2023 Baseball Roster
Payton, Jack
Jersey Number 33
Jack Payton
- B/T:
- R/R
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 200
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Orland Park, Ill.
- High School:
- Brother Rice
- Prev School:
- Brother Rice HS
Bio
CAREER HONORS
• 2023 MLB Draft, 11th Round (330th overall), San Francisco Giants
• 2023 Buster Posey Award Finalist
• 2023 ABCA All-Midwest Region First Team
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2022 All-NCAA Louisville Regional Team
• 2022 All-ACC Third Team
• 2022 All-ACC Baseball Academic Team
2023: Played in 48 games, making 47 starts (36 at C, 10 at DH, 1 in LF) ... Led the Cardinals in average (.374), hits (67), home runs (12), runs (43) and total bases (115) ... Also finished 8-for-11 in stolen bases ... Launched a two-run homer off the batter’s eye against Bucknell on Feb. 18 ... Picked up three hits and scored twice Feb. 22 against Xavier ... Homered and scored Louisville’s only two runs in the win over Bowling Green on Feb. 24 ... Tallied three hits including a three-run homer in the win over EKU on Feb. 28 ... Totaled seven hits over three games at Minute Maid Park in Houston, including a two-run home run against No. 10 TCU ... Drove in three in the win over Dayton on March 10 ... Reached base in the first 15 games ... Had a walk-off single to lift the Cards over Georgia Tech on March 17 ... Recorded his first career multi-homer game at Cincinnati on March 28, tying his career-high with five RBIs ... Homered and drove in a pair in the win at Kentucky on April 25 ... Returned after missing four games to go 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs against Vanderbilt on May 9 ... Hit a game-winning three-run home run in the eighth inning against Florida State on May 18.
2022: Played in 63 of 64 games, starting in 62 ... Led the Cards with a .350 batting average, 89 hits and 23 doubles ... Tallied two triples, four home runs and drove in 54 while scoring 58 runs ... His 23 doubles were tied for the fifth-most in a single-season in Louisville history ... Led the ACC in doubles and finished fifth in hits ... Started behind the plate at USF on Feb. 19 and picked up a career-high three hits ... Tallied two hits and scored twice in the series opener against Dartmouth on Feb. 25 ... Started Louisville’s ninth-inning rally against Morehead State on March 1 with a pinch-hit leadoff single ... Matched his career high with three hits against Akron on March 4 ... Went 3-for-5 and scored three times in the win over TCU on March 8 ... Tallied multiple hits in the final two games of the Michigan series ... Made it four straight multi-hit games going 3-for-5 against Northern Kentucky and 2-for-4 versus Bellarmine ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and scored three times in the win over No. 1 Notre Dame on March 18 ... Finished 3-for-4 with a career-high five RBIs and his first collegiate home run at Western Kentucky on March 29 ... Drove in four runs in the win over Pitt on April 2 ... Went back-to-back with Dalton Rushing in the series opener against North Carolina on April 8 ... Picked up a game-tying two-run single in the ninth inning and then later doubled and scored the game-winning run in the 14th against North Carolina on April 10 ... Had two multi-hit games in the series at Florida State ... Picked up three hits and scored three times against NC State on April 23 ... Hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning in a win over NC State on April 24 ... Homered in the win over EKU on May 17 ... Hit his fourth homer of the year against Virginia on May 21 ... Had a career-best four hits with four RBIs in the NCAA Regional win over SEMO on June 3.
2021: Played in 13 games with seven starts in his first season ... Hit .273 with two doubles and two RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement on Feb. 21 against Bellarmine and picked up a single in his second career plate appearance ... Got his first career start behind the plate on Feb. 27 against Western Illinois, going 1-for-3 with a pair of runs scored ... Started behind the plate against USC Upstate on May 18, going 1-for-2 with a double and a walk.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Brother Rice… 2019 Baseball Blue Division All-Catholic Team… Rated No. 1 catcher and No. 11 overall in Illinois by Perfect Game… Rated No. 20 catcher nationally by Perfect Game.
Personal: Son of Dave and Sue Payton… Siblings are Mark and Troy… Majoring in Business… Credits his dad and brothers for having the most influence on his athletic career… Favorite movie is Miracle on Ice… Favorite cereal is Reese Puffs… Favorite teams are the Blackhawks and Bears… Favorite restaurant is Chipotle… Dad played baseball at University of Illinois and in the minor leagues with the Cardinals and his brother Mark played baseball at University of Texas and made his Major League debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2020.
