Baylee Klingler

Baylee Klingler is a 5-foot-8 professional softball corner infielder from Houston, Texas. She was acquired in the 8th Round of the 2025 Inaugural Draft following a collegiate career at Texas A&M and Washington.

Personal Life

Hobbies: Enjoys traveling, reading and writing, and ran a half marathon during the offseason. Considers her Kindle her most prized possession.

Background: Volunteered with the MLB Play Ball initiative and competed in volleyball, basketball, and track and field as a child. Calls leading Washington to the Women's College World Series and becoming a three-time All-American her proudest accomplishments. Has a dog named Luna.

Family: Her father, Jimmy, was a record-setting quarterback at Houston who played in the CFL and Arena Football League. Considers her mother, Tracey, a breast cancer survivor, one of her idols. Her sister, Courtney, played softball at Houston, her brother, Cory, played football at Rice, and her uncles, David Klingler and Jeff Neal, both played in the NFL.

Professional Experience

Athletes Unlimited Pro Softball, AUX & AUSL (2024–2025)

2026 AUSL All-Star Cup: Earned a medal with a second-place finish (1,040 points), tying for the league lead with 840 win points and posting a league-best 5-1 record as a captain. Ranked second with six RBIs and earned two Game MVP awards.

2026 AUSL Regular Season (Carolina Blaze): Klingler batted .281 with one home run and eight runs batted in, contributing six runs scored and 16 hits, including two doubles. She recorded a six-game hitting streak from July 11 to July 19, collecting eight hits during that stretch, including two doubles. On July 15, against Chicago, Klingler went 2-for-4 with two doubles and four runs batted in. She logged a season-high three hits against Utah on July 3. On June 29, against Oklahoma City, she hit a grand slam as part of a 2-for-4 effort. Klingler closed out the season by scoring at least one run in four of her final five games.

2025 AUSL All-Star Cup: Accumulated 720 leaderboard points. Authored a .324 batting average, tying for third in the league with 11 hits.

2025 AUSL Regular Season (Blaze): Ranked eighth in the AUSL with a .357 batting average. Tied for ninth with 25 hits (including six doubles and three home runs) and finished sixth with 19 RBIs. Belted the first grand slam in AUSL history on June 14.

2024 Championship Season: Tallied 1,110 leaderboard points and was named to the AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team. Fashioned a .326 batting average with 14 hits.

2024 AUX Season: Completed her first season with 780 leaderboard points, tallying seven hits and four runs scored.

Other Professional Experience (2023–2026)

WPF (2023): Second overall pick in the WPF Draft by the Texas Smoke. Hit .303 with 33 hits, including nine doubles and a home run.

Mexican Softball League: Tied for the league lead with 32 RBIs for Sultanes de Monterrey in 2025. Authored a .258 batting average with five home runs and 23 RBIs for Sultanes Femenil in 2026.



International Experience

Professional: Selected second overall in the 2023 WPF Draft by the Texas Smoke and named to the All-WPF Team after hitting .303. Tied for the Mexican league lead with 32 RBIs for Sultanes de Monterrey in 2025 and drove in a team-high 23 runs for Sultanes Femenil in 2026.

Team USA: Led Team USA to Gold at the 2017 WBSC Junior Women's World Championship with a .393 average and 12 RBIs, and helped win the 2022 Canada Cup. Also helped the U.S. Elite Team earn Bronze at the 2026 International Cup.

College Experience: Texas A&M & Washington (2019–2023)

Career Statistics: Started all 197 games at Washington, ranking third in school history in batting average (.420), slugging percentage (.795), and on-base percentage (.499). Registered 256 hits, 57 home runs, and 204 RBIs.

Graduate Year (2023, Washington): Paced the Huskies with a .385 batting average, 12 home runs, and 47 RBIs.

Senior Year (2022, Washington): Hit 24 home runs (fourth in NCAA Division I) and batted .434 with 71 RBIs.

Junior Year (2021, Washington): Sported a .416 batting average with 16 home runs and 53 RBIs.

Sophomore Year (2020, Washington): Boasted a .481 batting average with five home runs during the shortened season.

Freshman Year (2019, Texas A&M): Authored a .289 batting average with five home runs.

Awards & Honors

Professional: 2024 and 2025 AU Pro Softball All-Defensive Team.

All-America: Three-time NFCA All-America honoree (First-Team in 2022 and 2023).

Conference Honors: 2022 Pac-12 Player of the Year and three-time First-Team All-Pac-12 selection.