 on the season with team-best 86 hits and 67 runs … mashed 20 home runs and recorded 54 RBIs rotating between the leadoff spot and the three hole … led IU with 30 multi-hit games and also tallied 12 multi-RBI games … hit safely in 46 of 59 games … season-best streak of six-straight multi-hit contests (4/26-5/10) … had multi-home run games against Baylor (2/25) and Rutgers (4/27) … season best 12-game hitting streak (4/20-5/11) … scored two-plus runs on 21 occasions … scored game-winning run against Penn State on a wild pitch (4/13) … hit leadoff home runs in the first two games of the Nebraska series (5/11, 5/12) … homered in all three contests of a series against Michigan (5/16-5/17) … compiled five hits in the NCAA Knoxville Regional.
2023 (Freshman Season)
Awards: Earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game (first team) ... tabbed second-team All-Midwest Region (OF) by the National Baseball Coaches Association ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Big Ten (OF) and All-Big Ten Freshman Team ... joins Alex Dickerson (2009; DH) and Sam Travis (2012; 1B) as the third Indiana freshman to earn B1G Freshman of the Year ... just the third IU player to earn first-team All-B1G as a freshman (Larry Blackwell, DH - 1979; Joey DeNato, SP - 2011) ... three-time Big Ten Freshman of the week ... earned B1G Freshman of the Week on March 20 (Morehead State), March 27 (Ohio State) and April 17 (Illinois) ... three Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards are tied for No. 5 in conference history, behind Iowa’s Keaton Anthony (6; 2022), Ohio State’s Josh Dezse (4; 2011), Minnesota’s Patrick Fredrickson (4; 2018) and Indiana’s Logan Sowers (4; 2015).
Season: Appeared in 55 games with 51 starts ... started games in right field (38), left field (4) and at designated hitter (9) ... Reached base safely in 51 of 55 games played ... on-base multiple times in 31 games ... posted a hit in 40 games played ... had 24 games with both a run scored and an RBI ... walked in 28 games ... made collegiate debut in season opener at Auburn (2/17) as a pinch hitter ... first collegiate hit and RBI came at Auburn (2/18) in a pinch-hit appearance ... first collegiate home run came as part of a two-home run game versus Morehead State (3/15) in the series opener ... earned first collegiate start in the middle game of the series at Texas (2/25) ... carried a season-best 32-game reached base streak that spanned February 25-April 28 ... boasted a season-best 12-game hitting streak from April 9-April 24 ... scored a run in 10 straight games from April 11-April 25 ... drove in an RBI in 10 straight games from April 11-April 25 ... posted 17 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI games ... homered against Morehead State (3/15-16) twice, once in the series opener and once in the series finale and against Ohio State (3/24 & 26), in the series finale at Penn State (4/2), in the series at Illinois (4/14-15) three times, at Cincinnati (4/19), in the series opener and series finale versus Ohio (4/21 & 23), against Maryland (4/30) twice in the series finale, versus Purdue (5/12) and in the series finale twice at Michigan State (5/20).
Prep/Personal
Played for head coach Roosevelt Barnes at LaSalle High School, where he was a four-year letterwinner … tabbed as the No. 78 overall prospect and No. 19 outfielder nationally by Perfect Game … touted as the No. 2 prospect and No. 1 outfielder in Ohio by Perfect Game … participated in the 2020 Perfect Game Underclass All-American Game … tabbed second-team All-America by Perfect Game as a senior … selected first-team Underclass All-America by Perfect Game as a junior and high honorable mention as a sophomore and freshman … named Greater Catholic League South Division Player of the Year as a freshman … three-time All-GCL South selection … hit .317 with 17 runs scored, 20 RBIs and five home runs as a senior in 24 games … posted a .443 average with three home runs and 30 RBIs as a freshman … also lettered once in basketball … son of Michelle and Carey Taylor … born on January 6, 2004 … has one younger brother, Chandler … is a sport marketing & management major.