• 2023 MLB Draft, 11th Round (330th overall), San Francisco Giants
• 2023 Buster Posey Award Finalist
• 2023 ABCA All-Midwest Region First Team
• 2023 All-ACC Academic Team
• 2022 All-NCAA Louisville Regional Team
• 2022 All-ACC Third Team
• 2022 All-ACC Baseball Academic Team
2023: Played in 48 games, making 47 starts (36 at C, 10 at DH, 1 in LF) ... Led the Cardinals in average (.374), hits (67), home runs (12), runs (43) and total bases (115) ... Also finished 8-for-11 in stolen bases ... Launched a two-run homer off the batter’s eye against Bucknell on Feb. 18 ... Picked up three hits and scored twice Feb. 22 against Xavier ... Homered and scored Louisville’s only two runs in the win over Bowling Green on Feb. 24 ... Tallied three hits including a three-run homer in the win over EKU on Feb. 28 ... Totaled seven hits over three games at Minute Maid Park in Houston, including a two-run home run against No. 10 TCU ... Drove in three in the win over Dayton on March 10 ... Reached base in the first 15 games ... Had a walk-off single to lift the Cards over Georgia Tech on March 17 ... Recorded his first career multi-homer game at Cincinnati on March 28, tying his career-high with five RBIs ... Homered and drove in a pair in the win at Kentucky on April 25 ... Returned after missing four games to go 2-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs against Vanderbilt on May 9 ... Hit a game-winning three-run home run in the eighth inning against Florida State on May 18.
2022: Played in 63 of 64 games, starting in 62 ... Led the Cards with a .350 batting average, 89 hits and 23 doubles ... Tallied two triples, four home runs and drove in 54 while scoring 58 runs ... His 23 doubles were tied for the fifth-most in a single-season in Louisville history ... Led the ACC in doubles and finished fifth in hits ... Started behind the plate at USF on Feb. 19 and picked up a career-high three hits ... Tallied two hits and scored twice in the series opener against Dartmouth on Feb. 25 ... Started Louisville’s ninth-inning rally against Morehead State on March 1 with a pinch-hit leadoff single ... Matched his career high with three hits against Akron on March 4 ... Went 3-for-5 and scored three times in the win over TCU on March 8 ... Tallied multiple hits in the final two games of the Michigan series ... Made it four straight multi-hit games going 3-for-5 against Northern Kentucky and 2-for-4 versus Bellarmine ... Went 3-for-5 with two doubles, two RBIs and scored three times in the win over No. 1 Notre Dame on March 18 ... Finished 3-for-4 with a career-high five RBIs and his first collegiate home run at Western Kentucky on March 29 ... Drove in four runs in the win over Pitt on April 2 ... Went back-to-back with Dalton Rushing in the series opener against North Carolina on April 8 ... Picked up a game-tying two-run single in the ninth inning and then later doubled and scored the game-winning run in the 14th against North Carolina on April 10 ... Had two multi-hit games in the series at Florida State ... Picked up three hits and scored three times against NC State on April 23 ... Hit a go-ahead two-run double in the eighth inning in a win over NC State on April 24 ... Homered in the win over EKU on May 17 ... Hit his fourth homer of the year against Virginia on May 21 ... Had a career-best four hits with four RBIs in the NCAA Regional win over SEMO on June 3.
2021: Played in 13 games with seven starts in his first season ... Hit .273 with two doubles and two RBIs ... Made his collegiate debut as a defensive replacement on Feb. 21 against Bellarmine and picked up a single in his second career plate appearance ... Got his first career start behind the plate on Feb. 27 against Western Illinois, going 1-for-3 with a pair of runs scored ... Started behind the plate against USC Upstate on May 18, going 1-for-2 with a double and a walk.
High School: Lettered four years in baseball at Brother Rice… 2019 Baseball Blue Division All-Catholic Team… Rated No. 1 catcher and No. 11 overall in Illinois by Perfect Game… Rated No. 20 catcher nationally by Perfect Game.
Personal: Son of Dave and Sue Payton… Siblings are Mark and Troy… Majoring in Business… Credits his dad and brothers for having the most influence on his athletic career… Favorite movie is Miracle on Ice… Favorite cereal is Reese Puffs… Favorite teams are the Blackhawks and Bears… Favorite restaurant is Chipotle… Dad played baseball at University of Illinois and in the minor leagues with the Cardinals and his brother Mark played baseball at University of Texas and made his Major League debut with the Cincinnati Reds in 2020.
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