| Trey Lipscomb | |
| Team: | Washington Nationals |
| Number: | 38 |
| Position: | Third baseman |
| Birth Date: | 14 June 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Frederick, Maryland, U.S. |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Debutdate: | March 30 |
| Debutyear: | 2024 |
| Debutteam: | Washington Nationals |
| Statleague: | MLB |
| Statyear: | August 8, 2024 |
| Stat1label: | Batting average |
| Stat1value: | .207 |
| Stat2label: | Home runs |
| Stat2value: | 1 |
| Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
| Stat3value: | 10 |
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LaVictor Antwain "Trey" Lipscomb (born June 14, 2000) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2024.
Lipscomb grew up in Frederick, Maryland and attended Urbana High School. He committed to play college baseball at Tennessee during his junior year.[1] As a senior, Lipscomb hit .455 with four home runs and also had five wins and a 1.59 ERA as a pitcher.[2]
Lipscomb attended the University of Tennessee and played college baseball for the Tennessee Volunteers for four seasons. He played in 12 games and had one hit in 14 at bats during his freshman season.[3] After the 2019 season, Lipscomb played collegiate summer baseball for the Wareham Gatemen of the Cape Cod Baseball League.[4] [5] Lipscomb batted .310 in 14 games as a junior.[6] After the season, he played for the Johnstown Mill Rats of the Prospect League.[7] He was named first team All-Southeastern Conference after batting .355 with 22 home runs and 84 RBIs during his senior season.[8]
The Washington Nationals selected Lipscomb in the third round of the 2022 Major League Baseball draft.[9] He signed with the Nationals on July 21, 2022, and received a $758,900 signing bonus.[10] The Nationals assigned Lipscomb to the Fredericksburg Nationals of the Single-A Carolina League to start his professional career, where he batted .299 in 23 games.[11] He was assigned to the High-A Wilmington Blue Rocks at the beginning of the 2023 season.[12] Lipscomb was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators after batting .251 with 14 doubles, four home runs, 27 RBI, and six stolen bases in 49 games with Wilmington.[13]
On March 30, 2024, Lipscomb was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time following an injury to Nick Senzel.[14]